Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1916-08-02
LOCAL news
Of THE Week
WHAT MANCHESTER PEOPLE
ARE DOING At HOME AND
ABROAD.
review and FORECAST OF The Week

review and FORECAST OF The WEEI
Items Of a Personal and General
Nature Picked Up About the
City.
Mrs. T. J. Jacobs was in Du'
buque last Saturday to consult an
eye specialist.
B, w. Grems and his family are
spending = short time at Clear Lake,
enjoying aa delightful outing.
Miss Marie Schranek of Cedar
Rapids is a guest of her brother, Joe
Schranek and family this week.
Mrs. Belle Armistead Pitzer and
baby of Red Oak, are guests Of her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. George Arm
istead.
"A. Thorpe jr., who recently sub
mitted to a severe operation at the
Mayo hospital, is expected home
this afternoon.
Mrs. Floyd Morse, who has been
spending few weeks with a brother
in Mechanicsville, Iowa, returned to
Manchester last week.
-P. M. Starbird Of North Manches-
ter is critically i'll at his home, his
illness being due largely to the ex-
cessive heat Of the past ten days.
Miss. Clara Wolcott came home
from Cambridge Mass, Saturday of
last week, after completing course
of physical education in Dr.Sargents'
school.
Miss Rose Hedlund, who is pursu-
ing nurses training course in Chi
cago, is spending short vacation with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. B. F. He'd
lund.
Hunt Armistead. of Doone, Iowa,
was a guest of his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. G. G. Armistead, several days this
week. He returned to his home Tues
day evening.
Miss Stella Mutschler, who was
called to her home on account of the
death of her mother. returned Friday
to resume her work in the offices Of
A. NJ Cloud.
Miss Luella Caskey, who has been
making her home with her sister, rms.
N n Mzilsen for several years, leaves
Thursday for Gregory, Michigan. to
spend an indef ire with her
mother.
REV. W. J. suckow. pastor OF
the congregational church. Is enjoy
ing his annual vacation. arid VIII
spend a part Of it in the delightful
climate Of Alabama. close to the Gulf
He expects to be- south for about
ten days.
Mrs. Harvey E. Hanna and three
children of Mountain Home. Idaho, are
guests of her parents at Alburnette,
this week. After visit with her peo-
ple she and her children will come
to Manchester for several weeks Wis
it with Mr.. and Mrs. c. M. Hanna.
Mrs. j. j. Bushnell and five chill
dren of Sheldon, Iowa, are expected in
Manchester on Thursday of this week
for visit in the Henry 4. Bushnell
home. They have been visiting with
Mrs. Bushnell's parents at Fayette for
several weeks.
DR.. and Mrs. E. G. Dittmer and
daughter. Miss Dora. and Miss IDA
Hummell, Of Chicago, and Mrs. Hub
ert Carr, and daughters, Misses V1r'
gin Helen and Mary Louise. and
Miss Eleanor Powell Of Cedar Rap
rs, had delightful outing at Gut
tenburg last Thursday. u.
John Tierney has been enjoying
a visit yesterday and today from
Mr.. Norman Reynolds, Of Spearfish
South Dakota. Mr.. Reynolds is ON
his way to Lapeer, Michigan, the
place where he was born and spent
his boyhood days. 1t has been 81
years since he visited the scenes ol
his boyhood, and IS anticipating a
most delightful time.
The families of H. F. Arnold O
A, Dunham, H. A. Dittmer. Mrs. M
r. Patty c. w. Keagy, A. B. Holbert
and r. D. Graham, and Mrs. A. M
Billingsley, and the Paxon fam
ilv enjoyed an out door breakfast a.
Brownfield's mill near Greeley las
Thursday morning The guests o
honor were tha members of the Pax
son family. who are enjoying fam
ilv reunion in the old home thi
summer. ..
The Democrat is pleased to stat
that, after most thorough examina
ton at the hospital at Rocheste
Minnesota, Capt. J. F. Merry will ne
be obliged to submit to an operation
in order to gain relief from an Hines
which will be spent in Omaha, NJ
for some months. The specialists a
Rochester assured Mr.. Merry that
following a prescribed course G
treatment he would soon be -enjoyin
good health.
The Woman's Home Missionar
! Society Of the Methodist church wa
entertained at the home of Mrs Ca
vim Yoran Wednesday of last, weel
About sixty ladies forgot the war;
weather and attended this most er
joyable meeting. After the singin
of hymn and Mrs. Fleming's pray
er, Miss Ruth Pa1son addressed tn
ladies in her pleasing and interestin
monnar Tho thama Of her talk he