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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-04-11
who is teaching our school.

who is teaching our school.
The Ladies Aid of the Sand Creek
church met with Mrs. Pope last
Thursday. There was a large at
tendance in spite of the bad roads.
There was quite an amusing time
on our telephone line Friday even
ing. All sorts of things were con-
jectured but the trouble turned out
to be an unsoldered line in the cen
trail office.
Freeman Smith hauled his hogs
to market last week.
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applicants for the mail route from
Dundee, took the examination at
Manchester Saturday.
j. E. Cooking and wife were
guests at the home of John Whit
mans near Manchester on Sunday.
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His Dimcult Position.

If you are going to remain in pub
lie life you must do something to at
tract attention"
IF l don't attract attention 1 don't
get reelected, and If do attract at
tention It's ten to one I'll be investIgnt-
ed. So what'm goln' to do ?'-Houston
Past
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-04-11
COLESBURG.

Still winter fingers in the lap of
spring" He acts as il he intended
to sit down and stay spell.
Bert Mcmahon went to the county
seat Tuesday to return the assessors
books. He was accompanied by Ed
win Schaeherer.
Quarterly meeting services will
be held at the NJ. E. church on Non
day evening, April 10th. DIR. T. e.
Fleming, of Manchester, will be
present and preach. All who enjoy
good sermon are invited to hear
him.
Mrs. T. A. Grimes was called to
Fayette Tuesday by the illness Of
her son Clifford, who is student
Of the U. I.U. He has the measles.
ALI hope that his illness may be
very short.
Miss Laura Moffett, our efficient
primary teacher, spent her vacation
at Greeley as the guest Of Mrs. A.
B. Holbert.
Prof. Clarke Satterlee enjoyed his
vacation with Manchester friends.
How the finny tribe must have
suffered during the past week! AS
it was vacation, nearly all of the
boys and girls have been fishing.
Rosa Birkholz is with relatives il
town, having recently returned from
Wisconsin, where she had been liv
ing with Mr.. and Mrs. Billmeyer
formerly Of Dyersville.
Rev. j. @. Erb expects to assis
Rev. Porter in revival meeting a
Clermont, in the near future.
Mae Gardner left Thursday TO
her home at Mt Vernon.
Mrs. Smith, Of the Key City, il
the welcome guest Of friends in THU
city.
Mayme De Long began her schoo
at Almoral last Monday, April End
Paul Erb celebrated his eleventh
birthday, last Friday, by giving {
party to his boy friends. A goot
time was in order from four O'Clock
until seven.
Charles Miersen is receiving the
congratulations of friends on his
marriage to Miss Elizabeth Behr.
end, Of Gutenberg. The ceremony
was performed Wednesday evening
at the home Of Chris. Miersen and
wife. Rev. J. c. Erb was the Of
fciating clergyman. May long
and happy life be theirs.
P. D. Peck, Of Salem, Oregon, sur.
prised his Colesburg friends by
putting in an appearance here the
first of the week.
Elias Faust, ofAlmoral, and j. D
Kirchheck, of Delaware, were look
ing after the insurance business
here, last week.
j. D. Smith is in poor health thes,
days.
John W. Smith has gone to Del
vein to remain for a while.
L. M. Brock expects to go tt
Bonesteel, S. D.. the first Of the weel
to finish proving up on his claim
He has three months to remain ant
then becomes the owner Of a quar-
ter section Of good land by paying
Uncle Sam 81 per acre.
The are rumors Of more weddings
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-04-11
SUPERVISORS PROCEEDINGS.

State of Iowa ca
delaware County, %.
Be Remembered that on this the
End day of April 1876, it being the first Monday in
said month, the Board of Supervisors of said
County met in regular sessions. Present j. j.
kirkwood, chairman, W. u. Robinson and r. M.
Rurbridge. members and Il. B. Davis. auditor
Proceed to consider claims
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FOR SALE.

A farm Of about 1913 acres, on line
Of Cedar Rapids branch of Illinois
Central R. R., five miles south Of
Manchester, and one mile from
Golden station; ample buildings and
OF good quality; fine well water with
wind mill and tanks. No better
grain and stock farm in Delaware
county. Must be sold to settle an
estate. Is a bargain at $1,000 per
acre, which will buy it if taken soon.
24O acre farm II miles southeast
OF Manchester; 14O acres under inn.
provement, balance pasture; fine
buildings, all new, and plenty of
them; good well water with wind
mill and tanks. Best farm for the
moneyin the country. Come quick
if you want bargain. Price $4,000
per acre.
We have other farms and can suit
you. Call and see us.
COLLINGE & DUNHAM.
15tf
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VIM. DENNl9.

