Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-07-11

Mr. and Mrs. r. S. Crawford.
Mr.. and Mrs w. II. Collar were
j over Sunday visitors with their daugh
ter, Mrs. Lake, at Anamosa.
Paul Prdig and family came las
Friday from Frankfort S. D.. to visit
relatives in town and vicinity.
Mrs. F. E. Chapel and daughter re.
turned to Waterloo Tuesday, after q
few days visit with c. R. Chapel and
: family.
: ]. C. Merriman of Berkeley, Cali.
. fornia, arrived Monday for a visit al
.. the home of R. A. Wallace His wife
and daughter have been here for sew
) eral weeks. They expect to leave
this week for their home.
Mrs Fairchild of Elgin, ILL.,, is Wis
iting her sister, Mrs. c. F. Green. 1t
is the first time the ladies have been
together for A years.
Mrs. Bretnall, who has been for
some months with her mother, Mrs.
Helen Joseph, left Tuesday for Des
Moines, where she and Mr.. Bretnall
expect to make their future home.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. R. Nelson and chill
dren left Sunday for trip to Mime
apolis in their automobile.
Hopkinton friends have received the
announcement of the marriage of Miss
Audria Waddell of Wadena and Mr..
Frank Cline of the same place on We'd
nesday, June II. Miss Audria, with
her mother and sister Amy, formerly
resided in Hopkinton and attended
LenoX college.
Ray Dewald was given a short leave
of absence from guard duty at Boone
and spent the Fourth at home.
A card from Andy Spence said he
had passed Buffalo and Niagara Falls
and was getting near to Albany, N. Y.
L. c. Gearhart of Chicago, and S. B.
Lattner and family of Dubuque spent
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family.
Hopkinton friends have received
cards announcing the marriage Of DR..
John Liam and Mrs. Edna Perrin of
Duluth, MINI. DR.. Liam has changed
his location from Lansing and is do
ing hospital work at Eveleth, MINI.
DR.. Lam was a graduate of Lenox
college and also principal of the Hop
kinton high school.
Hopkinton was very quiet on the 4th
A great many attended the celebration
at Manchester and Monticello. Others
took to the woods for picnics and
some to the river for fishing and no
doubt all enjoyed the perfect day.
Five auto loads, comprising the
families of C. E., w. r. and H. NJ.
Reeve, ]. D. McAllister, Charles Root,
Mrs. Warden, Mrs. I. T. Wilson and
Donald, Mr.. and Mrs. Moreland, Editor
Beels and wife and Miss Mary Carter
went to the Wapsie near Central City
and spent the Fourth fishing, but no
reports have been made of the fish
caught.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. G. Reed have plan
ned vacation trip, going to Superior,
Nebraska, and also to Wilsonville,
where they formerly lived. Miss An
derson will have charge of the store
during their absence.
There was quite an excitement last
week owing to the report that some
of our boys had been drafted, but the
report proved false
B. M. Ferguson has been elected a
member of the council to take the
place of I. T. Wilson. The council is
making preparations to put up new
steel water tank which is much need
ed. 1t will also be larger and elevat-
ed several feet higher.
Herman Aldrich and family and !
Herman Kragenbrink and family came
last week from Ashton, S. D. and are
visiting c. r. Reggentine and other
friends. They came in automobiles
which is the popular way of making
trips these days.
Miss Mildred Garvin returned Sat-
urday evening from Iowa City where
she has been for the past two weeks
taking instructions in Red Cross work
in order that she may direct the local
work.
Mrs. C. B. Mexican of Monticello, and
daughter, Mrs. French of Virginia,
were visitors for several days with
friends in town.
Last Sabbath a beautiful baptismal
fount was presented to the Presbyter-
AN church by Mr. and Mrs. Brownell
IN memory of their little daughter,
Margaret Mae.
The annual Chautauqua will open
July % and continue five days. The .
musical program will consist of the
Cathedral Choir, the Copley Players, ,
he Hawaiians, the Columbians, the =
Gray Lhevinnes, and the lectures will :.
)e by Gov Robert B. Glenn of North
Len r. Sarrett, Dr. c. G.
Mitchell, Dr. Mott r. Sawyer and Miss
Ivelin Bargelt.