Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-01-10
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.

were placed in the "pie" and drawn
out by ribbons. Following social af-
ternoon the ladies' Of the club went
to the Sramek restaurant where the
husbands met them and three
course dinner was served Following
the dinner the company attended the
movie at the Plaza.
The annual meeting Of the First
Congregational church was held in the
parlors of the Methodist Episcopal
church last Friday evening, at which
time reports from the various depart
ments of the society were read. Of
ficers were elected for the ensuing
year. Among the reports submitted was
one of the finance committee which
has been doing very effective work
in the matter of securing subscrip-
tions for a new church building.
The Ladies' Aid and Missionary
Societies OF the Baptist church will
hold an all day meeting at the home
OF Mrs. !. w. Lampman, on East Main
street, on Tuesday, January 18th. A
full attendance is desired as there
will be an election Of officers held
and other business matters to be at
tended to.
Marriage licenses issued during
! the week were as folloWs:: James G..
Griggs and Maud M. Vesey. Edward
w. Holthaus and Alice Mary Schwie-
tert, Clyde NJ. Renfrow and Ruby
r. Robson, Robert A. McTaggart and
Anna NJ. Funk, John H. Bagge and
Kate M. Loecke, Oscar M. Wilson
! Hazel Holdridge.
On page eight Of this issue is the
large advertisement Of the Snodgress-i
Mann Clothing comnany, announcing
their mid-winter clearance sale Of,
mems and boys suits and overcoats
and a lot of other articles which
men and boys need.
Our readers cannot afford to over
look Gloer's advertisement which is
found on page two of this isue. Mr.,
Gloer has something more to say
about his new selling plan, which is
proving SO successful. @
Mrs. w. F. Grossman wife Of
Captain Grossman of Co. H., returned
! home last Saturday. Mrs. GrOssman
accompanied her husband to the bord-
er and remained with him the entire
time, i$t,n,.
Mrs. A. l.. Strain of North Man
chester received word on Monday OF
the death of her nephew, Warren Orne,
who died in Chicago Sunday morning.,
following an operation for appendi-
citis.
The First National Bank has an
announcement this week which is
bristling with timely suggestion. 1t
| is well worth your time to read it and
then follow out the suggestion.
| Mrs. Mary Servoss, who has been
seriously i'll for several weeks, is now
making rapid progress toward CONF
plete recovery, fact her friends will
be glad to learn.
Mrs. Margaret Coleman Of West
gate has been in Manchester assisting
in the care of her mother, who is
suffering for an acute attack Of the
grip
Homer Strain, son of A. L. Strain.
left last week for Dubuque to accept
position as a finisher in the Bruins
wick Bake Collendar Company.
The Democrat regrets to learn
that Mr.. Hiram Arnold is again con-
fined to his home because OF change
for the worse in his condition.
The Congregational Missionary
society is holding the first meeting
of the new year, at the home of Mrs.
Geo. W. Dunham this afternoon.
-Seargent Will Matthews was at
home over Sunday from Des Moines
He reports the members of Company
H as anxious to get home.
Louis Purvis went to Fairban'l
the first of the week, to do large job
of lathing which he contracted for
early in the winter.
Walter Maley returned to St. Louis
last week to resume his studies in
the law department Of the University
of that city.
! Miss Jessie Maiey was called to
Waterloo last Thursday by the death
of her cousin, Mrs. Peter Grady.
MANCHESTER COUPLE WEEDS AT
MARION.
On Friday of last week Mrs. Alice
Morse and Mr.. Harvey Hampstead
were married at Marion, Iowa. Mr..
and Mrs. Hampstead have long been
residents of Manchester and their