Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1916-01-19
IOCAI NEWS;
OF THE week
sNkAT Nh MANCHESTER PEOPLE
ARE DOING AT HOME AND
~ ABROAD.
REVIEW and FORECAST OF THE WEEK
items Of a Personal and General
Nature Picked Up About the
City.

in Winthrop today.
Miss Grace Halpin spent Sunday
with her mother in Dubuque.
Miss Stella Mutschler was a
guest Of her parents, in East Du-
L buque over Sunday.
Mrs. William Mcintosh and Mrs.
VI N. D. Wilson were visitors in Du-
buque last Saturday.
ga. C. Philip offers a remedy for
that cough. Note what he says in his
advertisement on page 8.
MA The first Delaware County Teach
sers' Study Center will be held Satur-
day, January %, at the Manchester
High School building.
\. George Hamblin has sold his twe1
,tEsacre farm south of town, to ]. E.
Cooking of this city, the price per
! aere was 1925. Mr.. Cooking takes pos.
session March list, we understand.
#esskf-ta wv Keith Of Hopkinto on, was
"a business visitor in Manchester Sat
%urday- While in the city he was the
d guest Of his daughter, Mrs. Guy
Bishop. -
ii5 ss Mrs. George w. Mernitz of Chi
scago, was guest Of her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. H. c. Smith, several days
last week. She returned to her home
on Friday morning Of last week.
DR. and Mrs. Floyd Smith, who
sSWue obliged to- leave their field as
medical missionaries in Turkey, arriv-
ed in Iowa last week. and have been
spending some time with friends at
4 Hopkinton, Rowley and Winthrop.
-Uriah Morey, Of Earlville, New
1 York, has been. spending several
weeks with friends in and near
u Manchester. He left the first of the
week for his home at Earlville, New
4 York.
u The Ladies' Aid Society of the
Methodist Episcopal church will not
meet this week as formerly planned.
The meeting has been postponed un-
\ til Friday, January 28th, on account
OF the Farmers institute.
.5 - The Thirteen club was delightful
" entertained on Monday evening Of
Geo. Krapfel, of east of Greeley,
in her beautiful new home. The
regular program was given, and an in
teresting evening spent by the men,
%bers OF the club.
THE At Home society Of the Pres
byterian church will meet at the
home Of Mrs F. e. Richardson, on
Wednesday, January 26th, at $3.50.
I "a business meeting will be held at
300. at which every member is urged
to be present. S N On. 5,s
~ The young people Of the Metho-
dist Episcopal church will hold a bas-
ket social in the parlors of the
church this evening, the proceeds
from the social to be devoted to the
work OF the Epworth league. The la
dies are requested to bring baskets.
Harold Brownell, son of Mr. and,
Mrs. John Brownell Of Saskatchewan.
Canada, was guest in the home of
his uncle, Charles Brownell. He left
last Saturday morning for his home
in Canada, after spending several
days with his relatives here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Davis of Glen
wood, Iowa, spent several days with
relatives in Manchester Mr.. Davis
and his family are nicely situated in
! GIenwood, where Earl owns half in
teIest in one of the best semi-week-
~ newspapers in western Iowa.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. F. Whitney Left
Monday morning for several
months stay at Winterhaven, Florida,
where their daughter, Mrs. Myrtle
Niles resides. Mr.. and Mrs. Whit
ney spent the winter three years go
in Winterhaven, and found the eli
mate delightful.
The regular January teachers ex-
animation will be held in the County
uperintendent's office at Manches--
ter on January 26, 81 and %, 1916.
All applicants will be required to
show either six months teaching ex-
perience or twelve weeks normal
training.
The Ladies Society of the Con-
gregational church, formerly known
Il 40 SAP AAdu1Co oOSACLy 1AOuSlu5tOI,
will meet with Mrs C. C. Bradley on
"Wednesday afternoon, January 26th,
1916 Mrs. Bradley will be assist
ed by Mrs. Edwin Davis and Mrs.
VIII Dudley. All the members are
urged to be present.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. S. Keith of Mar
ion, were guests of the latter's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. B. Higman.
Mr.. Keith is locomotive engineer,
on the Chicago, Milwaukee & st.
Paul, and sustained an injury to one
of his hands recently and has been
been obliged to lay off for few
days.
Il Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Taber leave
tomorrow for a several weeks visit
with relatives and friends in Kansas.
They will first go to Eskridge,
Kansas, where they will spend some
time with Mr.. and Mrs. J. D. Paris,
and later they will go to Mcpherson,
where they have other relatives.
I j. M. Jones & Sons, who are
now getting nicely settled in their
new quarters, the Armory building
on Main street, begin series of
Ford car advertisements this week,