Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-01-20
WHAT MANCHESTER PEOPLE
ARE DOING At HOME AND
- ABROAD. '.-..
REVIEW AND FORECAST OF the WEEK
itsms Of a Personal and General
Nature Picked Up About
the City.

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viii meet at the home OF Mrs. How
ard Drew this week. En- y.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Abbott are
the parents of a daughter, born on
Monday, January Is, 1915.
Mrs. Will Evans was called to
AURORA ON Sunday on account of the
ILLNESS of her sister, Mrs. Martin.
Will Jeske recently purchased
100 acres of land in Aitkin county,
Minnesota, the deal being made by
Henry Goodhile. 49,
B. j. Yentes and family, who
have been residing two miles east
of Dundee, removed to Illinois the
first Of the week.
Mrs. John E. Evans leaves this
evening for her home at Council
Bluffs after spending several weeks
with her mother, Mrs. George Mel
son.
Miss Grace Billings of Water
loo recently submitted to an opera
tion for appendicitis, and is now max
! ing satisfactory recovery from the
effects Of the ordeal. r. go ~
The Langford Shoe company has
an advertisement on the eighth
page Of this issue in which they an
nounce that they are having a spec
jai sale on all shoes. - .
The Ladies' Kensington of the
Congregational church will meet with
Mrs. Jay Matthews on Wednesday
afternoon of next week. Mrs. Matth-
ews will be assisted by Mrs. N. II.
Hyde. Nj,
Manchester and vicinity was vts-
ited by rain which continued mos
Of the day last Saturday and much
Of the snowSwas melted. A light fur
ry of snow fell on Tuesday afternoon
and evening. ,@':s w..
The members Of the Thursday
Afternoon club and their husbands
win enjoy social evening at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. F. B. Dunham
east Of this city ON Friday evening
Of this week. r-%,:i ....'.
-Gildner Brothers occupy a large
space on page s of this issue in
(which they announce that there
iare only six days left for their big
sale. Read the attractive prices they
IQuote on clothing and shoes in the
advertisement. " =S:s d, ,c.>'. -. =.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. W.. Taber left
llhssnturday = morning for Upton, 10
wa, Tor d Visit at; the home OF their
son, Earl Taber, and after a brief Wis
| it they departed on Monday for Nc
Pherson, Kansas, for an extended Wis
it with relatives: ~. ~ =
Mrs. Smith, who had been visit
ing for several days at the Thos.
Boyland home south OF this city, de.
parted on Monday morning for a
visit with relatives at Charles City,
Iowa, before returning to her home
at Bemidji, Minnesota. - Il
A, number of the members Of
the Sunday school Of the Methodist
church very pleasantly surprised
Supt. and Mrs H. T. Ports on Mon
day evening by going to their home
with well filled baskets at S:3O to
enjoy a social evening
Al farmer, who resides near Ma
sonyille, had the misfortune while he
was driving to: Manchester Monday;
to have one Of his horses fall on the
icy road on, West Main street, the
animal being SO severely injured that
death followed in short time.
"A: D.. Brown went to Marshall
town on last Saturday afternoon for
an over Sunday visit at the home of
his daughter, Mrs, Edwin Cobb. Mrs.
Brown, who is visiting at the home
OF her daughter, has been i'll TOR sew
eral days with q severe attack OF
Quinsy. *75 i &.,Js,.y.
The Ben -Hur Singers and Play
ers' very pleasantly entertained
large audience at the High school
auditorium on last Friday evening.
This was the third number of the
Manchester High school entertain
ment course. The next number will
be given by the International En-
|tertainers. -
Roy Atkinson, who purchased the
John Prowse dray line business the
first of the year, has disposed OF
the same to- B. Murray, who has been
employed in the Goen cigar shop
for several years. MIR. Murray took
possession of the. property on Mon
Gay of this week. Mr.. Atkinson and
family expect to remove to a farm
near Dundee this spring.
The people of Cascade and the
towns along the narrow guage line
between that city. and Bellevue are
eagerly awaiting the visit OF the To-
wa board !of railroad commissioners
to Cascade on next Friday, January
%, to hear the people s tside OF the
controversy involving the change OF
the narrow guage into a standard
guage road. The board will make a
trio over the road in special car
on Friday morning and at II O'Clock
ON that day meeting will be held
at Cascade for the purpose OF near
ing the case. :,
Miss Pearl Middleton goes to Du-
buQue the latter part OF this week,
where on Friday evening she will
assist the Young Peoples Choral
society G, that place in presenting
the "Erllzing's 8 Daughter, by Gade.
The entertainment. will be given in
the First Congregational church ! In
the Key City, and is the second of
three given by the society. The prin-
ciple roles on next Friday evening
| Will be taken by Franz Otto, as Sir
Oluf; Miss Middleton, as Oluf's moth
er, and Miss Sallie Horan, as the
Erlking's daughter.
Through the courtesy Of j. F. Nc
Even we have seen the forty sixth
annual edition Of the San Diego Un-
ion, published at San Diego, Califor.
MIA, where Mr.. McEwen' s son, Geo.
McEwen, resides. The edition is mann
moth in size and is one Of the best
OF its kind we have ever seen. 1t
is designed as an Exposition Edi-
tion' as we'll and contains much in
teresting matter descriptive and IL
Illustrative of the great Panama Elk.
position recently opened In that city
The paper contains an interesting ar.
ticle on the scientific work carried
on at San Diego by the University OF
California, and refers in very flattter
ing terms of the work Of Prof. Geo:
McEWen. who has been connected