Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-07-14
LOCAL news
OF THE week
WHAT MANCHESTER <PEoPLE
ARE DOING At HOME AND
ABROAD.
REVIEW and FORECAST OF TIE WEEK
Items Of q Personal and General
Nature Picked Up About
the City.

Mr.. and Mrs. S. M. Chase were
visitors in Dubuque on Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. w. Stearns
were visitors in Chicago several days
last week.
Manchester friends of Mrs
Frank Schmidt south of Manchester
regret to learn of her critical illness
| Mrs. E. A. Meserve is spending
several months with her son in Wa
terloo, going to that city last week
| Miss Lillian Fleming of Enid
Oklahoma, is guest at the home OF
her parents, DR.. and Mrs. T. E
Fleming.
Mrs. W. J. Smith and baby, o1
Dubuque, arrived in the city Monday
morning for visit with her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. A. H. Marshall
Miss Nellie Davis. daughter o1
Mr.. and Mrs. W. j. Davis left the
first of the week for Iowa City,
where she will receive treatment fol
ear trouble. a.
Mrs. E. T. Walker and daughter
Miss Ila, arrived home Saturday
evening from Freeport, illinois, where
they spent week with Mr.. Walkers
mother and sister.
Miss Edna Cowles, who has been
pursuing special work at Ellsworth
college. at Iowa Falls, arrived home
on Saturday evening, having COM
pleted the prescribed course. 4:
About forty members of the local
I. o. o. F. lodge went to Delhi Sat
urday evening, to participate in the
installation OF officers and assist
with the work of comforting degrees:
Miss Marguerite Plein of Dixon,
lllionis, and Miss Helen Williams,
Of Chicago, were the guests Of their
friend, Miss. Mildred McGee, several
days last week. The young ladies
returned to their home on, Monday
morning. ~.
Wayne Smith left Monday morn.
ing for Elkader, where he has an
excellent position with large mer-
camille concern. Mr.. Smith was call
ed home last week because of the
critical illness of his mother, Mrs,
Frank. Bend d9 s.s IS
Mr.. and Mrs. George Bropkings
and children OF Worthington, spent
Saturday and Sunday with. Mr.. and
Mrs. J. c. Parrott, northwest Of this
city. While here they also visited
other friends before returning to
their home on Monday. .. ...,s:5.x
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Dittmer
Of Columbus, Ohio, were the guests
Of the formers parents, DR.. and Mrs.
H. A. Dittmer, the first of the week.
They returned to their home on Tues
day afternoon. Mr.. Dittmer holds a
responsible position on one Of the
largest dailies in that city. ..r,E, +.
- Harry Davis, of Waterloo arrived
in, Manchester Saturday evening for
visit on Sunday in the home Of his
parents Mr.. and Mrs. w. J. Davis.
Mr. Davis holds a. responsible posi-
:tton with the interurban street rail
way company, with headquarters at
Waterloo. d. -%2
Mrs. E. NJ. Nix arrived In the
city, Saturday. for a visit In the
homes Of Mrs, Laura Rumsey, and
the Misses Nix. Mrs. Nix had been
spending the winter and spring with
her daughter, Mrs, E. J. Fellows, In
Los Angeles, California, and Is en-
route to her former home at Hud-
son, Michigan. =.
Miss Vivian Dunlap OF, Hopkln-
ton was a guest Of her brother'
County Recorder A. E. Dunlap, and
his wife, several days last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Dunlap also had as
their guest last. week Miss Gladys
Gillispie Of Genoa, Nebraska. Ihe
ladies' returned to their homes on
Friday evening.
The travelling public is much In
terested In the announcement last
week that the new HoteF Julien at
Dubuoue. is to bee opened on Au-
gust 1st. The new hostelry Is To-
Gated on the site Of the old Julien
hotel. which was destroyed by lire
about two years ago. The new struc
ture is said to- be fire-proof, and is
perhaps the largest and most mod
ern in the state. ,
DIR. and Mrs. Martin Joynt OF
Jesun. arrived in Manchester, Satur
day evening for a short visit VIII
their friends. Mr.. and Mrs. c. S. LIS
ter. DR.. and Mrs. Joynt had been
IN New York where the doctor
pursued a special course in the treat
ment of the eye, ear, nose ant
throat. He will locate for the prac
tice of his profession in LIE Mars 10
wa, going there this. week.
| C G. Armstead Of this city wa
the victim of neat surprise last Sa
|urday evening, Whsn hA'
E. A. Medbury of Chicago and MIS-
Lizzie Armistead Of Arlington Ten
nessee. arrived in the city Tor
short visit. Mr.. Armistead kne" Q
Ibis sister from Chicago planning I
visit him, but had no knowledge Q
I+be other sisters intention. 1t wa
thirty-nine years ago this summe
that Mr.. Armistead last saw his SIS
tier from the south, and when sh
stepped from the train here ne 1aiie
| to recognize her. The ladies' lei
for their homes on Monday a1te'
noon. The visit, though very pfle
was one of much pleasure TO wi
Armistead and the sisters.