Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-09-26
HOPKINTON.

visited last week with MS DfOtneF,
r. N Hooking.
Miss Emma Cook and Mrs. Stone
were in Cedar Rapids Friday.
Mrs A. c. Martin visited her faith
err in Keota last week.
Mrs. Frank Royden of Scotch Grove,
visited her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Grant
Keith over Sunday.
Miss Mabel Crabbe was down from
Greeley last week.
J. D. MacAllister has been elected
to fill a vacancy on the council caused
by the absence of r. T. Wilson, who is
in Canada.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Spence ar
rived in town last week from Carizozo
N. NJ, and are calling on their friends.
Walter Place has erected a residence
right next to theirs and they can thus
easily exchange news from their old
home.
Rev. G. J. Chalice has been in In
dianola the past week where he went
to conduct a rural institute for the
men of Des Moines conference now in
session He will also address the lay
men on the Relation of the Layman
to the Rural Church."
Jay Gemmell and family of indie
pendence, were in town last week.
Mrs. Sloan of Monticello, visited
Tuesday in town.
Herbert Bush arrived from Dallas,
Texas last week. Mrs. Bush, who has
been visiting for some time with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. E. E. Circuit,
will return with him.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hoffman of Cedar
Rapids, were guests last week at the
home of C. R. Patterson.
Curtis Thing has gone to Manhat-
tan, Kansas, where he was elected to
the position in the State Agricultural
college formerly held by Harper Zol-
lar
r. w. Wallace came out from Chi
cago last week on business and also
to spend a few days with his friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. B. Tourtellot and
children of Elkader, were here over
Sunday as guests of Mr.. and Mrs S.
J. Tourtellot. Ted has state work as
engineer in North Dakota, with head
quarters at Bismark, to which place
they will move soon.
j. d. MacAllister, n l.. Landers, c.
r. Nelson, w. r Reeve, H. L. Main and
W. S. Beels went to Cedar Rapids on
Tuesday evening to hear DR.. Newton
who addressed a large gathering of
Masons, where he told them of what
he had seen on his visit to the war
district '.....
The Athenians very pleasantly en-
tertained the students and faculty of
Lenox College Friday evening.
Miss Ruth Garvin, who is taking the
training for nurses at Finley hospital
Dubuque, visited several days at home.
Harry Main brought out an unusual
advertising scheme last Saturday.
Three chickens We're to be thrown
from the top of the store and the
first boy or girl between the ages of
twelve and fifteen who caught one
was to have pair of $410 shoes The
first pair was won by Donald Wilson,
the second, 1915 shoes for ages be-
tween IL and 10 was won by Verle
Willis and the third, below 10 years,
$3.50 shoes was won by boy from the
country
F. E. Williamson attended a meet
ing of the Delaware County Mutual
Insurance Co. at Manchester Tuesday
and also met with the County Bank
ers' association
Mrs. Doan of Van Horne, is a guest
at the home of her uncle, C. E. Reeve.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. J. Knox and son of
Oneida, attended church here Sunday.
The first number of the Y. M. c. A.
lecture course will be given Tuesday
in the gymnasium by the cartoonist,
Alton Packard
Miss Margaret Paul writes her Hop
kinton friends that she is pleased with
her position in the public schools at
Whiting, Indiana.
l.. Beitz had his automobile stolen
one night last week while he was in
a restaurant in Monticello. While in
only for short time, some one took
1t and went off. It was found the next
day near Scotch Grove with a wheel