Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-05-08
Che Democrat.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 1901.
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&C. II. Cruise of Oneida made
business trip to this city Thursday.
The fair has new and enlarged az
this week. Note the prices it quotes
Note the price that seamless piov
shoes are offered for by Grassleld Bros
1T pays the business man to adyer
stise, and 1t pays consumers to purchase
OF men who; advertife.
William Dudley returned home
Thursday from successful trip on the
road selling feather busters.
DIR. William Donnelly of Ryan
i spent Thursday in this city, and was q
welcome caller at this office.
Our farmer friends Norris &
81 Stiles, are making improvements on
their ranch adjoining this city.
The people shown in Scharles, the
Il tailor and shirtmsker's ad, have every
appearance of being good dressers.
-OrIn Bogge, who for the past two
years has been serving as soldier in
the Philippines, arrived here Friday
d morning and is the guest of his mother,
Mr.. j. B. Boggs.
"A special sale of wall paper and
Il paints is on at the Lawrence g. Grems
drug store and will continue during
81 this month as you will learn by refer
log to their new announ cement.
y MIR. and Mrs. Elias Faust, and Mr.
and Mrs. Seth Miller of Oneida were in
town Thursday on business relating to
the settlement of the estate of the late
John Kabf, the father of Mesdames
Faust and Miller.
The remains of Mrs Richard
Brook who died at the hospital for the
insane at Independence, were brought
to this city Friday and inferred beside
those of her husband who died here
several years ago.
Dr. w. E. Boynton of Chicago, a
specialist in the treatment of the eye,
ear. nose and throat, writes that he
will open an Office in this city for one
week beginning May g. Location of
Office and office hours will be stated
hereafter.
Tony Funk leaves next Tuesday
evening for Armour S. d., where he is
called on business pertaining to his
farm at that place. Mr.. Funk owns
800 acres of fine land there and is ne
gotiating the purchase of some more.
Edge wood Journal.
Noble Arnold and family came up
from Manchester sunday morning for
two days visit with Mrs. Arnold's
: father, 8. T. Richards and family.
These two families enjoyed allttle fish
ing and picnic excursion down on Bear
Creek Monday. -Edgewood Journal
In bis enlarged ad, A. d. Brown
makes strong showing in favor of the
Herrick refrigerator for the sale
which he lie now, and has been for
several years past the sole agent for this
county. If contemplating the purchase
Of 9 refrigerator, you should read what
Mr.. Brown says about the Herrick.
Tho Upton Advertiser says "An.i
other outrage on the people of Cedar
county was perpetrated this week
when well known citizen paid into
the county treasury back taxes amount
ing 10 $2,OO4sS which represented
moneys and credits amounting to S47,-
600 which have escaped taxation for
the past five years.
The fire department responded
promptly Friday morning, caused by
the burning out of chimney in the
residence of Franklin Emerson on Gay
Street. No damage was done and
though their services were not needed
the quick runs made by our fire laddies
again proved their efficiency as fire.
men.
An eighty five acre field of Guilt
waited strawberries is not common
sight, but w. N. Boynton, of Boynton
u McEwen wholesale jewellers in this
city who returned last Friday from
two months triplselling goods for his
firm In Nebraska. Kansas and Arkan-
sas, reports seeing such field in Ar
kansas and says that fields OF ten, fif-
teen and twenty acres are frequently
seen by the traveller in that state.
An exchange gives the following
notice of contemplate swindle which
1t says is about to be worked in Iowa,
Illinois and Missouri. The paper says
A smooth individual who claimed to
have an office in Waterloo, is making
his living by buncolng the bereaved
relatives of recently deceased persons.
His nlodus operandi is something like
this: He watches the exchanges, and
when he sees the announcement of any
grown persons death he Immediately
sends book to the dead person by ex-
press with G. o. ID. for $l.5O to the
nearest relatives of the deceased and
he or she usually calls at the express
Office and pays the $3.50, thinking prob
ably 1t is something the deceased has
already ordered. On opening the pack
age 1t is found to contain little book
worth 10 or Is cents
The advertising done by the aver
age country merchant is usually some
thing frightfnl. He does not consider
advertising force by whichs h is to
directly increase his business but as q
kind Of leg pulling proposition on the
part of the local newspaper. Any old
thing at all will do in the way of an
nouncement and the smaller the space
the editor will let him down with the
s better the bargain he imsgines he has
made. Some merchants carry q stereo.
type card year in and year out, yet if
they stopped to think, they would find
out they have dozens of things that
they could sell st less than the regular