Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-10-23
THE LOCAL NEWS
OF The chi WEEK Eek !
WHAT MANCHESTER PEOPLE.
ARE DOING AT HOME AND
ABROAD.
REVIEW and FORECAST OF EVENTS
tens Of a Personal and General
Nature Picked up About
Town.

Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Petition wer
visitors in Dubuque Friday.
IL. Matthews went to Usage Mon
day morning on business trip.
Mrs. w. H. Hutchinson and Mrs
". B. Hoag were visitors in Dubuque
Thursday.
Mrs. ]. w. Lewis and daughter
Miss Katherine, spent Thursday il
Waterloo visiting with friends.
&c. W. Keagy went to Waterloo
Monday morning to attend a conven
ton of the Laymen's missionary
movement.
Mrs William Schwager left Sun
day evening for Tulare, South Da'
kota, for a visit at the home Of he1
neice.
Mrs. F.. A. Burk, mother OF, W.
J. Burk, of this city, is critically i'll
at a hospita' at Los Angeles, Cali
fornia..
MIR. an' Mrs. Mrs. Edw. Bolsing-
er and Mr.. and Mrs Kramer spent
Sunday visiting with relatives and
friends near Colesburg.
g Mr.. ant Mrs. P. S French went
to Waterloo Saturday morning for
visit at the home OF their son and to
attend the dairy show.
Arthur Newcomb returned to
Manchester last week, after sever
az months visit at Gallup, New Mex
leo.
Harry Davis, who is a student
at. sAmes, spent Sunday in Manches-
ter. visiting at the home Of his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. J. Davis.
D. E. Mittlestadt Of Arlington
was in the city Wednesday on his
way home from Waterloo, where he
had been in attendance at the dairy
show. ia.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ H Relies OF Del
hi were guests at the home Of Mrs.
John Sullivan Saturday. They made
the trip overland in the; new jackson on
ear.
80 7; ~ NJ +. # and Mrs, Benjamin Sheldon
have had as their guests Mr.. and
Mrs. Benjamin Weaver OF Cartersville
Iowa Mrs. Weaver and Mrs. Shell
don are sisters. ,,s;- 81
Mes DANES Marie Hesner, Julia
Evans, P. S. Crosby, Katherine Blais,
dell and A. c.. Carer were at Oel-
vein last week attending the district
meeting Of the w. R. G.
The annual Thanksgiving dance
will be held at the Central Opera
House on Thursday evening, Novem-
ber %. Music will be furnished by
the Hoffman Concert dance orches-
ira. t5s
The giving away Of a bridge at
Center Grove, just west of Dubuque,
on Wednesday evening caused a
freight wreck and considerable delay
in traffic that evening and Thursday
morning.
Miss Frances Bement, a recently
returned missionary from China. ar
rived ins-the city Thursday after.
room and that evening she spoke at
the Congregational curch. She Went
from Manchester to Winthrop.
Mrs. II. G. Haeberle and daugh
ter, Miss Fannie, expect TO- leave II
the near future for New Mexico
where they will visit at the home o1
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Sabin, aftel
which they go to California to spent
the winter months.
A team belonging to Fvanl
Stone indulged In a lively runaway o.
Saturday morning. They becam
frightened in the east part Of tow
and ran to the corner Of Marion an an
Franklin street where they were stol
ped before any damage resulted.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. H. Blake AM
granddaughter, Miss Marian Blak'
lef+ Wednesday for the south, Wner
they will spend the winter month:
They will visit several southern cl
les of interest before going to Jacl
, sonville, Florida, where they WI
, spend the remainder Of the winter.
j, G w. Dulany jr. and F. J. war
e who are making a tour and vlsltln
f the Eclipse Lumber Company's yard
we're in Manchester Thursday. NJ
i Dulaney is vice-president Of the COZ
pany and Mr.. Ward is general ma ma
ager. They were accompanied by
Y c. Let's jr. of the Clinton Grocer
company.
pr. A. NJ. Billingsley, distri
e superintendent, of this city; Rev. N
L Turner Of Edgewood; and Rev. N
II soule of Arlington met at StraWbe
;e ry Point last Wednesday with Re
II Bradford Of the Methodist church
n that place, to arrange the progra
,r for the Dubuque district conferen'
is which will be held at the Point sol ss
er time during November.
- Rev. and Mrs. W. H. Ensign
turned home Friday afternoon frt
Des Moines, where they had been
Isl tending the meeting of the Synod
Iowa. They were accompanied no
by Paul Joseph, son OF Mr. and NJ
,s- Frank Joseph, formerly of Manch