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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-06-08

Half Rates to the Iowa State Fair,
Des Moines Iowa, Aug. 1927, 1904.
via Manchester and Oneida BY.
For the above occasion the Msnches-
ter and Oneida Ry, will sell round trip
tickets to Des Moines, good to return
until Aug. Goth at one fare ($4.78)
for the round trip.
Trsffic Mgr.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-06-08
VIM. E. Boyton. M. D.

VIM. E. Boyton, M. D.
Specialist in all diseases of the eye,
ear, nose and throat, will be in Man
chester through the month of July:
Offices as usual over W. N. Boynton's
Jewelry store. Monrs to be announced
later. 23w-4.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-06-08

st. Louis.
Special Low Rates via NJ. and O.
Round trip from Manchester $3.50.
Coach Excursions, June IL, 10 and q.
Limit Seven Days.
S12. 80 Daily, Limit Fifteen Days.
Sl3.7O Daily, Limit Sixty Days.
23w2 j. l.. Kelsey Traffic Mgr.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-06-08
National Republican Convention

Chicago, Ill. June 2l-24
The Chicago Great Western will on
June 16 to 20 inclusive sell round trip
trip tickets at one fare plus % cents to
Chicago, i'll. For further information
apply to any Great Western Agent or
j. p. Finer G. 2. A. Chicago, Ill. 22w3
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-06-08
Coach Excursion to St. LouIl

COAch EXcurs1On to st. Louis
Account Worlds Fair.
On the special dates Of June ID, Is
and 9th. The I. q. r. r. will sell
coach excursion tickets Manchester to
st. Louis and return at rate of $3.50
for the round trip tickets limited to
seven days.
23w2 H. G. Pierce agt.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-06-08
Notice of Appointment OF Executrix,

Notice Of APPOINTMENT OF Executrix.
STATE OF IOWA, leo
Delaware County 90
NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN. That the under
as Executrix of the Estate of Thomas Haley
lale of Delaware County. Iowa, deceased All
persons indebted to said Estate are requested
to make immediate payment. and those having
claims against the same will present them,
duly authenticated, to the undersigned for al
lOwance.
MARY HALEY.
Dated, June, 7th. A. D. 1904. Executrix.
Bronson s. Carr, Attys. for Estate. 2s-ws
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-06-08

For SME:-Good hotel, three lots
furniture and business for sale cheap
in one Of the best towns in the coun-
ty. Enquire Of Byron Bronson, Man
chester, Iowa. 2ltf.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-06-08
mason work.

Now am ready to take contracts in mason
work Of any description.
17tt C.P. MILLER.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-06-08

Special Summer Tourist Rates to st.
Paul and Minneapolis & return.
On the dates of July IA to 10 inclus-
i've the 1 G r r will sell tourists tickets
Manchester to st Paul and Minneapo-
lis and return at rate of $685. for the
round trip. Tickets limited to August
9Th for return. By depositing ticket
with joint agent not later than August
9Th and paying fee of so cents, tickets
will be extended making final return
limit Sept. Is, 1904. H. G. Pierce, Agt.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-06-08
If you want to have picnic,
Take Bcacom's Picnic Pills
They Will regulate your liver
And drive away your ills.
Try them. 25 cents. All druggists. 6Otf
maccabee Picnic, Waterloo, lows,

June g..
The Chicago Great Western Railway
will run special excursion train to
Waterloo and return at very low rates
for the round trip. Ask the Great
Western Agent about it or j. p. Elmer,
q. z. A. Chicago, LII. 2lw2
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st. LOUIS.

