Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-04-16
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1e, 1902.


Waterloo last Wednesday.
DIR. Il. g. Dittmer was business
visitor at Dewar this morning.
III. J Osterhaus, of Petersburg,
was Manchester caller Tuesday.
Fred Ruby of Petersburg was
Manchester business visitor Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leon Dewitt Niles
are guests of relatives and friends in
this city.
james Mcdonald and wife of Hazel
Green transacted business in this city
Thursday.
Miss Lena Sloan, of strawberry
Point, was guest of friends in this
city last week.
Ross Dixson is home from Mime
apolis, Mimi, where he has been at
tending business college.
Mrs. j. A. McGonsgle and daugh-
ter, Bessie, were guests of the formers
niece, Miss Lillian Bateman, part of
last week.
w. A. Friend was ected president
of the Fourth district Christian En-
deavor societies at the meeting of that
society at Independence last week.
Theodore Belknep returned home
last Saturday from Colorado, and is
very Ill with typhoid fever at the home
~ h;o vorapto Mr. ond Mr., w
Belknap who reside near Golden.
Permits to wed have been issued by
Clerk Georgen during the past week to
Henry Eilers and Annie Luttel, Bernard
Deutmeyer and Margretta E. Ruby,
Leslie G. Clendenen and Hattie Lane,
and Ralph G. Norton and Edith Bland
Fox.
Paul steger, Andrew steger,
Frank Eike, G. II. Kraph, Frank
Kramer, Barney Eike and John Nacht-
mann, of Petersburg, were in the city
Tuesday In connection with the Peters.
burg school house case. The Demo-
crat acknowledges pleasant call from
these gentlemen.
"A young fellow about thirty-ive
years of age, smooth shaver, wearing q
grey suit and derby hat is working in
the northern part of the state, forging
checks for small amounts on lumber
company at Eldora. He claims to be q
lumberman, horse buyer or cattle
trader and the public is cautioned to
look out for him.-Ex.
The consistency of Will Beals of
the Hopkinton Leader is brought in
question by the Earlville Phoenix as
follows: aAbout month ago when
our local telephone company sold
out to the Interstate Co., in hopes of
securing better service than the local
company could give, Bro. Beals, of the
Hopkinton Leader, said through the
'coiu<las of his paper that sit was a pity
we did mot have foresight enough to
keep this valuable franchise in the
hands Of our local company as they had
DONE" or words to that effect In last
weeks issue of the Leader he says that
their local company has sold out to the
Delaware County Telephone Co., and
goes on to exploit the advantage gained
thereby. OF course we DO not claim to
lhave monopoly on the wisdom OF the
county, but our lack of foresight seems
ITO have been very closely followed by.
the wisdom of our neighbor to the
south. Consistency, thou art a jewell"
"A Colesburg correspondent gives
the following in regard to the death of
we'll known lady at that place: "Mrs.
Perry Bolsinger died at her home south
east of town early Monday morning in
the seventy eighth year of her age. She
had been in delicate health for year,
but her last illness was of about two
months' duration-a general breaking
down of the system. The funeral SER
vices will be held Wednesday. Mrs.
Bolsinger had lived in this community
for many years, and leaves numerous
friends who hold her in grateful remem-
brsnce. She was of lively tempera-
ment, always friendly, kind mother
and true friend, and will be sadly missed
at home and abroad. Two sons-J. X.
p. and A. j. of this place-and four
daughters Mrs. Ed. Potts, Mrs. r. G..
Cnrrie and Mrs. r. NJ. Peck, of Coles
burg, and Mrs. L. A. Beddow, of Gale
donna, Minnesota-mournt the death of
q good mother. Her husband preceded
her in death twenty-five years. -Dyers-
willie News Letter.
The stories of some of the victims
tof swindlers are pitiful. About a year
ago broker received letter from an
.old lady in Vermont. She said she had
phsard he was a good and an honest
ybrGker-she UNDERSIGNED the word. She
had been swindled by the G. E. Mackey
gang. She was paralytic, seventy
years of age. Her husband was far
,mer, but too old to do much work, so
,she thought she would try to "inyest'
fifty dollars to make something with i
and re-insest it over and over. She
hoped in that way to make enough tt
dive upon until it "p!eases the Lord tt
call me to Him, she said. The broke
answered, advising her to keep wha
money she had and to leave the stool
market and speculation alone. He ex
planned how the swindlers worked. Sh
wrote back thanking him and navel,
expressed her sorrow thst-there wer
$50 many baa people in this beautiful
,world.p A few months later she wrote
again asking for advice. She ha
bought stock in q copper mine an
wished to know if there was any hop
of getting her money back. He reptile
very kindly and, having investigated
told her it was hopelessly lost. In