Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1916-08-16
LOCAL news
" Of THE week
WHAT MANCHESTER PEOPLE
ARE DOING At HOME AND
ABROAD.
REVIEW and FORECAST OF Tue xEEI
Items OF q Personal and General
Nature Picked Up Aboue the
City.

Levi Gates and Leon Beardslee
were in Chicago last Sunday to attend
q ball game.
| Mrs. James Sullivan went to Ma.
sohville Tuesday evening to spend
few days with her sons.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the M.
E. Church will meet Friday afternoon
at 1880 in the Church parlors.
Mrs. w. R. Blake Of Clermont
is a guest this week of her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. s. H. Morgan.
DIR. and Mrs. D. B. Young were
in Cedar Rapids Monday and Tuesday,
attending, the National Tractor demon
stration.
+ IN. H. Hyde left Monday evening
for Des Moines, where he is attend
ing the Northwestern Protographers'
convention.
We understand that Mrs. A. L.
Beardslee has sold her residence prop
erty on Wayne street to Mr.. Ross
Milroy Of Hopkinton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Brazelton
and baby of Chicago came Satur.
day evening and are the guests Of
the formers parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
]. w. Brazelton.
Mrs. w. H. Parker of Cedar Falls
was q guest OF her parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. VIM. Hockaday several days last
week. She returned to Cedar Falls
on Sunday afternoon.
Miss Grace Wolcott has return-
ed home from Northwestern Uni
versity, and was accompanied here by
her friend, Miss Helena Humphrey,
who is on her way home to Los An
geles. California.
Mrs. NJ. 1. 3. Richmond received
the sad intelligence of the drowning of
her nephew. Charles Matthew's at
Campbell. Minnesota. Mrs. Richmond
left for Campbell Monday night, to
attend the funeral.
Archie lie Clere returned to his
work in the Westinghouse Electric
company's plant at Pittsburg. the lat
ter, left Monday evening for the east.
several days with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. II. A. LeClere. -s-s IS
y. G. Barr went to Sleighton.
Murray county,o Minnesota, to look
after the harvesting OF his crop
Of small grain. Mr.. Barr tells us
that small grain in Murray county is
yielding heavily this year.
We learn that elaborate prepara-
tions are being made for mammoth
celebration of Labor Day at Delhi this
year. Manchester will not celebrate
Labor Day and large delegation
from here will attend the celebration
at Delhi.
Clarence Lyman Of Prairie town
ship, c. X. Keegan of Masonville and
Ed Hokensen of near Manchester, Rev.
Father Malloy of Ryan have purchas-
ed Ford cars from J. NJ. Jones &
Sons, during the week.
Clarence Hyler arrived home from
,Watertown, South Dakota, this morn
ing, after spending several weeks in
that section. He tells us that around
Watertown small grain is poor crop
this year, in many instances yielding
only five or six bushels to the acre.
The farm home of Morrell Ham
blin south Of Manchester was enter
ed by thieves last Sunday afternoon,
and number of valuables taken. En-
trance was gained by way Of back
window, the thieves removing screen
and crawling through an open VIM
; dow.
Miss Ruth Paxson, who has been
spending several weeks in Manches-
; ter, left Monday evenign for the east.
She will stop at Lake Geneva. where
she will give number Of addresses
before the assemblies of Young Men
and Young Women's Christian Asso-
Citations. At the close Of the sessions
she will go to the New York offices Of
the Missionary society which she rep
resented in China. -,-,. ,.r,@,
Tho Western Union Telegraph
company is fitting up neat Offices in
the Glissendorf building on Main st.
The room has been improved by
installing modern plate glass front,
and painting and decorating the in.
terror. New furniture will also be
installed, and when completed Man.
chester will have mighty nifty tel
egraph office. Mr.. Carron, is doing
J a successful business for his com.
: pany, and the service which he and
!. his company are giving is much appr
! clated by the business n n Of Man
chester and the public generally.
Mrs. Archie Pinch and two faugl
ters, the Misses Florence and Gladys
I. left Friday evening for Lafayette
Colorado, where they, will visit for
few days with relatives, before,
going to their home in Leavenworth,
washington. The family is habpilv
remembered here. having once Re.
sided in Manchestr. A few wears
ago, Mr.. Pinch and his family moved
to the state of Washington to take
charge of and operate large ranch
which the late Dr. P. E. Triem nur.
chased. Their Manchester friends
Will be pleased to learn that tbav
have prospered in the west. and that
they are enjoying their homa in tha