Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-08-25
LOCAL news
OF THE week
WHAT MANCHESTER PEOPLE
ARE DOING At HOME AND
ABROAD.
REvIEv AND FORECAST OF the WEEK
Items Of Personal and 00noraI
Nature Picked Up About
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| Capt. and Mrs. ], F. Merry were
! visitors in Dubuque on Tuesday.
Mrs. N. D. Wilson and children
are visitors in Cedar Rapids today
=, Robert Harris is at Monticello
today attending the Monticello fair.
Miss Dorothy Doneghy OF Mec-
ca, Missouri, is a guest OF her aunt,
Mrs. A. D. Brown. 81
Miss Helen Wylie of Chicago, is
a guest at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs.
P. F. Madden, this week.
Mrs. Floyd Arnold left this morn
ing for Codax, Iowa, where she w1A
spend a week with Mr: and Mrs. H:
F. Arnold. ,5zS ssS. ss, s.s:. 5.-.r
| Mrs. Henry Salisbury, Of Muri-
etta, Cal, is spending few weeks
with her sister, Mrs. C. H. Taylor, M
this city. 49,. e. ~, : u q; "a. sssr
Mr.. and Mrs, Theodore Bradley,
of Prairie. du Chien, Wisconsin, are
in the city the gests Of Mr.. and MIS-.
HI. Ram, ~ .,,'-s- Y <.
Mrs. M. S. Banta left Tues
day morning for Parkersburg, Iowa.
for q visit with her daughter, Mrs.
Frank Keiser. a. u; 1S%
/, .-Edw. Asher and George Snyder.
Of the local., ball team, are at Mon
ticello today to play with the Mon
ticello team ' .,.,, s5.. .1ss.
Theron Jones, son Of Mrs. Efffe
Jones, went to Waterloo today to
spend the day with his brother
David Jones. ... -. -.
Mrs. Charles Davis and children.
who had been spending several
weeks with relatives at Cadiz, Ohio,
retnrneA home last Saturday. 49,
/, Mrs. Hanna Barr and Mrs. Jen-
ME Russell were guests OF friends
ait Elkpcrt and ,Littlepor several
days last week, returning home Sat-
%u'rday. A. -...--:E
y, y Members OF the X. P. lodge
enjoyed a social dance at the Fyth-
ian castle last night. A highly en-
joyaIble social evening was spent
by the ledge members. as FL
The Methodist EpWorth League
viii hod social at the Phelps home
I Snalth c( town on Friday evening:
I ERtas III bas al the hnrcaaI at: ~
for an who have no conFeyanccess q al @
their own. 55ss 5gs2Es sss2's III
ssE:- Miss Ennis Johnson, CT COlqued,
Minnesota. is in the city, the guest
nf friends Miss Johnson has been
elected as supervisor of music IN
the Manchester schools, and will sue
ceed Miss Ruth Pate, -.- w. ss..,
Thorpe Brothers, of the Plaza
Theater, have offered the use on
their PLAYHOUSE next Tuesday even
ing for the benefit Of the ball CLUB
of this city. Special features Will ne
given ON that evening. -
~. Miss Barbara Pierce leaves this
week Friday for Whiting, Iowa 'wneIe
she has accepted the pr1nclpaisnlp
Of the High school. The Wn1tms
school have secured a very en1lctent
teacher in Miss Pierce.
Mr. and Mrs. w. H. Salisbury, OF
Usage, Iowa, were the guests OF
Mr. and Mrs. Alton Durham, over
Sunday. Mr.. Salisbury returned to
his home on Monday, while his wl1e
remained here for a longer WISH
with friends.
! Mrs. w. L. Dudley was at Earl
willie Tuesday to attend reunion
cf the Earlville High school class
of which she was a member. ire
class holds annual reunions and th1s
wear all of the members except one
we're present
- The Monticello ball team is sen.
eduled for a. game here on F1nuay oi
this week. Local fans are assuIeu
a fast game between the Manc1lestei
and Monticello clubs. The Mancfles-
ter team goes to Monticello Ihu1s. nuns
day to play against the Mo1l'cehA1
team.
MIR. and Mrs. F. L. Durey, on
Prairie Township, entertained
oontpany of friends at a enc 0 CLOCK
luncheon on Tuesday, in honor OF
Mrs. Mary Sherman, who mas Deen
their guest, and who on that day
celebrated her 10th birthday annlver-
sary. -.r-r 'r' -, !.
ARTHUR Wheeless, who has an ex-
ce,lent position as telegraph operator
for the Chicago Great Western Rall-
wav company at Elmhurst, Illinois,
was in the city this morning TOT: a
shor+ time. and went from here 10
delaware fcr a weeks visit with
his mother, Mrs. Joseph Rusha.
Miss Angie Pierce goes to Huron,
South Dakota, on Friday OF this
week. Miss Pierce has been e1ect-
&c to the position of teacher OF his
tory in the High school at Hmren.
She has been a successful zteacher
i'm the High school of this city dur
ing the past two years.
r Mrs. Myrtle Fish and little SON.
who have been guests Of Mrs.
Fish's father, c.. B. Otis, left tues
day morning fer Albuquerque, New
Mexico. Mr.. Otis and Miss Blanche
Otis. and Mr.. and Mrs. L. Matthews
Jr.. accompanied Mrs. Fish as tar
as Waterloo, and spent the day there.
-Department Commander ]. F.
Merry has just issued a general or
der announcing that the state q. A.
R. encampment will be held in Mar
shalltown, Iowa, in June, 1916. Com
mander Merry will begin the prepara-
tion of a highly interesting and en-
tertainipg program for the 1916 en-
campment, soon. "
A goodly number of the mem
bers of Jones Mill Grange OF Della
ware county Fave accepted the in
y;tation cf Jackson Grange at Cog
eon. to Join in picnic to be teld
at Coggon on Thursday of this
week. If the weather permits sew
eral auto loads will be headed for
Coggon On Thursday morning.
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