Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1919-12-03

w. L. Drew offers timely sugges-
tions to the Christmas choppers In
|hfS advertisement this week Read
them over carefully:
+ 3. N. Hughes gives : great many
helpful suggestions to the Christmas
choppers IN his advertisement on page
eight Of this issue. Our readers should
read hts adxsgt sss
MI. and, Mrs. Geo. Nv. ,Millerslasl
Tuesday for Gallop. New Mexico. where
they will visit their daughter. fdf {
short, time. Then they will go to
southern California, where they will
spend the winter.
- psrrssl Altman Who a has besn il
the navy the greater part Of three
years has received his discharge and
has returned to his home here. His
FRIENDS are glad to see him home once
mole, to take his place In civil life, ID
The Woman.slsMissioAAry Society
ofsthe CongregatioAal;c church VIII meet
on Wednesday, December 10th with
Mrs. Eliza Russell. Mrs. W. H. Laf-
ferty will assist. Mrs. Russell in en-
PERTAINING the society. All members
are urged to be present.
Rev. Miss M. Lulu Hindes spent
the past week calling among. her num-
erous friends in Manchester, being a
guest at the James Pinch home. Miss
Hindes, who had charge Of the local
u. B. church for two years, is now
beginning her fourth year as pastor
Of the sthufch 1T Cascade, wisconsin.
"A. c. Philip tells our reader this
week that his customary line OF Christ
mas Gifts articles are all in the store
and ready for your inspection. Our
readers know what a fine stock Of
articles Mr.. Philip always carries,
and next week he will have more to
say about his line.
Mrs. Adolphiena Grimm advertises
q public sale in this issue, which our
farmer readers should note. Mrs.
Grimm will dispose Of large amount
OF stock and machinery The sale
will take place on her farm two miles
northeast OF Delaware on Saturday,
December 18th.
The remains of Mrs. C. A. Card
ner former resident Of this city were
brought here this morning for burial by
her two sons, Howard L. and For
rest G. Gardner. Mrs. Gardner was
the widow OF Joseph A. Gardner who
for years was city Marshall and we'll
known to the residents here.
Mrs. A. e. Muehe and little SON,
John Henry. of Mason City. arrived in
Manchester Tuesday afternoon for a
visit in the home Of Mrs. John Sulli-
van. Mrs. Fred Miller, who had been
spending several days at Mason City
came home also.
Miss Grace Halpin, OF Dubuque,
twas a guest Of Miss Donna Kelsey,
Thanksgiving Day. Miss Halpin was
for some time stenographer in the Of
lice OF Carr & Carr and The Demo-
crat, and Is now stenographer In the
First National Bank of Dubuque.
The Misses Gail Amsden, Dorothy
Hockaday, Isabel Pentony, and Rob-
ert Hutchinson, all students at Grin
nell college, are at home for an in
definite stay, on account Of the coal
situation. Grinnell college has been
Obliged to close its door for the time
being, due to the coal shortage.
Miss Elizabeth Hutchinson, who
teaches in school at Birmingham,
Alabama, lost. many valuable articles
of clothing and jewelry when the home
in which she had been rooming was
burglarized by professionals, Miss
Hutchinson had all of her property
packed ready to move to another room
ing house, and had also made her
plans to visit friends in New osleans
over the Thanksgiving vacation, but
changed her plans after losing SO many
of her valuables.