Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-08-11
LOCAL news :
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WHAT MANCHESTER PEOPLE
ARE DOING AT HOME AND
ABROAD.
REVIEW and FORECAST OF the vEEl
ltsme Of O Personal and General
r., Nature Picked Up About
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E.. Nature Picked Up About
the City.
William Hockaday ST. is busl-
ness visitor in Waterloo today.
Miss Lorraine Wright went to
independence this morning for a WIS.,
it with friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gene State left on
Friday morning for visit with Mr.
States father, who resides in Fort
Dodge. -
Mr.. and Mrs. A. H. Blake were
at Strawberry Point Tuesday. ana
spent the day with Mr.. and Mrs. r.
A. Granger Il H..
Rev. J. Frank Moore of Water
loo was in the city Saturday, TO con
duct the funeral services OF the late
Mrs. H. L.. Bates. -
The members of the Presbyter.
ian church and Sunday School Will
enioy a picnic in Hutchinson's grove
on Friday of this week.
Mrs, Ada Russell left this morn
ing fer Adel, Iowa, where she vii!
spend some time with her son, anc
look after business matters.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Haeberle OF
st. Paul, Minnesota, were guests OF
Mr. Haeberle's mother, Mrs. cara
Haeberle, several days of last week.
=, Miss Mabel Edmunds, who had
been spending several weeks with
relatives in Manchester, returned TO
Minneapolis, Minnesota, last Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert S. Mullen and
Mr.. and Mrs. Arlie Hamblin went to
Waterloo on Saturday morning for
weeks outing in the park near that
city. -. - @
MRS. & w. w. Ford and children,
who werc guests or -re!atlVes III
Marion and Cedar Rapids for several
weeks, returned home on SATURDAY
evening. s#: q. y. ~. y
n &, George B. Scott has something to
h ~ relative to his dry cleaning and
pressing establishment. Note what
he has to say in his space on. another
page Of this issue. +: u i.
Williston Afford of Waterloo, who
spent several days with his grand
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. H. Will
iston, returned to his home last Sat
urday evening. 49,.
| Mrs. Frank Kenny and two
children, who have been visiting at
the w. C.. Amsden home for several
days, left this morning for their
home at Waterloo. 2e$ IL u
z Mrs. Ethel Lanning of Independ-
ence was guest of her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. w. S. Logan, several days
last week, returning to her home on
Saturday evening. :-f.s. .fs' i.
4 Frank Davis of Marathon, Iowa,
IN account of8the DEATH Of Nfrs Hss'
II. Bates. He remained here until af
ter the funeral services on Saturday.
Miss Edna Cowles had as her:
guest several days last week, Miss
Fontanelle Dixon, of, Alden, Iowa.
Miss Dixon left Saturday morning for
the home OF her parents at Spring!
field, Iowa. .r y:SS,,%37 r.. e., IA;
Mrs. E. w. Hoag, who has bee:
spending several months at Char
lotte. Michigan, assisting in the cart
of her mother, arrived. home the
first of the week.
MIR. and Mrs: G. o. Torrey left
Thursday evening for Independence,
for a short visit with friends. From
Independence they will go to Des
Moines, where. they will spend some
time with friends. VAR
Mrs. J. u Schelling returnet
nome Sunday from a trip to the
Pacific coast. Mrs. Schelling re
ports having had a delightful triT
and greatly enjoyed her visit to thu
exposition at San Francisco. .:5.
E Mrs. Belle Edmunds enjoyed a
visit last week from her sister, Mrs.
Martha Sherman Mrs. Edmunds and
her sister went last week to Spenc-
er, Iowa, where they will visit with
relatives and friends for a time. =
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Powell and
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Robinson Of
Earlville, were in the city Saturday,
Bates. Mrs. Bates was an aunt Of
Mesdames Powell and Robinson. &
Lore Afford, who spent sew
eral days with her daughter, Mrs:
Hubert Carr, returned to her home
in Waterloo on Friday evening. Miss
Virginia Carr accompanied her grand.
mother to Waterloo for a visit OF
several days. r. -s
Miss Maud Gill, of Rolla, Mis-
souri,, returned to her home ON Mon
day morning after spending month
with her friend, Miss Angie Bixby.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bixby and daughter ac-
companied Miss Gill to this city on
Monday morning. 4, -
,... Mrs. Will Lightner of Cedar Rap
ids. and her sister, Miss Alice Dev-
lin, Of Sioux Falls, South Dakota,
were guests in the home of Mr.. and
Mrs Charles Mccormick for several
days last week. They returned home
on Friday evening.
y Miss Doris Funk, who has been
a guest of her friend, Miss May
Brownell, for several days, left this
morning for her home at Nashua, To-
wa. She was accompanied to her
home by Miss Brownell, who will
spend a short time with her. a$ ~
The G., A.. R. and Ladies' Relief.
Corp will have picnic at Spring
Branch, next Wednesday,, August 18.
There will be conveyances at the, G..
A. R. Hall at ten o'clock, for those
who have no cOnveyances OF their
own If the weather is unfavorable
the picnic will be held in the G. A.
r. Hall. l.a, -, ~ 5is2ss.,
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Hall re-
turned home Friday evening from a
delightful overland trip. to Postville,
McGregor, and other northeastern To-
wa points. The entire trip was made
by the use of Mr.. Halls team Of
drivers, which he claims beat any
automobile, even Ford, when it
comes to climbing the hills en-
countered in that section of the
state. -. '-=s ~
Manchester friends of H. A.
Granger. who with his wife is spend
ing several weeks with friends at
Ct ro ,,rh o.r,r pnint will La raliauad To