Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1920-09-01
LOCAL HAPPENINGS
Of THE PAST Week

LUUhL lHI ILNIlvuO
Of THE PAST WEEK
Mr.. and Mrs. Lindsey Barr are at.
tending the state fair this week.
VIM. Woeste Of near Earlville
was a visitor in Manchester on Mon
day.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Glew
at Spring Branch, August 22nd, 1920, a
son.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. VIM Broers
OF Richland township, August 25th, a
daughter. q
Franklin Lawrence OF Chicago is
q guest Of his mother. Mrs. F. H.
Lawrence, north Of Manchester.
Miss Elizabeth Graves Of Mason
City was a guest OF friends in Man
chester several days last week.
George s. Banta was selected as
one ofrthe judges Of hogs at the live
stock show at Jesup last week.
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Mrs. Florence Ryan has pur-
chased.the Bert Childs residence prop
erty on East Union street, and will
get possession about October 18th.
Judge E. B. Stiles expects to en-
ter the Worrell hospital at Rochester
on Thursday for an operation for re-
+. moval of tonsils.
> Rev and Mrs. "a. o. Knapp and
children are expected home the last
OF the week from their vacation,
which they spent at Rockwell City.
Iowa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Sallberg left
Monday for Palo Alto, California,
where they will make their home
while their son, Walter Cooley, will
attend Leland. Stanford Univerity.
b. T. Welkemeyer Of Ryan was in
this Office on Tuesday on business.
He and his son closed a deal the first
of the week for a well improved farm
near Edgewood, just over the county
line.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alison Granger, who
have been the guests Of Mr.. and Mrs.
M. j. YoraR and Mrs. H: A. Granger,
for several days, left Tuesday morn
ing for their home at Lakeland, Flor
ida.
Jack Kelly. who has been living
on the old F. s. Seymour property:
west OF Manchester, has sold the same
to O.. NJ. Wright of Ryan. We under
stand that Mr.. Wright will move on
the place in March.
WIN, Ford and Donald Goen were
at Iowa City last week to make ar
rangements for accommodations dur
ing the coming school year. Both OF
the young men will enter the State
University this fall.
E' Dave Jones, deputy County Aud
itor. spent Sunday with his brother,
who is working for Iowa State High
way Commission near Mason City.
Mr.. Jones drove overland in his road
ster, and returned home Monday fore
noon.
!. Mr.. and Mrs. James Kelsey and
daughter. Miss Donna, perpetrated q
neat surprise on their son and brother,
Harry Kelsey, when a dozen Of his
young men friends had been invited
to six-thirty dinner party given in
honor Of his birthday.
The Women's Foreign Missionary
Society of the u. B, Church will hold
their regular meeting at the home Of
Mrs. Sam Matheson, Tuesday. Septem-
Der 18th, at 200 r. M. After the pro-
gram refreshments will be served.
All are invited to attend.
Mr.. and Mrs, H. G. Pierce and
daughter. Miss Gertrude. arrived
home the first of last week from a de-
ightful weeks, trip to Chicago and
boat trip on the lakes. They were
accompanied on their trip by Mr.. and
Mrs. Harold Hadley and daughter,
Miss Alice. OF Waterloo.
Mr. and Mrs. e. r. Duglass Of
Cedar Rapids are visiting in Man
chester. today, and attending the fair
Mr.. Douglass Is one Of the employees
OF the Welsh-Coo wholesale grocery
company Of Cedar Rapids, and is dis
tributing advertising matter for his
company while at the fair.
Earl lBeals of East Rochester,
New York, is guest of friends in
Manchester this week and is taking
in theSbig Delaware County fair. Mr.
Beals had been in South Dakota, to
look after farming interests which
he has there. He. tells US that in
places the wheat crop was fairly
good. while in other parts it is almost
a failure. New York state, he says.
has a bumper crop of apples this
year.