Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-07-11
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was a guest of his parents at Charles
City over Sunday.
Miss Nellie Scott of Chicago was
guest of friends in Manchester sew
eral days last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Dutton are
the parents of daughter, born on
Saturday, July 7th.
Miss Gladys Barnette is spending a
part of her summer vacation with rel
atives and friends at Fulton, Illinois.
Mrs. T. j. Jacobs went to Mon
ticello, Illinois, last Thursday for a
visit with her daughter, Mrs. Paul j.
Gilbert.
Hunt Armistead of Doom, Iowa, is
spending a few days with his father,
G. G.. Armistead, and sister, Miss Nell,
in this city.
Miss Grace Halpin had as her
guests on the Fourth the Misses Agnes
Halpin, Ethel Lee and Gladys
Schwartz of Dubuque.
Miss Viola Haug, who has posi-
ton in Davenport, is spending two
weeks vacation with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Otto Haug.
Mr.. and Mrs. Milward Dennis Of
Waterloo were guests of the formers
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. D. r. Dennis,
the first of the week.
Miss Mae Foster and her mother
left last week for vacation trip, Wis
iting with relatives and friends at Ce
dar Rapids, Williams and Webster CT
ty.
C. w. Keller joined his family for
visit with relatives at Rudd, Iowa,
over the Fourth. Mrs. Keller and the
children had been at Rudd for several
weeks. a..
DR.. C. A. Bradley of Beatrice, Neb.,
was a business visitor in Manchester
several days last week, looking after
land interests in the vicinity of Della
ware.
Miss Marguerite Madden and her
friend, Miss Ethel Wiley, of Chicago,
came last week for a visit with the
formers parents, Mr.. and Mrs. P. F.
Madden.
C. X. Reading and Charles Smith
went to Bellvue, Iowa, Monday morn
ing, where Mr. Reading has the con-
tract for the erection of buildings for
the United States government fish cul-
tural station.
Mrs. Edward Nelson, of Chicago,
was the guest of her uncle and aunt,
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. D. Arnold, on the
Fourth. Mrs. Nelson was formerly
Miss Grace Billings. She returned to
her home in Chicago on Wednesday
night.
DIR. Edward Williams and his fam
lily of Norway, Iowa, were the guests
of the formers parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
H. V. Williams, for several days last
week. DR.. Williams is building up
lucrative practice at Norway, a fact
his friends will be pleased to learn.
DIR. and Mrs. George H. Carpen-
ter of Chicago spent several days of
last week with their friends, DR.. and
Mrs. B. H. Byers. Dr.. Carpenter "a
turned to the city on Sunday after
noon, making the trip by auto. Mrs.
Carpenter remained for a more ex-
tended visit.
Mrs. Harlo Stephens was sum-
moned to Greeley last week because
of the illness Of her father, Mr.. Schnei-
der, who suffere da stroke of paralys-
is. The Democrat is pleased to learn
that Mr.. Schneider is making salts
factory recovery and will soon be
we'll man again.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Barber of
Grinnell have been the guests of Mr..
and Mrs. W. G. Blake for several
days. From here they vii go to Chi
cago to consult specialists regarding
Mrs. BARRIERS condition. Friends Of
the family regret to learn that Mrs.
Barber is in a discouraging state of
health.
On Saturday, July 18th, the Della
ware County Iowa Association, an or
ganization Of former Delaware Coun-
ty people now living in the city of
Des Moines, held its annual picnic in
Union park at Des Moines. F. H. Paul
who is pleasantly remembered by
large number of our people, is the
secretary of the association.
The friends of Walter Maley will
be pleased to learn that he recently
passed the Missouri state bar examin-
alton and was admitted to the prac-
tice of law in that state. He is to be
congratulated upon his merited sue
cess. He expects to return to st. Louis
in the fall to complete his law course
next year in the law department of st.
Louis university.
"A family reunion was held at the
]. c. Heath home in this city on July