~ am now prepared to do ali work In my
line In good and workmanlke manner. Salts
faction guaranteed. Plans and estimates fur.
nished. Work taken In town or country, Shop
near tho stand tower on West Side Of river,
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PRAIRIE HILL,

People can soon go to planting
their small grain.
There was an error in my last
weeks,letter, it is Miss Agnes Love
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q. CLARK.
W. DREW.

TRY GOODS, Carpets, Millinery, E...s and
Manchester, lows.
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A. THORPE.

DKoPRIEToE OF KALAMITY,s PLUM
i DIR Store and Dealer In Clothing, boots,
Shoes. Notions. sic. Masonic Block Manches.
ier, Iowa.
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q. w. eaEme

A.E.PETERsoN,
nEADER IN Groceries. Provisions, Croe h.
~ cry, Fruits. etc. Main Street,
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SIMON g. ArwArER.

HARpwAKg. STOVES, rINWAkE, ETC
IL Keeps nrBt-claes timer and does Ai
inds OF repairing with neatness and dispntch,
tore opposite First National Bank, Main ST.
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County Correspondence.
their every customer.

their every customer.
Born, fine son to Herman Carl
ston and .7ife, just west of Lamont.
F. q. Peetis looking up good
renter for his store building as G..
S. Reed will vacate and move into
his own store room.
Jas. Redmond, our up-to-date
merchant, entertained his brother,
DIR. Joseph Redmond, Of Monticello,
last week.
e. Fl. Hoyt attended the directors
Of the NJ. & 0 Railway meeting in
Manchester April Sd.
Married-Ernest Puffet and Lou
Use Lehman. They are at home on
the George Manley farm near the
Backbone.
Mr.. and Mrs. Heath, of Chicago,
spent last week here, the guests of
her parents, II. j. Foster and wife.
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ALEX. sEEs1RoM.
DENrIers.

CHEAP Residence Property in this city
Enquire of Bronson h Carr.
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Transfers of Real Estate for the Week
Ending April 6.

Julia Huboell and hus to L Whipple,
piece OF land In G lords addition to
Ergewood :.....-..$ l2 10
Howard A Smith &, Joseph Thurn. W Sc
acres north OF pub highway. in VIZ Sc,
sec 10, twp90. r5 ................... 2,lO) 90
A b Terril to Frank H Lawrence, VI.
sw SO. sec 10. and Sc So. and Ell wis Sc.
both III sec 0. SO. b, except a strip In Sc
corner OF VIZ ...... 500 90
Samuel Eide TO Ernest d Eide ct al, swk
sec q; 50. 4...., 500 90
WIN z Phillips and VT August Neimin,
sw sw sec IA. and NV NV sec % 50, - Q, eco co
Emmett Huey to Willis Il Willard, fr pit
NY sw sec 2$ IS. 7So 90
d KIrchheck to James Henry. lotss,
II, u. of snb-div of NV SO sec 4. 90, 8
Colony add to C0leSburg .......... 1000 %
$ L III. son TO Per Nelson. ST. sw AZ sw
SO. sec %, 50. 4. except right of way;
also fr pit nwA SO SO, 80 ....... ...... 4 OCO %
II C Clute and VT tu w Clute. NV ne.
sec s. 90, 1000 90
Patrick Shearn to + II Britt. z and 6S-lG0
acres in NV cor of sw nv. sec 3. 81, A.. 500 co
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Mason Work

THos. GIVEN
CARPENTER AND BUILDER, Shop on
" Howard St.. east of Mertz' barn. Tel $50.
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.. Il. rEwAR1

n ROGERS. Garry full line of Staple and
VI Fancy Groceries. Fruits, Vegetables, Can.
ned Goods. Cr0ckery, Enc.
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being a help, they are a danger, he
claims, whereas municipal filters, well
and with the ehluent tested
daily, or as often as desired, for it's bac-
terial contents, give an efficiency vary
ing from SO per cent to SO per cent
(plus bacteriaD. Does domestic filter
receive such cares There are filters
which give germ-free effluent, when
properly cared for, but they are at best
laboratory Instruments, and are safe
only under laboratory conditions. If
used in the household they do not, can
not receive the attention necessary to
their efficient action, and,a in conse-
quence, they create a false sense Of se-
eurity, while. moreover, they: will in
time give an effluent greater in its bac-
teria1 content than the raw or untiltered
water. All drinking, water, he adds,
should be boiled for about twenty min
utes, method which, while rendering
the water. to certain extent unpal-
atable, is sufficient ito kill the vegeta-
ton forms of bacteria, leaving only the
spores, and fortunately those. of which
we need have any great fear, as typhoid
or cholera, are nonsporulat1ng, and
hence easily killed. ~.. - 49,,
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THE 49, .#Ss -
Ed ,,undC. w alton
49, IS 100 ,,,-u,uurn,. .vruur AGENCY
!. 800 HENNEpIN AVENUE !.

