Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-05-06

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visitors in Cedar Rapids on Tuesday
y Mr.. and Mrs William Humble,
4 are the parents Of a daughter, bor1
" May 3rd.
George H. Malven was a guest o
Z relatives in independence on Tues
day night. j;>
y The Misses Alice; May and Edit
Pemble were visitors in Cedar Rap
ids Tuesday.
Y Regular meeting of Manchester
:" Lodge, No. 165, A. F. & A. NJ, on
Saturday evening, May 9th.
i Senator and Mrs. E. H. Hoyt
and baby arrived home from Okla
homa the latter mart of the week
Mrs. Frnak Frentress of Water
loo is in the city, the guest Of her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. 5Robt. Fishel:
:; Miss Elma Pease of Huron, So.
Dakota, is expected here this even
ing for a visit with her friend, Miss
Alma Leroy. 3, II E5,s5s3 ISL 4
The Langford Shoe company has
!. a change Of advertisement on page
IS Of this issue. Read what they say
about Red Cross shoes.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Filloon of Cen.
trail City were guests of the latter's,
sister, Mrs. Henry A.. Miller, on Fri.
day and Saturday Of, last week.
Rev. c.. K. Hudson returned on
Tuesday evening from Mt. Vernon,
where he had been called to officiate
lat the funeral Of a former parision-
or.
1.-The Manchester High school
base ball team goes to Central City
Saturday of this week to play the.
opening game of the season with a
similar team from that place. Eta
The Current Events club will
meet with Mrs. Charles Johnson, in
North Manchester on Friday, May g.;
for AN afternoon session. Every,
member is urged to be present.
The state convention Of the Mod
ern Woodmen is in session in Cedar
Rapids today A lively session is,
looked for by the delegates. James
Bishop is in attendance at the SEES
sion. N
Mr.. and Mrs. H. S. Mcdonald Of
Brooklyn, Iowa, left this morning for
their home after a brief visit with
their relatives here Mr. and Mrs.
Mcdonald came here. to attend the
funeral Of their friend, the late Will
liam Douglass.
-. E. Douglass leaves this week
for Wiste, Canada, where he goes to
settle mp business matters in connec-a
ton with the estate Of his son, Will
liam Douglass. Mr.. Douglass had but
a few more weeks in which to prove
up on a claim, at the time of his
death. ;s55 4. 81
u Il Il Z. Platt returned last week
from Oelwein, where he assisted his
father with the work In the large
nursery. Mrs. Plat, who also spent
a few weeks at Oelwein, returned.
home Saturday night. She visited
with friends at Arlington and Fay
ette en- route home.
A good sized audience attended
the band concert, given by the Ray
mond band of independence We'd
nesday evening of last week. The
band and soloists rendered a highly
entertaining program. The vocal and
piano numbers were given in very
able manner, and were literally APP
plauded.
Mrs. Chas. 3. Bronson? received
word on Monday Of the critical i'll
ness Of her son, Writ Bronson, of
Spencer, Iowa. Mr.. Bronson is suf-
fering from an attack of pneumonia.
Mrs. Bronson and son, Henry Bron-
son, left Monday night for Spencer
In response to the message announc-
ing the critical illness Of their son
and brother.
The city of Coggon is to have
a new and thoroughly modern opera
house. Stock to the amount of ST.
500 has been subscribed for the car
rying out of the project. The new
building will be erected during the
summer The citizens of that enter
prising city are making elaborate
plans for the proper celebration Of
the Fourth Of July.
.5 "A Marcucci has an advertise
ment on page 8 of this issue of The
Democrat, in which he speaks of
something which is universally used
during the summer months. He has
recently equipped his place of husi-
ness with a modern ice. cream freez-
er and is in a position to supply the
needs Of his customers with strictly
pure ice cream. Read his advertise
ment, TX
Mr.. and Mrs. .Thos. Wilson are
enjoying visit this week from Mr..
Wilson's cousin, Miss Mary w. Mac
farlane OF Glasgow, Scotland. Miss
Macfarlane is in the employ Of the
postal service of Scotland, and has
been granted furlough Of, a month.
She may also visit with cousins in
Panama, Nebraska, before returning
home. She expects to sail for home
the last Of May.
-Four teams of four each from
the Mems Brotherhood of the Meth
odist Episcopal church Of this city
visited the churches at Sand Creek,
Delaware, Oneida and Thorpe Sun
day afternoon. \ Different members
of the teams made short talks at the