Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-05-12
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Of Of I. THE week
WHAT MANCHESTER PEOPLE
ARE DOING At HOME. AND
: ABROAD.
REVIEW AND FORECAST OF The uEEI E
Items Of Personal and General
Nature Picked Up About !&
the City. .,'

&C. L. Adams went to Waterloo
on Tuesday morning on a business
trip. ~r .s .. ,''
The Thursday Afternoon club
met with Mrs. Stella Bolsinger last
week. 80, --,
Mr.. and Mrs. j. A.. Strickland
were visitors in Cedar Rapids on
Tuesday.
Miss Loretta Killease of Cedar
Rapids spent Sunday in the city
with relatives.
80. Mrs. Isabelle Edmunds went to
Minneapolis, on Monday, for sew
eral days visit.
y DIR. H. A. Dittmer was busi-
ness visitor in Des Mofnes the lat
ter part of last week. 50
The Priscilla club will meet with
Mrs. P. F. Madden on Thursday at
ternoon Of this week. :lE.-&~ Il
Mr.. and Mrs. F. B. Johnson WIS.,
tied over Sunday in the home Of the
formers brother in Dubuque.
r-M:. and Mrs. Fred Collard Of
Cedar Rapids spent over Sunday in
Manchester with relatives; and
friends. I-s%s@ e.
Y; Chas. Hermann retul ned to his
home at Waterloo on Friday morn
ing after a visit here with relatives
and friends. .r5lS
I Lawrence Fitzpatrick Of Strawber-
ry Point has accepted position as
bookkeeper at the Security State
Bank in this city. ~: ! ~.
Mr.. and Mrs George Lane left
on Tuesday afternoon for San Fran
cisco, California, where they win at
tend the exposition. ts4s SS N ....
I. DIR. and Mrs. Harry Hoag of
Clear Lake, Iowa, returned to $S their
home on Monday morning after a
visit here with relatives.
III Carl Anderson left on Monday
morning ior Cresco, Iowa, where he
accompanied a shipment Of fish from
the Spri-- Branch hatchery. 5. s
a Gilmore Cloud, who4 4is$ q student
at Cedar Rapids Business college,
was an over Sunday visitor in Man
chester with relatives and friends. 4.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. B. Blair went
to Rochester, Minnesota, on Mon.
day, where Mrs. Blair is receiving
medical treatment at the Mayo hos
pital. - w.. - y
I. M. E. Blair returned home on
Monday evening from Grinnell, where
he had been visiting with his daugh-
ter, Miss Laura Blair, who is a stu
dent in Grinnell college. 49,: ..5>o.
The, morning passenger on the
Cedar Rapids branch was an hour
late in arriving inrthis city on Tues
day morning because Of a bridge at
Alburnette being destroyed by fire.
The Ladies' Aid Society and
Missionary Circle !, Of the Baptist
church will. meet on next Wednes-
day, May 10th, from 10 a. M, until
D. m., at the home OF. Mrs. w. A.
Durey, on New street.
DIR. and Mrs. Edward Williams
of Norway, Iowa, arrived In the cl-
ty on Monday evening for a visit at
the home of the formers parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. H. ". Williams. Dr.
and Mrs. Williams made the trip in
their auto. S'3 ~
e. E. Cowles, who recently in
jured his hand while handling, some
wire, received check last week IN
full settlement of his claim from the
Woodmen Accident Association OF
Lincoln, Nebraska The claim was
promptly settled by the company.
The friends Of Mr.. and Mrs. II.
G. Utley gave a surprise party, IN
their honor on Monday evening, the
occasion being Mr.. and Mrs. Utley's
tenth wedding anniversary. An en-
joyable evening was spent by the
guests, who, upon departing for their
several homes, wished Mr.. and Mrs.
Utley many more happy wedding an
niversaries. ~.
Miss Helen Bryant, who held a
position, as milliner in the W.. L.
Drew store in this city last fall, ar
rived in the city on Tuesday for
visit with friends. Miss Bryant has
been engaged as milliner during the
past season at Manson, Iowa, anu
stopped in Manchester on her way
to her home in Illinois.
+; Mrs. N. G. Trenchard has been
visiting at the home of her daugh-
ter, Mrs. c. E. Griffin, in Water
loo. The following is taken from
the Waterloo Times Tribune or last
Friday, regarding a farewell party
given in honor of Mrs. Trenchard:
"As a courtesy to her mother, Mrs.
N. G. Trenchard, who will return
to her home in Manchester this
week, Mrs. C. E. Griffin entertained
a company Of women at her home
included in the company being Mrs.
Riley Smith and Mrs. Frank Chapel
who have recently removed to this
city. A social time was enjoyed by
the women, refreshments belng
served by the hostess, assisted by
Mrs. Carrie Miles, Mrs. Harry Blank
and Miss Thelma Griffin"