Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-04-16
THE LOCAL news
OF ! THE H! !. week \ Fl (

WHAT. MANCHESTER PEOPLE
ARE DOING At HOME AND
ABROAD.
DREVIEW and FORECAST OF EVENT!
lts ns Of Personai and General
~. Nature Picked up About
Town.
Mrs L,Andrews vas Cedar
Rapids visitor on Saturday. fs
-E. E. Gildner was a business Wis
itor at Cedar Rapids on Monday.
----Mr and Mrs. William Barr jr
We're Waterloo visitors on Monday.
Mrs. r. A. Denton and daughter
Margaret were Dubuque visitors Sat
urday.
John Mulvehill Of Masonville wa.
a business visitor in Manchester Sat
urday. Il,
Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. Strickland
were visitors in Cedar Rapids or
Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Keiser Of
Prairie township were Dubuque Wis
itors on Saturday. s
Mrs. Anthony Lippert# of Oelweir
was guest of her sister, Mrs. Os
car Hockaday, the first Of the week.
Miss Bess Thorpe was a guest OF
her sister, Miss Josephine Thorpe, al
Cedar Rapids on Sunday and Monday
Mrs. Lillian Scovel and her chill
sdren have moved to Farley, where
they intend to make their future
home. 81
Mr.. and Mrs. H. j. Schwetert
returned to Chicago Friday afternoon
after brief visit with friends and
relatives.
Mrs. C. A. Roland Of Chicago was
"a guest at the John Fardy home the
first of the week. Mrs. Roland re
turned TO her home on Monday.
Miss Ida Kermiler of Dubuque
was a guest of her friend, Mrs. C. S.
Lister, on Sunday. Miss Kermillel
is a. professional nurse in Dubuque.
90. M. Searight, one Of the influ-
entiaI residents of CoggOn, was in the
city Saturday to attend the funeral
services of the late r. R. Robinson. ,
,.; Miss Avis Goodwin Of Waterloo
arrived in the city Saturday after
noon for visit at the home Of her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. X. H. Good
win. yS
Ernest Garl:ck went to Dubuque
Saturday morning to complete ar
rangements for the position of trav-
cling salesman fora Dubuque con-
cern.
a Mrs. Louis Hintz, who spent part
of last week with her sister, Mrs.
Nv. B. Coltman, and her family, re-
turned to her home on Friday after
noon.
DIR. "A. NJ. Billingsley Went to
,k,sskl Saturda day, where he. cond ucted
quarterly conference. On Sunday he
conducted quarterly conference at Ep
worth.
Rev. W. H. Ensign was at Hop
kinton last Thursday, where he de-
livered an address before the Mission.
ary society OF the Presbyterian
church. #
q &C. r. Sweet of Waterloo was a
business visitor in Manchester last
week. Mr.. Sweet and his family may
decide to take up their residence here,
IL he can procure a suitable residence
in this place. .j$ III 81 4. +
Mr. and Mrs. James Mckay ST.
and their daughter, of Winthrop at
tended the funeral services for the
late R. r. Robinson. held here on
Saturday. Mrs. Mckay is cousin
Of Mr.. Robinson,
Contractor "A. J. Bruce will COM
mence work on handsome new resi-
dence in North Manchester for Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Ocher. The resi-
dence will be thoroughly modern in
all of its appointments.
Mrs. Alex Riddell of Strawberry
Point has been the guest Of her daugh-
ter, Miss Florence Riddell, at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. G. A. Peterson.
Mrs. Riddell has also been enjoying
a pleasant visit from her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. John Chamberlain.
DR.. NJ f. Parmalee OF Sioux City
was in Manchester Saturday to at
tend the funeral of his brother-in-law,
the late r. r. Robinson. Mrs. Robin
son accompanied her brother to Sioux
City on Saturday night and will spend
some time in his home there.
Mrs. Bessie Henderson and son
have moved onto the farm owned by
Mrs. Henderson and her mother, Mrs.
Swindell, near Ryan. Mr.. and Mrs.
w. c. Beeman and daughter, Miss
Olaf Beeman, have moved into The
Paxson cottage, vacated by Mrs. Hen
derson.
w. ". Childs will have extensive
improvements made to his residence
property northeast of this city. Mr..
Childs is planning to make additions
to his house and will install one OF
the best steam heating plants on the
market. The work of remodellng and
undermining his residence VIII be
done by Contractor Bruce of this city.
Clarence Dittmer was a guest OF
his parents, DR.. and Mrs. H. A. Dit
mer on Saturday. Mr.. Dittmer had
been at St. Paul, where he attended
the Stoddard-Wa wedding, which
took place Wednesday of last week
Mr.. Dittmer left Saturday afternoon
Tor Columbus, Ohio, where he has an
excellent position on one of the large
dailies. rs,
Mr.. and Mrs. w. B. Co,tman and
children of Independence arrived ~
the city Friday and went from mere
to Anamosa to visit with Mr.. Colt
mans uncle and aunt, MIR. and Mrs,
]. H. Allen. Mr.. Coltman informs
The Democrat that Mrs. Allen has
not been in the best of health. He1
many Manchester friends hope thai
she may soon be restored to, her us
ual good health.
MIR. and Mrs. John Champerialr
arrived in the city Friday Afternoon
for visit with their dau hters, Mrs
A. E. Peterson and Mrs. Chas. A. Pet
erson and Mrs. Alex Riddell. Mr.. an.
Mrs. Chamberlain were former resi-
dents of Manchester. and their OLD
! o.; ora1tIV meas