CHEAP-Residence Property in this city
Enquire of Bronson 4 Carr.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-06-08
CHAPTER II

"HoUGH pnst seventy, Uncle
David was a brisk walker, and
ON this night in particular he
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-06-08
CHAPTER I'LL

TOT for an instant did l doubt
N the correctness of this identi1i-
Il a cation. All the pictures l had
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-02


 One lady carried her questions step farther: Now I wish you would tell me who painted Rembrandt. l always like to know the names of the artist, just l think 1t sounds so much better to al- ways be able to give the name of the author when you speak of a new book
 This is an original Rembrandt" was the guards mystified reply. "To be sure" the lady returned. but l want to know whose work 1t is. And l wish. while you are about it, you would tell me just what a Rembrandt is anyway l though 1t was that man with the long nose and the feather in his hat; but our photographer at home advertised Rem brandt photographs, and I don't know what he means. You see l belong to the women's club, and I have to give re- port on the art gallery"
 Two other. pictures in this same room serve to divide the sheep from the goats. One of them is "A Children's Party, by Knaus. In this composition there are
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-02
Sparks.

w. H. Frolichenstein of Mobile. chair man hotel committee, Alabama division, was in town several days ago and re- ports that the hotels in this state are showing a great improvement. He says that the walters have gotten out of the habit of coming up to him and saying: Boss, what'll yer have ter drink, coffee. tea or milk? Wes out ob tea an milk"
 James N. Cunningham, better known as Jim says that the hotels in north Alabama have gotten the breakfast food craze. He reports that he gets shredded sawdust, cracked oats, whatlet, steam of wheat and several other we'll known brands each morning
 E. R. Withers reports that a customer of his in an adjoining town had the fol- lowing sign in front of his butcher shop: "Fine Tenderloin Steaks, You Can't Beat Them
 MT. Withers also said that judging from the sounds he heard in the kitchen the hotel at which he stopped didn't trade with this butcher.
 The blame for the following should be laid to James A. Daugherty: The Gold Dust Twins are busy now At a job entirely new,
 They're helping the maiden wiggle the
 stick,
 In the ocean of indigo hue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-02
Information About Deceased.

From the Kennebec (Me.,) Journal.
 The dead man had been the village Croesus, who. by usury and meanness, had gathered to gether nearly $40,OOO An Augusta (Me.,) minister had been imported to conduct the services and the minister knowing nothing about the char acter of the deceased was enquiring of the neighbors before the service for points.
 Was he generous to the poor?" the clergyman asked.
 No" the villagers replied
 Was he a member of any church?"
 The answer wac again No" and the minister continued his questions and re. ceived such negative answers that finally in despair he asked if the dead man had not had "one single redeemlng quality"
 There was silence, until one honest far mer broke the stiffness He replied:
 NO, parson, not one."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-02

artist sees in 1t matchless harmony unity of thought and purpose which
 must be the foundation of every real work of art The central theme is stolid, tired, hopeless peasant whose hor- izon is bounded by her dreary life, and the artist has carried this feeling of stolidity, of dull monotony and hopeless ness into his treatment of the back ground, the soil, the very garments that hang on the rack. This Is art, the high est consummation of art. and when the worlds fair Is ended the American peo- pie will have approached many steps nearer to a real appreciation of It.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-02

their brother travellers, to the office of sheriff of Mulnomah county. When MT. Word was nominated at the democratic county convention the travelling men went to work with a determination to se- cure his election There was a republican majority of over 7,000 to overcome, but The Tom Word Travelling Mems club was formed and headquarters opened, and an active canvass begun, and so well was the work carried on that MT. Word was elected by a majority of 2,274 over his republican opponent.
 The members of the Alabama division, and especially those of Post B, have kept the organization out of politics, and it is an unwritten law that 1t shall not be brought up In any way, shape or form at any of the meetings. Each man is entitled to his own opinion and can work and vote as he sees fit, but the organization has never been and will never be for or against any one. Among the candidates for mayor of Birmingham are three of Post B's hardest workers. They are men who have devoted their time and money to the organization and are in every way entitled to the sup port of the post. What can the boys do in this case except go to work, each for the man of his choice and let the best man win? c. s. Simmons, John w.. O'Neil and John R. Copeland are all members of Post B, and as Mayor Dren- nen is also to be found on the list of faithful members of the organization the post is well represented in city politics.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-02
Criticism of the Fair.
the Brooklyn Eagle.

