Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-09-15
LOCAL news
OF THE week
WHAT MANCHESTER PEOPLE
ARE DOING AT HOME AND
ABROAD.
REVIEW and FORECAST OF The WEEK
Items Of Personal and General
Nature Picked Up About
the City.

| "A goodly number from Manches-
ter attended the Harvest Home pic
mic at Ryan on Tuesday.
| Geo. w. Barr has been at Reg
ina and Hanley, Saskatchewan, Can
ada, during the past week hooking
after business interests.
| District Superintendent A. M.
Billingsley and r. C. Keagy went to
Dubuque on Tuesday morning to at
tend the Upper Iowa conference.
The Thursday Afternoon Club
met last week at the home OF Mrs.
Alfred Gildner. The next meeting
will be held with Mrs. Wade Long,
ON September z3rd.
w. C. Chapel and force of men
went to Ryan on Thursday morn
ing to begin the work of decorating
the new modern home. which James
Dolphin has recently erected at that
place.
| "A regular meeting of Manches-
ter Lodge, No. 165, A. F. & A. NJ,
will be held on Friday evening OF
this week. Work on the second
degree.
| The Tri-F club was pleasantly
entertained last Wednesday evening
by superintendent and Mrs. H. T.
Ports, at their home on East Gay
street.
! M. J. Britt has been spending
several days on his farm in Hazel
Green township, assisting the car
penters with some buildings which
are being erected ON his farm.
The regular quarterly meeting of
the Woman's Auxiliary Of Park View
Hospital, will be held on Saturday,
September 18th, at 2:30 o'clock in
the Congregational church parlors.
| -Stearns & Mccormick have a
change of advertisement this week
in which they quote some attractive
prices on iron and brass beds. Read
what they have to say in their ad-
verttsement on another page.
! Rev. G.. K Hudson went to -Du-
tbuqua on Tuesday afternoon .toi7at-
tend the Upper Iowa Conference,
which is being held in that city this
week. Rev. Hudson delivers an ad-
dress at the conference today.
| Ben Adams returned to his home
at Iowa City on Saturday morning,
after a visit in the city with friends.
Mr.. Adams recently returned from
San Francisco, California, where he
attended the exposition.
| e. L. Moore of Hillsboro, Ore
gon, arrived in the city the first Of
tho week to attend the funeral ser
vices of his father, the late w. W..
Moore He expects to return to his
home in Oregon the first of next
week.
Elmer H. Clark, of Sheldon, Iowa.
and sister, Mrs. Charles Kenzie, OF
Chicko, California, son and daughter
of j. H. Clark. formerly CT this city,
spent several days visiting friends
and relatives in and around this
vicinity.
Mr.. and mis-. J. D. Moulder are
enjoying a visit from the formers
mother of Chicago. Mrs. Moulder is
entertaining company Of friends
at her home on west Union street
this afternoon in honor of her moth
er-in-law.
John Ward and family Of Chi
cago, spent a few days in Manch es-
ter recently at the home of his Sis
ter, Mrs. M. J. Britt. Mr.. Ward was
granted a four weeks vacation and
is spending the time in 1ndepend-
ence, Ryan and other points.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. E. James, of
Pasadena, California, lett on Friday
morning for their home, after
brief visit in Manchester. Mrs.
James is a sister of Mr.. R. M. Mar
vim, of this city. Mr.. and Mrs:
James ha been spending several
weeks in the east visiting with rela-
tives and friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. F. Metz arrived
in the city on last Friday evening"
called here by the illness Of their
brother-in-law, w. w. Moore. They
will remain in Manchester for a sew
eral days visit with friends. Mr.. Metz
was formerly janitor at the High
school building in this city.
| -ln0 SuOuSIcSS ClOIAllAS SoAAA
pany has an advertisement on an
other page of this issue in which
they announce a special sale OF
dress shirts. The sale begins on
Thursday September 18th, and con-
tinues for three days. Read the at
tractive prices which they quote in
their advertisement.
Miss Lucy Merwin, who former
, ly resided in this city and who has
been living at Abba, Nebraska, Tor
some time, arrived in the city on
last Thursday. Miss Merwin was
! accompanied as far as Omaha, Neb.,
by her sister, who is regaining her
health, news which her many Man.
chester friends will be pleased to
learn.
An automobile belonging to W. F
Drummy of Ryan, and one belonging
! to A. B. Holbert Of Greeley, coll1d-
ed on a bridge just north of Ryan on
: Tuesday morning. The drivers OF
the cars attempted to cross the
bridge at the same time and the
bridge was not wide enough to allow
them to pass. The cars were dam
aged considerable but luckily ncne
Of the OCCUPANTS were badly injured. !.