Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-03-17
LOCAL news
OF !!F THE week
WHAT MANCHESTER PEOPLE
ARE DOING AT HOME AND T.
ABROAD. ..
REVIEW and FORECAST OF TIE WEEK
Items Of a Personal and General
Nature Picked Up About "-,|
the City.

0uQeTluteuueQt n. i. FOrtS was
a visitor In Waterloo on last Fri
day. rs> "-&
III. W. Sabin left on, Tuesday
morning for Marshalltown on a busi-
mess trip.
The Fortnightly club will meet
with Miss Nell Hatch on next Mon
day evening.
miss Olive Thompson was a
guest of friends in Strawberry Point
during the past week.
George w. Miller left for Lew
1ston, Montana, on business trip
on Tuesday morning.
Hon. w. H. Norris and F, B.
Wilson were business visitors in
Greeley on Tuesday. .A
William Jewell left on Tues
day morning for Lacrosse, Wiscon-
sin, on a business trip. -"'
Sidney Phelps went to MINI ca
polls, Minnesota, on Tuesday morn
ing on a business trip.
Mr.: and Mrs. P. G. Ingersol1 Of
Dunlap, Iowa, are the parents of a
daughter born on March 9Th, 1915.
Misses Griffith and Atkins, the
at Park, View hospital, are spending
a several days vacation in Chica-
go. l,.. :5,,SS4s,,a, .s 4 ,..t
..'I-Thos. Wilson jr., who has been
attending school in Chicago, is Wis
iting in the city at the home of
his parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Thos. VIII
son. @.S Il -. -
Misses Edith. Durham and Inez
Walker very pleasantly entertained
the Central school teachers at the
home of Miss Dunham on last Fri
day evening. -.
&c. K. Reading and his force of
men began the, work of building
the large addition to the ]. NJ, Jones
& Sons garage on Main street on
Monday of this week. - Z. ~. s5%i..
Mrs. Roy Hilton, who had been
guest of relatives in Manchester
for severs' weeks, returned to her
home at Lincoln, Nebraska, on Fri
day of last week. S& H.
The, Baptist Ladies' Aid society
will hold a. "bake day" sale at the
H. r.. Mcdonald grocery store on
Saturday, March Goth. The patron
age Of all who are fond of home
baking is solicited.
! Mrs. A. O. Stanger and daugh-
ter. Miss Margaret Stanger, return
ed home on Tuesday morning from;
Rochester, Minnesota, where. Miss;
Stanger recently submitted TO q an
operation for appendicitis. ?
The i Earlville Phoenix Installed
a new linograph type setting ma
chine last week. The new machine
is one embodying the latest improve
ments In line-casting mechanism and
Is an. Iowa product, being manufac-
tured at Davenport.
Manchester, friends of Mr.. and
Mrs. 3Harlo Stephens are gratified
to learn that the, condition Of their
Dorothy, is improving at
this time. The child has been in an
critical condition for sew
eral weeks. ',.;
. w. c.. Amsden has change of
in this issue, of The
Democrat in which he announces
that there will be a ChiNamel dem-E
at his store on March 29
and 80. Read the offer made by;
Mr.. Amsden in his announcement. (
Ray Howick, who has been en-
ployed as a linotype operator d. on
The Mills County Tribune at Glen
wood. Iowa, for the past several
arrived in the city on last
Thursday evening for visit with
relatives and friends.
MIR. and Mrs. F. E. Conca and
children have removed to Dubuque
during the past week. Mr.. Conca
has been one of the operators Is at
1,o ;,, Se ni&
for the past several months and has
accepted similar position in the
Key City.
The Manchester Steam Laundry
has an advertisement on another
page Of this issue in which, they
give some interesting facts regarding
l new collar moulding machine which
has recently been installed in the
plant of West Main street. Don't
'ail to look up Mr.. Matthew'S ad-
'ertisement. v
Miss Gertrude M. Scovel and Mr..
John H. Gibbs were united in mar
Rage at the home of the brides
mother, Mrs. Lillian Tharp, in this
city on Wednesday, March 10, 1915.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gibbs departed that
evening on brief honeymoon, after
which they will return to Manchester
where they will make their home.
Delaware county friends of Mr..
Ind Mrs. William Reece Of Oelwein
will regret to learn of the death of
,ne of their triplet daughters,
who passed away last week.
Death was caused from pneumonia.
Tie little one was born on July 4,
L914. TIE other two daughters of
he triplets of Mr.. and Mrs. Reece
ire also critically i'll with pneu-
nonia. Mr.. and Mrs. Reece have
he sincere. sympathy Of their many