From the Brooklyn Eagle
 Speaking of the worlds fair the chief criticism that I would make is that 1t is spread over too much ground A little better system in arranging ths buildings would have disposed them in at least half the ground space occupied. Some of the points of interest are miles apart. Automobiles are not allowed upon the grounds and sightseeing resolves itself into endless rides in a wheel chair or a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-02

a score of figures, with every conceiv- able expression, from joy to rage on the faces and in the attitudes of the chill dren. It contains material for a score of pictures, but in itself 1t is all confu- sion. There is no central theme, noth- ing on which the eye can rest Around it the laymen gather to exclaim and ad- mire.
 The. other is group of three peasant women. washing clothes at the edge of stream It is from the brush of the great Millet, and 1t elicits scarcely a co-ment from the masses of visitors. Yet the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-02
JOTTINGS.

By Sidney F. Lazarus, Chairman Press
 Committee, Alabama Division.
 The world at large is at last giving the travelling man his Just due. Formerly he was looked upon as a harum scarum sort of chap, a story-teller, a consumer of liquid refreshments of the kind that made Milwaukee famous, and fellow who had little aim in life. Now his worth is being recognized and he is placed with the workers for his city's and countrys good He is indeed a most potent factor in the advertisement and upbuilding of his community, and for tuunate is the town in which he bears the greatest proportion to the popula- ton. Numerous are the cities in the United States that owe their prosperity and their prominence to the loyal sup port and patriotic labors of their local travelling men. The man who year in and year out is upon the railroad trains and the streets of contributory country eenters, whose hand is never lifted from the throttle of commercial competition, nor his gaze shifted from the index of the financial gauge, who talks his town" first last and always, sings the praises of it's people, and the rush and enter prise of it's merchants, can contribute incalculabiy to the reputation and the actual growth of the city. And this the travelling man never fails to do. Wherever he goes, in hotel or home, in boarding houses or business office, he tells of the advantages possessed by his own town, udyertises it's attractions and impresses upon his hearers the inducements that it holds to a homeseeker. And this verbal testimony, aided by the personal mag netism of the man, carries with 1t the conviction that less direct assurance eyot1d lack
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-02
The Wall of the Drummer's Daughter.

By Pittsburg Travelling Man. My papa is a travelling man,
 Some people call him drummer" He goes away in August and
 Gets home again next summer. I don't know papa very well,
 I wish I knew him better, But every week I take my pen
 And write a big, long letter. Now mama says some day he'll come q thought I should have fainteO, And she will keep him in the house
 Until we get acquainted. Now ain't that funny, don't you think? It gives me lots of bother, To think a great big girl like me
 Don't really know her father. don't know hardly how to act,
 Of course he'll have to Miss me. But goodness gracious, it won't do
 To let a strange man kiss me. And when he comes into the house
 I don't know how to greet him; I guess I'll call him MT. Papa
 And say I'm pleased to meet him. Oh, pshaw, it's plaguey rean to have
 Ones papa for a drummer, I wish he'd come in autumn and
 Stay writer, spring and summer.
 The travelling men of Portland, Ore have recently scored a great victory 1T the election of Thomas M. Word, one o1
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-02

deal of walking-for the reason that the cars inside the enclousure do not go where you want to go.
 The greatest study of the fair is not the Filipino, or the Jap or the Arab, but the American countryman-the genus "hayseed." He appears to constitute at least two-thirds of the attendance. He Is a highly interesting creature. A fruit full field for the bunco steerer Is soing to seed out there.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-02

-ve make the pest ( -.s Tn town. Age Herald Engraving Company.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-02

The travelling men of Portland, Ore, have recently scored a great victory in the election of Thomas M Word. one of
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-06-09

