Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-12-17
LOCAL NEWS
Of THE WEEK
H;HAT MANCHESTER PEOPLE
ARE DOING At HOME AND
ABROAD.
REVIEW AND FORECAST OF EVENTS
Items Of ! Personal and General
Mature Picked Up About
the City. z

w. H. Ward Of Ryan was in the
city Monday on business.
&c. J. Hockaday is : business Wis
ltor in Chicago this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Jay Matthews were
visitors in Dubuque Saturday.
Capt. and Mrs. J. F.. Merry were
visitors in Dubuque on Monday.
John Derflinger OF Cedar Rapids
was business visitor in the city ON
Monday. a. :...
Miss Lucille Cooney OF; Dubuque
was a guest Of Miss Genevteve Drum
my last week.
--E. r. Hensley suggests your por-
trait as gift, In his change Of ad-
vertisement this week.
Francis Pierce left Saturday
morning for IT. Dodge for visit
with relatives and friends.
The Manchester Lumber Com
pany advertises Island Greek Splint
coal in change OF aGvertisem ent-
MIR. and Mrs. Earl H. Bushnell OF
Prairie township are the parents OF
daughter born today, December y.
The many friends of y. 3. Enos
Twill regret to learn OF his illness
at his home on East Union street. u
Hon. e. H. Hoyt returned home
last week after several weeks
business trip to Muskogee, Oklahoma q.
Co. supt. and Mrs. g. D. Rib
bles returned home Sunday evening,
after ia short visit with friends in
Dubuque.
IF you have not purchased your
supply OF coal, read what F.B. John
son has to say In his change of ad-
Yertisement this week. sss
ss-5- S. squires and two daughters
OF Ryan left the first Of the week
for St Petersburg, Florida, where
they will spend the winter.
The &; basket ball team Of the Man
chester High school go to Coggon on
Friday to, play against the High
school team at that place. Il,
Hutchinson & 3Atwater have a
change Of advertisement this week
/ III which they give alarge list of use N
,fu1s articles for Christmas gifts. ssI (.
Frank Schmidt, who hes been in
the employ OF Oba Lyman. in his
restaurant in this city, left for Sum
ner, Iowa, where he has purchased a
restaurant. .... &
The friends Of Miss. Net-ie Ball,
a niece OF Mr.. and Mrs. J. P: Ballot
Delaware, will Il be pleased to 1earr
that she is recovering from her re.
sent critical illness. III
IS. w Klaus Of Earlville has
been drawn as member of the pet
Fit jury for the federal court which
will convene at Waterloo on Tues
day, January $13, 1914.
Rev. Father; Sassen OF SIS. Peter
and Paul's church, OF Petersburg-and
well known in Manchester, has been
seriously i'll at his. home, but last
reports are that he is improving.
P. BAN Of Delaware was a
business visitor in the city Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ball expect to leave
in the near future for Hammond. La,
where they will enjoy the winter
months,
Mrs. Edward Harms went to
Winthrop Sunday for; visit with
relatives. Mr.. and Mrs. Harms ex-
pect to leave in tha near future for
California, where they will spend the
winter months.
Miss Josie Midkiff, who is a
student at Lenox college, Hopkinton,
spent Saturday and Sunday in Man
chester with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs John Midkiff. Miss Midkiff had
as her guest Miss Gearhart of Hop
kinton
Miss Laura Dunham.> who is a
student in the musical conservatory
In Oberlin college, will arrive home
on Friday of this week. and will re-
main here during the Holiday vaca-
ton with her parents, Judge and
Mrs. Geo. w. Durham.
August Hartbeck, a student OF
the local High school, has been i'll
with heart and kidney troubles, and
has been obliged to go to his home
near Colesburg. For time the
boy was in critical condition. His
friends hope that complete, rest
during the holiday vacation viii re
store him to his former health. and
i that he may return to his school
work. ;.
All of the officers of the Fifty.
third regiment of the Iowa INationa!
guard go to Dubuque this week to at
tend the school that is to be held
there, beginning today and continu
ing until tomorrow evening. The
school is held each year for the pur
pose of instruction. While the Off
GERS are in Dubuque there will be
shown at the Orpheum theater, pic
lures of the camp that was held "a
Charles City during last August.
Col. and Mrs. B. w. Jewell o
Omaha, Neb.,. have been spendln!
some time with their old friends il
Manchester. Whenever Mr.. Jewel
can lay aside the busy cares of busl
: ness life, he and his wife take advan
: tage of these opportunities and com
to their former home city, to spen
a short time with their many friends
Their visits to this city prove equal
ly as delightful to Manchester pee
/, pie as they do to them. Here's hoI
, ing that some day they may max
this place their home again.