Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-08-16
THE LOCAL news
OF THE week
WHAT MANCHESTER PEOPLE
ARE DOING AT HOME AND
ABROAD.
REVIEW and FORECAST OF EVENTS
Items of Personal and General
Nature Picked Up About
Town.

Z daughter, Miss Marion Blake, are
home after several weeks. visit
|Chicago.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Barrett {
Vermillion, South Dakota, are tn
lguests at the home of Hon., and Mr.
Geo. w. Durham.
Miss Neri, who has been visitin
in this city with her sister, Mrs. job
Donahue, returned to her home ;
Dubuque Saturday
Miss Gladys Taylor arrived j
the city last Tuesday evening and
being entertained at the home Q
Mr. and Mrs. E. N. Wolcott.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. r Sullivan an
daughter, Miss Carol. We're Sunda.
visitors at the home Of the formers
mother, Mrs. John Sullivan.
Mrs. w. C. Stewart and Johl
Healy of Waterloo visited in this
city the latter part of last week a
the home of Mrs. Thos Healy.
Mr.. anG Mrs. Joseph Mccormick
of Cedar Rapids were over Sunday
visitors in this city. guests at the
home of the latter's aunt, Mrs. j.
c. Roney.
County Clerk Graham issued mar
riage licenses during the past week
to Wesley c. Brown and lrma /
sLaxson; Ben o. Gilbert and Laura
E. Rosenkrens: Charles Earl Wilson
and Laura Pridegr
Mrs. f. j. Schacherer and Miss
Monica Goen went to Stockton, Hi
nois, Saturday morning and will Wis.
it in that city for several days at
the home o. Mrs. Schacherer's par
ents Mr. and Mrs. J. Donahue.
Lightning struck barn on the
r. X. Robinson farm. south OF here,
last Wednesday morning. setting fire
to the building. but it was discovered
and the flames eXtinguished before
they had gained much Roadway.
,..s vi Zelda llsla I! e,.s who: has been
at W VII rs, Wisconsin, Tor
the ~ 49, is expected
home .frWeek. She will be accom-
panied to this city by Mrs. Ruby Hol-
lister, who will visit here with rela-
tives and friends.
-Hopkinton's annual Harvest Home
picnic will be held in that city Tues
day, August 49, Quite number
from here have announced their in
tention OF attending. Senator kenyon
is to deliver the address and will he
a big drawing card for the picnic
Mrs. B. NJ. Amsden was called
to Mason City Tuesday by a tele-
gram announcing that her brother.
Hon. NJ. j. Avery Of that city, had
been seriously hurt in a run away
accident in that city. Mr.. Avery is
So years old and much concern is
felt as to his recovery on account OF
his advanced age.
p. F.. Madden is conducting a
novel shoe sale He wants you to
buy new pair of oXfords and as
an inducement will allow so cents
for any old pair OF oxfords in part
payment of the new pair. For FUR
Their particulars as to sale and prices
see his large advertisement on an
other page in this issue.
Misses Alice, May and Edith
Pemble intend to leave Manchester
the latter part OF this month and
will take up their residence IN Elyr-
ia, Ohio, where all three have Sc
cured excellent positions. The num-
erous Manchester friends OF these
estimable young ladies sincerely re-
greet their removal from this city.
Those from out Of town who at
tended the funeral of the late Mrs.
G. w. Fairchilds, which was held at
the Calvin Yoran home Thursday
afternoon, We're the following: Mr.
and Mrs. Samuel Fairchilds and
son. Leon, Fort Madison, Iowa; A.
Il. Fairchilds of Mechanicsville. Ia;
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Barker. DELAY
an, Wisconsin,; Mrs. VIM. Conser,
and II. E. Wiley. Elkhorn. Wiscon-
sin, and Miss Susie Norton, Everett
Washington.
C. w. Miller departed this,
Tuesday, morning for western South
Dakota to look after his land in
terests there. Mr.. Miller has three
and one fourth sections of land in
that state and while there will
make division of the hay crop rails
ed on his land this season. Mr.. Mill
er was fortunate in having all OF
his land seeded down this year as
that country was hit quite hard by
the drouth and the small grain and
corn will not amount to much. Hay
in that section is selling at $12 per
ton in the stack.
OF the eleven young men who
completed the prescribed course OF
the local High school last June, each
one will enter college or q university
this fall. Those Of the class going
to Ames Agricultural college arc N.
Seeds, Tom Wilson. Earl McGee,
Claude Andrews, Walter Meade, and
Roger Lewis; those entering the state
university are John Gillian. Leon
Beardslee and Clair Thorpe: Jay
Barr going to the University of Chi
cago, and Arthur Hutchinson to Iowa
College at Grinnell.