Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-02-28
LOCAL HAPPENINGS
of THE PAST week
WHAT MANCHESTER PEOPLE
ARE DOING AT HOME AND
ABROAD.

AXE DUNG Al HUME AND
ABROAD.
REVIEW AND FORECAST OF WEER
Items of q Personal and General
Nature Picked Up About
the City.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. G. Mann were in
Cedar Rapids over Sunday.
Clarence r. Cox was busines
visitor at Iowa Falls on Friday Of
last week.
Mrs. e. A. Seager went to Wat
erloo Monday morning for a visit with
relatives and friends.
Rev. W.. A. Montgomery is own
er of handsome new 7-passenger
Chandler car, purchased last week.
The New Idea Embroidery ciul
will meet on Thursday afternoon OF
this week with Miss Blanche Terril.
w. H. Hutchinson goes to Biloxi
Mississippi, this week to join his wife
and daughter for severa; weeks
stay.
Z Mr.. and Mrs. j. P. Ball, who have
been spending several months at Ham
mond, Louisiana, returned home on
Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. D. Stripes OF
this city are the parents of twin
daughters, born to them Monday, Feb
ruary 26th.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. M. Fairbanks of
Anamosa were the guests Of Rev. and
Mrs. w. A. Montgomery on Monday
of this week.
The advertisement OF, W. L. Drew
will prove of interest to every house
wife at this time of the year. Note
the prices quoted on rugs.
Edgar Van Barrager, who is at
tending st, Joseph's college in Du-
Juque, was a guest of friends in Man
chester last Thursday and Friday
Our women readers will note with
much interest the prices quoted on
large number of articles in E. M.
Hughes advertisement on page 8.
Miss Josephine Hutchinson, Of
Grinnell college, will spend the week
end with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Jos. Hutchitson in Manchester.
Mrs. C. s. Lister returned Monday
after spending several weeks with
her sister, Mrs. Hugo Won Oven, and
her family, at Beloit. Wisconsin.
The Mystic Workers will meet
with Miss Jennie Youngreen at her
office in the Hyde building on Friday
evening, March 2, at 7:3c o'oclck-
III. ID. Stripes has opened the res
taurant just back Of the Illinois Gem
trail depot, and is also conducting a
.rooming house as we'll as a restau-
rant.
Mrs. Jennie Jones, who has been
spending several months with her
children at Des Moines and Cedar
Falls, returned home Tuesday after
ll0On.
e. w. Cook of Cofiiins Grove town
ship has let the contract to G.. K.
Reading for the erection Of hand
some new residence, to be erected
this summr.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Millner OF
Elgin, Illinois, came Monday in res
ponse to a message announcing the
death Of the formers grandfather,
Amos c. Carter.
Note the change of advertisement
OF w. C. Gloer. the tailor. Mr.. Gloer
has large line from which to select
spring suits and coats, Ladies as well
az men will find his announcement
this week of interest,
There will be candy sale at the
Philip drug store onSaturday, March
3rd. The proceeds will go into the
treasury of the Lone Camp Fire Girls
So cat lots of candy that day, and be
sure to buy it of the girls.
--Oba Lyman sold his residence
property on Madison street to Viii.
liam Hahesy, who is In possession
Mr.. Hahesy will make some improve
ments to the residence before he anG
his mother and sister will move into
the same.
Writing to relatives here Mrs. w
H. Searles of Buffalo, New York
states that her husband, who has beer
dangerously i'll for several weeks, Is
now much improved, and on the road
to recovery. This bit of news Is in
deed welcome to many friends Of the
family here.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. p. Hennessey
who spent several months in Jackson
vile, Florida, returned home Satur.
day. Maurice's Manchester friends had
to take a second look at him before
making sure that they could believe
their eyes. While In the sunny south
Maurice and his handsome mustache
parted company.
z Manchester friends of w. A
Friend, formerly of this city, but who
has been living in Berkley, Cali
fornia, for a number OF years, will be
interested to learn that he has recent
lv invested in business for himself
Mr.. Friend has been associated with
some of the largest printing estab-
lishments in the west since moving to
California, and has now purchased an
interest in the Anderson Printing Co
af Sacramento, California, and has
moved his family to that city.
-Hopkinton Leader.-The school
nurse employed last week by the board
of education to look after the health
of the pupils and ferret out any furth-
er cases of scarlet fever has been
active since her arrival on the ground
She makes a daily examination of the
students and has visited many homes
since her arrival. Children showing
any disposition to illness have been
kept out of school for a day until a
professional examination might be
made of their condition. So far nc
further cases of the fever. have been
e l. hnk thu diS.