Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-07-17
LOCAL HAPPENINGS $
OF THE PAST Week

guest this week of Mrs. w. +. Blssell.
John L. Anderson is at home from
Camp Dodge for few days furlough.
Mrs. Charles Kimport and daugh-
ter are visiting relatives at Sycamore,
Illinois, this week.
Mrs H. M. Bradley went to Chi
cago last week for few days with
relatives and friends.
Andrew Goen left Sunday night
for Fort Sheridan, Illinois, to enter
an officers training school.
George Hamblin has purchased a
Dodge touring car from w. J. Smith,
local dealer for this make of car.
Hume Armistead of Doom, Iowa,
is a guest of his father, G. G. Armi-
stead, and sister, Mrs. Oba Lyman.
Rev. w. ]. Suckow delivered an
address before a meeting of business
men at Sioux City, Monday evening.
C. B. Harris went to Redfield,
South Dakota, last Saturday to look
after his farming interests near that
place.
Mrs. M. H. Williston, Mrs. HUI
bert Carr and Miss Blanche NJ. Ter
ril were visitors in Waterloo last
Thursday.
The North Manchester Ladies Aid
society will serve ice cream on the
viii Raus lawn on Friday evening,
July 10Th.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. M. South OF Du-
buuue were the guests of their son,
E. E. South and wife, on Prospect
street, last week.
Mrs. Harlo Stephens and daughter
were guests of the formers parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Schneider, at Greeley
several days last week.
The Womens Home Missionary
society OF the NJ E. church will meet
with Mrs, j. F. Merry, Wednesday,
July "a. Mrs George Miller, leader.
I Howard Hamblin, who has been
in training at San Antonio, Texas, for
several months, has been given a ply
steal discharge, because of heart trOu-
BILE
Mrs. T. E. Dotter of Sullivan, Mo-,
spent a couple of days the fore part
of the week visiting with Mrs. Eva
Appleby and Mrs. Clarence Pierce, OF
this city.
Walter Preston, who is in train
ing at the Great Lakes naval training
station at Chicago, is spending short
furlough with relatives and friends in
Manchester.
W. F. Confare spent a few days
last week with his wife and other rela-
tives in Manchester, and returned TO
the cantonment at Camp Dodge Sum
day afternoon.
County Clerk o. R. Durham is
sued marriage licenses last week to the
following persons: H. H. Gambler
and Minnie NJ Bremen, and Wayne c.
Barker and Josephine Tyler.
Mrs. Bert Mullen and son, Har-
old, were visitors in Waterloo Sunday,
spending the day with Mr. Mullen,
who recently began his work with the
telephone company of that city.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. w. Keagy, and
Rev. and Mrs. r. C. Keagy and little
son, of Lyons, Iowa, left Tuesday for
Clear Lake, where they will spend a
few days at the famous summer resort.
George and Miss Susie Bennett of
II. al - Ion nh, &c q
last Saturday on account Of the crit
ical illness of their brother-in-law,
M. D. Arnold. They returned to their
home on Sunday afternoon.
County Attorney NJ J. Yoran and
Norman Ackley returned home Satur-
day night from a fishing trip to the
lake country in northern Minnesota.
DR.. Edwin Cobb of Marshalltown was
also a member of the party.
Mrs S. C. Vestal and son, William,
of Des Moines, were guests OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Chas J. Seeds several days last
week. Mrs. Gestel is the mother of
Mrs Ned Seeds. now on the Atlantic
coast with her husband, who is await
ing orders to sail for France.
The Misses Agnes and Lorraine
Bradley, who spent several weeks |
with friends in Toledo, Ohio, return
ed home last week On their way
home they stopped off at Chicago, for
a visit in the II. J. Schwietert and
Dr. William Boynton homes.
Mrs. Dan Barnd, who had been
several weeks with her husband at
Madison Wisconsin, while he was re-
covering. from very severe illness,
returned home last week, and left Sat-
urday night for Sioux Falls, South
Dakota to visit her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. John Tierney.
Mrs. A. w. Stearns and Miss
Jessie P. Hastings went to McGregor
last Saturday to attend meeting OF
the Iowa Conservation association.
Men and women of state and national
fame are meeting at McGregor this
week, to go over plans for national
park.
Miss Lydia Keep, of Fort Dodge,
Iowa. is expected in the city Thurs
day for a visit with her friend. Miss
Mary Griffin. Miss Keep was a for
mer teacher in the Manchester
schools, and has a host of friends
here who will be pleased to see her.
She has been teaching in the Fort
Dodge schools for eeveral years.