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

Nature Picked up About
Town.
Fred Wollett of Fairport, Iowa
was visiting with friends in the city
last week. .,
Harry Scotthorn of Fort Dodge
was guest of friends in the city
last week.
| Miss Achsa Drew went to Cen
tral City Friday morning for a visit
with friends. Il s....
Mrs. Seth Severance of Freder
ick, South Dakota, is a guest at the
c. B. Harris home.
Frank Barnd is in the city from
Isabelle, South Dakota, visiting will
relatives and friends.
Carl Durey, wo attends school al
Cedar Rapids, is spending the holi
days with relatives here.
| Misses Ruby and Nettie Stewart
are guests of their sister, Mrs. Peter
Johnson, at Tampico, Illinois.
Miss Mildred Smith is spending
the holidays at the home Of her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. H. c. Smith.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. T. Prescott and
| children returned home Friday from
visit with relatives at Mason City.
Charles Hoag of Charlotte. Michi.
| gan, arrived in the city Friday after
neon for a visit with relatives and
friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vernon Stockwell
OF Monticello were Christmas guests
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. D.
Wagner.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rae Durham arriv-
ed in the city Thursday morning from
Ccggon, where they spent Christmas
with relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. S. French re-
turned Thursday afternoon from Wa
terloo, where they spent Christmas
with their son.
Roy Petition of Aurelia, Iowa,
has been visiting with relatives and
friends in Manchester and vicinity
for several days.
M. o. Smith and family spent
Christmas at the home Of the for
mer's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. J. D.
Smith. at Hopkinton.
DIR. and Mrs. T. E. Fleming and
daughters, Misses Lillian, Bess and
Sue, are guests at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. A. NJ. Cloud
The friends of F. E. Dutton are
pleased to learn that he has recover
ed from his recent severe illness,
caused from pneumonia. .-.a
Mr.. ard Mrs. Jos. Mccormick Of
Cedar Rapids returned home Wednes-
day evening, after a visit in the city
with relatives and friends.
The derailment Of a number of
freight cars on the Illinois Central
at Delaware Saturday morning caused
several hours delay in traffic.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Pitts and son
Of Waterloo were guests at the home
CT the formers mother, Mrs. Peter
Pitts, north of this city, last week.
Mrs. Sadie Lehan and little
daughter of Waterloo were holiday
visitors at the home Of the former s
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. H. D. Wagner.
Mrs. Ida Snowden returned to
Manchester Thursday morning, after
spending Christmas with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Donald ERNST, at Cedar
Rapids.
Harold Vaudeville returned to
Waterloo Thursday afternoon, after
a visit in Manchester at the home
Of his grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. ].
B. Enos.
"A dance will be g iven at the Cen
trail opera house on Friday evening,
January 3rd. Music will be furnished
by the Fisk-Eleza harp orchestra Of
Cresco, Iowa.
Mrs. Ernest A. Durey returned
last week from Wheeler, Michigan,
where she had been visiting with
relatives. She was also a guest OF
her sisters in Chicago.
Mrs. J. j. Lindsay and daughter,
Miss Florence, expect to leave in
the near future for an extended pleas
IRE trip on the Pacific coast, visit
ing many places of interest.
Mrs. D. R. Dennis and children
returned to their home in Cedar Rap
ids Friday morning, after a visit In
the city sD:c the home of, the formers
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. E. H. Schultz.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. NJ. Morisey OF
Dubuque. their daughter Miss Ruth,
and a friend, Miss Gamble Of New
York, were Christmas guests at the
home of Capt. and Mrs. J. F. Merry.
and Mrs. J. C. Reeves of
Hopkinton were visitors in the city
Thursday. They departed for Jack
sonville, Florida, on that day, where
they will remain during the winter.
Clair Engstrom spent the holi-
day vacation in the city, visiting with
relatives and friends. Mr.. Engstrom
is on the repertorial staff of the
Nonpariel, daily newspaper at Coun
Gil Bluffs.