Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-02-14
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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the City.
Myron Bushnell was visitor
in Waterloo last week.
Mrs. A. w. Stearns was a visitor
in Dubuque last Thursday.
Miss Alma Duba spent Sunday
and Monday at her home in Wateroo
Harry Wolcott LETT Monday after
noon for Chicago, for Il visit with his
two daughters.
Mrs. C. s. Lister is the guest OF
her sister, Mrs. Hugo Won Oven, al
Beloit. Wisconsin.
Miss Myrtle Prayer went to
Waterloo Tuesday morning for short
visit with friends.
The Friday Afternoon club will
meet with Mrs. A. C. Phillip on Fri
day afternoon of this week.
The Tourist club met yesterday
at the home of Mrs. H. A. Dittmer
An interesting program was given.
w. d. Mcintosh was at West
Union last week to secure contract
for Sthe erection of a soldiers mon
ument.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the
Methodist Church will meet on Fri
day afternoon. Feb. 16. in the Church
parlors.
Mrs. Charles Mccormick enter
tained the Rosary Society of st. Mary's
Church and their friends on Monday
evening Of this week.
Messrs. Henry and Warren Bak-
er Of Mitchell, South Dakota, arriv-
ed in Manchester last evening and will
spend short time here.
Miss Ruth Paxson and her
brother, Chas. Paxson, leave next Mon
day for San Francisco, where they
will spend several weeks.
The Missionary Society OF the
Congregational church meets this
afternoon with Mrs. M. H. Williston
Mrs. Baumsartner is the leader OF the
meeting.
Mr. and Mrs. A. ]. Bruce and Mr..
and Mrs. William. Seward leave Thurs
day for EFdorado Spring. Missouri,
where they will spend several weeks.
eral weeks.
Mrs. A. B. Carhart received word
Monday of the very critical illness OF
her mother, whose home Is in Phila-
delphia, Pennsylvania. Her conditions
is such as to give little hope OF rec
overy
Mrs. w. A. Montgomery was call
ed to Rockford, Illinois, the first OF
the week because Of the death of q
relative. She expects to return home
the last of the week.
Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Strickland re-
turned to their home at Lavina, Mon
tana Tuesday morning after spending
several weeks with relatives at Vim
ton and Manchester.
In our next weeks issue E. M.
Hughes will make an announcement
concerning his large line OF new
spring coats which he is unpacking.
Our women readers will be particular
ly interested in this announcement.
The New Idea Embroidery club
will meet at the home OF Mrs. John
Fardy on Thursday Of this week. The
annual election of officers will take
place at this meeting, and every mem
Der is urged to be present.
Miss Susie Cooking entertained
eight ladies at Valentine Luncheon
on Saturday at one o'clock. The din
ing room and tables we're prettily
decorated with red hearts and red
and white flowers, in keeping with
the occasion.
-Ad. Gibbons, who has been for
some years a successful business man
Of ,Anamosa, has disposed Of his drug
store there and has gone to Minong,
Wisconsin, near which place his sis
ter resides. Mr.. Gibbons was a guest
Of friends in Manchester a few days
last week.
Last Wednesday night the office
Of DR.. e. G. Dittmer was entered by
some one an effort made to enter the
laboratory. The door leading to the
laboratory was securely locked and
bolted. and could not be opened even
with heavy stove poker. Whoever
the visitor was, his attempt to enter
the room where medicines are kept,
would indicate that he was after a
supply of dope"
Miss Anna Marcucci. daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. A Marcucci, formerly Of
this city, but who are now living in
Lincoln, Illinois, submitted to an opers
alton for appendicitis last week, Miss
Marcucci was taken i'll with appen-
dicitis last Monday, and was taken to
a hospital in that city, where the oper-
ton was successfully performed.
Her many Manchester friends hope