Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-01-08

j. B. Higman attended the funer
al of Charles Staehle at Earlville last
Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hiram Arnold have
heen spending several days with Their
relatives near Ryan. n
Mrs. Melissa Irving and her son
William were the guests of friends in
Coggon New Years day. II.
| Rev. Father Mcnamara of Hazel.
| ton was a guest of friends III the
city part, OF last week. sH
Miss Isabel Durey left Monday
night for Cedar Rapids. where she
is attending Coe college.
Miss Elizabeth Smith of Mt. Yer
non was guest of her friend. Miss
Ruth Billingsley, last week. ~
A. B. Terril has been confined
| to his home for: several days., nurs-
| ing a stubborn case OF the grippe.
Her friends are pleased ito learn
| that Miss Ella Merrill is improving
after being seriously i'll for: the past
two weeks.
MIR. and Mrs. w. v. Keith of Hop
kinton spent New Years day with
their daughter, Mrs. Guy Bishop. and
her husband. ..s.
| -Orin Greenwood claims the dis
tinction Of having mailed from the To-
ca, post office the first package by
the parcels post system.
| Miss Dorothy Keyes, daughter
O. Mr.. and Mrs. G.. H. keyes. lett
Monday night for Mt. Vernon. where
she is attending Cornell college.
| Prank Sheldon LETT Monday for
his home at Frederick, South Dakota'
after a two weeks visit at the home
Of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Ben
Sheldon. ~
Miss Ruth Billingsley, daughter
of DR.. and Mrs. A. M. Bilnngsley'
| returns to Oxford, Ohio, tomorrow
Miss Billingsley is student a.
Western college at Oxford.
MIR. and Mrs. John Cruise were
in Earlville Thursday, attending the
funeral Of their old friend, the late
Chas. Staehle, whose death occurred
in Hancock, Minnesota, on Monday.
Glen Strickland, who has been
spending the holidays with his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. Strickland,
returned to his school duties at the
Cedar Rapids Business college Mon
day morning. a,Es ~
Mrs. Mae Palmer Yockey of Ce-
dar Rapids is a guest Of Miss 'Gena
| Minkler. Mrs. Yockey is pleasantly
remembered as the efficient teach
er of English in the Manchester High
school last year. = *5.t
John L. Tierney, Who spent tht
Christmas season, with his aunt, Mrs
J.. C. Roney, in this city,, returned
last week to- St. Louis. where he is
a Senior in the medical. department
CT University Of St. Louis.
Mrs. L. Afford Of Waterloo has
been spending several days at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Hubert
Carr. She leaves this evening for
Cedar Rapids, for visit with her
daughter, Mrs. w. P. Powell. u .
DIR. and Mrs. Floyd 0, Smith, who
enter the Turkish Mission fields as
missionaries from the Congregation.
al church, sailed from Boston on
| Wednesday,. Mrs. Smith is daugh'
ter Of Mr.. ]. C. Heath of this city.
Jay Barr, who is student in
the law department Of the university of
Iowa, at Iowa City, and who has been
spending the past two weeks with
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Allen Barr,
left Friday morning for Iowa City.
Gus Barnd and his force of work
men went to Robinson this morning,
to unload bridge steel for number
of platform bridges which Contract.
or Barnd will erect at different
points in the southern part of, the
| county. NJ
Clyde Elder returned last week
from Council Bluffs, where, he went
to have new artificial leg fitted.
fie walks remarkably we'll and is able
to get about almost as actively as
ever, a fact which pleases his family
and friends. =" .-
Mr.. ana Mrs. Tom Elder, in COM
pany with Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Brow
nell of Delhi, recently spent a few
days at the home OF Mr.; and Mrs.
Myrt Mast of Graham, Clayton coun-
ty. Iowa, their daughter, Miss Blanche
accompanying them home for an ex-
.ended visit. -.
The city schools opened on Mon
day, January 6, after two weeks
holiday vacation, which was thorough
~ enjoyed by both pupils and teach
ers. The parochial school opened
On Monday with nearly all of the
former pupils present and many new
cnes enrolling at this time. "
Among the members of Nazareth
Commandery, K. r., of this city who
attended the funeral of the late Chas.
Staehle att -Earlville last week were
A, B. Carhart l.. Matthews sr., Bur
ton. Clark, Carl Anderson, Fred Mum
son, Chas Edmunds, A. D. Long. A.
d. Brown and Theodore Hatch.
MIR. and Mrs. Chas. Young of
Emington, Illinois, were guests OF