Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-09-29
LOCAL news
OF THE WEEK
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" 81.
WHAT MANCHESTER PEOPLE
ARE DOING At HOME AND
ABROAD.
REVIEW and FORECAST OF Tue vEFk
Items Of a Personal and General
Nature Picked Up About
the City.

| John Whitman was a busin esS
visitor in Dubuque on Friday of last
week.
Heller Carr spent Saturday with
her grandmother, Mrs. Afford, at Wa
terloo.
Mrs. Anna Benish of Lamont was
visiting relatives here the latter
part Of last week.
| Paul Munson arrived hcme the
first OF the week from a trip to the
exposition at San Francisco.
Mrs. A. j. Bruce returned home
Monday evening from few days
visit with her sister, in Cedar Rap
ids.
Mrs. O. H. Lewis left Saturday
morning for two weeks visit with
her daughter, Mrs. John White, at
Sabula.
Mrs. o. A. Dunham and neice,
Miss Marie Grimes, and Mrs. Alton
Dunham were visitors in Dubuque ,on
Saturday.
Rev. and Mrs. H. F. Mcdonald
were at Central City Saturday to at
tend meeting OF Baptist ministers
and laymen.
Charles Hoag, Of Charlotte, Mich
igan, arrived in the city Saturday
morning for a visit with his brother,
E. w. Hoag.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Middleton
left Friday morning for Dewitt Ia.
for visit with their daughter, Mrs.
~ J. Kidder, and family.
Miss Margaret Stanger. who is
\ a student at Grinnell college, arriv-
ed home Saturday morning for a
short visit with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. A. O. Stanger.
| Manchester friends of w. A.
Friend, of Berkley, California, ex--
tend congratulations upon receiving
word, Of the arrival at his hcme on
18th inst. Of q son: .ss
N iiJinna me af.l; ks
ling her home with her brother,
Senator r. W. Thrill left Friday
morning for two weeks visit with
relatives and friends at Janesville,
/ and Madison, Wisconsin,.
| Mrs. A. C. Carter and Mrs. L.
! l.. Plat are in Iowa City this week
attending the annual state conven-
tion of the Woman's Christian Tenn
perance Union. The sessions open
ed on Tuesday and will continue
until Friday.
| Mrs. Catherine Halpin and
Miss Agnes Ahearn Of Dubuque, We're
guests on Saturday and Sunday of
the formers daughter, Miss Grace
Halpin. The ladies also visited for a
short time in the home of Mr.. and
Mrs, Thomas Donahue, near Ryan.
New furnaces havA been in
stalled in the Methodist Episcopal
church of this city,and other chang
es made to the rooms in the base
ment. The improvement will add
greatly to- tho desiability Of the
rooms for social functions and Sab
bath school purposes.
Mrs. Elsie Jones Griffin, who
has been spending several months
Will llel ilOLIlCl WI o. oSAAAAAo oAANS'
left Monday night for her home at
Wiste, Canada. She was accompani-
/ ed as far as St. Paul by Mrs. A. w.
Stearns. Mrs. Griffin's many friends
hope thai she and her little baby
will have a safe journey home.
Henry w. Welterlen, the con-
tractor. has been awarded the con-
tract for the erection of the resi-
dence which Mr.. and Mrs. George
Miller will erect on their lot on
Delaware street. The dwelling will
be part brick and part frame, and
when completed will make a valu-
able addition to that part of the
city.
Department Commander and
Mrs. J. F. Merry, Senator and
Mrs. R. w. Thrill and Mrs. H. F.
Arnold left Friday morning for Chi.
cago, where they will join the Iowa
delegation on their trip to Washing
ton, D. c., to attend the national G
A. R. encampment. The Iowa dele
cation will make the trip from Chi
caso to Washington by special train
over the B. & o. railway. Hon. and
Mrs. R. J. Bixby of Edgewooa, are
also at Washington, going with the
Iowa party. Mr.. and Mrs. Merry
and Mrs. Arnold, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Thrill will visit eastern cities before
returning home at the close OF the
encampment.
Manchester friends are gratified
to learn that Mrs Susan Young,
who has been dangerously ill for
many months, is making a complete
recovery, at the hore Of her daugh-
ter, Mrs. \. j. Russia, at Delaware.
Readers of The Democrat will re-
call the time when Mrs. Rusha dis
covered her mother in an unconsc1-
Gus condition in her apartments at
Park Lodge. Mrs. Young is suppos
cd to have been stricken with
|paraletic stroke. and in fall frac-
tured her hip and shoulder. She
has so far recovered that she is
able to be taken about the town
in wheel chair, and can converse
with her friends. Every indication
points to a ccmpleterecovery, which
is indeed good news to her many