Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-11-18
LOCAL news
OF THE WEEK
WHAT MANCHESTER PEOPLE
ARE DOING AT HOME AND ;
ABROAD.
REVIEW and FORECAST OF THE WEEK
Items of a Personal and General
Nature Picked Up About
the City.

Miss Laura Blair was visitor
in Cedar Rapids last Friday.
w. D. Hoyt went to Cedar Rap
ids Friday OF last week on business
trip.
MIR. and Mrs. J. A. Strickland
were visitors in Waterloo last Sat
urday.
Mrs. H. T. Ports was guest
Of friends in Grinneu several days
last week.
Miss Laura Brown went to Cen
tral City Friday evening. for short
visit with friends.
Miss Mabel Dutton of Cedar Rap
ids was a guest of her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. H. F. Dutton. over Sunday.
Mrs S. NJ. Chase and Mrs. Geo.
Miinch and daughter Gladys were
visitors in Cedar Rapids last Fri
day.
Mr.. and Mrs Bert Matthews of
this city, are the parents Of a daugh-
ter, born on Tuesday, November IT,
1914.
| -Mi. anu hiS. "a II. oLiolu 1O-
turned home from Dubuque Thursday
after spending a few days with
friends.
Mrs. A. R. Wibbell went to Dali
las City, Illinois, Friday morning for
a. two months visit with her relatives
and friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Barr Of
Rockford, Illinois, were guests Of the
formers uncles. Robert and John
Barr. ON Sunday.
Hon. Maurice Connolly of Du-
buque was in Manchester a short
time Friday morning, en- route to his
home from Cedar Rapids.
John Fardy, manager of the
Snodgress Clothing Company's store
in this city, was a business visitor
in Cedar Rapids on Monday.
Judge George W. Dunham of this
city is presiding over the November
term Of the District Court at Inde-
pendence, the term opening Monday
morning.
| Il. w. Lampman. who has been
in New York state for several weeks,
where he has been buying apples,
arrived home the first of the week.
Mrs. Hubert Carr and little
daughter, Mary Louise. were guests
Of Mrs. Carr's mother, Mrs. Afford,
in Waterloo several days last week.
| Read what Bert Stier, the hard
ware dealer, has to say about his
i line Of aluminium ware.e- His sadyer-
tisement appears on another page Of
this issue.
Floyd Killing, who has been con-
ducting a. restaurant at Elma, Iowa,
for several months. has disposed Of
the business and has returned to
Manchester.
Capt. and Mrs. ]. F. Merry left
this morning for a ten days trip to
New Orleans, Hammond and Vicks-
burg, spending the time with friends
in the southern cities.
| Hon. and Mrs. W. H. Norris had
as their guests over Sunday. Mr.
and Mrs. Sam Williams, who reside
at Charles City. Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liams returned to their home Mon
day morning.
Ole Dunton returned Friday night
from Beloit, Wisconsin, after having
driven the Cycle car to that city
for Thompson Brothers, who were
obliged to leave the machine here
some time ago on account OF muddy
roads.
Mrs, Sherman Harris. Mrs. John
Hogan and Miss Gertrude Porteous
went to Iowa City Monday morning,
where Miss Porteous entered the
university hospital for treatment for
nose and throat trouble.
Miss Maude knight, one Of the
nurses from the state university hos
pital at Iowa City, was a guest at
the home of, Mr.. and Mrs. w. D.
Hoyt last Thursday and Friday. MISS
knight returned to Iowa City Friday
evening.
Mike Mccarthy. who has been
connected with the Government Fish
Hatchery at Spring Branch for sew
eral years, is enjoying a vacation,
and is spending the time with his
daughter Mrs. Joe Clarke. at Water
loo.
! County Auditor C. H. Bunker and
his family are now nicely settled in
the ]. w. Lewis home, Mr.. Lewis
having moved into rooms which he
fitted up with all modern conven-
fences, over his jewelry store on
Franklin street.
Miss Alice Lawrence, daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. H. H. Lawrence of wa
terloo, was a guest of her grandpar-
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. S. A. Steadman,
several days earlier in the week.
Miss Lawrence returned to her home
Tuesday morning.
j MIR. Jos. Mccormick of Cedar
Rapids, until recently city editor of
the Gazette, was in Dyersville last
Sunday attending the X. C. initia-
ton. Mr.. Mccormick has been elect
ed grand knight of the Cedar Rapids
council.-Dyersville Commercial.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. A. Peterson left
Sunday morning for Chiago, where
Mr.. Peterson has entered the Hins-
dale sanitarium for further treat
ment for an ailment which has con-
fined him to his home the greater
part of the time for several months.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Holbrook
OF Waterloo were the guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Edw. Hruby on Sunday.
Mrs. Holbrook had been a guest in
the Hruby home for several days
previous to Sunday, and Mr.. Hol-
brook came Sunday morning to
spend the day with his friends here.
Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Hatch
had as their guests several days the
first of the week, Mr.. F. J. Hatch,
OF Storm Lake, Iowa, and Mr.. Ed
ward Hatch of Nemaha, Iowa.
Mrs. Edward Williamson of MilWau-
kee, Wisconsin, was also a guest in
the Hatch home for several days.
Mr.. F. J. Hatch and his son left on
Tuesday morning for their homes.
II. c. Hines of Charles City
was business visitor in Manches-
ter last Saturday. He remained here
over Sunday, the guest in the home
of Mrs. Hines mother, Mrs. Henry G..
Keiser. Mr.. Hines tells us that
his mother. Mrs. M. E. Hines. who
is pleasantly remembered here by
our people, is erecting beautiful