Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-08-07
LOCAL HAPPENINGS
Of THE PAST Week

Miss Helen Cowles spent Sunday
at Camp Dodge.
Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Durey are the
parents of son, born July 31st, 1918.
\ The Baptist church and Sunday
school INDUCED in their annual picnic
last Friday.
W. ]. Davis and his family drove
to Camp Dodge and spent Sunday with
the soldier boys.
Miss Alice Menge of Edgewood
is a guest this week Of her cousin,
Mrs. Clarence Jones.
MIR. and Mrs. John Fardy returned
from visit with friends at Min
neapolis, last week.
MIR. and Mrs. w. Sheppard spent
Sunday with the soldiers at the can
Torment at Camp Dodge.
ID. J. Meggenburg is in Chicago
this week attending meeting Of the
National Retailers Association
Mrs. W. c. Amsden went to Roch-
ester, Minnesota, last week to consult
Specialists at the famous hospital.
Mrs. W. H. Halter is in the local
hospital, recovering from severe
operation to which she submitted last
week.
Mrs. George Ford, who spent sew
eral weeks with relatives and friends
at Davenport, Iowa, returned home the
latter part of the week.
Mrs. P. G.. White, who has been
spending several months in Manches-
ter, has gone to Cresco, Iowa, where
she and her husband will spend the
rest of the summer.
II. J. Jacobs, who submitted to a
severe operation in the Methodist hos
pital at Des Moines several weeks ago,
is not improving as rapidly as his
friends would wish for.
Mrs. Shaw of this city submitted
to severe operation last week in the
local hospital She is making a sat-
isfactory recovery, fact her friends
will be pleased to learn.
Mrs NJ G. Keckler returned home
home last Saturday after spending sew
eral weeks at Lincoln, Illinois, where
she assisted in the care of her mother,
who had been critically i'll.
Ice cream social Friday evening,
August 9th, for the benefit of the Red
Cross at the James McMonigal home,
three miles southwest of Edgewood.
Everyone is cordially invited to attend.
Charles Baumgartner and his fam
lily returned home Saturday after an
extended automobile trip through the
northwest. Mr.. Baumgartner combin-
ed pleasure with business while on his
trip.
Miss Rosa Dewhirst, who had been
spending several weeks with her cou-
sin, Mrs. M. D. Arnold, went to Water
loo last Thursday to visit her brother,
before returning to her home at Of
tumwa.
Ross W. Childs, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. W. V. Childs of east of town,
and Alta L. Faust, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. c. W. Faust, of Delhi, were
married at the M. E. parsonage, July
9th
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Smith enter
tanned a number of little folks last
Friday evening in honor of their
daughter, Miss Atlas twelfth birthday
The young folks had a most delight
full time
Mrs. George Mangold of St. Louis,
Mo-, was the guest several days last
week of her brother, Edward Putnam.
Mrs. Mangold had been spending sew
eral weeks with her husbands people
at Sheriff., Iowa.
The SSth Division, which has been
in training at Camp Dodge for nearly
a year, has left and is now bound for
another camp and will soon be sent
overseas. In this division are several
Manchester boys, among them being
Forest K. Jones, John L. Anderson, and
Andrew Mccarthy. A number Of Man
chester people went to Oneida Mon
day evening to see the troop train
passing through over the Great West
ern. The train was travelling at fear
full speed, so that it was next to i'm
possible to recognize the Manches-
ter boys on the train. ia