Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-11-25
LOCAL news
). .... OF THE week
WHAT MANCHESTER PEOPLE
ARE DOING At HOME AND
ABROAD.
REVIEW and FORECAST OF The VEEE
Items Of a Personal and General
Nature Picked Up About
the City.

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the City.
H. l.. Ram and son, Lucien, were
visitors in Dubuque on last Thursday
afternoon. &&
Mrs. Margery Hoyt spent last
Thursday in Dubuque visiting with
friends. \
Miss Emma Asmussen was an ov-
er Sundy visitor with relatives in
Dubuque.
Mrs. Percy Strickland spent last
Thursday in Cedar Rapids visiting
with friends. =
Mrs. J. S. Maley returned home
Thursday evening after visit with
friends in Dubuque.
-Nixson Denton was in Des ,Moines
last Saturday attending the Nebras-
ka-Iowa football game.
William Hubert Of Primghar, To-
wa, arrived in the city last week
for a visit with relatives.
Mrs. George Burroughs went to
Edgewood last week for visit with
her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. J. S. Fos-
ter. t''"'
! Mrs. Jesse Cooking has been visit
ing with her son in the western
part of the state during the past
week.,
| Mr.. and Mrs. j. B. Enos expect to
leave next week for Marion, Iowa, to
spend three or four months with rela-
tives..
! Mr.. and Mrs. Rupert Glass of
Richlana township are the parents
Of a son born Saturday, November
21, 1914. ~ 3x, .. ,.,
Mr.. and Mrs.. T. S. Doty left
Monday morning for Orlando, Flori-
da, where they will spend the wins
ter months ..5: LEA I'd !. :. ..:,> z.5, s4,,
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Pitts returned
to their home in Waterloo on Monday
morning after a visit with relatives
in this city. }.-f.ss 80. ~ 4. 4. '.- A At S
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Dunham
went to Chicago Wednesday even
ing Of last week Tor a several days
with friends. ',',,..= '-. g
Fred Smith, section foreman of
the Cedar Rapids Branch, IS in
South Dakota this week looking after
land interests. - ! r.: -. r.. LAX 2t.s
Miss Winifred Maley has been in
the city for several days visiting in
the home Of her. parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. J. S. Maley. .''ess III Ii?
Frank Reiger went to- 1ndepend-
ence last Thursday evening to at
tend band concert given by 4, the
Raymond Concert band. .s
County Superintendent F. P.
Walker an d E.. w. Beck, instruc-
tor in the local High school, were
visitors in Fayette last Friday. T.
Misses Gertrude Long and Myr-
tie Midkiff entertained company Of
friends at the home of the former
on East Main street on last Friday
evening. 4 g. NJ E,
Ed Brownell was at Parkersburg,
Iowa, the latter part of last week,
where he purchased carload Of poul.
try for, the Lovett & Davis Produce
company of this city -&2..s
The football team Of Ellsworth
college Of Iowa Falls arrived 4 in
the city last Thursday afternoon and
left Friday morning for Fayette TO-
! play against Upper Iowa untversi-
|ty on that day. ,g;
F. B. Johnson has a change Of ad-
vertisement this week which will be
of interest to those who are going
to buy feed Of, any kind. He also
states that he handles sweeping COM
pound. Read his announcement on
another page. ~ y >-
w. D.. Hoyt left Monday morning
for Des Moines, where he was call
ed by the death Of his uncle, Henry
A. Hoyt. Mr.. Hoyt's uncle passed
away on Sunday morning at Sulphur
Springs, Arkansas, where. he was
spending the winter.
Rev. and Mrs. +. F. Moore were
the guests of their son, Mark Moore,
at Waterloo last Thursday and Fri
day. Rev. Mr.. Moore also attended
the ordination services of the newly
chosen pastor of Plymouth Congre-
gational church of that city. SO
Capt. J. F. Merry will hold sale
of Holstein cattle on the farm known
as Merryland,. northwest Of this ci-
ty, on Thursday, December 3rd. His
large advertise sement appears on page
three of this issue, and will be of
interest to the farmers who are in
the market for Holstein cattle. :
The girls and boys basket ball
teams Of the Manchester High school
have been practicing for several
weeks and both teams have strong
line-ups which it is expected will win
their share Of the games the coming
season. They have several games
scheduled for the month Of Decem-
ber. ~
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District Superintendent A. M.
Billingsley returned home Saturday
evening from Des Moines, where he
had been in the Methodist hospital
for several days. The friends Of Dr.
Billingsley will be pleased to learn
that he is improving and it is hoped