Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1916-12-27


Attorney e. b. Stiles has been
confined to his home by illness fer .
few days.
Harry Tubbs is visiting this
week in Waterloo with his sister, Mrs.
Ira Rowland.
Miss Viola Haug of Davenport
spent Christmas at the home Of her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Otto Haug.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. d. Brown and son
Clarence were at Marshalltown Christ
mas, guests of DR.. and Mrs. Edwin
Cobb.
Mr.. Charles Rigby of Stanwo0d,
Iowa, was guest part Of last week
at the home of his uncle, Capt. j. F.
Merry.
Edwin J. Goen, a student at st.
Josephs college. at Dubuque, is visit
ing in the home of his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. J. j. Goen.
Attorney Lewis Baker Of Toul,
Utah, was Manchester visitor to-
day. He has been visiting relatives
at Greeley the past few days.
Walter Maley, who is student at
st. Louis University, st. Louis, Mis-
souri, arrived home yesterday to
spend the holiday vacation.
Mr. and Mrs. w. A. Slaughter Of
Grand Mound, Iowa, we're Christmas
guests in the home of Mrs. Slaughter's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Will McGilL
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Mangold
mourn the death Of an infant, born on
December 23rd, and died on the same
day. Funeral services were held from
the house on Sunday.
"A large audience attended the ev-
ening service at the Methodist church
last Sunday evening, when the organ
list, Mrs Margaret Wilson, and the
chorus choir rendered very delight
full program OF Christmas music.
Mr.. and Mrs Leslie B. Raymond
of Lacrosse, Wisconsin, were here to
spend Christmas with Mrs. Raymond's
mother, Mrs. Anna Glissendorf. Mrs
Glissendorf will return with Mr.. and
Mrs. Raymond to Lacrosse, where she
will remain during the remainder of
the winter
Ben J. Smith of Clinton, Iowa,
is visiting few days with his broth
er, Fred Smith Ben, who was at
Brownsville, Texas. was with the boys
who were in the train wreck at Pal
estine, Texas, but met with very
slight injuries, a fact his friends are
glad to learn. NJ
--,.EritizE zEts Hhes DsHasesataslastsr
week 3. W. Hoag says that this note
was written hastily as he had to catch
a mess Of fish. We had supposed that
Mr. Hoag went to Florida to escape
the severe Iowa winters, but we sus-
pect he had designs upon the finny
tribe of the south.
Lee Bronson and family are here
from Canada for visit at the home
of Mr.. Bronson's mother, Mrs. Jennie
Bronson. He is located at Craik, Sask.,
where he publishes the Craik Weekly
News This is the first visit that
Mr.. Bronson has paid to his former
home here i'll several years and he
will remain for two or three weeks.
During the past week marriage
licenses were issued to the following.
R. H. Timmons and Ruby Long, Har-s
ley A. McKinnis and Mary A. Jones.
Reuben Carpenter and Lauretta G..
Gibbs, William Woerdehoff and Re-
gina Domeyer. Two other marriage
licenses were issued with the request
don't publish" Il
Mrs. T. ]. Jacobs went to Dubuque
this morning to enter Finley hospital
where she will submit to an opera
ton on her eyes. Mrs. Jacobs has
been having serious trouble with her
eyes, and an operation has been de-s
cided upon as q possible means or
saving the sight. We hope that the
operation may be entirely successful
and that Mrs. Jacobs may be permitted
to return home soon.
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