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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-07-01
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John F. Boeckenstedt and son,
Johnnie, of Bear Grove were here
Monday visiting friends and trans
acting business.
Henry Raehe and Chas. Kramer
were at New Vienna last Sunday.
j. q. hammers and Joseph Bagge|
were in Dubuque Tuesday.
Fred Ruby the popular merchant
Of Petersburg was in this city last
Saturday enroute to Manchester on
business.
Joe Woerdehof and his sister Of
Petersburg were Dyersville visitors
last week Thursday.
Frank Warren took in the base
ball game at Manchester last Tues
day.
Leo Willemborg and sister, Miss
Angela, of Petersburg were in this
city Saturday visiting friends.
Mrs. Elizabeth Willenborg re-
turned Friday from an extended
visit with her daughters, Mrs. B.
Sassen and Mrs. Frank Fangmann
at Bancroft and also her son, Frank,
at Ashton, Iowa. She enjoyed her
visit very much.
Prof. II. G. Kramer of Petersburg
was here on business last Monday.
Anton Herring departed for Stan
ley, Iowa, last Friday where he is
visiting his brothers, Barney and
George and also his sister, Mrs. Otto
Held.
Roland Toogood of Manchester
was calling on his friends in this
, i city last Saturday and Sunday.
4 Drs. Brooks and Hess were passen.
gers to Manchester on professional
business last Saturday.
i Mr. and Mrs B. W. Wente, Mr..
| Clemens Schwers and daughters,
!. Josephine, Veronica and Clotilda,
4 Mr. and Mrs. j. G. Goedken and
daughter, Agnes, Mrs. Anna Scher-
bring and son, Joseph, Miss Annie
4 Scherbring, and J.P. Kelchen and
his son, Peter, went to Dubuque last
4 Friday, were they attended the fes
tivities at St Francis convent
Comercial.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-07-01
DELHI.

Thos. Simons has sold his prop
erty in Delhi to James Phillips.
The inmates at the County farm
were treated to a picnic at Hartwick
Tuesday.
Chas Doolittle and John ARM
strong were down from Greeley
Wednesday.
Little Mary Doolittle gave a
party to a number of her friends
Tuesday afternoon
Bud White returned from the
West last week. He is not in the
best of health.
Mrs Klispie will be brought home
from Dubuque this week.
Wallace Biddle of Minnesota is
visiting here.
Will Burton is home from Pater-
son, Iowa.
The w. +. S. NJ. meets Thursday
afternoon, July End, with Mrs. G.
I'D. Stone.
Mrs. Knight and children return
ed to their home at Milford Friday
| Miss Lizzie Fraser accompanied
them and will spend part Of her va
cation at the Lakes.
i G. M. Albrook is visiting friends
in town.
Leon Hefner Of Waterloo is visit
| ing his sister Mrs. Clarence Stone.
| A double silver medal contest vii
| be held at the NJ. g. church July 8
| Frank Stimson and wife have
moved into their new house.
w. q. Phillips and family, B. b
Phillips and wife and 2. Z. Hold
ridge and family attended the fu
neral Of Ziba Wheelock at Man
chester Wednesday.
1 The relatives of Charles Stone
and wife very pleasantly surprised
Il them on Monday June %. the oc
casion being the 10th anniversary 0
their marriage A handsome din
ner set was presented them.
II The L. I. L. enjoyed fine tim
at picnic Friday.
Clarence Blanchard was dow
from Masonville Friday.
Mesdames S. Hefner Of Delaware
and Frank Hefner Of Monticell,
lwere guests at Chas. Stones Wed
nesday.
E. G. Perkins was in Colesbur,
, on business Thursday.
Mr.. Costing of Kingsley. Iowa, i
twisting his old comrade, Thos. 81
' mons.
A man from Oelwein was in tow:
/ Thursday. He will run the Silve
3 Spring creamery after August l.
DIR. Tabor from Florida was a
4 over Sunday visitor at E. H. Blanch
ards.
j Geo. Barnes and wife of Illinoi
! are visiting friends in town.
Mrs. Addie Harris left Thursda
evening for her home in HALEY
Idaho.
F. A. Doolittle had business il
Cedar Rapids Friday.
Will Clifton and wife visited he
parents in Manchester Sunday.
!, 0. A. Holdridge contemplates
trip to Washington this week.
The Epworth League social vii
be held Friday evening, July 8, a
Guy Smiths.
The W. G. T. U. meets Tuesda
r afternoon with Mrs. Grace Stone.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-07-01
Reduced Rates East and West.

