Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-03-26
THE HE LOCAL II! NEWS N IS
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.
DIR. ]. w. Scott was a business

o DIR. ]. w. Scott was bushes
; visitor in Dubuque Saturday.
: Frank Moreland OF Dyersville wa
s a business visitor in the city Thurs
: day.
t Porn, to Mr.. and Mrs Phil Par
: IS, Of east sf Manchester, recently, ,
: son.
/ &C. r. Machogan of Dyersvill'
was a guest Of Manchester friend.
Thursday.
e Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Halbur are tht
parents of son, born on Saturday
March %.
a. d. Long went to Freeport
Illinois. Monday morning on a bust
!, ness trip.
H. J. Wilson returned to Water
loo Monday morning, after a visit in
J the city. .
Mrs. Lou Wood has been i'll at
her home on Gay street during the
past week.
-H. A. Granger arrived in the
city last Wednesday evening from
Jacksonville, Florida, for brief bust
ness visit. ..;
Mrs. Victor Collard and son went
to Lamont Saturday afternoon for a
visit with relatives.
/ Mr.. and Mrs. w. B. Coltman and
children Of independence were over
Sunday visitors in the city with rela-
|tivessand friends. l $
-. E. Stimson Of Delhi is one Of
the trial jurors drawn for the April
term of the Federal court, to meet
at Dubuque in April.
3s---Alva Sabin. son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Jerome Sabin, had the misfortune to
break one Of the bones in his arm at
the elbow last week. ss.
Miss Dorothy Keyes, who attends
Cornell college at Mount Vernon, ar.
rived in the city last week for vis-
it at the home OF her parents.
-Dr.SA. NJ. Billingsley was at Hop
kinton Sunday and delivered both the
morning and evening services at the
Methodist church at that place
r. F.. Hedlund returned
home on: Friday afternoon from Ft.
Dodge. where she had been called by
the critical illness Of her mother.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. w. Oliver Of In
dependence were in the city Sunday,
visiting at the home Of the formers
brother, T. T. Oliver, and family.
The Manchester High school bas-
ket ball team was defeated by the
Coggon team, at the latter place. on
Friday evening BY a score OF Is to 21.
Paul Klaus, who attends Cornell
college at Mount Vernon, was an
over Sunday visitor in the city. at
the home Of his parents. Mr. and
Mrs. George Klaus.
Miss Barbara Pierce, a student
OF Upper Iowa university at Fayette,
has been in the city visiting at the
home of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
G. A. Pierce.
Mrs. Mildred Cobb left Saturday
afternoon for her. home at Mars hall
town, after visit in the city at the
home OF her parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
A. D. Brown.
Miss Margaret Dittmer, daughter
Of DR.. and Mrs. H. A. Dittmer, and
who is student at Oberlin, Ohio, ar
rived home Saturday afternoon for
brief visit with her parents.
Mrs. Mary Stewart and daughter,
Miss Gertrude Stewart, leave the lat
ter part Of this week for Princeton.
Minnesota, near which place they will
make their home In the future.
Avery Long, who has been in
the employ OF the D.. r. Lewis &
Bro, jewelrys store for several years,
has resigned that position and has
entered the employ OF the Manchester
Press.
IF. P. Walker, an instructor in
the lecal High school, has been sick
during the past week with. tonsilitis.
Miss Maud Graham has been conduct-
ing Mr.. Walkers classes during his
| Illness
jay Barr, who is student at the
state university at Iowa City, arrived
home Saturday morning for the Eas-
ter vacation with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Allen Barr. Mr.. Barr is stu
dent in the law department of the
state university.
| Last Saturday was Mrs. Mary A.
Bradford's eighty-sixth birthday, and
the event was observed at the home Of
her niece, Mrs. w. H. Norris, where
a birthday party was served. A few
Of her aunt's relatives and old-time|
friends were, present. Mrs. Bradford
is one Of Manchester's early pioneers
and. her eighty-six years have not
dimmed her mental faculties or left a
trace Of disappointment, regret or.
bitterness in her heart.
The independence Bulletin-Jour-
nal contains the following item, in it's
social column regarding Mr. and Mrs.
w. w. White, the former Of whom
was a teacher In the city school of
Manchester for two years: "Prof. and
Mrs. w. W. White were host and
hostess to the teachers Of the East
Side schools, of the Grammar, Emer-
son and Lincoln buildings, Monday
evening. 1t was a ST. Patrlck's par
ty, with Irish stories and Irish songs
| we'll sung and told, while the tasty
decoration and other appointments
were in keeping with the season. The
guests all proclaim that they had one
Of the best times Of their lives"