$1,000 ave, 1nercity Shooting
Of the block These lots
cheap and would make good. -sss
$5OOO-553 9th well built home the Oak Lake addition
all in good repair Hasa good barn House could
rearranged duplex and pay asgood
come the investment Lot 50x153 feet.
$6OO-Iots Auditors Sub No a. containing
the Of Both and 5st ST. facing
and SOUTH E
$35OTo lots Smelling between 36 and 37t west
'front.' 5Ox15O each Easy will discount
= for cash Sfs#Es
$35O-Lot block Mnnehaha Add backing Longfelow
ave. between 3s and 32d city paid for
5Ox125 feet to alley.
$25OLot TO- block l6 Renngtons 3d. Adrich
39th 10th front 42x125 feet in size; block
from Bryant car line. @5. b 81.
$75-Lo block add 18th IS between 43 and
44h SITS; front, 42x126 feet to 12foot alley.
$500 TO- block 49, First Division Remington Park
Vincent I'd and Sd lots inside 42d ST 56x152 feet
$95O3329 I'd n house. good repair newly painted
Will sell on easy payments.
lot 50xl25 feet 36 between 21gt
avs facing north. A good lot and cheap.
$225-Fn 32d Adrich and Bryant; 46x12O
a alley; city water in and paid for.
4Oxl6 each Me- between 26th
and 9th avs facing east. Five blocks from line.
32d and 33d avs; 'front.'
Ox127 half block from Robbinsdale Lots
selling for 5000 one block Street is graded.
Fremont house with each
city water and Sidewalk House rstclass condition
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Careful Study Will Evolve Some Very
Ornamental Simple Effects.

Lois L. Howe in Suburban Life points
out that draperies, originally used tor
warmth and to exclude the air, are now
almost entirely a matter. Of decoratlon.
On the subject, Artistic P Z,
Anyone who possesses exceptionally
good pictures, furniture and br1c-a- brac
does not need to have very effective
curtains to make room beautiful, and
plain, straight lace or muslin curtains,
simply dressing the window, are quite
sufficient. If in the city, where it. is
posite house, these may, be hung
straight over the windows; in the coun-.
try they may be Topped back or pushed
back. But most of us who cannot rise
far above the commonplace IN our PIC
lures and ornaments may help to make
our rooms attractive by carefully study
ing the draperies.
This is the season when the drapery
question is receiving much thought from
women who like to put themselves into
themselves to devise the more studied
and formal decorations of their city
homes take great delight in giving play
to their own ideas in their more infor-
NAL country homes and there many
charming, simple drapery schemes are
used, for which the following sugges
those feeling the need Of some such aid:
Nothing is prettier for simple room
in a small country house. than straight
curtains hung directly from the top OF
the window. If the window is long and
narrow, these should be pushed out be-
yond the window frame as far as pos
sible to make the window look wider.
This is the best form to use where the
curtains are really useful and there
are no shades. In this case it is best to
make them with wide hem at the top
and to sew brass rings on the lower
edge Of the hem. The hem then hides
the rings and forms SOFT of rutfle
and the curtain is more easily drawn
on the rod than where the rod IS pushed
thru the hem itself. Brass rods may
be used, either the extension rods which
{, cost from 10 cents apiece upwards, OF
| plain brass ones at 4 cents the Ioot. II
the latter can be bent at right angles
about an inch from each end couple
Of screweyes will suffice to hold them
instead of patent fastenings.l Wooder
bowels, which may be bought Of stall
| builder in three or four-foot lengths
| for 8 or S cents, also are good, ant
these may be painted or stained t.
match the woodwork. Small gas piping
makes an inexpensive curtain bar TO!
a heavier curtain. The rings must b.
put on to. this first, and each end fin
4 ished off with an ordinary nipple. 4
straight curtain has more lnforma
/ character than the conventional topped
/ back curtain.
"a gaily figured paper may be sub
dued bv using plain, rich, heavy cur
! tains. but for a. room with plain pape
which needs some relief in color, pu
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pressure, floor spans, factors of safety
and other technical problems which
come within the province Of the con-
structing agent, rather than the archi-
tect, who usually confines his labors to
the planning and designing Of the
structure. For this reason, the CAPT.
talist making the Investment, expects
to pay for high-priced professional
services, and they are proper charge
in the sum total of the expenditures.
But the builder Of modest home,
while he should not dispense with the
architect, will not need to call in thu
services in the erection Of the CONNER
cia1 structure enter but little, if at all !,
in the building Of a cottage in con-
crete.
The architect has been learning dur
ing the past decade or more, that his
natural constructive instinct was be-
ing severely tested in the line Of as
certaining accurately the true value of
new materials and their relative i'm
pcrtance in carrying out his. concep-
tions in palpable form. He has learned
that he must be a real1st as we'll as
an idealist, and his idealism must sub
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Scientific housekeeping.

