Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1916-07-12
LOCAL news
Of THE week
WHAT MANCHESTER PEOPLE
ARE DOING At HOME AND
ABROAD.
REVIEW and FORECAST OF The week
Items Of . Personal and General
Nature Picked Up About the
Il City.

Nature Picked Up About tho
City.
Mrs. r. d. Hooker was visitor
in Dubuque Monday.
Mrs. T. ]. Jacobs went to Du-
buque this morning for visit with
friends.
Mrs James Appleby Of Portland,
Oregon, is a guest Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry c., Seeds, this week.
Councilman and Mrs. E. W. Will
liams were at Dubuque Tuesday to
attend the Ringing Brothers circus.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. F. Madden went
to Waterloo Tuesday morning to at
tend the state meeting Of Iowa shoe
dealers.
MIR. and Mrs. Jno. Fardy are spend
Ing q few weeks vacation at Wauke-
sha, Wisconsin, going there the first
Of the week
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Hamblin and
children of Earlville were guests OF
the formers mother Mrs. Enos Ham
blin, last Sunday.
Mrs. Harry Utley returned home
from Camp Dodge Saturday after
spending some time with her husband,
who is stationed there.
Robert Barr, ]. ]. Goen, Henry
Bronson, and Frank Link went to Des
Moines Tuesday to attend the demo.
cratic state convention.
Nelson Atwater returned to Wa
terloo Tuesday morning, after spend
INK several days with his sisters and
brother in Manchester.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. B. Coltman and
children Of Independence were guests
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Hintz and Mr..
and Mrs. Ernest Lawman last Sunday.
Mrs. Willis Sherman Of Cherokee
was a guest in the home Of ny. and
Mrs. George Prayer several days last
week, returning to her home Tuesday
morning.
Miss Alpha Millett of Pittsburg,
Pennsylvania, is guest this week OF
Mrs. H. L. Ram. She will spend the
greater part Of the summer with her
mother at Edgewood.
The outing club members and
their husbands enjoyed - deliahtful
picnic up the river Tnesday fkafno0i.
Mr.. Sherwood piloted the pienickers
up stream in his handsome boat
u. B. Engstrom of Council Bluffs
Iowa, is spending short vacation
with his Manchester friends. Mr.. Eng
strom is employed on the Council
Bluffs Nonpareil and is making good
in his chosen profession.
e. E. Coakley, editor Of the Ryan
Reporter. and his mother. went to
Minneapolis, Saturday morning for a
visit with the latter's daughter. Mr..
Coakley returned home Tuesday morn
Ing while his mother remained for a
more extended visit.
&C. L. Adams and his son Harold
left this morning for Denver, and Cor
orado Springs, where they will visit
for short time. From these points
they will go to Delto, Colorado, where
they will spend few days with Mr.
Adams sister.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Johnson, who
spent last week with the formers par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. C. H. Johnson
returned to their home in Chicago on
Saturday. They made the trip in. the
touring car. Upon their return home
thye were accompanied by their neph.
ews, Chas. and" Wilbur Chapel, who
will spend few days in Chicago.
Miss Kate Smith, who attended
school at Rockford. Illinois, and wht
completed her work there last June
returned home last week. Before re-
turning home she visited with hel
sister Mrs. Mildred Mernitz. in Chica
60. Miss Smith was accompanied
home by her cousin. Miss Gertrud
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| u. T. Atwood and his family O.
Rockford, Illinois, drove to Mancbes
ter last Friday and spent the da!
with Rev. and Mrs. w. A. Montgom
cry. On Saturday they LETT for Wat
erloo and Window, Minnesota, wher
they will spend few days with re
latives. Mrs. P. B. Atwood accom-
panied them as far as Mancheste
land remained with her daughter, Mr.
Montgomery, returning home yeste1
day morning.
Mrs. Eta Gilbert and three daugt
ters haxe returned to their home
Elgin, Illinois, after visit at th
home of her mother Mrs. T. j. Js
cobs. Their Manchester friends wi
be interested in learning that Re
Mr.. Gilbert has been called to tt
pastorate of the Presbyterian churc
at Monticello, Illinois He has bee
: in charge Of the religious trainin
work of the Y. NJ. c. A. at Elgin, III
for some time. He will remove wit
his family the first of August.
William Hockaday returned la:
Saturday from a ten day trip to MOI
tana He says that he observed IL
crop conditions between here and
Paul, and for 500 miles westwas
from st. Paul, and that no where aIon
the way were the good crop pro:
pects at all comparable to the croI
here He says that We ar
q specially blessed people this year