Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1916-05-03
LOCAL news
OF THE week
WHAT MANCHESTER PEOPLE
ARE DOING AT HOME AND
ABROAD.
REVIEW AND FORECAST OF The Week
Items of Personal and GenSral
Nature Picked Up About the
City.
REVIEW AND FORECAST OF The WEEK

Mrs. James Sullivan was a Wis
itor in Dubuque last Saturday.
Mrs. E. A. Seager went to Wat
erloo last Saturday fer a visit witt
relatives and friends.
Mrs. o. A. Durham and her niec'
Miss Marie Grimes. were visitors ii
Dubuque last Saturday.
DIR. z. e. Lusk Of Barabco, Wis.
was a guest Of his mother, in thi'
city, several days last week.
Mrs. H. G. Pierce and daughter
Miss Gertrude Pierce, were visitor
IN Cedar Rapids last Saturday.
Mr.. annd Mrs. E. M. Hughes art
In Cedar Rapids this week, attending
convention Of dry goods dealers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fl. E. Beam OF
Anamcsa were in the city Tuesday
called here by the death Of Mrs. j
e. Beam.
Francis Pierce, a student in the
college at Ames, Iowa, spent a part
sso of his Easter vacation with friends
at Detroit, Michigan.
Mrs. M. F. LIE Roy and daughter,
Miss Dora lie Roy, returned home
from the south last week, after an
absence of several months. zoos
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Brock, OF
jefferson, Iowa. arrived in the city
this morning to attend the funeral OF
the latter's sister, Mrs. J. E. Beam.
Miss Katherine Lewis, who has
been making her home with her
aunt, Mrs. H. J. Schwietert, in Chi
cago, returned to her home here last
Saturday evening.
IF. c. Siddall, commercial mana
ger of the Western Union Telegraph
company, was in the city last Sat-
urday, the guest OF Mr.. Carron, local
representative of the company.
Mrs. Joseph Hutchinson goes to
Grinnell on Friday to spend few
days with her daughters, the Misses
Elizabeth and Josephine Hutchinson,
and attend the annual May festival.
viii (Red) Williams, of this city,
and Miss Annie Dean, of Wisconsin,
were married by Justice A. E. Pet
erson on Monday afternoon. The cou,
pie will make their home in this
city.
The eight year old son of Mr..
and Mrs. Will Raiders of Coffins
Grove township, fell and sustained
severe fracture of the arm. The
injury will lay up the boy for some
time.
Mrs Gertrude Anderson Lee left
Monday afternoon for Chicago, where
she will visi- fer a few days, be-
fore going to Toledo, Ohio, where
she and her husband will make their
future home.
Miss Gertrude Porteous was
visitor in Dubuque last Thursday.
Mrs. d. F. Grove spent several
days last week with her mother in
Manchester, returning to Cedar Ra-
pids Thursday morning.
Jones & Sons, agents for Ford
and Overland cars, have sold Ford
roadster to Judge Geo. w. Durham,
q Ford roadster and truck to the
Delaware County Telephone com.
pany. They also sold a Model 70
Overland car to Judge A. D. Long.
A. l.. Logan, Of Austin, Mimi,
will deliver an address at the next
Jones Mill Grange meeting, which
viii be held in Grange ball on Sat
urday May 9Th, at 2 P. M. Those
who fail to hear Mr., Logan will miss
a treat, as he is an able and inter
esting speaker.
The G. A. r. extend an invita-
ton to all veterans of the Civil War
to meet with them at their regular
post meeting Saturday, May 9Th, at
Q P. M. The meeting will be held in
the basement of the Court house and
arrangements will be made for Me-
mortal Day services.
The Epwofth League Of the Meth
odist Episcopal church will have a
meeting in the church parlors on Fri
day evening of this week when .:
ficers for the ensuing year are to
be elected. Following the bushes
meeting social evening is to be en-
loved by the members CT the Society.
We are pleased to learn that
Mrs. W. C. Chapel is much improved
at this time, after an illness of seven
weeks. During much Of the time she
was in desperate condition.
Friends of the Family will be graf
flied to learn, that she is able to SIT
up a short time each day, and every
Indication points to a speedy and
complete recovery.
AZ A. e. Nissen, the highway boost
er Of Iowa. was in the city brief
time Monday morning. Mr.. Nissen
will be in the city on Wednesday eve.
ming, May 18th, to address meeting
Of good roads boosters and crgan-
iza a Manchester Trail association,