Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1916-01-26

which they list large number o
quotations on seasonable wearing ap
parel Our men readers should no
overlook the announcement of thi:
j. Especial sale.
1.-The members of the Open COur1
Glass of the Congregational church
enjoyed a banquet and social even
ing in the parlors of the church on
Tuesday evening. About twenty Oh
the members of the class and few
of their friends were present to en-
joy the evening.
Mr. and Mrs. S. c. Kuder of St.
Joseph, Illinois, were here several
days last week, coming here to at
tend the marriage of their friend, Mr..
! H. w. Phenicie. Mr.. and Mrs. Kuder
returned to- their home on Monday
morning.
Mrs. E. w. Hoag who spent sew
eral months at Charlotte, Michigan,
where she was caring for her invalid
mother, has returned to her home
here. Mrs. Hoag has the sympathy
of her Manchester friends in the
death of her mother, which occurred
at Charlotte recently.
---Our farmer readers will find the
change of advertisement of the Del
aware County State Bank of interest.
They have a booklet for the farm
ers, telling how alfalfa can be sue
cessfu1ly grown in Delaware coun-
ty, and the information it contains
is valuable to every farmer. ~s,~4:
Mrs. A. o. Stranger accompanied
little Harold Warner of this city to
Iowa City last Saturday and placed
hin in the State University hospital
for treatment of his eyes. An opera
ton was performed on Saturday, and
reports coming from the hospital
state that the operation was success
full and that the difficulty was cor
rected.
James w. Brazeltcn returned last
week from Princess Ann, Maryland,
where he has large land interests.
During the several months which he
spent in Maryland he sold large
farm and then purchased another one.
from Chicago, where she was a guest
Of her son, during Mr.. Brazelton's all
sence.
Friends here of the H. G. Pierce
family are greatly relieved to learn
that Mrs. Pierce is very much i'm
proved in her condition, and that !
her sister, Mrs. Hadley, who has
been caring for her has been able to
return to her home at Waterloo. Mrs.
Pierce has been having severe
struggle with the grip, and her
friends are glad to know that she is
making a rapid recovery.
---Rev. and Mrs. Montgomery were
POSSESSES to the men of the Presby-
erian church and congregation at
he Manse on Monday evening. A
dinner was served by the
POSSESSES, and following the dinner
! short program of toasts and old
amiliar songs was carried out. Al
ogether the evening was most
delightful one for the men Of the
hurch.
1.-The unreasonable weather of the
asst week has caused the ice man
luch concern. A. F. Slack has, his
ce houses about filled, in fact one
lore days work would have complet7
d his, work for the season. A NUM-
er of the other ice houses in the
ity are far from filled, and the
wners may find some difficulty in
recurring clean ice even if the riv-
r freezes again this winter.
The staff, which has in charge
he publication of the High school
nnual, urges the good people of Man.
hester to attend the illustrated lee
ure, beyond the Klondike," which
1r. Frank Caldwell will give in the
room next Thursday even
1g. This lecture is full of interest,
nd the pictures to be shown were
AIKEN by Mr.. Caldwell himself and
re of special interest. The admls-
ion fee is very nominal.
HONEY CREEK.