THE old question of securing COM
mutation tickets between Milwaukee
and Kenosha is being taken up by the
Northwestern railway company again.
If Kenosha people are to trade out
side of the city, there is no reason
why the same privileges should not
be given to Milwaukee merchants
that are now extended to their more
fortunate rivals in Chicago. Keno
sha is not a suburb of Chicago and
the people of the city should have an
equal right and equal facilities to
trade in either Milwaukee or Chicago.
The.best thing for Kenosha people to
do is to trade at home, and thus settle
the matter.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-06-09

were opposed to La Toilette, but by a
bare-faced steal his committee seated
enough to turn the scale. His con-
vention then violated all the prece-
dents Of the party, took the power of
selecting members of the committees
away from the delegates themselves
and vested it in La Fo1lette's chair
man and no one but a La Toilette
man was allowed a hearing. The
majority Of the delegates organized a
convention at the opera house and
nominated S. "A. Cook for governor
with full state ticket. The con-
densed impudence of this man La
Toilette was then shown by sending a
committee to Washington to notify
the President that La Fo11ette's cleo
tors would bolt and refuse to go on
the ticket and thus endanger the vote
of Wisconsin, unless the La Toilette
nominees were declared the Repub1i-
can ticket. The Northwestern be-
1ieves in the reforms which La Fol-
1ette advocated just as much today as
it did four years ago but it believes
also that Mr.. La Fo11ette's influence
is absolutely fatal to any reform
Oshkosh Northwestern.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-06-09

THE effort of Street Commissioner
HOLSTER to fill up the lake shore park
is work that is worthy of the sup
port of the people of the city. For
too many years this most beautiful
portion of the city has been common
dumping ground, and the Street Com
missioner has gone at his work with
such energy that there is every rea-
son to believe that he will succeed.
It will be only a short time when
breating places will be decidedly un-
common in Kenosha, and the people
of the city should sees to it that the
lake front park is saved for that pur-
pose. The work as it is being done
by the commissioner is being accom-
p1ished with a minimum of expense,
and with little cooperation on the
part of the city the work could be
completed this year.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-06-09

IT IS unlikely that any further ex-
tension of the rural free delivery sys-
tenn will be made this summer. It has
cost an immense amount of money. to
bring the system up to the present
standard, and the postofice depart
ment officials are uncertain whether
or no a. large deficit in that branch of
the service would be approved by the
people. 1t is estimated that the salary
account, including the increases re
Gently granted to carriers, will con-
sumo 81 per cent of the appropriation
available, and the officials are facing
a deficit even without mourning fur
Their liabilities by the establishment
of new routes.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-06-09
c. 3. REMER is NAMED
President OF M. H. Petit Mailing Com.
pany Elected Treasurer of The
National Masters Association.
ASSOCIATION WILL BE AGGRESSIVE

At the annual meeting of the United
States Masters Association held at
the Grand Pacific hotel in Chicago
Tuesday afternoon, Clarence E.
Remer, President of the M. H. Petit
Mating company of this city. was
elected to the office of the treasurer
of the association. E. A. Graft, of
Chicago, was elected to the office of
president and the headquarters of
the association will be shifted from
the East to the West. These two
officers will practically control the
work of the association during the
coming year and it is their plan to
make it power III the mating bust
ness.
The association was formed many
years ago but in the past it's function
has been largely a social one and the
annual meetings were simply a gath
ering of good fellows who want to
while away pleasant evening.
Under the direction of Graft and
Remer it is intended to make the or
ganization an aggressive trade organ
ization. Nearly all the large mailing
companies in the country have been
brought into the membership list of
the association and in the future an
effort will be made to inaugurate
many reforms which will come as an
aid to the trade.
Mr.. Remer is one of the oldest and
best known members of the associa-
ton and he has taken great interest
in the affairs of the organization.
During the past three or four years
he had served in the capacity of treas
urer of the association and it was the
Kenosha man who devised the plans
for the changes in the general func-
ton of the organization.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-06-09
PROFIT IN LILIES.
kenosha People Establish Great Floral
Industry by Supplying Lilies for
Chicago Trade.
BOND BEDS ARE NOW FAMcus.

