Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1916-01-05

| -MTS. j. .. G0Al0y a0u UhuSuVOI,
Miss Loretta, are spending the week
Visiting with friends in Dubuque.
Mrs. B c.. Hall has just return.
ed from q several days visit among
relatives and friends at Vinton, la
The Fortnightly club will meet
with Miss Borst .at$tte home of Mrs.
James: Green on Monday x" evening,
January 10th. - =. :"~------- G2,.E-:" :.
Our readers should not overlook
the change Of advertisement Of Geo.
B. Scott. Mr.. Scott offers a special
on suits.
! Installation Of officers in l. o. o.
F. lodge on Friday evening of
this week. Members are urged to at
tend this meeting.
Mrs. M. H. Williston went to
Waterloo Tuesday morning, to
spend a few days with her daughter,
Mrs. E. T.. Afford. s..... 80. -.'..
y. Miss Mary;t Gatess who has. been
spending the holidays with relatives
! in Manchester, returned to her school
work the first Of the week. e..
Mrs. Jennie Dudley; and daughter,
Miss Ruth Dudley, Of Webster City,
Iowa, are guests this week of the
formers mother, Mrs. e. Tush.. ss.:'s'ss,E
The announcement OF the Cen
trail Pharmacy will prove CT especial
interest to our readers: Note the pri-
ces quoted on choice, toilet articles.
Mrs. Joe Firestine Of this city,
was at Dubuque, =. last tes Wednesday to
lattend meeting of: Shiloh Circle, of
which organization she, Is, a member.
+ Miss Lena Mitchell Of Albion, Ia,
spent several days, With her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. C. c.; Mitchell, in this
city. Miss Mitchell teaches at Al
I Mrs, G. w. Anger who has been
spending the holiday season: with her
daughter, Mrs.. H. T.. Ports, returned
to her home at Grinnell on, Monday:
morning. 4: ,.,,s =: =.
J The Woman Foreign Mission
larry society of the Methodist Epis-
cCpal., church will meet with J.: Mrs:
Charles Nieman. on Wednesday,, jan
uary 18th. ~ r -.
Mrs. M. S. HUE and son, Of
Rock Valley, Iowa, returned to their
home Tuesday morning, after spend
ing several days with the formers
mother, Mrs. Hickox.
Clarence Brown, "a student at
Beloit college, returned to his school
work Tuesday, after spending sew
eral days with his parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. A. d. Brown. -,
Mrs. Bremner and Miss 1nez
Walker, who have been spending
the Christmas season with friends
in Manchester, left Tuesday morning
for their home at Cedar Falls.
William H. Steel has presented
to the public library Of this city a
COPY of his book entitled, "Memories
of By-Gone Days. Mr.. Steel is
Manchester boy who has won distinc-
ton as contributor to outdoor mega
zines. He is now successful bust
ness man at Hastings, Nebras ka.
Some of the subjects treated in his
book are Of local interest and will
be read with pleasure by Manches--
ter peolpe.
Mr.. J. X. Snow Of Alliance, Ne
braska, has BEEN in Manchester look
ing about among old acquaintance,
and relatives. Mr. Snow accompan1-
ed the remains of his sister, Mrs: j.
A. Garfield, to La Fox, H., where
they were inferred in the family lot
Mrs. Garfield formerly resided IN
Delaware County, and was united in
at Delaware. Soon after her
she and her husband left
the county, and during the last eight
years has resided in San Diego,
California, where she passed away
ON December 18th, 1915. She was
an aunt Of c. A. Pierce, of this city.
,-Hopkinton Leeder: Hon. C.E.Mer-
riam was out from Chicago last Fri
lay to attend the annual directors
meeting of the Hopkinton State
Bank. He found time also to call
It the Leader. sanctum and we enjoy
I'd a, brief but very pleasant visit.
Mr.. Merriam is one Of the potent
political forces in the great city and
s kept pretty busy promoting the
movement for a cleaner government.
Not long ago there was an in
imation that Mr.. Merriam may be
lrafted as the republican candidate ,
or governor of Illinois, an office
which he would fill with credit and
,onor. Hopkin+on friends will never
ose interest in his work and vel
are and are confident that he is
destined to rise high. in public |
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