Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-01-15
THE LOCAL NEWS
Of THE WEEK
WHAT MANCHESTER PEOPLE
ARE DOING AT HOME AND
ABROAD.
REVIEW and FORECAST OF EVENTS
Items of Personal and General
Nature Picked up About
Town.

M. f. Leroy and E. NJ. Carr were
Chicago visitors last week.
H. G. Millen of Marion was
Manchester visitor last week.
MIR. and Mrs. Harry Munson were
visitors in Dubuque Friday.
Frank Cramer spent Wednesday
in Cedar Rapids on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Hall We're
visitors in Dubuque Thursday.
| L. Matthews ST. was a business
| visitor in Cedar Rapids Wednesday.
Mrs. Sherman Harris spent Fri
day in Dubuque, visiting with friends.
| w. N. Snodgress Of Iowa Falls
spent Wednesday in Manchester on
| business.
The board of supervisors were in
session at the court house last
Wednesday.
| IN. E. Davis was business Wis
! itor in Independence on Thursday
afternoon.
Miss Ona Barnd went to Cedar
Rapids asst week to attend St. Mary's
Academy.
ELIAS Pinch went to Epworth
Friday morning for a visit with rela-
tives and friends. ..t
Mrs. G. N. Steele of Strawberry
Point was a guest Of relatives in the
city last week.
Deputy Game Warden H. S.
| Tubbs was business visitor in Earl
vile Thursday. @t
Carl Heidermann jr. returned
home from business trip to Chicago
Friday afternoon.
Mrs. H. G.. Pierce returned home
Thursday afternoon, after a visit
with relatives in Waterloo.
Mrs. Frank Grapes of Strawberry
Point spent part of last week in
the city, visiting with friends.
The work of clearing the snow
from the ice, preparatory to putting
up the years harvest was begun last
| week.
Charles Wilson of Hopkinton was
in the city last week, called here by
the sudden illness Of his father, Rob
ert Wilson.
Mrs. f. H. Prowse returned to
Manchester Thursday afternoon, after
a visit with relatives and friends in
Rockford, Illinois.
Andrew Mccarthy Of Waterloo
was in the city last. Week, called
here by the death of his grandfath-
er, c. W. Lyman,
Roy Petition returned to his home
at Aurelia, Iowa, Saturday morning,
after a visit in Manchester and Vi
cinity with relatives and friends.
George Link was in Dyersville
last week and attended the annual
meeting of the stockholders of the
Farmers State Bank of that city.
The regular services will be held
at St. Paurs church in North Man
chester next Sunday. Sunday School
at 2:3O, preaching services at 1880
by Rev Ensign.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. B. Stiles left
last week for New Orleans. on a
pleasure and sightseeing trip. They
expect to spend month in the south
ern and eastern states.
Fl, S. Seymour will entertain his
Sunday School class of fifteen boys
at the Congregational church parlors
tomorrow Wednesday, evening in
honor OF Ray Meskimen's birthday,
which was January 18th.
The fire department was called
to the home Of Fred Moser on Thurs
day morning. The cause of the fire
was from an overheated chimney and
not p,roh dam rocu1to1 s7
w. C. Chapel left on Thursday
morning for Cedar Rapids on a busi-
ness trip. Mr.. Chapel went to Iowa
City from the Parlor City to con-
suit specialist for eye trouble.
Geo. S. Lister returned Thurs
day morning from Newton, Iowa,
where he had been attending the an
nual meeting of the Mutual Fire &
Tornado Insurance company. Mr..
Lister is director in the company.
Among the appointments made
for postoffices in northeastern Iowa
by President Taft last week were
Alex Porter, Strawberry Point, and
Harry Higman, Winthrop.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Brazelton
and family of Cedar Rapids were in
the city last week and departed for
Cuba for two months visit. Mr..
Brazelton formerly resided in Man.
chester.
Henry Levy, the Chicago horse
buyer, was in Manchester Saturday
and purchased a car load of horses
from the farmers of this vicinity. Mr..
Levy expects to return to this city
in the near future for the purpose
of buying more horses.
Word received here by friends
of Mrs. A. W. Stearns conveyes the
intelligence that she is recovering
from the effects of severe oper-
alton for appendicitis, the operation
being performed at the Mayo hospit-
al at Rochester on Saturday morning.
His friends will be interested in
learning that William Tuttle, son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. H. w. Tuttle of Grin
nell, and who formerly resided in
Manchester has recently entered the
Union Theological Seminary of New
York City.
Supervisor Mead was here Mon
day arranging for the relief of the
Brillard baby through the fund left
for the care of the blind in Delaware
county by the late James Correll.
This is the first relief that has been
given from this fund.-Greeley Home
Press. .-
H. P. Bellows has disposed of the
Ideal hotel, on the west side, to
Oscar Esler, who has been operator
for several years at the Illinois Cen
tral depot. Mr.. and Mrs. Bellows
go to Des Moines in the near future,
where they may decide to make their
home. ...