Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1916-07-26
Mrs. W. R. Locke was visitor in
Dubuque Tuesday.

Mrs. w. r. Locke was visitor
Dubuque Tuesday.
; Mr.. and Mrs. Francis B. Dun
ham are the parents of daughter
born July 18th. "..
Mrs. Rae Dunham and baby spen
several days the first of the week wit
relatives at Coggon
Mr.. and Mrs. S. R. Hall o.
Omaha, are guests at the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Stewart.
Mrs. ". c. Amsden returned hom
Saturday from several days visi
with friends at Minneapolis.
Nh. and Mrs. Bert Mullen had as
Their guests last Sunday, Mr.. and Mrs
Earl Hutson, Of Waterloo
I Miss Alma LIE Roy will arrive
in Manchester next, Saturday for 6
months vacation with hcme folks.
Mrs. Fred w. Miller, who has
been spending several weeks at Caml
Dodgs, returned home this morning.
! -siiss Edith French of Cedar Falls
I was 4 guest in the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. T. n. Arnold the first Of the
week.
Mics Ruth Sutton Of Columbus
Wisconsin, came Tuesday evening and
will be The guest OF her friend. Miss
Luc'e Arnold for a week.
Miss Leota Bolei Of Cedar Rap
ids was guest last week Of her
mother, Mrs. NJ. K. Bolei, returning
to her work on Friday evening.
Mrs. Chester Bronson and daugh-
ter, who had been guests of relatives
here for several weeks, returned to
their home in Chicago last Saturday.
Mrs. w. F. Grossman and Mrs.
T. D. Wilson came home from
Camp Dodge this morning. Mrs.
Grcssman expects to go to Browns
vile later in the summer.
Hrs. Henry Bronson and daughter
Bethel, leave the latter part OF the
week for Cleveland, Ohio, where they
will join the formers parents, Mr. and
Mrs. o. C. Clark for visit.
DIR. and Mrs. 3. H. Byers and two
sons, Gerald and Donald. left Satur-
daw morning for Adell, Iowa, where
they will be the guests of relatives
for a week or ten days. They made
the trip in their Ford car.
The committee composed of Mrs.
H. G.. Utley, Mrs. e. B. Stiles ana
Mrs. G. j Seeds have~~sent the abb
dominal handages to the boys Of co.
H, and also the money to purchase
two cases of lemons.
Mrs. Lila Afford, Mr.. and Mrs.
Lore Afford anG son Kicker OF Wa
terloo, and Mr.. and Mrs. w. P. Pow
ell and daughters Margaret and Ell
eanor of Cedar Rapids were over
Sunday guests at the home Of Mr..
and Mrs. Hubert Carr.
Fred Rusow of near Masonville,
has purchased a handsome Buick tour
ing car from the Manchester Auto g.
Supply company. Percy Davis also
purchased nifty SaNson roadster, and
A. w. Stearns is driving a handsome
Chandler, which he purchased from the
company last week.
DR.. A. S. Mackenzie, the newly
chosen president of Lenox college,
was a visitor in Manchester last
Thursday, and during his brief stay
here met many Of our business men.
DR.. Mackenzie is a man Of pleasing
personality, and win safeguard the
interests of the college, and be the
means of attracting the young peo-
pie to that very excellent school.
A. O. Stanger, E. M. Carr and
DR.. E. G. Dittmer, commissioners OF
Insanity, were at Independence last
Thursday to make, their annual visit
to the State hospital, and specially
examine the patients from Delaware
county who are there receiving care
and treatment. They found the hospi-
tai cleaner, and brighter and more
cheerful than ever before. Another
item of business which the commits
sioners had in hand was to find out
if there was real need Of transferr-
ing several of the wards from this
county from the hospital at Indepen-
dence to the county home near Del
hi. The commissioners are OF the
opinion that several of the patients,
whose removal has been recommend
ed should be cared for at the institu-
ton, and have registered protest
with the supervisors against their re-
moal to the county home, where it
would be impossible to give them
tho 1orn which thov rpO1llrp
The Spearfish, South Dakota, Mall,
in recent ISSUE contained the fol-
lowing mention Of one Of our
best known citizens, Mr.. John Tier
ney; "The Mail this week publishes
an interesting letter from John Tier
ney, for many years resident Of La
erence county, and now residing at
Manchester, Iowa. In brief note to
the editor, John says: "1f you DO
not intend to publish this telegraph
me at my expense. Well, the Mail
hasn't any sort of notion Of wiring
to that effect, because John was one
Of the live wires in this county, has
a host of friends who will be pleased
to hear and know that he is, still
among the living, although permantly
located in Iowa instead of in the
land of his first love, the Black
Hills. His only falling is the fact that
he is democrat. Had he entertained
the notions which lead along repub-
ublican lines there is no telling where
he might have landed politically in
this part of the world. He was pop
Il lar with all claSSns Of nannlo