Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-11-05
LOCAL NEWS
Of The week
WHAT MANCHESTER PEOPLE
+ ARE DOING At HOME AND
l-ls ABROAD.
REVIEW and FORECAST OF EVENTS
lte ne % Personal and General
Mature Picked up About
Town.

J., Mr.. and Mrs. j.. M. Jones wei
| visitors in Dubuque Thursday.
E Mrs. H. G. Pierce was guest
: friends in Dubuque Saturday.
: Mrs. Frank Slack was a visitt
with friends in the Key City la
Thursday. $s
Mr.. Jas. Dolphin, cashier OF th
Ryan State Bank, was bushes
visitor In Manchester Thursday.
Mrs. George Ford has an adve
tisement in another column which
OF interest to our women readers.
Mrs. J. H. Simmons of Ne,
Hampton, Iowa, has been a visito
at the Amel Keiser home for sever
4 al days. 5
7 Miss, Lottie Bracket and Mrs
Amel Keiser and son and Mrs. E
Durey spent a day at the H. Turne
home last week.
p. F. Madden advertises part,
slippers in an advertisement whicl
appears on page 8 Of this issue o
The Democrat.
Miss yira. Moore, who spent sew
eral days with her brother, Jaspe
Moore, and family, at Grinnell, re
turned home Friday.
Miss Marguerite Haas, who hat
been tho guest of her sister, Mrs. Err
nest Garlick, returned to her home
near Hopkinton. on Friday.
Mrs. T.. Smith returned to hel
home at Boneparte, Iowa, Friday af
ter spending some time with rela.
tives and friends near Manchester.
Mrs. D. c. Jewett, who has Wis.
tied in the Geo. w. Snyder and Mi.
chael Barr homes in Prairie town.
ship. .has returned to her home in
Monticello.
Mrs. Ernest Durey left here on
Monday morning for Glendale, N.
D., where she will join her husband,
who left here several weeks ago. Mr..
and Mrs. Durey will make their home
at sEllendale.
Mrs. Reuben Philip, who has
been 4 guest Of her sister, Mrs. c..
Grant, and Mrs. w. Haller, left FRI
day morning for independence, at
which place she win visit with her
brother, Jas. Smith; and family.
The annual praise and thank Of
fering meeting OF the Presbyterian
Missionary society will be held at
the home of Mrs. r. E. Richardson,
on, Wednesday afternoon, November
12, at 2:30. A cordial invitation is
to all. ss
On page 8 Of this issue OF The
Democrat appears the advertisement
Of Blake and Son, in which they an
nounce special fur sale, having at
their store repres entative of one
Of the leading fur houses Of the coun-
try. Our readers should not over
ook this announcement.
w. D. Hoyt left Friday evening
upon a several days business trip
to Omaha. Mr.. Hoyt went by way
Of Ames, where he spnet Saturday
with his son, Harold Hoyt, who is
student in the Agricultural college,
and also witnessed the football game
between Ames and Lincoln.
IN. H. Williston, who has been
spending the summer near Seattle,
where he has extensive farming in
terests. arrived in Manchester last
week, and viii spend the winter here
His many Manchester friends are
pleased to know that he intends to
spend several months in this city.
Mr.. an5 Mrs. Harry Turner en-
.ertained a company Of friends at
heir home northwest OF the city on
halloween night. There were sew
present, all dressed in mas
luerade costumes. Halloween games
md refreshments were indulged in
~ the merry-makers.
Mrs. Mary Stewart and daughter
'eturned Thursday evening from Prin.
;eton, Mime sofa, where they had
,een the guest of the formers daugh- |
er, Mrs. John South. Mr.. and Mrs.
South are pleasantly remembered by
Manchester young peope. Since 60
ng to Minnesota they have purchas.
ID farm near Princeton, on which |
hey are now nicely settled in their
lewly built residence Their many I
riends are pleased to learn that |
hey are we'll and prospering.
Rev. and Mrs. j. F. Moore re-
urned from Kansas City on Friday
evening after having been in attend
'nce upon the sessions of the Nation
Il Council of Congregational church
IS. They returned home by way Of
irinnell, where they visited with
dr. Moores son, Jasper Moore, and
formed an intimate ac-
luaintance with their little grand
ion, who came several weeks
lgo to bless the home Of Mr.. and !
Mrs. Jasper Moore.
The postoffice department sends
'ut an order requesting that all pat
'ons Of rural routes paint their boxes
White and place their names on the
anne in black letters about two inches
llgh. This order has been issued to
very postmaster where there is ru-
al route. This is done in order that
III receptacles of the mail of Uncle
sam will be uniform. 1t is also sug-
rested that the posts on which the
'oxes are located be painted and
up. IS,