Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-08-08
LOCAL HAPPENINGS
OF THE PAST WEEK
WHAT MANCHESTER PEOPLE
ARE DOING AT HOME AND
ABROAD.
REVIEW AND FORECAST OF WEEK
Items of q Personal and General
Nature Picked Up About
the City.

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in Dubuque last Friday.
Justin and Walter Maley were
visitors in Cedar Rapids on Sunday.
Mrs. H. A. Granger came home
Il rom Strawberry Point Sunday after
aoen.
4 "A marriage license was issued last
week to Edwin G. Battin and Agnes
]. L. Person.
Mrs w. B. Norris and children are
spending the week with relatives and
friends at Walker.
{ Mrs. George Carter of Fayette, is
the guest of her daughter, Mrs. George
Prayer, this week.
Mr. and Mrs. O. X. Lennon are
at home from a vacation trip to Gar
ner and Clear Lake.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. L. Ram are en-
joying weeks vacation boat trip up
the Mississippi river
Mrs. ]. F. Merry is spending two
weeks with her sister, Miss Lusy
Shimmin at Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Miss Anna Marcucci of Lincoln,
Illinois, was a guest Of friends in
Manchester several days last week.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. F. c.
NAPLES, at Finley hospital in Dubu-
que, on Saturday, August 4th, son.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Brazelton of
Chicago, were guests Of Mr.. and Mrs.
]. w. Brazelton several days East
week.
W. B. Loesche, Mark Mullany of
Dubuque, and Hugh McElliott OF Ryan
were guests of Walter Maley on Mon
day.
Mrs. Frank l.. Clark and daugh-
ter, Miss Frances, left last week for
visit among relatives in Windsor,
Vermont.
The Misses Abbie Howard Jessie
Maley and Gertrude Porteous and Les
lie Howard motored to Cedar Rapids
on Sunday. ...
Mrs. D. +. Young and son, Paul,
went to Mt. Vernon this morning to
visit DR.. and Mrs. A. M. Billingsley
and other friends.
The Misses Edna Welterlen, Nellie
Davis and Laura Blair and Mrs. Avery
Long were visitors at McGregor last
week for an outing.
Mr.. Jos. A. Maxwell Of Chicago
is the house guest of Mr.. and Mrs. c.
G. Yoran. Mrs. Maxwell will remain
here FIR several W ,eks
County Recorder A. E. Dunlap and
County Clerk o. R. Durham are at
tending the County Officers conven-
ton at Waterloo this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Dittmer of
Columbus, Ohio, arrived in Manchester
last week for visit with the formers
parents, DR.. and Mrs. H. A. Dittmer.
Mrs Harry Woestmaur and two
children, Mrs. w. Goerdt and Miss Lii
liam Evers Of Dyersville were guests
of J. S. Maley and family on Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. F. Hedlund left
Monday morning for Fairmont, Min
nesota, where they will visit for two
weeks with Mrs. Hedlund's sister and
mother.
Mrs. r. B. Arnold and Fred w.
Hermann of Manchester and Joe
Hermann of Thorpe were in Dubuque
on Tuesday to attend the funeral OF
their cousin; who passed away Sun
day morning.
Sergeant Roy Welterlen Of Co.
H, was at home from Des Moines for
a few days the first of the week. Mr..
Welterlen returned to Camp Dodge
Monday night.
Miss Stella Mqtschler, who spent
her vacation visiting points of interest
in the east She was accompanied
east by her sister, Miss Pearl Mutsch-
Ter, of East Dubuque.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Johnston and
daughters, Misses Verna and Blanche,
of Estherville, Iowa, came last week
and have been the guests of Mrs. Min
ME Van Anda and daughter.
-Lucien Ram, who has been work.
ing in the Fairbanks Morse Engine
factory at Beloit, Wisconsin, came
home Tuesday evening for visit with
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. H. L. Ram.
Mrs. William Evans and her faith
er, A. ]. Hersey, of Coffins Grove
township, left Tuesday morning for
Montrose, Pennsylvania, where they
will be guests of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Fraser.
The handsome new residence
which Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Lafferty
are building on Delaware street is
now in the hands of the plasterer,
and will be ready for occupancy by
early fall.
Mrs. Ethel Bywater and little son,
who have been visiting with Mrs. By
waters mother, Mrs. L. B. Durham, in
Manchester, and brother at Oneida,
left Monday morning for their home