Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1919-07-23
LOCAL news Of
THE PAST WEEK
CAPT. DON A. PREUSSNER BUYS
CAMERON PROPERTY OPPOSITE
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.
N. D. HUTsON BUYS HOME HERE.


C. r. Weir Makes Extensive Improve.
ments to his Dental Parlors Over
Hughes Dry Goods Store.
-Harlo Stephen, who is employed
by A. NJ. Cloud, and number of land
men who were riding with him in
Maxwell car near Oneida one day last
week, had mighty close call, when
the car caught fire and was almost
completely destroyed by the blaze.
Mr.. Stephen drove to farm house to
look at farm, and as he stopped the
car he noticed smoke coming from the
base OF the car. The men lost no time
in getting away from the car, and just
as they reached the fence alongside
OF the road the gasoline tank blew up,
and the entire car was in q mass OF
flames in no time Had the men been
in the car some Of them would un-
doubtedly have been terribly burned, il
not killed by the explosion.
Rev. and Mrs. w. ]. Suckow start
today on their vacation trip, which
will take them to Denver, Colorado,
where they will visit their daughters,
Mrs. Hunting, and Miss Ruth Suckow,
the latter Of whom is q teacher in the
University Of Denver, and is spending
the summer with her sister Mr.. and
Mrs. Suckow expect to be away until
the latter part Of August. Mr.. Suck
ow will occupy the pulpit Of one OF
the Congregational churches in west
ern lows next Sunday and will also
preach one Sunday in Kansas City.
where they will also visit with
friends
M. D. Hutson, the noted water
melon man, has sold his farm north
east Of Manchester, to Mr.. Wiley, from
near Edgewood, Mr.. and Mrs. Hut
son have been farming on, the same
place for thirty-eight years and have
decided to take a rest from the ardu-
GUS tasks Of the farm. Mr.. and Mrs.
Hutson have purchased home near
the high school and will take pos
session OF the same sbme time later
in the fall. These estimable people
| will be cordially welcomed by their
Manchester friends.
/ Auto owners will be interested to
learn that ]. M Jones & Sons have
taken the agency for the celebrated
Exide storage batteries for all kinds
of motor cars and trucks. The Exide
is enc of the best types OF batteries on
the market today, and anyone needing
a new one will do we'll to consult
Messrs. Jones, and get their prices.
The firm intends to go into the bat,
terry business on an extensive scale.
and will no doubt find large field
here for this make of storage battery.
I Rev. H. w. Tuttle, president Of
Kingfsher College, at Kingfsher. Ok
lahoma, spent Sunday and Monday
with old time friends in Manchester.
Mr.. Tuttle had been visiting his son.
William, and family in Illinois, and
was on his way home. He left Mon
day night for the south. Rev. Mr.. Tut
tie was for sixteen years pastor OF the
First Congregational church OF this
lefty, and assisted in the services last
Sunday morning. M.
] Capt. Don A. Preussner Of this
city has purchased the Cameron prop
erty just north of the First Congrega-
4 tional church, and will remodel the
two dwellings, and make them thor
oughly modern. This is desirably
located piece of property and when
Mr.. Preussner gets through with the
work Of remodeling the same he will
have two dwellings that will make
desirable homes.
DR.. c. R. Weir has been making
extensive improvements to his dental
rooms over the Hughes Dry Goods
store. The workmen have about
completed their work, and as soon as
a lot Of new furniture arrives it will
be installed. When all the new equip
ment is once installed DR.. Weir will
have a mighty fine dental parlor.
P. F. Madden contemplates going
to Clear Lake on Sunday to spend sew
eral days at the lake, and also to at
tend some OF the sessions of the con-
ference of Commercial organizations
of Iowa. which is being held there this
weeh.
Mr.. and Mrs Cyril Gavin and
Miss Dorothy Gavin, of Castle Grove
and Leo Sullivan, of the Democrat
force, leave Thursday morning flor
Chicago, making the trip in Mr. Cav
ms new touring car.
Mrs F. H. Munson and her sis
ter, Mrs. Kenyon, Of Portland, Ore
gon, went to Grand Rapids, Michigan,
last week to visit another sister. Mrs.
Kenyon has been guest in the Nun
son home for about five weeks.
y, F. Hinkhouse. the newly elect
ed president of Lenox college of Hop
kinton, was business visitor in Man
chester Tuesday. The Democrat ack-
nowledges pleasant call from Presi-
dent Hinkhouse.
Mrs. Ralph Work will be hostess
to the Kensington Of the First Cong
iregational church next Wednesday af-
iternoon, July 30th. Every woman Of
the church is urged to attend the