Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-03-24
LOCAL news
OF THE WEEK
WHAT MANCHESTER PEOPLE
ARE DOING AT. HOME AND
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Review And FORECAST OF THE xEEI
Items Of a Personal and General
Nature Picked Up About ~
the City.

Nature Picked Up About "A
the City.
i. w. Lampman was a visitor in
Cedar Rapids last Friday.
2 Hubert Carr was business Wis.,
itor in Dubuque last Thursday.
/, w. G. Amsden was a business
visitor in Cedar Rapids last Fri
day. :
Miss Bess Caldwell is spending
few days with relatives in Chi
cago.
and Mrs. A. S. Green were
Cedar Rapids visitors on Thursday
of last week. ~
Miss Gertrude Wade went to
Chicago Saturday morning for sew
eral days stay. s.. -
Mrs. James Green and daughter,
Mrs. George Kerton, were visitors in
Waterloo last Friday.
Edwin Davis was a visitor in
Cedar Rapids Thursday, attending
the automobile show. H s. = u i
Misses Marie Storey and Clara
Wolcott wero visitors in Cedar Rap
ids Friday Of last week.
N. E. Davis was a business Wis.
itor in Cedar Rapids last Wednes-
day, returning on Thursday. S,4
b Mrs. Hubert Carr and daughters,
Helen and Mary Louise, were guests
OF relatives In Waterloo on Thursday
don't fail to read what
Stearns & Mccormick have to say
about lace curtains and window
shades. - ~, .
Mrs. H. Littig, Of West Union,
Is a guest this week of her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Otto Haug, OF
this city ~ -
Mrs. William Smith, of Dubuque.
was a guest of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. A. H. Marshall, several days
last week. 80: ID $,
The Misses Hazel and Margaret
Adams are spending the vacation
with their parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Chas., Adams. Y @.s .;t.@E
Miss Mabel Dutton, of Cedar
Rapids, was a guest Of her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. H. F. Dutton. several
days last week. 55,.. En- e. y Y !
The Current Events club viii
meet this week Thursday with Mrs
o.. M. Phenicie for dinner and an
afternoon session. .., !; g z. nt Is
Ss11----lrs. It. T. Oliver and daughter
Miss Pauline Olive. went to Inde.
pendence on Saturday morning FOL
a visit with friends. .&t % 81
Miss Amber Davis, a student
at Cornell college at Mt. Vernon, ar
rived home Thursday evening fol
the spring vacation " 6 Y
The Board of the Woman g Aux
iliary} of Parkview HospitalSwill mee1
Thursday 4 afternoon of this week
with: Mrs. R. W.. Thrill. ,Sr a "a ,:I
Il. w. Lampman has a force OF
workmen excavating for the new
residence he will erect this summer
on East Main street on the lot pur.
chased last fall. ~ y
Miss Bertha Schroeder, the eff.
cient eighth grade teacher of the
city schools, went to McGregor Sat:
urday afternoon for weeks visit
with her relatives s, 80, t5..,
Harold Hoyt, a student at the
State Agricultural College at Ames
arrived home Thursday evening fol
short visit with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. w. D. Hoyt. 4. r.. /:
Ed. Mills Of Iowa City, was q
guest Of friends in Manchester on
Monday. Mr.. Mills went to In.
dependence ON Monday evening fol
a short visit with friends.
Miss Dorothy Keyes arrived
home from Mt. Vernon Thursday
evening for visit with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. George Keyes
Miss Keyes is a student in Cornell
college. -, :: '-,@s,. :.
&:-Dditor H. L. Ram of the, Man.
chester Press was at Ames, Iowa
last week attending meeting of 10
wa editors. On Friday Mr.. Ram
addressed the editors on ''Cost Fin
ing System. :. ~
DIR. Frederick Cook, who lays
claims to having explored the. North
Pole some years ago, was in Man
chester for brief time on Thursday
morning, enroute from Dubuque tt
Cedar Rapids. .'5@},,
Mrs. L. L. Platt went to Fay
ette on Monday morning for visit
with relatives and friends. She will
also visit with relatives at Straw
berry Point for several days before
returning home. .ES-."
The Ladies Kensington of the
Congregational church will meet
Wednesday afternoon at $3.50 with
Mrs. Frank Hall. Mrs. Hall will be
assisted by Mrs. Will Jones and
Mrs. Emma, Parker. ~. .a.-. .-
Raymond Ausbrook, of Water
loo, was guest in the Otto Haug
home Saturday, and Sunday. Mr..
Ausbrook is a student in the College
Of Commerce at Waterloo, and re-
turned to his school work on Mon
day. - #
Mrs. w. c. Gloer is spending
several weeks with her parents, at
Ames. Mrs. Gloer has not been in
the best Of health, since she suffered
an attack Of the grippe, and is TAX
ing treatments for an affection of
the head. re- Il - - ..
DR.. A. M. Billingsley, district su-
perintendent of the Dubuque district,
Is in Chicago consulting with spe-
cialists regarding the condition of
his health. His Manchester friends
hope that the treatment may restore
him to good health. " .3s.t
Mrs. John Decker and daughter,
of Lamont, were the guests of Mr..
and Mrs. George B.. Lane one day
last week. From here they went to
Masonville, where they attended a
party given in honor of Mr.. and
Mrs. Irl Lane and family.
w. F. Kewney, one of the rural
mail carriers out of the Manchester
post office, has purchased a Ford
car from j. NJ. Jones & Sons. Mr..
Kewney will be able to serve the
patrons OF his route in double quick
time when the roads get settled.
The city schools are closed this