One fare plus 50 90 for the round trip
via Chicago Great Western Railway;
Boston, on sale june 80, to July a.
Good to return July 18th. Saratoga
Good e return July III s Goth Atlanta sad a. o.
on sale July 81. Good to return July
18th. San Francisco and Denver, on
sale July Ito. Good to return Aug.
3lst. Stop-overs allowed. For further
information apply to any Great Wes-
tern Agent, OF j. ?. Elmer, G. p. A.,
Chicago, I'll. 26w2 1
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-07-01
COCOON,

Miss Sadie Hanna Of Manchester
was an over Sunday visitor at the
home Of her uncle L. S. Hanna.
Ralph Richardson Of Manchester
visited relatives in Coggon and
vicinity.
John Milroy. of Hopkinton was in
town Wednesday.
Mrs G. 2. Weeks was Man
chester visitor last Thursday.
Mrs. DIR. Scofeld visited relatives
in Manchester Saturday.
Mrs. A. w. Savage attended the
funeral of VIM. ricketts,, one Of the
Raymond railway wreck victims, at
Hopkinton Sunday. Monitor.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-07-01

lis Jones, John Brown, Giles.
lyon, James Gray and George
Hicko2-went to Independence Satur-
day.
John Gruman and Miss Beth
Gruman were at Independence Tues
day.
Mrs. Jessie Hickox HUE is home
visiting her parents. Her home is
atRock Valley.
Dr.. Brady's father of Rowley
visited him several days last week.
Mrs. Thomas Kelley received
$4,000 from the Woodmen of the
World 30 days after his death.
George Blackburn is building a
commodious hog house on his farm
Mrs. Josie Wesley Field and
children returned home to Oelwein
Sunday.
The Winthrop Dramatic Club
played "The Merry Cobbler" to a
full house Wednesday evening.
This is the third time they have
played here
Otto Schley, wife and her two
sisters of West Union visited the
Erwin Cole home the first Of last
week.
The Melbourne show was here
Saturday, June 81.
q. M. Hickox returned from Da-
kota Sunday. He bought another
8Oacres Of Dakota land.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-07-01
STRAWBERRY POINT

John Seeleyof Manchester spent
Sunday in this place.
Mrs Chas. Dorman spent last week
in Fayette, the guest Of relatives and
her many friends in that place. 4
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-07-01
9TH Of July Excurs,ons,

One fare and third for all stations
on the Chicago Great Western Railway
within 200 miles. Tickets on sale July
3 and 4th. Good to return July 9th.
For further information apply to any
Great Western Agent or J.. p. Elmer,
G, z. A., Chicago, Ill. 28W1
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-07-01
Deaths During the Past Year.

Secretary c. ]. Bailey reported
the death during the past year of
the following members of the Old
Settlers Association:
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-07-01

And also the death Of the follow
ling persons, who were residents of
the county and eligible to member
ship in the, Old Settlers Association:
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-07-01
LAMONT.

DR.. McStay and wife visited his
parental home in Waterloo Sunday.
Mrs. Geo. Davidson and children
returned home Friday.
Morton Lake returned home last
week after his tour in the southern
states.
Elmer Copeland Of Manchester
was here Wednesday.
P. G. Arildson was business
visitor at Strawberry Point Monday
Lydia Brown, Grace Brigham
Mable Sager and Ollie Hesner at
1ana E,ss chichester las
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4 QUEER ESSMA

We are so rich that it doesn't make
 any difference how much money we spend or how We spend it. but it may be interesting to notice that there is one member of congress who thinks that it is foolish to spend money needlessly. He is MT. Gillett of Massachusetts, and he stood up in his place Tuesday and crit icised the large expenditure by the War department for barracks and quar- ters, which though convenient and mod ern, were, in his opinion, too lavish and expensive. The scientific institutions then received his attention. and he claimed it was not the province of the United States government to support scientific Investigations unless they re- suited in some direct material advant- age, and he ridiculed the reports of ex-
 perts in paleontology, ethnology, etc., and thought all such appropriations
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WHAT DID AND DIDN'T sAr.

