Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-10-06
LOCAL news
OF THE WEEK
WHAT MANCHESTER PEOPLE
ARE DOING AT HOME AND
ABROAD.
REVItW and FORECAST OF The VEIK
Items Of Personal and General
Nature Picked Up About
the City.

HC WY
Mote what H. r. Mcdonald has
to say about a special price for
cash on Mystic Flour.
Mrs. Anna Chatfield, of Grevette.
Arkansas, arrived in the city last
week, and is a guest Of relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alison Granger are
here from Florida, called here on
account Of the illness of Mr.. Gran
gers father.
Mrs. Charles Whitman has
been enjoying visit from her sis
ter, Mrs. e. A. Miller, whose home
is in southern California.
MFR. and Mrs. D. E. Worth, OF
Union, Iowa, were guests severa.
days last week of their son, B. B.
Worth, and his wife, in this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Davis left
Monday night for Lavina, Montana,
where they will visit with Mr.. and
Mrs. Percy H. Strickland for sew
eral weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. c. Blake have
as their guest this week, Mrs. L. R.
Gorham of Minneapolis. Mrs. Cor
ham came last week and will spend
a short time with her friends here.
Mrs. Ella Muckle CT San Fran
cisco, California, and Miss e Rose
Wood, of Oelwein, spent several
days this week as the guests Of Mr..
and Mrs. o. C. Clark.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Cooking went
to Waterloo last Thursday to attend
the cattle congress and from there
they went to Mason City to visit
relatives and friends for a few days.
Mrs. J. A. Strickland and her
mother, Mrs. NJ. V. Newcomb, Of
Earlville, left Monday evening for
Woonsccket, South Dakota, where
they will be the guests CT Mrs.
Newcomb's son.
j. w. Doxsee, editor Of the
Monticello Express, was a business
visitor an Manches ester on Tuesday,
'Mr. Doxses Is on a. or the aablest@edi1
tors CT the state and has made CT
the Express one Of the best weeklies
in Iowa. =.
Mrs. Lillian Ball, who has been
spending several months with her
sister, Mrs. A. B. Terril, left Tues
day morning for Lincoln, Nebraska.
Mrs. Ball stopped at Independence
for short visit with friends, before
going on to Lincoln.
A. J. Andrews, the cash grocer,
announces special prices on staple
groceries, in his space en- another
page of this issue. Every house.
wife will be interested in the prices
quoted and VIC suggest that they
give Mr. Andrews announcement
careful attention.
j. A. Strickland arrived home
Monday from a several weeks bust
ness trip to Lavina, Montana, where
he and his son, Percy H. Strickland,
operate a large farm. Mr.. Strica-
land tells US that the wheat crop
on his farm was immense, and that
farmers in the Musselshell Valley
are prOSperlng.
MIR. and Mrs. J. c. Fsrrott and
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Robinson, Of
Coffins Grove township, were
among the large number who attend
ed the cattle congress at Waterloo
last Friday. They were very favorab-
ly impressed with the unusual ex-
hibit of dairy cattle and agricultural
exhibits
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Fierstine, who
have been living in Dubuque for
some time, are soon to remove to
Manchester to make their home. Mr..
Fierstine has been obliged to give
up an excellent position in Dubuque
on account of poor health. Their
many friends here will gladly well
come them back to Manchester.
The Snodgress Clothing COM
pany has an announcement this week
which is timely and Of especial in
terest because of the season of the
year. They are we'll supplied, with
a high grade line Of underwear for
their trade. The prices quoted are
also an lnducement to lay in sup
ply for the winter months so near at
hand.
IN. T. Tyler, of Iowa Falls, Ia.
has accepted the foremanship in the
Main Street Laundry, and has COM
mence1 his work in the plant. Mr..
Tyler is an expert laundryman, and
has been superintendent in large
Iowa laundries in the past, and un-
derstands the business from the
ground up. Mr. Matthews feels that
he is very fortunate in securing the
Of Mr.. Tyler AS socn as he
can find a suitable house, he will
move his family, consisting of his
wife and two children, to this city.
DIR. and Mrs. A. NJ. Billingsley