Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-12-24

J; son. CRAIG. Of GolGfield, Iowa.. arrived
i Saturday morning at the home Of he
parents, Mr. and. Mrs. Cyrus Craig
: and will be guests of relatives here
during the holidays. LAX. s
Mrs. P. D. Peck has been confinee
to her room by illness during the pas
week. &.- -.
81 Minnehaha Chapter, No. 344. o. E
S., hel1 election Of. officers Thurs
cay night, the majority OF the pres
ent officers being reelected. In
!. stallation Il will be held at the mex
regu!.r2 meeting
Fl. w. Putt, of Edgewood, was 8
welcome caller, among his Colesbura
friends one day last week. IN
Miss Harlan and Miss Hagan left
Friday for their homes at Rome and
iSergeants' Bluffs, respectively, tic
spend the holiday vacation with rela,
ftives. - q - IA.
| Rev. VIM. Bergman, of Garner. In
company with his brother. H. Berg
man, Of Earlville, was calling upon
friends and relatives here one day
t1ast week. ,. ASs!@ zcrs. p. T.
The ladies of the Twentieth Cen
fury Review Club were right royalty
entertained Friday evening by the
male contingent OF the organization.
The orchestra was present and enliv-
encG the occasion with number Of
fine selections Every number on the
program was heartily enjoyed, the
gentlemen are to be congratulated on
the happy outcome Of the; undertake
~. K. Bolsinger, and proved an en-
joyab]e part Of the evening pogram.
| The dining room was tastefully decor.
ated in the Club colors-yellow and
| white-and the tables fairly groaned
beneath the load Of good things. The
gentlemen are, becoming adopts in the
are OF entertaining, and their efforts
arc full appreciated BY the ladies'. !.
HoPkINToN. :.5z 81
a. Mitchell of Storm Lake spent
Tuesday hrere with his brother-in-.
law, Rev. w. Fl. Ensign. I
Burglars entered Harry Reeves
meat market Sunday night and took.
$500, which had been left in the mon.
ey drawer, and also: some meat. A
screen was removed from one Of the
windows which had been left partly
open, and entrance thereby made It
was supposed to, be some one about
town. 50
The public: school was closed a week
earlier than usual on account of 2
couple of cases of scarlet fever. The;
disease is in a high. form and the
homes, one Of which is on the Liv-,
ingston farm. are quarantincd, and it
! is hoped there will be no spread OF
the disease. "a.
II was eypacted there would be
Christmas \ Z. trees with appropriate
EXERCISES in two o. the churches, but
owing ia the fever it was thought
host n give them m. However san
! ia Claus viii doubtless go around
win bic ca,dv cart and call on the
1;tt,e folks i,
r . Iosenh has rented the Der.
n,rd h,,i,d;na where he viii have
bis office for his real estate bust
ness a.5s .se
Mrs G n ricketts, and son Jam.
10 were in Dubuoues several days, last
weok
\ r r Mexican Of Monticello :. and
his son Rev II McKean.+ of Fine
lc;+v Minnesota were in town on
,1ond,v zl~s
Mrs r. NJ Byer,y of Delhi visit
ed Tnesdav at rho home of her nep
how n q Oabler ~
Miss Nett;e Mu,,an il at home
FROM Delaware for the holiday yaca
tion .ss3s 5...
The funeral service of w. S
Davis who formerly resided r. nea,
bore w, 9, held tuesday in the Meth
|odist church Mr.. Davis had beef
in Il, health for a wear and a grea
sufferer He was born in Warner
comfy New Jersey. October %
tI1S37 He came west at the age Of
}21 wears to Aurora nj In 1853 he
was married to Miss Margaret Per
|.rv To them three children wer'
horn Edward Mrs. Belle Davis Har
} DIV and Miss clara r. Davis, all o