The anxious inquirer" who asked ex- President Cleveland if he would run for President If he were invited to do So by his party is still anxious. MT. Cleve- land says that he cannot possibly bring his mind to the belief that condition or sentiment exists that makes any ex- pression from him on the subject of the least importance.
 Probably Mir. Cleveland couldn't say anything on this subject that wouldn' t be misconstrued, and it is probable that he really meant what he did say. But all the same there will be searching for a hidden meaning in his words, and some will find what they are looking for. They will say to themselves and others that MT. Cleveland didn't say he wouldn't accept the nomination if it should be offered, and some of them may even think and say that he wants it. It is evident that there are those who would like to see him nominated and elected. There are also those who wouldn't. If the lion could lie down with the lamb, and Cleveland be nominated for President and Bryan for Vice President there { would be some lively times next year.
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SUGGESTIONS FOR YOUNK SKA.
 TIERS

Now that the skating season is at it's height, and many of the young readers of the Sunday Herald are enjoying the healthful sport, they will be interested in learning how greater speed and ex- pertness on the ice may be acquired. The following suggestions are given by one of the foremost skaters of the coun- try:
 '"There are almost as many strokes as skaters, but my favorite is the long, straight sweep so gracefully used by John Donoghue. This is a directly for ward stroke, with the weight of the body on the entire foot. It leaves al- most straight line behind and saves the distance lost by the side angular stroke. In starting off, do not swing the forward leg. Just shove straight ahead, pressing to the side with the op- posite foot. As the skate shoots for ward, the other skate is gradually raised from the ice, the front point be- ing the last to leave. On the start the stroke of necessity must be short. But once momentum has been acquired, the length of the stroke should be increased This is best done by thrusting the foot ahead powerfully and pressing with the ball of the other foot against the ice. "A mistagke made by many is tc start the stroke with a jerqy hip mo- tion. This must be avoided. It is not graceful, nor does it permit one to glide ahead as swiftly. Once in motion, bend forward from the hips at about the
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should be relentlesslv cut on. He then turned his attention to the tendency of the various departments to expensive illustrations. and produced a number of reports, including among others that of the governor Of New Mexico with pie lures of the basketball team of the nor nal college, and volume of most elab- crate and expensive photographs of the 25S boundary stones between the United States and Mexico. It is not, he thought, the province of the United States to furnish chromos or books of amusement for general distribution. All these de- partments, he said, as rule. were actu- ated in their efforts to get large appro- priations by no low motives, but scien- lists, particularly if they were full of enthusiasm, saw great possibilities for the advancement of science. and such enthusiasm was most desirable and ad- mirable, but it was the duty of con- gress to take care that proportion was observed in the different appropriations and that the enthusiasm Of each man should not run the government into bankruptcy.
 Of course there is no danger of bank ruptcy in such a country as this. On with the dance. the piper can be paid.
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same angle as a racing cyclist assumes.
 Join the hands behind the back and
 keep the eyes straight in front. This is
 the position introduced into this c0un-
 try by Alex. Paulser. the old-time
 Swedish skater It reduces the wind
 resistance, and is far less eXhausting
 than the more common position. with
 swinging arms.
 The body must be kept as rigid as possible. Every time one swings the
 body muscular eXertiOn is used up
 which could have been better applied if
 concentrated in the leg muscles. While
 moving along raise the idle leg just
 high enough to clear, and always have
 it poised for the next stroke in case an
 unseen obstacle should hinder the pro-
 gress of the former stride. Keep in
 mind always to have the pressure of the
 foot even when the stroke is at full speed. Then, as it dies out, you will naturally lift the heel first, and as you plunge ahead for the next sweep the toe
 Is assisting you in getting into full mo- tion.
 Tn rinks where there is only short stretch, you cannot adhere to these in- structions very closely The constantly circling motion forces you to keep arms stretched out to preserve balance.
 And, besides, the frequent turns limit the extent of your straight, long sweeps.
 It is on the turns that outdoor skaters lose ground in the rink races. Not be- ing accustomed to them, they cannot get around rapidly. The way I make the turns is to use short, choppy stride. known to skaters as grinding skate almost entirely on the inner edge of my right skate and the outer edge of my left skate. My body is in- clined inward, and give my skate but little forward motion, relying on a side pressure. One foot crosses the other every yard or so. This is knack which requires practice. The legs must be swung one in front of the other in quick succession. All the while you | must be moving ahead and at the same time swinging around the sharp turns at good speed. A skater having mas tered these details is quite apt to per
 ceive gain in his speed on the ice "A skater should not make the mis- take of getting accustomed to ankle straps or supports. Training will strengthen the ankles, and if good-fit- l ting shoes are worn they will never give way. A skater using straps stops the circulation of the blood, and ire quently is not up to his standard fol
 this reason. n."-Boston Herald.
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"Jusi ns is Used 'Go lie "

