Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1920-11-10

Ed Campbell and Glenn Dunn go
to Mt Vernon tomorrow to witness
the football game between Coe College
and Cornell College.
u. W. Sylvester. who has been.
living in Manchester for some time,
has moved his family to Cedar Ra-
pids, where they will make their home.
A program and basket social will
be held at the Upper Bay school Fri
day evening. November 18th. 1920.
Everyone welcome Dorothy Ludley,
teacher.
Mr and Mrs. Doyle Boone are the
parents OF a son, born THURSDAY,
November 4th, and Mr.. and Mrs. John
Boone are the parents OF daughter
born Friday, November 5th.
County Clerk Dunham issued mar
riage licenses to the following per-
sons during the past few days: George
Chase and Rachel Chase, and Roy y.
Chamberlain and Jennie Tracy.
DIR. E. G. Dittmer now has his
x-Ray machine completely installed,
and is getting remarkable results from
it. It is really wonderful piece OF
machinery, and is very valuable ad-
dition to the doctors equipment. s
phil Herman, one of the substan-
tial farmers who moved on farm
northeast OF Manchester last March.
was a business visitor in Manchester
Saturday. This office acknowledges
a pleasant call from Mr.. Herman.
Mrs. ". ]. Hudson of Cedar Ra-
pids spent several days the last OF
the week with her father, Mr.. P. +.
Madden, She returned to her home
Tuesday evening. Mr. and Mr.. Hudson
resided near Seattle for some time
and have lately moved to Cedar Ra-
pids.
Mrs. E. T. Afford Of Waterloo
came Friday and spent several days
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. NJ.
H. Williston Mrs Afford returned to
her home Monday afternoon. Friends
Of Mrs. Williston will regret to learn
that she is confined to her bed on
account of illness.
Mrs. Anna King, OF Chicago and
Leslie Raymond, of La Crosse, Wis
consin, spent several days last week
in Manchester disposing of the house
hold effects belonging to the estate
of Mrs. Anna Glissendorf. Mrs. King
returned TO her home on Saturday and
Mr.. King left for his home Sunday
C. r.. Toogood of Chicago spent
several days visiting his old time
friends in Manchester. Mr.. Toogood
at one time worked in the printing
offices in Manchester, but for the past
ten or nfteen years he has been work
ing in the r. r. Donnelley & Sons
Company's plant in Chicago.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hubert Carr, Mrs.
Lila Afford and Mrs. Skenk, OF Water
loo, LETT Sunday for Ell Centre, Cali
fornia, where Mrs, Afford will remain
during the winter, in the home Of her
son, Robert Afford. The party went
by way OF Los Angeles, and will
spend few days in that city. Mr.. and
Mrs. Hubert Carr expect to arrive
home again about Thanksgiving Day.
The movie has its faults, not the
least OF which is the exploitation of
situations akin to those elaborated in
the old yellow-back literature that re-
galed us with the advantages of "Dia-
mond Dick" Shack Nasty Jim" and
the Stolen Princess" stories that are
inane and cheap, but it must be said
for it that it has broadened the mind
and the grasp OF many of it's habi-
tues who have been introduced to for
eign scenes, the wonders of both ma
ture and art and the big things of the
world that most people can not hope
to ever see. The possibilities of the
movie will be unlimited when it gets
through with the mushy adventures
that appeal only to those in the age of
and gives the public pic
lures, not necessarily always of an
nature. but certainly those
created by people with knowledge suf-
ficient to present what is artistic. and
There has been great ad-
vance in the character of film produc-
tions, but there is room for a more |
pronounced mprovement.-Mont |
Express.