Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1916-03-29
LOCAL news 4
=. OF THE week. { 4
WHAT MANCHESTER PEOPLE
ARE, DOING AT HOME AND -
ABROAD. a5 s5$5
REVIEW and FORECAST OF THE WEEK
Items of Personal and General
Nature Picked Up About the
City.

Nature Picked Up About the
City. .s.s
Mrs. Ella Williams, who has been
spending the winter months with her
Aaged mother at Viroqua, Wisconsin
returned to her home here the first Of
| the week. -
The enterpirsing business men
of Earlville have been making elabor-S
| ate plans for Community Day, which
event will be celebrated on Saturday,
April 1st. Director Bliss Of the Ag-#
ricultural Extension Department OF
Ames, Hon. W. w. Marsh of Water
loo, County Agent John Wooley and
other noted speakers are on the pros
gram. Free lunch will be served to-
| the guests at noon. j55s5s
Mrs. Eward Cohill and daughter
Helen Marie, are visiting Mrs. Co;
hills parents, Mr.. and Mrs. J. p En-
right, on Main street.
Mrs. Jennie Ford was a visitor IN
Dubuque on Tuesday. =.
Frank Lawrence Of northeast of
Manchester is confined to his nome ne. Dy 's
an attack of pneumonia. ,
Mrs. ], J. Goen and daughter, Mar
guarite and Mrs. E. Schacherer we're
visitors in Dubuque one day last Week Week
A F. Slack went to Davenport
| Tuesday morning to attend the meet, meet,
| ing of the Iowa State Ice Dealers ass
sociation. The sessions are being held
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
| Mrs. Enos Hamblin, who has been el
spending the winter months with her
son, Charles Hamblin, in Earlville, re-
turned to her home on Tuesday even
ings ... ne
| Prof. J. C. Hanson. who has been
the very Efficient teacher in Manuel
training in the city for several years,
has been obliged to give up his work
on account of poor health. Mr.. Han
son will enter sanitarium for treat
ment. The city schools never had az
more conscientious and efheclentS
teacher and the announcement OF his
having to leave is a source q Keen
regret. We hope that he may soon De @
RESTORED to his former good health and and
be able to engage in his, chosen WORK. ,r'l,As
For, which he is admirably fitted.
Mrs. W. N. Boynton, who has been s
i spending the winter with herasonszzsg DE nr,
". 3. Boynton, and his family: IN Chi.
I cago, arrived home the first ct the
i week. # 4 r &$$. Il, III d
..-Henry Sommers has been in q crit
|ical condition for several days, suffer
Ing from an attack Of appendicitis. We
are pleased to learn that the young
man is making a satisfactory recovery
and will. soon be about his work again
M. D. Arnold and his father.
Hiram Arnold, went to Rochester,,
Minnesota, this morning, the latter gO-s
ing there to sbmit to minor opera
!. The Pythian Sisters will hold their
regular meeting April 5th. at the K.E
p. Hall. IS .r'E N .|s
Mrs. Austin McGee has purchased
the Abner Dunham residence property
in this city and has taken possession
Of the same
The S. and F. Club meets with
Miss Olaf Beeman on Monday evening
of next week. "a 3ls-s.s
Mrs. Floyd Evans entertained the
Rebecca Drill staff ON Tuesday even
ing. - - sa
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Drew are
the parents of a son, born March 2Sth.z
The Priscilla club will meet with
Mrs. Will Seward on Thursday after
noon of this week. -~@
County Superinte lieHt Walker
has received a shipment of the 1915
edition of the school laws of Iowa,
and any school officer or director can
obtain a copy Of the same by calling
at his Office. ~.A u
r.. T.. Showers was called to
Boone, Iowa, last week on account of
the illness of a relative.
Miss Blanche Bishop, who is Il
teaching school at Postville, is spend
ing the spring vacation with her par
ents, NJ and Mrs. James Bishop. s
MS NJ H.. Williston is spending
a few days with her daughter, Mrs.
e. T. Afford s-5 :
Mrs. James Carey and son were
guests of friends in Dubuque several 4
days last week. a
Deputy Clerk Rae Dunham has
purchased of his brother. Alton F.
Dunham, the handsome new residence
which he completed last fall This is
one of the finest dwellings in the city,
and will make for Mr.. and Mrs. Dun-
ham a most comfortable home.
The w. c. T. U. will hold its next
meeting at the home of Mrs. L. L.
Platt on Friday afternoon of this 4
week. Miss Sarah Mccormick will be-
the leader Topic" Relation of Liquor
to Education
The Women's Foreign Missionary
Society of the U. B. Church will meet
with Mrs. J. S. Hawks next Tuesday
afternoon, April 4th, at 2 O'clock ALL
members are requested to be present
as officers will be elected for the en-
suing year. --.,.,.
Mrs. E. G. Gates and daughter, Miss
Ella Gates, where visitors in Dubuque {
last Saturday.