Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-04-14
LOCAL news
'''''' Of Of / The WEEK
WHAT MANCHESTER PEOPLE
ARE DOING At HOME AND
- ABROAD.
REVIEW AND FORECAST vf THE Well
Items Of a Personal and General
Nature Picked Up About
the City. ~

! kuS SIIys
Mrs. c. R. Weir was a visitor
In Dubuque on last Saturday.
"A. u. Long went to Des Moines
on Monday morning on business
trip.
Mrs. J. e. Davis of Littleport is
la guest of friends in Manchester
this week. Z
Ed. Sandhagen has accepted q
position as barber in shop at Fred
ericksburg.
Wayne Dutton went to Fayette
on last Saturday morning for visit
with friends.
Joseph Hutchinson is at Meade,
Kansas, tEis. week, looking after his
land interests.
Lyle Conger returned to Cedar
Falls on, Tuesday morning after a
visit here with friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. T. Oliver went
to Independence this morning for a
brief VISIT with relatives. j."
Mrs. John Graham and daughter,
Miss Maude Graham, were visitors
in Dubuque last Saturday.
M. W. Sheldon and r.. M. Case
left last Friday for Seneca, South
Dakota, on a business trip. a.. -, g.
Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Dunham
are the parents of daughter, born
on Thursday, April 8, 1916. p, .
Miss Vira Coilinge is guest of
friends in Cedar Rapids this week.
She expects to return home, this
evening. a ...~-. H'' ~
Misses Laura and Eva Todd went
to Waterloo last week for visit at
the home of their friend, Miss Alice
Lawrence. e, BE-
Mrs. F. B. Blair went last Mon
day morning to Rochester, where she
enters the Mayo hospital for medical
treatment. fs.25
MIR. and Mrs. Henry Smith, who
reside near Dundee, are the parents
of a daughter born Saturday, April
10th, 1915.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Abbott, of
near Lamont, spent Saturday and
Sunday in Manchester visiting with
relatives and friends.
Fred w. Hermann and his sis
ter, Mrs. R. B. Arnold, went to
Durango on Saturday morning for
visit with relatives.
Mrs. Minnie Van Anda was in
Dubuque last week, where she at
tended the funeral services of her
sister, Mrs. Jerry Cooper. @.. d
The many friends of Mrs; A. c.
Philip will be pleased to learn that
she is making Unsatisfactory Iacpy-
cry from a recent'severe fitness. . y
=. A company of friends were Il en-
tertained at $3.50 o'clock dinner at
the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
Wilson on last Saturday evening.
Mrs. NJ. P. Henressey and Mrs.
E. K. Stansberry went to Minneap-
oils, Minnesota, on last Friday for
a several days visit with relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. o. Stanger went
to Rochester, Minnesota, on Monday
morning, where Mrs. Stanger enters
the Mayo hospital for medical treat
ment. |
The friends of Mr.. and Mrs.
Howard Commerford will be pleased
to learn that their daughter, Ruth,
who has been critically ill, is i'm
proving.
, AT the meeting held in the Pres
byterlanA church on last Sunday, a |
committee was appointed to secure
an evangelist for the meetings to be
held here next August.
George Grouse has purchased a
lot on East Fayette street Of A. R.
Leroy during the past week and
plans to erect modern dwelling
there in the near future.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest EIDE re-
turned to their home at Huron,
South Dakota, on last Thursday
evening, after several days visit
IN the city with relatives.
e. H. Pilgrim, who resides in
he east part of the city, has been
quite seriously sick for several days.
His friends will be pleased to learn
hat he is on the road to recovery
lgain.
. Mrs. Margery Hoyt entertained
company of twenty guests at a l
''clock luncheon ON Monday. On
Tuesday evening Mrs. Hoyt en-
ertained thirty-five guests at a din {
Ter party.
Miss Josie Midkiff, who had
'een spending the spring vacation in
he city at the home of her parents,
Ir. and Mrs. John Midkiff, returned
o Hopkinton on last Saturday, where t
he attends Lenox College.
William Ryan Sr., who recently +
urchased the residence property in t
he northeast part of the city which
as been occupied by Ed. Duncan 9
nd family, is making some extern q
i've improvements on the house.
Miss Margaret Adams, who is a t
tudent at Cornell College at Mount
'ernon, returned to her school work o
n Monday morning after a visit in
le city at the home Of her parents, 4
Ir. and Mrs. c. l.. Adams. Miss Ad- i,
ms has been making a tour with II
le Cornell College Glee Club for r
everal weeks.
The many Manchester friends of II
r. A. M. Bilingsley will be pleased Il
, learn that he is rapidly recover Il
lg from his illness at Chicago and S,
is expected he will return home e'
few weeks. His daughter, Mrs. :,
lloyd Arnold, returned home from ii
hicago last Monday. Mrs. Billings =
y is expected to return to Man =
lester in a few days. Irt
Mrs. w. c. Blake and Mrs. H. /!
Smith entertained a company of ir
lends at luncheon on last Thursday "
ternoon at the home of Mrs. Blake. fc
mong the out of town guests were ial
e following from Waterloo: Mes 81
ines G. M. Coykendall, NJ. ]. r
P. w. Balangee, J. B. di
mis-, Harry Henderson, Arthur Hol- n;
'ook, S. E. Bentley, and c. w. r
anton. ~
Mrs. o. H. Lewis of this city
d her daughter, Mrs. John White, az
Sabula, Iowa, returned to Man nc
lester on last Thursday afternoon st
ON Rochester, Minnesota, where he
ey had spent the past six weeks er