Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-03-07
LOCAL HAPPENINGS
Of THE PAST week
WHAT MANCHESTER PEOPLE
ARE DOING AT HOME AND
ABROAD.
REVIEW AND FORECAST OF WEEK.

Items Of Personal and General
Nature Picked Up About
the City.
The Thursday Afternoon Club
will meet with Mrs. Jay Matthews
on March 18th.
| Miss Margaret Condor spent sew
eal days last week visiting with
friends at Ryan.
Miss Jennie Holmes leaves next
week for Chicago to attend the. Dress
makers Spring Style show.
Mrs. Luke Scanlon will entertain
the Rocky Ridge Kensington Friday
afternoon, March 10th.
Mrs. Kate Cowell Brown of Des
Moines was guest of friends in Man
chester the first of the week.
Mrs. JOS Hutchinson and Mrs.
John Sherwood leave today WED
nesday) for Excelsior Springs. Mo.
Mrs. Will Nickerson was called
to Whitewater, Wis, on Monday, by
the death of her father. F. T. Millard.
Mrs. 7. j. Jacobs returned home
last week from Dubuque, where she
submitted to an operation for eye
trouble.
Jones Mill grange met at the
Grange hall last Saturday, at which
time an interesting and instructive
program was given.
The Ladies' Aid society and the
Missionary society of the Baptist
church will meet with Mrs. e. E.
Douglass, Wednesday, March 14th, at
10 a.. m.
The Ladies' -At-Home Society of the
Presbyterian church were entertained
by Mrs. G. G. Pierce and Miss Vira
Collinge last Wednesday afternoon at
the home of Mrs. Pierce.
Mrs. Samantha Skinner and Mrs.
Luke Scanlon were at HopkintOn Ov-8
er Sunday to see Mrs. Emaline Har-
ris, who is seriously i'll. Mrs Harris
is an aunt of Mrs Skinner.
George Kerton and his family, who
have been spending several months
among relatives and friends in Man
chester and other places Of the coun-
ty, left for their home at Hanley,
Sack, Canada, on Monday.
. tsgA4s z ,.tr s ~ .'s srsfH +
Roy Todd. who recently submit
ted to an operation tfor hernia, re-
turned home from Hahnemann hos
pital last Sunday. The operation was
successfully performed, and in a short
time Mr.. Todd will be hack to his
the I iMaRada MIyasdia6nary gvv.y,y ..--
Congregational Church will hold It's
rext meeting with Miss Emma Hutch
inson, Wednesday, March 14ths Mrs
Joseph Hutchinson Will be the leader.
| The subject will be "aedeeming the
Southwest"
On Tuesday, March IS, Mrs. Lulu
Thompson of, Dubuque, Instructor for
the fifth district of the Order OF the
Eastern Star of Iowa, will be IN Man
chester to inspect Orient Chapter, NO.
is, o. E. S. There will be a school OF
instruction at p. m. and the regular
meeting in the evening for work.
The Womans Foreign Mission
airy society of the Methodist church
will meet with Mrs. II. a. Dittmer,
Wednesday, March 14th. for the
! annual Thanks offerings. There will
be special music and refreshments
a will be served. A large attendance Is
desired.
| Alex. Sheldon, who has been
spending several weeks with his sis
ter, Mrs. Geo. Clemans, leaves today
4 for Saskatchewan, Canada, where he
is engaged in farming somewhat
large scale. Mr.. Sheldon has been
purchasing number of farm horses,
which he will ship to Canada.
| Manchester friends Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Glen c. Leach, of Washington,
1 T. c., have received cards, announcing
the arrival at their home on March
LIST, of Glen c. Leach Jr. Mr.. and
Mrs. Leach formerly resided at the
United States Fish Hatchery, and NOV
ed to Washington last fall
| There will be basket social at
the red school house on Friday even
ing, March 9th, for the benefit of
the Meadlawn Cemetery. A cordial
invitation is extended to all, and the
Ia dies are requested to bring we'll
filled baskets. This is worthy
cause and large attendance is ex-
pected.
John Kennedy Of Prairie Town
ship took out his Ford car last week,
the order for which he placed with
]. M. Jones & Sons, local dealers,
last January. The firm took large
number of orders for cars during last
winter, and now these orders are be-
ing filled as rapidly as the cars can
be secured. . !.
j Mrs. A. D Brown spent several
days last week with her daughter,
Mrs. Edwin Cobb, and family, at
Marshalltown. She returned home
the first Of the. week, and was ac-
companied here by Mrs. Cobb and
daughter, and Mrs Herbert Doneghy,
OF Macon, Missouri. Mrs Doneghy is
a sister of Mrs. Brown.
Jos. Hutchinson, F. L. Durey and
w. V Childs returned last evening
from Wisconsin where they went to
lyisit milk condensory plants: The
advisability of establishing plant
here is now being considered and the
members of the Committee will re-
port the result of their Investigation
to the Commercial club in the near
future.
The Woman's Foreign Missionary
society of the United Brethern church
has just closed another year of sue
cesful work. This society pays fifty
dollars year to support Bible wom-
an in China, besides contributing to
other branches of mission work At
the last meeting the free-will, birth
day, and special offerings amounted
to over sixteen dollars. The officers
are. President Mrs Iukn ScanlOn (.