Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-06-12

BUY war Savings Stamps.
John l.. Anderson of Camp Dodge
spent Sunday with friends in Manches-
ter.
Robert Hutchinson; who has been
ATTENDING school at Grinnell college,
returned home last week.
Miss Pearl Breithaupt of Dubuque
Is guest this week of her sister,
Mrs. D. J. Meggenburg.
MIR. and Mrs. J. M. Jones spent
Saturday and Sunday with their son,
Forest X. Jones, at Camp Dodge.
| Every time you buy anything peo-
pie work for you. Save labor and ma
terials for the use of the government.
Miss Henrietta Miller is visiting
with friends at Cedar Rapids this
week. She also attended the wedding
Of friend in Hopkinton the first of
the week.
Mrs. Theodore Shelly and baby
son Howard, left last week for Kanka
kee, Illinois, where they will visit with
her parents, and friends. s.....
The Ladies' Aid Of the Methodist
church will meet at the church next
Friday afternoon and will have pic
mic supper after the meeting.
Hartley Withers, the editor of the
Economist of London, says: Money
spent in war time on things not need
ed is money given to the enemy"
Mrs. J. A. Strickland returned
from Lavina Montana, last week, at
ter having spent several weeks with
her son, Percy K. Strickland, and his
family.
The Delaware County Telephone
company has just received it's con-
signment of 1918 directories, and is
distributing them to its patrons in the
county.
-Chautauqua has feast of fun for
you children in the little circus that
you will make. Ask for the little book
lets that are in the stores, and start
building an animal.
Mrs E. G. Hickman of Albert Lea,
Minnesota, was guest of DR.. and Mrs.
H. A. Dittmer, several days last week.
She also visited with the M. E. Dittmer
family at Colesburg.
Miss Freda Killers of Delaware,
who has been in the local hospital,
where she submitted to an operation
for appendicitis, returned to her home
Saturday afternoon.
Mrs. Charles Barrett and son,
Charles, of Vermilion, South Dakota,
are visiting with the formers brother,
Judge George w. Durham, and other
relatives in Manchester.
Mrs. Charles Durey of Huron, S.
d., arrived in Manchester last Fri
day for visit with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs George Chapman. Mr.. Durey,
will join his wife here for visit the
early part of July.
John L. Blair of Los Angeles. Col
ifornia, was a guest Of his brothers,
Judge A. S. Blair and M. E. Blair, sew
eral days last week. Mr.. Blair also
visited with friends in Fort Dodge
while in Iowa, and this week he is
ATTENDING the G. A. r. encampment at
Des Moines.
DIR. and Mrs. W. c.. Lathrop Of
Norton, Kansas, came Sunday night
for short visit with the latter's faith
er, S. X. Myers. They left Tuesday
night for their home. DR.. Lathrop op-
crates a twenty-bed hospital in Nor
ton, Kansas, and has built up large
practice there.
John r. Wood of Grinnell was the
guest of Mr. Cal Martin several days
the first of the week. Mr.. and Mrs.
Wood left Tuesday on a two months
trip by automobile through the east. |
On their trip they will visit Chicago
first and then 60 to Buffalo, Wash
ington, New York, Boston, and numer-
Gus other places in the east.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. D. Arnold, Mrs.
Leon A. Link and baby, and Mrs. Peter
Hooshagan were visitors in Dubuque
Tuesday, making the trip in Mr.. Ar
nold's new Elgin car. Mrs. Link and
baby of Waterloo who had been guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Arnold since Sunday,
remained in Dubuque for a several
days visit with Mrs. Links sister,
Mrs. Ed. Nelson.
Simon P. Holtz of Greeley left on
Monday morning for Camp Lee, Pet
ersburg. Virginia, to enter the service
Of his country as veterinary surgeon.
Delaware County's quota for this
branch of the service was one man, and
Mr. Holtz having had several years Of
special training along this line of
work, was selected by the Local Board
to fill the quota.
Mrs. A. D. Brown spent several
weeks with relatives and friends at
Macon, Mo-, and on her way home she
succeeded in getting as far as Mar
shalltown, where she was stranded on
account of the flood. Mrs. Brown was
fortunate in being able to get as far as
Marshalltown, for there she was able
to spend the time with her daughter,
Mrs. Edwin Cobb, and her family.
ID. ]. Meggenburg is building a
sound-proof demonstrating room for
his Brunswick Talking machine de-
partment Mr.. Meggenburg finds the
Brunswick machines ready sellers,
and has sold large number of the
machines in this county since he took
the agency. The new room in his
store will make it possible for him to
demonstrate the machines to much