Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-06-04
LOCAL NEWS u.
Of THE. WEEK /
WHAT MANCHESTER PEOPLE
ARE DOING At HOME AND
ABROAD. II Il
REVIEW and FORECAST Of EVENTS

stsns Of = Personal and Genera
Mature Picked Up About
Town.
-. M. Jones was a business vis:t
or in Dubuque Tuesday.
IN. E. Blair was a Strawberr
4 Point visitor last week.
Mrs. John Sullivan was guest {
friends in Dubuque Monday. s
Mrs. Thos. Healy and son John {
Waterloo spent Decoration Day j
the city. s.
IA number Of the rural schools {
the county have closed for the sun
mer vacation. s:s
Rev. Father T.. ]. IcEllfott 0
Cedar Rapids was a visitor in Man
chester Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. B. Sackett Q
Strawberry Point spent Decoratio
DAY in Manchester.
Tony STREET. and sisters OF Dyers
| vile were visitors in the city durfnl
/ part Of the past week.
-. F. Graham was at Strawberry
Point last week visiting with his sic
ter, Mrs. Jennie Westfall.
Mrs. NJ. W. Sheldon and daughter
Mrs. George Clemans, spent Satur
day with friends in Dubuque 3
Miss Florence Riddell spent Satur
day in Strawberry Point, the guesl
lof her mother. Mrs. Alex Riddell.
s----Mrs. w. B. Coltman and children
lot Independence were Decoration
fday svisitor In the city with relatives.
and Mrs. Glen Meskimen re
Etnrned to Waterloo Saturday morning
later visit In the city with relatives
The annual picnic OF the North
Eastern Iowa NJ. w. "A. picnic associa-
|tionf will be held at Oelwen Thurs
day, June 49,.
Mrs. Henry Petition has Ibeen en-
toytng a visit during a part Of the
past week from her father, Mr.. Paige
lot s&West Union. .. ..5a$ ~.
Jacob Petition left Sunday evening
for Redfield and Doland, South Da-
kota, where he is looking after land
interests.
Mrs. e. G. Place Sof MINI eapolis
and Miss Susie Cassidy of New Hamp.
nssspent Decoration Day IN Man.
chester
Mr.. and Mrs. E. G. Adams and
daughters Of Delhi were Sunday visit
ors at the home OF Mr.. and Mrs. So,r
on Hamb lin in this. city. J,
,sS larry Heath and family /. and
Clydes Heath; and familNAof Waterloo
We're guests a part of last waek; of
Mr.. and Mrs. John c. Heath, II
y Miss Mary .Collard, ,sawho has
been ian instructor. in the High sehool
at Cherokee, Iowa, - has returned tc
her home for the summer vacation.
Ira Clark was In the city during a
part of the past week from Homer.
Minnesota, where he is employed at
the government fish cultural station
Misses Elizabeth Graves and Ida
Adams Of Mason City returned nj to
heir home Sunday afternoon after
! visit in this vicinity, at the homes
> relatives and friends.
"A new postal order. is to. the ee::
'ect that the back stamping OF ordin,-
Try letters will be discontinued. Reg
stored and special delivery mail
will he backstamped as usual.
Miss Yira Moore, who has beenl
principal Of the High school at Cory
lon, Iowa, arrived, home Saturday
light. and will spend the summer va
,ationl with her father, Rev. J. F.
Moore m I, VI W. s3s ;$.s.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy .Hamblin and|
amily, who had been visiting with
'elatives in Manchester and vicinity,
eft last week. for California, where
hey expect to make their future
lone. "a 4. H. sf
MR. Frank -Lillibridge and Miss
Belle Fritz, both OF Greeley, were
married. at the home OF Mr.. and Mrs.
rhos. Elder on Wednesday Of last
week. Rev. Mcdonald performed the
ceremony. &
Rev and Mrs H. F. Mcdonald
we're at Strawberry Point last Thurs
lay, where Rev. Mcdonald conducted
he funeral services for Charles
helps. whose remains were, brought
rom Los angeles, California.
Miss Eva Benson arrived in |
Manchester Friday from Mar
on, Alabama, where She has been
eaching in zone of the A. NJ. A: mis-
ion schools. On Sunday she went to
Thorpe to visit her sister, Mrs. D.
ayan, and family.
Oba Lyman left last Thursday
morning for Rochester, Minnesota,
where on Saturday he submitted to
N operation for appendicitis. He is
recovering from the effects Of the
'peration as rapidly as could be ,ex-.
'ected. 5s5 5sl il.
..s3-----Alva Carpenter, who has been
gent Tor the Chicago Great Western |
It Almoral station, has taken posi-
ion in the offices Of the Manchester
Oneida railway in this city. He
las removed his family to this city
md they will make their. home on
North Franklin street,
-E. E. Cowles, who has the local
lgency for. the;Standard Oil. company
md delivers oil to a number of the
leighboring towns, has equipped an
automobile tank wagon for this work.
Ie has q 90-horse power engine in the |
machine and is capable Of carrying
100 gallons. ..t. /
The postmasters of the Third. and
Fourth classes Of the consolidated dis
riots of Clinton and Cedar Rapids,
comprising the counties Of Jackson
Clinton. Scott, Muscatine. Cedar,
ones, Dubuque, Delaware, Buchanan
linn, johnson, Iowa, Benton, Black
lawk and Rama, held their twentieth
eni-annual meeting in Clinton, on
Tues day. s.as,
Miss Flora Reece enjoyed a Wis
t the first of the week from Mrs
I. T.. Miller, who has been engaged |
n mission work at Sierialeone, West
Africa. Mrs. Miller and her husband I
re home from Africa for, an extend.
ID furlough, owing to Mr. Miller's i'll
lealth. They will spend part of
heir vooQfinn Nv. Mil1or,c Doo- Il