l wish were a boy again,
 That age wera but a dream, That things would change from what they
 are
 To what they used to sec; That I were but little boy,
 And from my mothers knee Could find that dear old Fairyland, Just as It used to be. Ii wishes only were horse,
 How fast away I'd ride Across the plains of yesterday,
 Bold comrades by nay side Once more I'd rescue captive maids; An! doughty deeds you'd see, If l were but hero bold,
 Just as I used to be. With Beanstalk Jack I'd sally forth To giants kill galore; Tn seven leagued boots I'd stride away To that enchanted shore Where ogres dwell, in castles huge. And mermaids swarm the sea; Oh. just I'd love to find them all Just as they used to be! My little boy says I'm all wrong That nOthings changed at all, That he can show me Ogres fierce, And giants more than tall; Then, clasping his dear hands in mine, He leads me forth to see Years drop as leaves; I'm young again, Just as used to be. Frederick Mitchell Monroe, in Town ant Country.
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ADM fITED.

Richard - Your fourteen-year-old daughter seems to be 8 very capable girl
 Robert-Oh, yes; she has her mother and me under perfect control.-Detroit A. rec Press. T see you don't remember me, sir?" No, sir. I don't I'm Binks. owe you $50.'' An! Now that you mention the-ah sum, I remember you perfectly.'- Detroit Free Press. Mrs. Bruce-Really, MT. Hamilton's acting is the greatest I ever saw. Mrs. Scott-Its good in it's way, but you should see my Johnny when he is stimulating stay-away- from school headache!-Boston Transcript. The new cook--I hope my cooking suits you. marm? Mstress-Oh, that doesn't signify Margaret. It is not a question whether we like your cooking, but whether you think you can like us, you know-Bos- ton Transcript. Towne-Some people consider him a selfish cad. What sort of fellow is he,
  anyway? BrOwne-Well, he's the sort of fellow who delights in getting hair cut and a shampoo during the Saturday rush while you're waiting to be shaved Philadelphia Press. How does you like de new preach er?" said MT. Erastus Pinkley. Every much," answered Miss Miami Brown. He's got a good staht. He knows a heap O words, an jes' as soon as he gifts 'em arranged in de proper order he'll have mighty fine sermon. , Washington Star. MT. Mulhooly--Phwat fur are ye2 maxim such a noise on thot pianny? Y'r drivin' me distracted wid VT rack | ct, an me head achin' loik it wud split | in two Daces! door has been complainin' of my play in.
 MT. Mulhooly-Begorra, hammer harder.-New York Weekly. | Mrs. Gotham Cooking for home ir | the suburbs)-This Is a gem of place I admit, but the house is too small. Agent You said you had but two children.
 "Yes, but there are no rooms here fol servants" Don't worry about that, my dear madame. If you succeed in finding a servant girl willing to stay over night I'll have an addition built. .'-New York l Weekly.
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4 SHOIYER OF COLD.

The railroads will take in much mon- ey this year, but they will also spend great deal. The Railway World esti- mates that not less than $270, ,000, 900 will be spent this year for railroad inn provements. The Pennsylvania will spend $70,OOO,o00 the New York Central 3O,O00, 900, the Wabash $2O0OO,OO the
 Baltimore and Ohio $20, ,000000 and the
 Union Pacific and four other lines $10,- 000,0 each, with smaller amounts ex- pended on various systems in the South and West. Tunnel and terminal opera
 tions will absorb vast sums from the treasuries of the Pennsylvania and
 New York Central. The Wabash has
 before it the costly enterprise of fight
 ing it's way to the Atlantic coast, over coming the opposition of systems which
 desire to monopolize East and West traffic, though at present confessedly
 unable to handle the traffic offered
 them. West of the Mississippi also
 there is great activity, each of the great systems aiming to perfect it's connec- tions, fill up gaps with new construc- tion, shorten distances, remove curves
 and lower grades. The Hartman sys- tenn is intent on reducing the distance
 to the Pacific, and the Central Pacific, by means of a six-mile tunnel and oth- CT improvements, expects to shorten the time from Chicago to San Francisco to sixty-four hours. The Atchison will lessen the length of it's route between those points by two hundred miles. Add to the outlay here sketched the new money that is to go into additional
 equipment on all lines and it will be seen that furnaces and machine shops will be kept busy. Some stimulus will be felt also from the fact that in Can
 ada it is estimated that some $16o, ,000,- 900 is to be spent for betternents to
 roads and for new construction by the
 Grand Trunk, which has planned a new line to the Pacific coast.
 i With 4SO,OOO, 900 dollars flying around 1 in this country and Canada many will get some of them. When the Heavens rain gold see that the skirts of thy gar
 ments be spread.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-02-12

