Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-01-27
LOCAL news
.:.. OF THE week
WHAT MANCHESTER PEOPLE
ARE DOING At HOME AND
ABROAD.
REVIEW and FORECAST OF THE wee
Items Of 4 Personal and General
Nature Picked Up About
> the City.

| nature Fickeo Op ABOUT
the City.
| Miss Angie Pierce was a guest O.
friends in Waterloo last Saturday ant
Sunday.
Mrs. H. e. Henderson was Wis.
itor In Cedar Rapids on Saturday OF
last week.
Hubert Carr and A. R. Leroy
went to Dubuque Saturday morning
on business. r
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Cooking are
the parents of a daughter born Satur
day, January 23.
Attorney Floyd Arnold went to
Chicago Tuesday evening to attend
the automobile show.
&C. E. Chapman went to Spring
valley, Minnesota, the first of the
week, ON business.
Miss Jennie Holmes and Mrs. E.
Fl. Prowse were visitors in the Key
City on Saturday Of last week.
DIR. and Mrs. J. w. Scott are at
Rochester, Minnesota, where the for
mer is receiving medical treatment.
+ Mr.. and Mrs. A. B. Terril go to
Waterloo tomorrow morning to spend
several days with friends in that
city.
Judge Geo. w. Dunham. is hold
ing court at Independence this week,
eoing to that city on Monday morn
ing
Ernest Perry has purchased $40
acres of land in Aitken county, Min
nesota, the deal being made by H.
GDodhile
Mrs. Sherman Harris is at home
from Exce:s:or Springs, where she
had been receiving. medical treatment
for several months.
Wayne Smith, a student Of Bay
less Business college at Dubuque,
was a guest of his relatives and
friends over Sunday. -..
Mr.. Paul Hawker and Miss Clara
Heiserman, popular young people Of
Ryan, were united in marriage at the,
BRIDES home this afternoon. .t,.
The Central Pharmacy has a
change of advertisement in which a
remedy is suggested for coughs. Do
not fail to read Mr.. Philips adver-.
tisement.
Among local automobile enthusi-
asts who are attending the big auto
show in Chicago this week are G. Il.
.Utley, Harold Jones, Wayne Barker.
and Fred Haug. -: =. -
Woman's, Foreign Missionary
Society of the Methodist Episcopal
church will have for sale at the mil
linery annex on Saturday of this.
week, home baking Of all kinds. "
Mrs. ]. A. May and her mother,
Mrs. S. Toney, left Monday morning
for Omaha, Neb., where they will
be the guests for. several weeks, OF
Mrs. Mays sister, Mrs. Homer Hill.
The Farmers and Merchants
State Savings bank has a change OF
which will be Of inter-
est to parents who are desirous ITO
have their children acquire the habit
of saving their earnings by opening
savings accounts.
Mote the bargains to be had at
the D. F.. Grove store during the
next few days. If you want to save
money while purchasing seasonable
wearing apparel read Mr.. Groves ad:
vertisem ent and take advantage OF
the prices quoted.
Joe Cassidy, former Manches-
ter boy, spent several days last week
among old time friends here. He re-
turned to his home in Minneapolis,
Sunday afternoon. He has an ex-
cellent position with the Bell Tele-
phone company
Mrs. G.. w. Anger, who has been
spending several months with her
daughter, Mrs. H. T. Ports, and her
family, returned to her home in Grim
nell on Saturday morning. Mrs.
Ports accompanied her mother as far
as Cedar Rapids.
Miss Jennie Holmes will conduct
a school of instruction TO class or
pupils in sewing at her home on III
West Howard street. The school
will open February 9th and continue
until February goth inclusive. Read
Miss Holmes advertisement In an
other column.
Mrs w. C. Blake went Sunday
morning to Williams Bay, Wiscon-
sin, called there on account OF the
illness of her sister, Mrs. E. H. Hol-
lister. Manchester friends OF Mrs.
Hollister are gratified to learn that
she is much improved in health at
this time.
Howard Reed, buttermaker in the
creamery at Bear Grove, near New
Vienna, was operated on for appen-
dicitis at Park View hospital this
forenoon. The young man ralned
from the effects of the ordeal, and
It is the wish of his many friends
that he may soon be at his post OF
duty again.
On Friday of last week the pas
sepger train on the Camar division
of the Chicago Milwaukee and st.
Paul railway, was wrecked, three
coaches leaving the rails. The
coaches were filled with passengers,
but no one was severely injured.
That no fatalities occurred seems
miraculous. Traffic was tied up
during the day because of the wreck,
which occurred near Waucoma.
-EdWarQ MeSerVe VI " dlelloo "oo
in Manchester several days last
week, called here because of the mis-
fortune which befell his mother, Mrs.
E. A. Meserve, who fell on an icy
walk and fractured her hip. Man
chester friends of this estimable lady
are pleased that she is making
satisfactory recovery, and will soor
be able to be about her home again.
Her son returned to his home sun
day evening.
-Beecher, the six year old son OF