Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-08-19
LOCAL news
!. . I. OF j ! ] The III Il week K
WHAT MANCHESTER PEOPLE
: ARE DOING At HOME AND
ABROAD. y L.
REVIEW and FORECAST OF Tue WEEK
Items Of a Personal and General
Nature Picked Up About
the City.

tne CITY.
| Mrs. J. J. Goen and children Wen
to Dubuque on Friday afternoon to
visit with friends for few days.
w. H. Hutchinson was a busi-
ness visitor in Dubuque on Thursday
Of last week. @-.,
| Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Mccormick
and Mike Powers were visitors in
Cedar Rapids on Thursday. =
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles P. Rizer
were recent visitors with Mr.. and
Mrs. Hugh Rizer at Earlville:
Miss Wilma Kenny Of Waterloo
is the guest this week of her cousins,
the Misses Gail and Virginia Amsden
Mrs. Shirley Fisher of Dubuque
was a recent visitor in the home OF
her sister-in-law, Mrs. Lester Rich
ards '-7 IT,
The Thursday Afternoon. club
was very pleasantly entertained at
the home Of Mrs. Frances Hintz last
week. 4. =
j. W. Hartman went to Wadena,
Minnesota, last week to look after
land interests in that section OF the
state.
: Mrs. George Lane and Mrs.
Jennie Lawrence went to Waterloo
on Friday morning for a visit with
relatives and friends.
Mrs. Belle Chapman, who has bee1
the guest of her son, Chas. E. Chap
man, left for her home at Red Oak,
Iowa, on Friday morning. ~ .-.
Mrs. Emil Keiser and Mrs. w.
F. Croskey went. to Ryan on Thurs
day and were the guests Of their old
time neighbor, Mrs, R. Merriam. -
Mr.. and Mrs. lAGna Fisher of
Montana visited last week with their
relatives, Mr.. and Mrs. l.. Richards.
They left for their home on Saturday
morning. %,...
Joe Heable and his force of
housemovers are raising. the Con.
gregational church at Earlville, pre-
paratory to putting basement rooms
under the building.
Mrs. R. G. Clark and daughter,
Miss Sybil Clark returned to their
home at Webster City, after spending
several days with Mrs. Clark's moth.
er, Mrs. Mary A. :Rann.g t.& H.
The Misses Stella and Pearl
Mutsehler returned last Thursday
from a delightful boat trip up the
Mississippi river They spent some
time in the Twin Cities. H :: s,s.
sSSss--F red sSN.s,H hermann left Tuesday
morning for BristoW, Oklahoma
where he went to look, after business
matters connected with the estate
of the late Clement ]. Bailey. "
Glen Chapman. who has an ex
cellent position with one Of the large
hotels of Davenport, is spending : a
two weeks vacation with his parents
Mr.. and Mrs. George Chapman,
{" Miss Mabel Edmunds, who has
been in Manchester since the death Of
her step-brother, s. Edmunds. left
last week for Minneapolis. Minnesota
where she teaches in the city schools
Mrs. D.. H. Malven has been con
fined to her home by illness during
the past week. Mrs. John Malven
who also has been III for several
days, is somewhat improved at this
time. J.R$Ss@ #
Mr.. A.. T.. Smith of Des Moines
arrived in the city on Friday evening
to join his wife here in a visit at
the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. W.. c.
Gloer. Mrs. Gloer is a daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Smith. .yyg 33!s :. !; Il
Manchester was we'll represent
ed at the annual Harvest Home pic
mic at. Ryan on Thursday Of last
week. All those who went from here
say that the Ryan committee spared
no efforts in supplying the visitors
with good time. l4 f -. !
Harry Sly has sufficiently re-
covered from the effects OF a severe
operation SO as to be able to be
about again. His friends will be gra-
titled to learn that he is regaining
his former strength, and will soon
be able to resume his work on his
farm. ~ -
DR.. j. Ball Of Battle Greek, Ia,
was a guest at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. G. P. Ball of this city, last
Tuesday. DR.. Ball is a brother of
Mr.. Ball, coming presumably to make
the acquaintance Of his young neph-
ew, which recently came to the
Ball home to stay. i. G-. & .'.'
Mrs. James. Cameron Is enjoying
a visit from her son and daughter,
Ross Cameron and Miss Addie
Cameron, both of Los Angles, Cali
fornia, who arrived in the city last
week for q two weeks visit. Mr..
Cameron was in business in Man.
chester some fifteen years ago.
r. B. Johnson has a change of
advertisement in this issue of The
Democrat which will prove of espec-
ial interest to our farmer readers,
who contemplate the erection of out
buildings with concrete floors. Read
what Mr.. johnson has to. offer in a
device to make your new buildings
more secure. ~ ~ j.
Miss Lorena Hedlund, who has
been the guest Of her brother, B. F.
Hedlund, and family for several days,
left Friday morning for Ft. Dodge,
where she will visit with friends for
a short time. Miss Hedlund is a
teacher in the schools in Los Angles,
California, and will return to the
coast city in about two weeks. !.
The Manchester, fire department
was called out on Thursday morning
in response to call from the Fred
Arnold premises on east Main street.
A small woodshed, filled with kind
ling wood, was discovered to be on
fire, and but for the prompt assistance
of the neighbors and the firemen. a
serious conflagration would have TAX
en- place. Little damage was done by
the blaze. W."
Hugh Bulls, who came here from
Hopkinton several months ago tC
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