Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-02-24
NO. 8

northeast OF Manchester are tile par
ents of son, born February 18th.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. H. Lawrence
have been in the city for several
days, the guests Of relatives and
friends. t.-Sssir[ n r 5c$
Mrs. A. c.. Carter will be hos
tess to the members of the Current
Events club at her home on Friday
afternoon, March S.
Mrs. Jay Matthews and Mrs.
Howard Drew will be hostesses to
company of lady friends on Friday
afternoon at the Matthews home.
John Fardy, manager of the
Snodgress Clothing Company's Man
chester store, was business visitor
at Parkersburg and Ackley several
days the first of the week. |.3
NELSON Wolcott, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Wolcott, arrived in Man
chester last Saturday, and has been
the guest of his grandmother, Mrs.
lN. J.. Wolcott, and friends. -
! A. O. Stanger went to Roches-
ter, Minnesota, the first of the week,
where his daughter Miss 4 Margaret
Stanger, will today or tomorrow
submit to an operation for appendi-
citis. .... s J:
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Hubert Of
Primghar, Iowa, were the guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. L.. Matthews ST. dur (
! ing the past week. Mr.. and Mrs.
Hubert leave for their home Thurs
day morning. s5 &
Mrs. O.. H. Lewis Of north Of
Manchester and Mrs. ]. A. White Of
Sabula, went to Rochester, Minneso-
ia, this morning, Mrs. Lewis going
there to submit to an operation lat
er in the week. 60 ~. "a
Miss Bess Fleming, who teaches
in the schools at Marshalltown, To-
wa,. was guest of her parents, DR..
and Mrs. T. E.. Fleming, for several +
days last week. She returned to her
school duties on Monday evening. $S
Miss Caldwell, the. efficient kin
dergarten teacher Of the city schools,
is back again at her work, after an
enforced absence of several weeks,
because of sickness. Miss Edith
Dunham has substituted for Miss
Caldwell. @.a, 5.,tsa 4 .5
Mrs. H. G. Ruffen of Waterloo
was guest of her friend, Mrs. A.
j. Gildner, several days last week.
On Saturday Mr.. Ruffell and his
daughter came to Manchester and
Joined Mrs. Ruffell in a visit at the
Gildner home over Sunday.
/ Professor and Mrs Frank H.
Shaw, of the conservatory Of music
Of Cornell college at Mt. Vernon,
gave very pleasing entertainment
in the Methodist Episcopal church
on Tuesday evening. Their program
was of a high order. &
Users of coffee, and that means
nearly all of our readers, will be In
terested in the advertisement Of H. r
Mcdonald, who advertises attractive
prices on several brands of high
grade coffee. Be sure and read his
advertisement which appears on page
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The X. P. Minstrel performance
on Wednesday evening attracted a
full house, when an entirely differ-
ent program from that Of Tuesday
evening was given. The local lodge
cleared about $400 from the enter
tainments, and the two performances
gave universal satisfaction. t&
Mrs. w. F. Evans was called to
Aurora this morning on account OF
the death of her sister, Mrs. J. G.
Martin, who passed away on Mon
day evening. Funeral services will
be held from Mrs. Martins hcme on
Thursday. Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Ev-
ans will go to Aurora Thursday
morning to attend the services. ..sT5
B. F. Miles of Harrah, Oklahoma,
was guest of his father, Hon. j.
w. Miles, in this city several days of
last week. Mr.. Miles says that con-
ditions in Oklahoma are rapidly i'm
proving, that the price of cotton is
'looking up, and the oil situation is
somewhat improved. He returned to
Members of Hyperion Lodge, X.
of P, of this city, attended the morn
ing services at the Congregational.
church last Sunday, in. observance of
the founding Of the order and the
establishment of worldwide peace
and friendship. Rev. W., j: Suckow
delivered an eloquent sermon on the
theme of 'The Power of Friendship.
"A large number of friends and
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Burhans pleasantly surprised them
on the evening of February 16, by
unexpectedly calling on them. Var
ious games were indulged in and the
evening passed delightfully."-, for all
At a seasonable hour a delicious
luncheon was served. The guests
all departed wishing Mr.. and Mrs.
Burhans happiness and prosp Gritty in
their new home south Of town. W
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Mr.. and Mrs. Barney Grubstick,
who have been living on farm
PLY surprised by large number Of
TIE neighbors took it upon them
selves to- take possession Of the
Grubstick home to say farewell to
their new home near Oneida. Many
of these same neighbors assisted Mr..
Grubstick in moving his household
goods and farm implements to his
newly purchased farm east of Onei-
da on Saturday.
George Miller left on Monday
morning with car Of household
goods and farm tools and horses for
Lansing, Iowa, where he will operate
a large farm which he and VIM.
Hockaday sr. purchased some time
ago. Mrs. Miller will remain here
for several days. Mr.. Miller has
been assisting with the work in the
Miller & Stephens barber shop since
the death of his father, the late A.
Miller. Manchester people will re- =
gret to have this estimable couple
leave this place, but wish them full
measure of success in their new
home.