Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-12-25
THE LOCAL NEWS
OF THE week
60 =.
WHAT MANCHESTER PEOPLE
II ARE DOING At HOME AND
ABROAD.
REVIEW and FORECAST OF EVENTS
Items Of. a Personal and General
Nature Picked up About
Town.

Mrs. J. A. Strickland spent Thur
day with friends in Dubuque,
} Mrs. Geo.. Clemans/ was visi
or in Cedar Rapids on Thursday.
i Henry and John Hermann hay
been spending the week withgsrea'
tives in Dubuque.
Mrs. j. j. Lindsay and daughte
Miss Florence Lindsay, were visitor
in Dubuque Thursday. &
Mrs. Chas. Hermann Of Wate,
loo was the guest Of her sister, Mr.!
John Haltmeyer, for several days.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. c. Amsden LEI
Wednesday morning for Minneapolis
for a Few: days visit in the Minnese
ia city. - 5.
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. C. Pierce ar
spending the holiday season witt
their daughter, Mrs. Carl Bure'
Stein, in Chicago.
|s%s--Mrs. w. M Crosier and Mrs
Pattell of Coggon were guests O.
their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. E. p
Morse on Thursday.
Miss Elizabeth Hutchinson ant
brother Arthur arrived home las
week from Grinnell, where both are
students at Iowa college.
Mr.. aYd Mrs Charles Jordiso1
went to k>lnsas City Wednesday fol
a visit Of several days with relatives
and friends in that city. +
Glen Strickland and Glen Smith
students at the Cedar Rapids Busi.
ness college, are spending the holt
dayvacation with their parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. B. Lane left
Wednesday morning for Los Angeles,
California, where they will spend the
winter with. Mrs. Lanes children.
u R. c.. Keagy, pastor Of the Meth
cdist Episcopal church Of Dunkerton,
is a guest over the holidays Of his
parents, Mp. and Mrs. \, w. Keagy.
Mrs. H. ]. Bolander Mt Wednes-
day afternoon for her home, at Lohr-
vile, Iowa, after, weeks visit with
:her son; e. b. Bolande In this city
Forrest Jones, who is taking =
special business course in the Cedar
Rapids Business college, is guest
of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. NJ.
Jones.
John Tierney, who is pursuing
a course of study in the medical de-
partment at the University OF st.
Louis, is a guest Of his aunt, MIS-. J.
c. Roney.
Mrs. Minnie Stoddard, who was
called to this city by the illness and
death Of her mother, Mrs. R. NJ. Mar
win, left last week for her home In
St. Paul, Minnesota.
John, Gillian, son Of Mr.. and Mrs,
NJ. NJ. Gillian, and who is student
at the University Of Minnesota, ar
rived home from Minneapolis Satur-
day morning for the holiday vacation.
Mrs.. Jennie Jones went to Des
Moines Wednesday for a visit with
her son, Reese Jones, expecting to
remain in the. capitol city until after
the holidays.
Father J. ]. Collins, who was for
several years the beloved pastor Of
st. Mary's church OF this city, was
a visitor in the city Wednesday morn
ing. Father Collins is pastor Of st.
Cecilia parish at Alta Vista, Iowa.
The Misses Barbara and Angie
Pierce, students at Upper Iowa Uni
versity, at Fayette, arrived home
Friday evening to spend the holiday
vacation with their parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. c. A. Pierce.
Miss Ruth Billingsley arrived on
afternoon from Oxford,
Ohio, where she attends college. Miss
Billingsley will remain at the home
Of her parents, DR.. and Mrs. A. M.
lutil after the holidays.
Mrs. E. A. Davis and sons, Nor
vii and Leslie, left Friday for Glen
wood, Iowa, where they will make
their home. It will be remembered
that Mr.. Davis purchased an inter
est in a weekly newspaper plant at
Glenwood.
Mrs. Katherine Tupper, who has
made her home with Mrs. Margery
Hoyt for several months, left Thurs
day morning for Prairie du Chen,
Wisconsin, where she will visit with
her uncle, before going to- her home
near Milwaukee.
Miss Margaret Dittmer, daughter
Of DR.. and Mrs. H. A. Dlttmer, arriv.
ed home last week from Oberlin,
Ohio, to sepend the holiday vacation
with her parents. Miss Ddttmer il
a student In the conservatory Of mu
sic at Oberlin college and will return
to her school duties after the holi
days. :'Ff
-Messrs. Otto and Fred Haug
who will conduct the .Haug machine
shop in this city, the building fol
which is nearing completion, are nov
residents of Manchester, having ar
rived here with their families from
Great Bend, Kansas. The new plan
will be opened as soon as the machin
cry arrives and is installed. Man
chester extends cordial Welcome II
these two families, who some year
lago were residents Of Colesburg.