Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-02-03
LOCAL NEWS \.
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WHAT. MANCHESTER PEOPLE
ARE DOING AT HOME AND
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ABROAD. a ssg.,
REVIEW and FORECAST OF THE WEEK
Items of a, Personal and General
u. 49,. Nature Picked Up About
the City.

tne City.
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| Mrs. D. F. Grove was a visito
in Cedar Rapids last week. s9..
H. c.. Smith was a business Wis
itor in Dubuque last week. Z a
/ r. E. Richardson and H. w. Sa
bin were in Dubuque on business las
DIR. and Mrs. C. R. Weir spen
Sunday in Dubuque visiting will
friends. H..
The Priscilla Club will meet wit
Mrs. L. J. Gates on Thursday OF
this week.
Rev. C. X. Hudson has been g
guest Of his parents at Hampton fol
several days. No.. .g,-
The, Fortnightly Club will meet
on next Monday evening with Miss
Myrtle Porter. =" =
Judge Geo. w. Durham went tt
Grundy Center on Monday morning
to hold court. - :.
Miss Laura Blair left last Fri.
day for Grinnell to attend the col.
lege at that place. t.sc J..
"A. D. Long returned home last
Thursday evening from a business
trip to Volga City. .s-..
Misses Pearl and Stella Mutschlel
spent Sunday in East Dubuque al
the home of their parents.
Mrs.. Fred Haug has been visit.
ing in Earlville at tie home of her
y,
Miss Nena Mueller returned tc
Manchester Sunday evening after a
several days visit in Waterloo. :,i
Mr.. and Mrs E. E. Douglas. and
daughter went, to Cosgon on Friday
morning for visit with relatives.
THE meeting of the Thursday At
ternoon Club will be held this week
at the home of Mrs. Harold Dunham.
= Frank Lawrence was at Waterloo
last week to visit with his brother,
II. H. Lawrence, who has been crit
ically i'll. S...... .,s: ., -.E-5t3
=. The Delaware County State Banl
has a change OF advertisement which
will be Of interest to the readers Of
The Democrat this week. rs e.. !
Mrs. Lee Burbridge returned to
her home on Sunday afternoon from
Waterloo, where she was called by
the illness of her father. ~ -
The, Woman's Foreign Missionary
society of the Methodist church will
meet On February 9th with Mrs. S.
A. Thompson at the Globe Hotel.
/. The girls basket baal team of
Indep endeE ce VII play against the
Manchester High school girls team
on next Friday evening in this city.
Miss Margaret Lindsay has been
ill with quinsy during the past week
and has been unable to attend to her
duties as librarian at the Public Lii
brary. ~. p. ;. ss55
g.---F. B. johnson, has a change of
advertisement this week in which he:
that he has just received
a shipment of feed. Read his an
w. ~, :. iE-f
Mr.. and Mrs. R. Clifton Keagy re-
turned to their home in Waterloo on
Sunday after! a visit in the city at
the home Of the formers parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. c.. W. Keagy. -s - ~
. Fischer Bros. have an advertise
ment on pages of this issue which
will interest you il you have any pa
per hanging or painting to be done.
Read what they have to say.
Mrs. Earl A. Davis and children,
Of Glenwood, Iowa, who have been
visiting with relatives here for sew
eral days, return to their home the
latter part OF the week.
-Stearns & Mccormick have a.
change of advertisement in this issue
Of the Democrat in Which they quote
some very attractive prices on cook
ing utensils. Read what they have
20 say. MIL p. a.. >4'=1.. r..
M. E. Blair expects to leave on
Thursday OF this week for California,
where he will spend several months
With his trCtEer,~ John Blair, and
seeing the sights in the western
"A. J. Gildner is, in Chicago this
week where his brothers, E. E. and
". E. GiFner, and representatives of
zach of their stores are purchasing
stock for each of their chain of
toreS. ~
The Woman's Day program, to
ave been held at the United Breth-
en- church on last Sunday evening,
vas postponed. until next Sunday ev-
ming, February 7th, on account of
he stormy weather. !
Henry Goodhile announces in his
hange of advertisement this week |
hat he will close out his groceries
turing the next thirty days, and he
uotes some very attractive prices. !
lead his Announcement
The Junior class of the Man
hester High school and members of 7
he faculty were very pleasantly en-
ertained at the home Of Miss Ger
rude Long on East Main street on
lst Saturday evening.
The Democrat is in receipt of a
opy of, The Morning Free Press, a
ally newspaper published at Grand
sland, Nebraska, OF which Sam r.
Dung, formerly of Manchester, has
scently accepted a position as man
ger. ~. 'r.. s,.. X ~. %
e. C. Hinshaw, state game ward |
n, has let contract for the pur-
base of 1000 Hungarian partridges
t cost of $500 a pair. The birds
re to be delivered in February and i
larch and will be placed on the
anne preserves about the state.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alex Knapp of this
ity mourn the loss of their five-day-
Id baby son, whose death occurred l
n last Thursday. The funeral SER
ices were held on Saturday. The i
ereaved parents are extended the l
of their many friends. +
Earl Bronson was commissioned
ostmaster; of Spencer last Monday.
lie is. well qualified for the position.
When quite young man he spent
everal years in the railway mail SER
ice and was postmaster Of Spencer
uring Cleveland's last term as pres +
lent.
R, C, .Keagy conducted the SER,
ices at the Methodist Episcopal
hurch in this city on last Sunday
lorning. His text was taken from
luke 19:44-"Because thou knowest
ot the time of thy visitation" DR..
:. E. Fleming conducted the services (,