Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-02-17
LOCAL news
|. OF THE week
WHAT MANCHESTER PEOPLE
ARE DOING AT HOME AND
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., ABROAD.
REVIEW And FolEcAs1 OF TIE WEEK
Items Of q Personal and General
Nature Picked Up About
the City.
To-day is Ash Wednesday.

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To-day is Ash Wednesday.
i Rev. C. K. Hudson was a visitor
in Dubuque on last Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. Strickland are
visitors in Chicago this week.
w. S. Beels Of Hopkinton was
visitor in the city Last Saturday.
Henry Goodhile was a business
visitor in Cedar Rapids on Monday.
! John Reilly Of Ryan was a
business visitor in the city on Tues
day.
The banks of the city will be
closed on next Monday, Washington's
birthday.
| John Fardy went to Manson,
Iowa, on Monday morning on busi-
ness mission.
Glen Smith was guest of.
friends in Chicago the latter part
OF last week.
Mrs. E. w. Appleby left on
Tuesday morning for Decorah for
visit with friends.
| Mrs. Mildred Mernitz leaves on
Thursday of this week for her home
at Freeport, Illinois.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. Reed of
Hopkinton were visitors in the ci-
ty during the past week.
Mrs. Alfred Gildner will enter
tain the members of the Thursday
Afternoon club this week.
H. L. Ram was at Des Moines
last week attending meeting of the
editorial associations Of the state.
Mrs. j. F.. Merry will give 1
o'clock luncheon on Thursday OF
this week to company Of friends.
| Mrs. Hubert Carr and daughter,
Miss Helen, went to Waterloo on
Monady morning for a, visit with rel
atives.
-Chas. H. Bunker left on Tuesday
evening for Decatur, Illinois, to Wis.,
it with relatives and friends for a
few days.
Miss Ethel Towner Of, Charles
City has accepted a position as STEM
ographer in the office Of A. M. Cloud
of this city.
Mrs. Florence Temper Of Dubuque
has been spending several days in
the city at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Geo. S. Lister.
"A company Of friends was enter
tanned at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Wade Long on last Thursday even
ing at a~card party. 5g $rx3. = g:xS Al
Mrs. B.. c. Taylor. or Central CITY,
arrived in the city on Monday morn
ing for visit at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Andrew Soesbe. "
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went to Oelwein Sunday to attend
lodge rooms of the Oelwein chapter.
The Manchester High school was
defeated on last Friday even ng in
the local gymnasium by the Fayette
High school team by a score Of 10
to Is.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie Davis and
Mrs. Park Taylor and children of
Strawberry Point spent Sunday at
the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. H. C.
Seeds.
Louis Murray, who is an express
messenger for the American Express
Company, spent the latter part Of
last week in Manchester visiting at
the home of his parents.
turned to their home in South Dako-
ia this afternoon, after spending
few weeks here and at Strawber-
ry Point visiting with relatives and
friends.
MIR. and Mrs. Edwin Cobb and
baby daughter, of Marshalltown, WIS.,
tied at the home of Mrs. Cobb's par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Brown, in
this city several days during the
past week.
Mrs. A. c. Philip and Mrs. F.
B. Assmus entertained the members
of the New Idea Embroidery club and
their husbands at the home of Mrs.
Philip on last Monday evening at
a $3.50 dinner.
The Priscilla Club will meet at
the home of Mrs. Chas. Keiser this
afternoon instead of Thursday. The
members of the club will entertain
their husbands at a 6 o'clock dinner
at the Keiser home this evening.
H. R, Mcdonald, who purchased
the Henry Goodhile grocery store
Last week, has an advertisement on
the 5th page of this issue which will
be of interest to the readers Of The
Democrat. Mr.. Mcdonald will place
a complete line of groceries and
fruits in stock:
Miss Ruby Long expects to go to
Mitchell, South Dakota, on Thursday
evening of this week to visit with
friends. Before returning home she
will go to Vermillion, South Dakota,
for a visit with her brother, Irving
Long, who attends the state univer-
sity at that place.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. L. Drew and
Miss Ruby Long left Monday morn
ing for Chicago to attend the Fashion
Show. Mr.. and Mrs. Drew will pur-
chase their spring stock of goods.
Miss Long has accepted position as
milliner in the Drew store in this
city for the coming season.
Friends here have received an
nouncements Of the marriage of Miss
Irene Donahue and Mr.. Raymond
Murphy, both of Stockton, Illinois,
on Tuesday, February 16, 1915. The
bride, who is a sister Of Mrs. E. ].
Schacherer, attended st. Xavier's
school in this city two years ago and
her many friends here extend con-
gratulations.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. c. Wulkow of
Dubuque are the parents of a daugh-
ter boyn Friday, February ~, 1915.
Mrs. Wulkow will be remembered by
Manchester friends as Miss Gertrude
Nieman, daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
j. c. Nieman of this city. Mrs. Me
man went to Dubuque on Friday, af-
tornoOn ~ make the acnuaintanco of