Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1916-09-13
LOCAL news
'''' Of : THE WEEK
WHAT MANCHESTER PEOPLE
ARE DOING AT HOME AND
ABROAD.
REVIEW and FORECAST OF The week
Items Of a Personal and General
Nature Picked Up About tho
City.

for BelOit, Wisconsin,, where he will
attend college.
The Friday Afternoon Club will
meet with Mrs. Atwater on Friday al
ternoon of this week.
H. ]. Schwietert of Chicago was
guest of relatives and friends in Man.
chester Tuesday night.
Councilmen George Dorman and c.
j. Hocaday went to Chicago on bus
mess Saturday afternoon.
Hiss Marjorie Arnold went to Ce-
dar Falls Monday morning to enter
the state teachers college.
Miss Mary Collard went to Cher
okee Saturday morning to resume her
work as teacher in the schools there
j. NJ. Miinch left the first of the
week for Oaks, North Dakota, to look
after his farm interests at that place.
Miss Etna Barr went to Iowa City
Tuesday morning to enter the state
university for the present school
year. , ..- .....
Misses Laura Todd and Dorothy
Munson went to Cedar Falls Tuesday
morning to attend the State Teachers
college. ...:.
Mrs. Jennie Ford left Tuesday
night for Emmetsburg, Iowa, on ac-
count of the serious illness of Mrs.
Rebecca Otis. ...-
Mrs. Charles Barrett, Of Vermil-
lion, South Dakota, came Monday
morning for visit in the home of her
brother, Judge Geo. w Dunham.
Mrs. Maude Langridge of this city
has accepted position with the Kill
liam company of Cedar Rapids and
will move to that city this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. E. Henderson and
daughter spent several weeks among
relatives and friends in and near
Sioux City, returning home Tuesday
morning. t
Miss Gretchen Evans of Coffins
Grove, and Miss Milroy Of Hopkinton
went to Cedar Falls on Tuesday morn
ing to attend school in the teachers
college. -..a.
Hubert Phenicie, who graduated
from the Manchester High school
last June left for Champagne, Illi-
lsnois. Tuesday morning. to attend
school in the university.
Miss Lucy Merwin stopped off here
to look up her Old friends on her
wy from Albion, Nebraska, to Chicago,
where she will take up work in the
Methodist Deacones Training School.
Walter and Justin Maley leave
this evening for st. Louis, Mo-, where
the former will resume his studies
in the law department of the univer-
sity of st. Louis, while the latter
will pursue a course of dentistry.
Miss Leota A. Bole, of Cedar Rap
ids was a guest of her mother, Mrs.
NJ. X. Bolei, last week. Mrs. Bolei al
so enjoyed a visit last week from her
son, Jesse w. Bole, whose home is
at Parkersburg.
Miss Esther Kidder Of Dewitt, To-
wa, made week end visit with her
grand parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh
Middleton, She left Monday morn
ing for Ames. Iowa where she will
resume her course at the Iowa State
college
The Ladies' Aid society of Sand
Creek will have an ice cream social
this week Friday evening, September
! 18th at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
! Charles Burhans. A cordial invita-
! ton is extended to all. Ladies please
bring cakes.
The Democrat acknowledges a
call on Friday from Mr.. Charles Van
Week, secretary of the Waterloo Com
mercial Club. Mr.. VanVleck and a
large number of business men from
Waterloo were in Manchester on Fri
day to attend the Jubilee.
Mr.. Chris Miller an experienced
cutter and tailor of Clinton, Iowa,
has accepted position with the Man.
chester Tailoring company and is
now on the job. Mr.. Gloer feels that
he is very fortunate in securing SO
competent a workman as Mr.. Miller.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. F. Cary and Mr.
and Mrs. L. L. Platt leave Thursday
morning for Pecatonica and Rock
ford, Illinois, where they will visit
with relatives for few days They
will make the trip,in Mr.. Platts Fort
| car.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. w. Sokol, Mrs
Virginia Mann. G.. L. Mann and Miss
es Elsie Tauban and Shallenberger
all of Maquoketa, Iowa were guests
last Sunday of Mr.. and Mrs. r. G
Mann. The party made the trip in
Mr.. Sokols handsome REQ touring
car.
The Mystic Workers will meet on
Friday, September 18th. at the home
of Mrs. A. 3. Carhart State Manager
w. W. Washburn will be in attend
ance and it is urged that every mem
ber be present and meet the visiting
officer. The meeting is called for
1880.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. C. Lillard of
Marion, Indiana, were guests of Dr
and Mrs. H. A. Dittmer, several days
this week. Mr.. and Mrs. Lillard are
parents of Mrs Clarence Dittmer, and
stopped off here for a brief visit while
on their way to Colorado. ,Mr Lii
lard is one of the prominent Demo-
! crat of Marion, and says that the
fact that Maine went republican at
the Monday election is no sign that
the republican party will be victorious
in The November elections.