Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-11-27
THE LOCAL news
OF The week
WHAT MANCHESTER PEOPLE
ARE DOING At HOME AND
ABROAD. s..
REVIEW and FORECAST OF EVENTS
Items of a Personal and General
Nature Picked up About
Town.


L Joyed visit here on Friday at II
o nome OF Mr.. and Mrs. George Crane
Z Miss Myrtle Keegan Of Lincol
e Nebraska, returned to her home .Sa
e urday morning, after pleasant vi
e 1t at the home of her aunt, Mrs. Id
i Snowden.
v Arthur Hutchinson ard his si
ter. Miss Elizabeth, who are student
at Iowa college, Grinnell, are expec
& ed nome to-day, to spend Thanksgi,
ng with their parents, Mr.. and Mrs
JOS. Hutchinson.
The Misses Mary and Marth
rutherford, who have been ,visitin,
at the home of II. w. Sabin and 9th
ar relatives in the county for, severa
"eeks, left on Tuesday morning TO-
n heir home at Denver, Colorado.
4 r. F. Cary has purchased of Mr.
Ind Mrs. Maurice Hetherington thei
ss;dence, situated on Howard street
e'ir. and Mrs. Hetherington expect to
! a!oVe onto the HamDlin farm in Milo
| township sometime during the win.
kter. =. 4
Mr.. and Mrs. A. B. Terril were
lat Waterloo Monday. While in Wa
| terloo they were the guests of their
/ friends, Dir. ana Mrs. O.. J. Fullerton.
u. rul:erton and his family leave
:his week for California, where they
VA sRent the winter.
Mrs. J. NJ. Morisey of Dubuque
was = guest OF relatives in sManches-
ter the latter part of last week. Or
saturday evening, Mrs. Morisey left
ior Omaha, Nebraska, where she Wis
Ited on Sunday with her sisters, Mrs.
Nellie Hayes, and Miss Susan Paxson
--."r.Wand Mrs. Hubert Carr have
spent many anxious moments during
the past week caring for their little
twelve-morth's old daughter, Mary
Louise, who has been critically i'll.
! decided change for the better is
;oted in the condition of the little ont
This week.. -,
Mr.. and Mrs. C. w. Keagy viii!
have as their guests Thanksgiving
LAY 2. B. Dietrich, cashier Of the Sc
2urity Savings bank OF Waterloo, and
his wife; Mrs. Bucker of Dunkerton,
and their son, R. c. Keagy, who is
pastor Of the Methodist Episcopal
church Of Dunkerton.
Capt. san{ AIRS. J. F. Merry left
Monday morning for Vicksburg, Mis-
sissippi. Mr.. and Mrs Merry will be
the guests on Thanksgiving day of
Mr. and Mrs. w. T. Rigby at Vicks-
burg. After Thanksgiving they ex-
2ect to go to New Orleans and Ham
mond, Louisiana, for a two weeks
visit.
DIR Norman D. Wilson left last
week for Atlanta. Georgia, to take
a special course in medicine, in one
of the most famous medical schools
OF this country. Dr.. Wilson will prob
ably remain there for about eight
months, during which time his prac-
uce will be in charge of DR.. B. H.
Byers, his partner.
Miss Margaret Meyers, who will
be pleasantly remembered as form
er teacher in the city schools here,
was successful in her campaign for
the office of county superintendent
o" schools of Blackhawk county, at
The recent election. During the past
few years, Miss Meyers has taught
in the schools of Waterloo.
Ernest .Dunning of Foraker, Okla
homa. and who has been the guest
of his cousin, F. c. Hall, for several
days, went to Masonville Saturday
afternoon for a visit with friends
there. Mr., Dunning returned to Man
chester the first of the week for a
more extended visit with his relativ-
es here, before returning to his home
in Oklahoma.
H. H. Bentley, one of the pros
porous and influential farmers Of the
of Ryan, will leave Delaware
county next February, having purchas
ed large farm in Minnesota. Mr..
Bentley has been living on the Chris
tai farm near Ryan. On another page
appears the advertisement of a pub
lie auction, which Mr.. Bentley will
hold on the 4th of December.
Harold Durham, Floyd Arnold,
Allen Leroy and F. B. Durham were
at Iowa City Saturday, going there
to witness the football game beween
the team from the university of Wis
consin and that of the university of
Iowa. It is said that the Badgers
outweighted the Hawkeyes ten pounds
per man, giving them the advantage
over their opponents. Wisconsin car
ried off the honors by score of %
to 10.
The ladies Of the Congregational
church are following the plan Of last
year, in preparing the Thanksgiving
baskets, We understand there were
some who would like to have given
had they known of the plan. The
committee will be at the church on
Wednesday, November 9th. at ten
o'clock to receive the donations. The
committee would also like a quanti-
ty of canned fruit, jell, etc., for the
hospital
j. A. Wheeler, brother-in-law of
Captain J. F. Merry Of this city, who
now resides at Tacoma, Washington,
writes the Captain as follows: 1--WE
Ernest Lister, one of the cleanest
elected a democratic governor, Mr.
and incest men in the state, strong
temperance man and personal friend
of ours. Mrs. Lister is in Mrs.
Wheeler's Sunday school class and
the whole family are Methodists. We
all workeE for his election"
The Ladies' society of the Con-
sregational church will hold their an
nual bazaar and dinner on Friday, De
cember 9Th. Fancy work and aprons
and baking will be on sale. Any one
wishing to buy Christmas gifts will
find the supply of fancy work and
aprons which the ladies' will offer for
sale, rare opportunity to settle this
question. A chicken pie dinner will
be an important feature Of the ba-
zaar. The ladies have spared no pains
| in preparing for this occasion, and will
sreatly appreciate a liberal patron
age. Don't forget the date-Decem-
Der g.. Dinner will be served in the
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