The bureau of soils of the Agricultu- ral department now has force of over one hundred persons, seventy-fve of whom have had a scientific training. Its object is to show the conditions and resources of the soils of the country. and to give the people precise and &C., curate knowledge regarding the possi- bilities of each kind of soil.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-02-12
MUCH JA FF,

Some unmarried young men and women of David City, Nebraska, whose hearts once beat high with hope of marriage and domestic felicity, formed some time ago an organization intend ed to encourage marriage and mitigate the terrors of it's cost. The plan was that when a member of the organiza- tion got married he or she was to be entitled to a certain specified sum, raised by assessment on the other members. The unmarried young men and women of David City paid in their dollar month assessments faithfully in the hope of receiving the benefit of $20O after marriage. But a change came OCT the spirit of their dream, and we now read that those who were once eager to marry and have something to pay with have given up the struggle, and with a sharp realization of what life is have organized themselves under the title of "The Harrison Mutual Bur- ial Association of David City, Nebras- ka." They now mean to have respec- table burial, We hope they wont be obliged to give that aspiration up as they seem to have had to give up the idea of having a happy marriage, with money on the side. They can be sure that they will ultimately be dead, and we hope they will be sure of some thing better than a pauper's burial.
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Nickel coins similar to those used in Belgium, Germany and the United States are shortly to be introduced in France. The value of the coin will be 25 centimes, equal to cents. It will weigh six grams. The new coin will be of considerable utility as at present there is no intermediate money between the 1O-centime and the half-franc.
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The Niagara Falls Power company has made a bid for three million feet of redwood timber, to be delivered at Buff falo, New York, next July. The offer has been accepted and the deal prob ably will be closed within a few days The red wood is to be used instead of steel for great tunnel to be construct ed this summer. The reason given for the preference. of the California wood is that when water passes over it con- tinuously there forms a surface of soapy and pasty nature which is proof against corrosion, whereas in the case of steel, particles of sand and matter carried with great velocity from the Niagara river cut into and destroy the steel in an incredibly short space of same.
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The Salem (Massachusetts) coal deal CTS called a meeting to discuss prices, but refused to admit woman to the conference, although she represented the coal business carried on by her dead father. As 8 result of her disappoint- nent she reduced the price of coal from SIP to $9 a ton, and the others
 had to follow, thus setting at naught
 any agreement they may have reached at the meeting to keep up the prices.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-02-12

Walter Scott Harsub, liquor officer of the town of Sctuate, Massachusetts, has fought the illegal liquor sellers so hard that they want him removed at the town meeting on March 2. Last summer, when his squashes were yet small, he scratched with a sharp nail various inscriptions across each squash The sap oozed out, and as the vegeta- ble grew, hardened into raised letters The squashes attained the largest size ever seen in Scituate. Some squashes are being sold. Others are being given away to persons whose sentiments on the license question are thought to need changing. Among the piquancies are; Rum takes the shingles off the farmers barn and puts patches on his pants" and "Whiskey grows weeds in the farmers garden and cobwebs on his brain,'
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The famous lamp of Towneley Chap el at Towneley Hall, in England, has recently been extinguished. This was probably the last of the so-called lever burning lamps of England. It is claimed that the Towneley lamp had been burning constantly since the days of King Alfred-for more than one thousand years. At the beginning of the last century half a dozen were still alight, while at the dissolution by Hen ry VIII. many hundreds alight in the monasteries had been burning ever since the Norman Conquest.
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DELIVERED BY CARRIERS IN THE CITY IeCEETs WEEK, 50 CENTS A MONTH. tSToR SIX MONTHS, SC A YEAR. THE SA1IE TERMS BY NAH.