Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1919-01-29
Mrs. Thos. McKeag was a guest Of
her son, and his family, at Northwood,
Iowa, over Sunday.

go last week to select her spring
stock of millinery for her store at
Garrison, Iowa.
The Misses Gail Amsden, Eva
Madden and Virginia Carr went to
Grinnell last Friday morning to spend
a few days with their friend, Miss
Dorothy Hockaday, who is attending
Grinnell college.
Contractor Reading and his force
Of carpenters have about completed
the work on the basement rooms of the
new Congregational church building,
and it will not be long now until the
society can hold its services in it's own
building after being without church
home for more than two years.
The regular meeting of Jones Mill
Grange will be held Saturday, Febru-
airy LIST, at their hall The gentlemen
will serve an oyster dinner at noon to
the members, who are requested to
bring soup dishes and spoons. AZ
ter the dinner discussion of building
our county roads will take up the time
OF the lecture hour.
On another page of this issue APP
! pears the advertisement of Meggen-
burgs Department store announcing
| special prices on a high grade medi-
Gated soap, which Mr.. Meggenburg is
selling at less than half price. Our
readers attention is called to the fac
smile lot the national capitol built
out Of. something like ten thousand
cakes of this fine soap.
Miss Frances Clark, who is a stu
dent at Grinnell college, was one of
the members to be chosen for the Or
atOrio society. Oratorio is one of the
musical organizations of the college.
Each year the society give the Mes
siah at Christmas, and in the spring
Is one of the attractions of the May
festival in the chorus work which
they give.
Mrs. W. II. Hutchinson was called
to Chicago Monday on account of the
death of her sister-in-law, Mrs. Arth-
ur Giddings, who died in one of the
hospitals there. Mrs. Giddings had been
stricken with Spanish Influenza and
after severe siege of this disease
pneumonia developed, causing her
death. Mr.. Hutchinson went to Chi
cago Tuesday afternoon to attend the
funeral services. which are being held
today.
Attorney and Mrs. E. B. Stiles,
and their niece. Miss Martha Stiles,
left last Saturday morning for the
east, planning visit in the homes of
Mr.. Stiles sisters, at Springfield and
Boston, Massachusetts, Miss Stiles
will remain at the home of her aunt,
Mrs. Cheney, in Springfield and will
attend school there during the remain
der of the school year. Mr.. and Mrs
Stiles will visit New York, Washing
ton, D. c., and other points of inter-
est in the east before returning home.
Lloyd Keiser. son of William Kei-
ser of Prairie township. sustained
painful injuries to his left limb
when a pony he was riding slipped
on the icy street near the Haug gar
age Tuesday afternoon, and threw
him. The pony fell in such way as
to catch the young mans limb under
its body, crushing the bones just above
the ankle. The boy was taken to the
local hospital where the broken bones |
were set and he is now resting as COM
fortably as an injury of that charac-
ter will permit
Gentle Spring spent most of jan
uary flirting with US and her gentle
touch took off most of the snow last
week There is practically no frost
In the ground and the ice man is begin
ming to worry about his seasons har-
vest. The coal bin has been spared
the usual midwinter raids. Joe Cass,
who operates the Jos. Hutchinson
farm near town, plowed few rounds
for luck last Friday, January oath.
C. B. Harris who returned last week
from a trip to St Paul, says they are
setting posts along the railroad right
OF way at different places in Mime
sofa. Another week of this weather
and we will have dusty roads.
Mrs. Edna Gibson was called to
last week on account of
the illness of her husband. She
brought her husband home and for a
time his condition was serious. Mr.
Gibson had been working in a large I
garage and repair shop at Blairstown ,
since his discharge from the army.
One day last week he took a storage t
battery from the shop to some place I
md while carrying the battery fell on t
he sidewalk and was picked up by |
his employers in a state of uncon- '
'ciousness. He has no recollection as {
o how he sustained the blow that t
'endered him unconscious, nor what c
has transpired since. At this time his u
is somewhat improved. d
A good one Is being told on few @
'oung men of Manchester who have
lcquired thirst for East Dubuque a
'rand of spirits. The other evening a
travelling man stepped into one of h
he hotels of Manchester and left t
arge travelling bag on the outside of v
he hotel, while he went in to inquire v
o find out what the chances were to S
.et room. When he came out his n
rip was not to be found. The thirsty a
oys had taken it, thinking that they t,
ad made haul. Upon Investigation n
he boys were surprised to find that Il
he grip contained several bottles of 7
og cholera medicine. This must have p
cen disappointment to the young d