Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1919-01-22

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recovered from an attack of influence
and pneumonia to be about again. Mrs
Palmer was nursing in the Todd home
when the family was having siege o.
the disease, and contracted the dis
| ease.
DIR. A. B. Curran, superintendent
of the Dubuque district, is to occupy
the pulpit in the Methodist church
next Sunday evening. DR.. Curran is
an able pulpit orator, and will be
greeted by large audience next Sun
| day evening.
On another page appears the adj
vertisement OF the Manchester Auto 4
Supply company announcing a new
schedule of prices on Buick cars. Per-
sons contemplating the purchase OF
cars will do well to consider the prices
quoted on Buick cars.
Prompt action on the part of the
steward of the county home and neigh
bors is all that saved the building
from destruction by fire one day last
week. Fire from a defective chimney
was getting start but by hard work
the flames were soon extinguished.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. ]. Pentony receiv-
ed message Sunday stating that their
son, Joe Pentony, who has been in
France for several months, had safe
ly landed in New York, and that he is
now at Camp Merritt, New Jersey, and
will soon receive his discharge from
the army.
Mrs. Harry c. Seeds and little
daughter, Janet, leave Thursday of
this week for Oakland, California,
where they will remain indefinitely.
Mrs. Appleby, who was called here on
account of Mr.. Seeds death few
weeks ago, will accompany her daugh-
ter to California.
The mild weather of the past two
weeks is causing much anxiety
for the ice man. So far this winter we
have had only four nights when the
mercury dropped below the zero mark.
We are told that there is little If any
frost in the ground. This is certainly
remarkable weather for Iowa.
The third entertainment of the
High School lecture course is to be
held in the auditorium Thursday
night, January %, 1919, at S:15. The
program by Smith Cameron is very
unique, presenting this potter crafts
man and his ingenious lecture on
character building, called 1.-THE Potter
and the Clay"
III. r. Langridge, who is stationed
at the League Island navy yard at Phil
adelphia, met with distressing acct
dent ten days ago in which he receiv-
ed broken collar bone and other
more or less severe injuries. The
sailor boy was riding on street car,
which collided with another car, and
in the smashup was terribly injured.
He was removed to naval hospital,
where he is now recovering from the
injuries.
Rev. and Mrs. w. S. Hawks, who
have been spending several months
with their son, and his family in Man
chester, leave today for their home In
the west. They will 60 by way of Salt
Lake City, and from there they will 60
to Caldwell, Idaho, where they reside.
Rev. and Mrs. Hawks have been en-
gagged in Home Missionary work in the
southwest during the early days, and
have seen much of the life of the
pioneer of the great southwest.
Friends of Mr.. Theo. Jankowski
sympathize with him in the double sor-
row that has come to him during the
past few weeks. A few weeks ago he
was called to his old home at Arcadia,
Wisconsin, because of the death OF
his brother. A few days after his re-
turn he received message that his
sister, who nursed the brother during
his illness, succumbed to influenza,
thus taking two young people from one
family in few days time.
u. M. Jones and Charles Kay were
at Des Moines last week to attend
school of instruction which the Ford
company conducted at their large dis
tributing plant. J. M. gained lot OF
information regarding the Ford trac-
tor, which he is going to impart to
the farmers who have already pur-
chased Ford tractors and those who
Will purchase the machines this
spring. While in the city Mr.. Jones
and Mr.. Kay went over to Fl. Des
Moines and visited the big hospital
where large numbers of wounded
American soldiers are being treated.