Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-02-03
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Lent begins on February 18th.

H. w. Sabin is business Wis
itor in Edgewood today. S5s5l
W. L.-Davis went to Cedar Rap
l IDS this morning on a business trip
Mrs. b, w. Hoag is a guest this
week of relatives in Charlotte, Mich.
igan. ~. t'7@6%$:S. a ,,',.E E!,55 Nh q.
Mrs. Henry Petition is enjoying q
Visit from her motner, Mrs. Frank
Page, of West Union.
IS. P. Thorpe advertises an auc-
tlon sale to be held; on the Clark
farm on February 18th. 5' 81
u The entire state of Kansas was
|quarantinea ON Monday On account
OF tl4e loot ana mouth disease.
Misses Matte and Elya Becker
OF y Walerlco& spent SUNDAY at the
nome OF their sister, Mrs. Victor Col
lard A., a%sT5: r.. S& "a >. IN
Miss Josie Midkiff, who is a
student at Lenox college at Hop
klnton, Spent over Sunday with her
larents, Mr.. and Mrs. john Midkirf,
In this city. & .ts 5i z: ~. i,
SANFORD Lyman and A. M. Cloud
returned nome Saturday morning at
Ter attending meeting OF the CON
s4story in Cedar Rapids. * ..'.
Miss Jennie Holmes will conduct
a school of instruction in sewing ON
i eDruary 8 to 20 See her advertise
ment in 5anoaher column. >$t ss
-The missionary 4: socie ETY. b of the
Congregational church will meet at
the home of Mrs. Abner Dunham on
next Wednesday, afternoon, ebru-
larry 10th. 4asf ssfais 4&..E$$S &. sl$
The boys Basket ball team OF
the Manch ester High school goes
to Monticello on next Friday even
ing to play against the High school
team at that place. Il $.1 '.sTtf7 ~ If.7s
Mr. and Mrs. Howard scanlon re-
turned home on Thursday evening
from chicago, where. they spent sew
eral days on their wedding trip Wis
lting with relatives. \ Id t; \:
The Board of Sup ervisors has !
changed the date of meeting to allow
read and bridge: claims from the
last Saturday ip the month to the
first Monday Of the month. .553z2s
Mr.. and Mrs. w. D. Mcintosh en-
tertained a company OF friends on
Friday evening Of last week at
$3.50 dinner, and a very pleasant ey-
ening was enjoyed by those present.
: George Webber leaves this after
nccn for Rio Grande, Central Ameri- Q
ca, where he will visit at the home \
CT his uncle, Atwood FWebber. n who
is manager of large banana plan
tation in the south. zI5Ya{. gs
Stanley Atkinson arrived in the
city on Saturday morning from Chi
cago, where he has been student /;
jim a medical school. Mr.. Atkinson
to an operation at Park
view hospital in this city on Monday "
morning. "a n 53s&: YEA i} \ a
y. E. Cooking, who recently pur-
chased the E. B. Allyn residence in
tie north east part Of the city. will
Eold an auction sale on his farm
west of this city on Tuesday, Feb
ruary 16. His advertisement will az. 4
pear in next weeks issue Of The 4
Democrat. S@s. y. IA Z Il,
i, Mr.. and Mrs. Z. !. Hawley and |,
ch1Idren Of Glazier, Texas, and who
nave been spending several days
with friends at Edgewood, are the
guests this week of Mrs. HaWley's
brother. Ghas. w Wheeler, and B famf,v.3
They arrived in! Manch ester Sunday {
a5 5E X .l7a5 < '5sg AZ
The Ladies' Aid society Of. the !.
Baptist church held the first meet
ing OF the year at the home Of Mrs.
W. D. Mcintosh on East Main street
on last Thursday. A picnic dinner
was served. Several new ideas and
plans for the coming years 4 work !,
were discussed. f y Y. \ t.s. i1l32} "a
Delaware County Co-operat-
I've Commission company shipped
twenty-three carloads of stock during
the month of January and received
eleven cars of feed, coal and salt.
They sold s3,4O0 worth of feed and
ccal during the month and the total
Of business transacted by the
company for the same period was
NJ /. r "a. !.&ei17. . 75.
About thirty relatives and friends
spent very enjoyable evening at
he home Of Mr.. and Mrs, Ned Paris, i
southeast of this city, on last Friday
oight. Mr.. ard Mrs. Dell Paris, OF
0oland. South Dakota, who arrived
lere last week for a visit with rela-
Ives, We're AZ guests of honor. /, The
evening was spent in playing cards n
md refreshments were served. "A
-Manch ester4 is one Of the sixty
hree Iowa high schools entered in Il
he state basket ball tournament, the
matches of which will be
reld in Ames, Grinneu, Cedar Rapids
md .Des Moines on March II and 313. Z
other schools in this section which
ave entered are Independence, Oel-
vein, Cedar Falls, Cedar Rapids, Wa
'erly, LaPorte City, Arlington, East
md West Waterloo.