A new industry has been developed
IN kenosha and that is the supplying
OF the Chicago trade with lilies of the
valley. The beds that are so common
about kenosha had not in the past
years been considered of any great
commercial value, but during the
recent season several thousands OF
dollars of Chicago money have come to
kenosha to pay for lilies.
The industry was started on
small scale several years ago by Miss
Lizzie Bond and the first year she
shipped less than three thousand of
the fragrant blooms to Chicago. The
following year the industry grewa
little and more flowers were shipped.
This season the demand for lilies of
the valley had been so great that the
Chicago florists have agreed to take
all that can be sent at price that is
astounding to the people who have
regarded the lily of the valley as a
common flower. Miss Bond has al
ready shipped TO Chicago Sc, 1000 flow
~ SAAN ~ 40 81 PONlCO that the total
out put of the beds at her home will
reach SO, 600 before the season is over.
The price of the flowers has been
very high this year and in some cases
the shippers have received as high
price as two cents stalk. The flow
ers are being sold in Chicago at from
So. so to $500 hundred.
The Bond beds have become famous
and some of the most exclusive deal
ers in Chicago are now holding the
Kenosha flowers at a premium. These
beds were set out many years ago by
the late Thomas Bond and they are
the largest in the city. The blossoms
are remarkable for their size and
fragrance.
It is claimed that at the present
time there are more than forty people
in Kenosha raising lilies of the val
ley for the Chicago trade and with
regular daily shipments the demand
for the Kenosha flowers is greater
than the supply.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-06-09

We have received marked copy Of
the Campbe11sport News containing
four columns on the first page and one
column of editorial explaining why
Insurance Commissioner Host spent
SO much money examining into the
condition of the Prudential Insurance
company. In the editorial column
the editor says: GA preventative of
this paper made careful investiga-
ton this week 4 and gives au-
thentic information, etc. Too bad
Mr.. Host did not find this "represen-
tative" sooner, and save some money.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-06-09
THE DOG IN THE MANGER.

The Police and Fire Commission
controversy has been fought over
long enough; every day that the set
Element of the difficulty is delayed is
an injury to the citizens and city Of
Kenosha, and up to date the only
steps taken in the matter have simply
feeling which seems to dominate in
the matter. There is right and
wrong side to this matter, and the
people want it decided on the right
side and they want it decided at once.
This talking back and forth and back
biting is not settling the question.
There are prominent lawyers in Ke-
noshas who say that Ex-Mayor Pfen-
Mig had a right and that it was his
duty to appoint successor to Com
missioner Buckmaster whose time
had expired. Right or wrong Mr..
Buckmaster was appointed to succeed
himself, and he accepted the ap-
pointment and qualified by taking
the oath of office. Now comes the
new mayor and appoints another
commissioner, claiming that the
Buckmaster appointment was illegal.
The Board refuses to recognize the
new appointment, claiming there was
no vacancy on the Board.
Here is where the trouble starts
and it looks to outsiders as though
there was personal feeling in the mat
ter if not politics. At the present time
there is no doubt that there is con-
siderable personal feeling, and this
feeling is getting more bitter every
day and making enemies out of former
friends, and doing untold harm both
to the persons Immediately interested
and also to the city and citizens at
large.
Now there is way to settle this
matter and settle it for all time and
that way is through the courts, and
the time to start is next Monday
morning. If the Mayor thinks that
Mr.. Buckmaster is holding the posi-
ton of Police and Fire Commissioner
un1awfu11y, let him start action to re-
move Mr.. Buckmaster in the courts
next Monday morning and there the
case will be handled and decided on
it's merits and according to law.
Either Mr.. Buckmaster HAS right to
the position or he HAS NOT, and no
amount of talking or stopping the
pay of innocent employees of the city,
will settle it. So, Mr.. Mayor, come
out like man and show the people
you are right or admit you are wrong
and end this controversy for the good
of all.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-06-09

ROOSEVELT and our record" is the
platform suggested by the Oshkosh
Northwestern for the Republicans in
their National campaign. It very
nearly tells the whole story and can
not be beaten, especially the tree
ord" for the past forty years. We
can't see how any man who has his
own and his country's interests at
heart can vote any other ticket in the
National election.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-06-09

The papermaker's strike of two
years ago seems about to be dup1i-
Gated. This time the fight will be to
finish and in presidential year it
will be serious menace to the news
papers of the country as about double
the usual amount of paper is used
during the summer and fall of these
years. We may look to see the price Of
paper begin to jump in the near fu-
ture. This paper has just received fif-
teen tons of print SO we can stand the
storm for few weeks.