Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1919-06-11
LOCAL HAPPENINGS
Of THE PAST WEEK

. spent Thursday in Dubuque.
Mrs. Henry Goodhile spent last
Wednesday at Cedar Rapids.
II Will Jones and wife returned from
. their trip to Texas last Friday.
Mr.. Roger Miller was a guest at
the W. c. Amsden home last week.
; III. S. Tubbs has invested in a
. new Hudson supersix, and is now put
; ting it through its PAGES.
) Miss Frost Coltman came to spend
. some time with her sister, Mrs. A.
J. Gildner.
Rev. w. A. Montgomery and fam
, lily have gone to West Union for q
few days visit.
Mrs. Frank Lawrence has bought
the Joe Nieman place in North Man
chester. Mrs. Lawrence will take
possession of her new home about
Dec. /.
Mrs. E. M. Carr and Mrs. John Far
dy attended to business in Cedar Rap
ids last Thursday.
Mrs. P. s. Crosby was at Cedar Ra
ids last Thursday to attend reunion
of the W. R. c.
Mrs. 0. w. Thomas went to Cedar
Rapids on Thursday last to visit her
daughter, Mrs. A. Wagner.
! lin the list Of X. of G. names prh-
lished last week the name of Porter
F. J. McKeever, was left out
4 Misses Blanche Thompson and
Beatrice Pentony were shopping in Du-
4 buque on Monday of this week.
Mrs. W. c. Davis departed for her
home in South Bend, Ind, on Sun
day, after short visit with relatives
here
Miss Helene Cook OF Waterloo
spent the latter part of the week as
a guest at the home Of Miss Gail
Amsden.
MIR. and Mrs. R. w. Thrill attend
ed the reunion of the G. A. R. at Ce-
dar Rapids on last Wednesday and
Thursday.
Mrs. Zelda Tolmie, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. viii Blake. came up from
her home in vinton last week to spend
a few days with her parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Bright and
daughter, Helen, Of Cascade spent the
latter part of the week at the John
| Parrot home in Coffins Grove Town
ship.
Ben Miles son of ]. w. Miles, is
here from Montana on visit to his
father. On his return he will be ac-
companied by his daughter, Miss Jane
Miles, who has been attending school
at Mt. Carroll. pa
Mr.. Joseph Hutchinson, who has
been confined to his bed for some
weeks, is now able to be up at least
part Of the time. His friends hope
to see him about again before long.
"A number of telephone poles were
blown down between Manchester and
Delaware in one Of the recent storms,
and the company was put to consider
able work to get the lines in opera
ton again. s''v.s N. ~ e3 = : -ss
Mrs. Percy Strickland and baby,
who have been visiting at the J. a. |
Strickland home for the past month,
went to yinton last Tuesday. for
short stay, after which they Will re-
turn to their home in Montana.
Mrs. Will Hutchinson went to
Mt Carroll, where her daughter De-
light is attending school. to attend
the commencement exercises. She re-
turned last Saturday, accompanied by
Delight and her friend, Miss Jane
Miles.
-Chautauqua patrons are urgently
requested to procure their season TIC
kets before the session opens. There
arc several reaon for this which need
not be stated at length. You VIII
need the tickets anyway. Get them
at once.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles wilcox OF
Grand Meadow, Mimi, are Vislt.ns
friends and relatives in this city. Mr.
wilcox has just purchased the FREQ
Glass farm two mile east OF StraW-
berry Point, of which he expects 70
take possession on the first OF next
March.
Mrs. Belle Granger. who has been
snendinp the winter in Florida, re-
turned from Chicago last week, wnere
che has recently been visiting irlehas'
IN he the guest Of her daughter, MIS-.
M J. Yoran, for some time Mrs,
Granger also expects to spend part u
the summer with friends IN Straw
berry Point.
Roscoe Bowman, son OF Dr. anu
Mrs. Bowman of Manchester, IS 10 DC
congratulated on his progress IN the
ITr;tad States Naval Academy, wnere
he has been pursuing his studies Ior
come time. The regular course covers
four years, but Roscoe is one Oh INC
few who have been chosen TO con'
n,ete the four years course in three
because Of his rapid progress anu 'ne
high quality of his work.
-Terrill-Herman. Last THURSDAY
noon. June 5th, Miss Blanche Ieriili
and Mr.. Fred Hermann were marrieu
in Cedar Rapids, The Rev. Jonn ray
lor Of Manchester performing the cere-
mony. The party drove to Cedar Rap
ids in the morning, consisting OF MISS
Tarril, Mr.. Hermann, Rev. ana MIS-.
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