Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-03-13
REVIEW |l!'''l and FORECAST Of EVENTS ! +
Items Of . Personal and Genera
~ Nature Picked Up About =
[,fy Town.

friends last week. tg{, 4. 4
S Al. j. Thorpe returned to Wa
terlooS Saturday morning. after {;
brief visit in this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. W.. E. Bowel
are enjoying a visit with relative.
and friends at Monone..
Z Mrs. Jos. Hutchinson Will b
hostess to the Thirteen Club Mon
day evening, March Is. ...
George Carpenter OF Bayard, low
was q guest Of his sister, Mrs. A
.. Long, last Wednesday.
Miss Bess Thorpe had as hel
guests Sunday, the Misses Anna and
Blanche Smith Of Dyersyiue.
III, Mrs. A. w. Stearns went to Wa
terloo this morning for a visit az
the home Of Mrs. E.. T. Afford.
and Mrs. Bert Bishop & Of
Milo township are the proud parents
Of a son born Sunday. March 10.
Mrs. C. Al Peterson and Miss
Florence Riddell pleasantly entertain
ed twenty guests at dinner Friday
evening.
Special communication OF Man
chester. Lodge. No. 165, IA. F. and A.
NJ, Friday evening. March Is. Work
on first degree.
RI Mrs L. A. Hintx and Miss nellie
Armistead returned home from Du
,buqne Saturday evening after brief
visit with friends In that city.
Mrs. W. w: White lett Monday
for Cedar Rapids, where, she will be
entertained for, seyeral days at the
thomea ef elatives. and Friends Sasss
s,--Aliss Grace Raitsbach returned to
her home at Vinton this morning,
concluding a two weeks visit at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Jay Matthews.
-Alonzo Wells went to Montclair
New Jersey, Thursday. where he
will reside in the future, having de-
cided to engage in business in that
city.
81 Mrs. AL. Barker returned to her
home at Cedar Rapids Monday morn
ing after brief visit in this CITY at
the home OF Mr.. and Mrs. Jay Bark
err. n
!, Jay Barr, who is studying law at
iowa State University at Iowa City
spent the latter part OF Last weel
with relatives and friends in Man
hester
Veronica Barron. infant daughter
/. /. N. P. Barron Of Masonvdlls died
Friday, March 9Th. Burial was
made in st. Mary's cemetery a
that place.
Mrs. w. C. Blake went to Clar
on, Iowa, Friday morning, where she
will be entertained tor several days
t. the home Of her sister. Mrs. Har
~ Barber.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. HOLSTER and
son Lawrence have returned +
heir home at Wiliams Bay, Wis
.onsin, after pleasant visit In
Manchester.
Miss Elizabeth Sherman OF Du
buque villa have charge Of the malu
merry department in the D. ]. Meg
,enburg store this season. Mis-
Sherman arrived here Monday.
Miss Ida Hedlund. has accepte'
he position in the Delaware County
Telephone office caused BY the rests
nation OF Miss Linda Ortman, wh'
returned: to her home at Export Las
week.
Mrs. Ella Carr. wife Of Rev. Ed
ward Ellis Carr. Of Chicago, VII
speak in the city hall in this cit.
IN Tuesday evening, March 18th, a
o. m. ON Social and q Poliuca
Economy" Admission free. Xxx
Mr.. and Mrs. Cart Griffin OF Ms
sonville were entertained at tn
home OF Mr.. and Mrs. Alex Stearn
last week. They expect to go Z
Canada the latter part ct this week
where they Will remain indefinitely.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. T. Prescott
mourn the loss of their six year Of
son, who died in Charles City lat
I Wednesday. Mr. Prescott purchase
the Lyric Theatre in this city ser
eral weeks ago and during his sta
here has made many friends. VIII
deeply sympathize with him in b
sad! loss.
| Auditor w. J. Davis, W. b Ro
inson, A. e. Mead, of this city, E.
4 McCloud Of Ryan and w. 81 Johnse
Of Hopkinton will attend the t.
a commission conference which is to !
\ held at Des Moines on March 20 al
st21. Among the important question
} which will be taken up will be sue
} subjects as 1.-THE Assessment
Taxable Property at It's Actual VI
ue", Listing of Real Property
, 1.-the Geographical Basis, "A Perm
/ nent on-Partisan State Tax Coz
mission, and "The County superv
or Of Local Assessment.
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