Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-03-25
Items Of Personal and General
81 Nature Picked Up About
the City. H.. Il
and Mrs. H. T. Ports were
visitors in Cedar Rapids last Thurs,

! 100 saturday morning for a visit Wlt1
her cousins who reside in that city,,
Senator and Mrs. e. H. Hoyt are
at home after spending the greater
part OF the. winter months in Oklaho-
ma. j5G, S,5s i5$ u ! &545 ;s5
- 7. IN Mrs. w. G. SAmsden was at Wat,
erIoo last Wednes day and Thursday
to attend asschool OF instruction of
the Eastern Star. l Il.
- Dan Ballard, who is employed at
the Model printing office in this city,
was a visitor in Cedar Rapids Satur-
day night and Sunday. rs. IN
$--Mr. and Mrs. A.. B. Terril went
to Waterloo on Friday morning and
spent two days with their frienas, DR.
and Mrs. O. j. FULLERTON.
MIR. and Mrs. Richard Condor
went to Chicago Thursday where Mr..
Condor attended Ihe Illinois Cen
tral Appliance shows in that city
capt. and Mrs. j : f.. Merry went
to sEarlville Friday where they sat
tended the birthday celebration of
MT. Merry',s sister, Mrs. Charles
Cruise. l si355;s5 N II s;53 s
Misses Angie Pierce and Mar
ie Grimes, teachers in the Manches-
ter High school, !! were in Cedar Rap
ids on Friday night to attend the
play, Ben Hur. q. a;
Al. Evans went to Coggon Satur-
day morning to visit his daughter,
who has been Ill with an attack of
appendicitis, and who was obliged to
submit to an operation.
MIR. and Mrs. Edwin Davis; Mr..
and Mrs. H. c. Seeds. Glen Strick-
land, and Mr.. and Mrs. Percy Strick-
land were in Cedar Rapids on Friday
might to attend the play, Ben Hur. I
Mrs. Clara Haeberle and daugh-
ter iss Fannie berla ,stWan. to
tEpwcrth on y Saturday morning for a
visit with friends. Miss Haeberle
was a former teacher in the seminary
there. 4; 525i i5- n q L 3 III
81 Mr.. and Mrs. j. p. e. Morse went
to- Coggon. Friday morning to spend
the day with their: daughter, Mrs.
Wm. Crosier. On F'riday evening
they went to Cedar Rapids, where
they attended the play, Ben Hur.
>2Miss Floy Porteous went to
Grinnell Friday morning to spend a
few days with her friends, Misses
Elizabeth and Josephine Hutchinson
and Margaret Stanger and Grace
Wolcott. all Of whom are students in
the college at Grinnell. + ,52Si i}s
Thomas Houska and his son Of
Dundee were visitors in Manchester
on Friday of last week. Mr.. Houska
is one Of the substantial farmers of
that section of the county. This Of
flee acknowledges a pleasant call
from Mr.. Houska and son. ;5l
"A. r. Slack, the local ice dealer,
went to Ft. Dodge on; Tuesday morn
ing, where he Joined other ice deal
ers who are attending the state con-
vention of Iowa ice dealers, which
convenes in Des M.oines today ( and
tomorrow. n &; sl 5Gs
In their space this week Haug &
Son, of this city. have something to
say which is an important factor in
the popular cars they handle ~ The
Buick. Anyone who contemplates the
purchase ;ofsa thoroughly modern and
fully equipped car will do we'll to
note what they have to say in their
adyertis ements from week to, week.
Saturday was the first day Of
spring, and il one were to judge by
tho sample of fgwea ther the weather.
man sent us, one might think it was
the first; day of winter Because Of
the very light snow fall during the
winter months a. large amount Of
snow and rain during the next few
weeks viii be very acceptable to the
tillers of the soil In this section of
tho state. .,5 t Z
Mrs. George Storey and Miss En-
lily Brown will go to- Wayerly the
last Of the week to attend a dis
trict meeting of the Eastern Star
Mrs. Storey goes as a delegate from
Hypatia temple, and Miss Brown goes
as an inspector Of this district. The
meeting at Waverly. will be one OF
the large district meetings held by
the order, and will be attended by
many Of the members. Il
The coming city election in Our
neighboring city of Hopkinton the
last Of this month promises to be a
lively contest between the candidates
on, the. regular citizens ticket and 8
second ticket, which was entered the
last Of last week. The prelimlnaries
Of an interesting campaign are. al
ready under way by the committees
| Of both sides and the interest mani
Tested indicates that there will like.
| ly be as large vote out as two years
ago, when the town was literally
raken and scraped almost to the
last man. 55s$E.
e. B.. Porter of Delhi purchased
the Baptist church property OF thai
place on Tuesday. This property
consists of the church building anl
one and sone-half lots of ground, and
was sold to Mr.. Porter for $500. The
fixtures Of the church were sold ano
brought about $40. This church wa:
erected in 1870, and Rev. A. c. Pres
ton was the first pastor of the
charge. About four years ago the
property was taken over by the
state BAPTIST association, and abou
| two years ago the last services Wert
held in the church. 1it
MIR. and Mrs. Harry Munson, VIII
have been spending the winter il
Portland, Oregon, arrived home OF
Thursday night, after a, most de
l Ihghtful winters sojourn in the wes!
They went from here last winter t
San Francisco, and spent week Il
: that city. Then they went to Port
land which they made their mai
stopping place, while visiting man
of the other cities in that section. E1
route home they visited at Seattle
and other cities in iWashinton, an
also stopped at points in Idaho an
other states while on their retur
"trip. y.
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