From the fact that living bacteria
may be contained in the dust Of rooms,
the method Of housekeeping is Of i'm
cised to avoid disturbing collections of
dust on horizontal surfaces. All the
furniture, woodwork and painted walls
should be wiped carefully with damp.
ened cloth, in order to remove the dust
without causing it to rise into the air
of the room. The rugs on the floor
should be removed from time to time
and thoroly dried and cleaned. The
floors should be waxed and polished be-
fore replacing the rugs. Special prepPar-
purpose. These are applied by means
Of long-handled brush and then rub
bed into the floor by means of large
burnisher. Some of these floor prepare
septic substances, and serve, useful
purpose in addition to preserving the
quality of the floor. - & Fl ~
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building in different way, giving the
exterior a more pleasing appearances.
be extended to interested inquirers.
: A few words as to the cost. The,
lowest bid for a. stone foundation and
s, perstructure Of wood, including two
coats of paint on the exterior, was
$4,000. It was erected as shown here
with for little more than 200. The
ecst will vary according to the locality,
and prices for materials carefully COM
puted on a local basis the cost may be
given with limit of variation not to-
exceed or 6 per cent. =
We are only on the threshold Of a
wonderful development in the use of
cement in home building. Opposition
to it's use will not come from parties
desiring to build, but careless Or ig-
norant work on the part of block
makers and builders will react upon
the material, which is ready to meet
conditions imposed upon it if honestly
dealt with. It cannot supply a lack
Of brains, or the still more subtle in
gredient necessary in using it, con-
science
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HOW TO BUILD YOUR HOH1EAN MAKE TIrIIONE,

with a small bathroom on the second
floor; has the usual allowance for
closet room, and is heated by a fur
mace connected with fresh air sup
ply, circulating pure warm air all thru
the house. The basement extends under
the whole house, is seven feet in the
clear from the concrete floor.
Space Is Saved.
The floors are made of concrete, a
modified form of reinforcement, spe-
c;ally adapted to small spans having
no great weight to carry being used,
and are only four inches thick. This
resulted in saving of nearly one foot
in the space. occupied by a wood floor,
besides being sound proof and leaving
no possible chance for rats and nice
to make an abode.' Finished floors Of
birch were laid on the first and second
needed; the walls, partitions and floors
could not be consumed.
With The Journals permission
I will, in a future article, present this
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-04
FREEZES NOT BORDERS E.
;--.-
Pictorial Designs Often Typify Purpose
: "a :, Of the Room Decorated.

During the past few years popular
ideas as to wall treatment have under
gone very great change The old art
of large-howered or figured designs with
a small, insignificant border, has. been
largely abandoned, and highly original,
both in the paper and the frieze.
In the place of the often obtrusive
designs, papers with small, insignificant
figures are being used. The cartridge
paper, essentially modern idea, has
become very popular, and some Of the
tones and shades of that paper give
very rich, harmonious effect. .-E
The revolution in the formerly &C.
cepted treatment of walls has nowhere
accomplished more remarkable changes
than in the use Of friezes The old,
plain borders have given way to gor-
geous friezes Of pictorial nature, rich
in color and harmonious in tone. These
are particularly well adapted to the
room in which many small pictures are
nifcant. design can be used with the
decorative frieze above to preserve a
perfect color balance.
The designs of these modern friezes
range from the conventional period
STYLES to the widest riot of reds and
green's, and depict all sorts Of scenes
from stately, alllegorical decoration
room to the illustrations of Mother
Goose jingles, which are meant for the
child's room or nursery.
Wall papers with appropriate friezes
may be had in designs which typify the
uses or purposes Of the room in which
they are placed. For instance, a well.
known golf club has covered the walls
| of the smoking-room with fabric de-
sign like Scotch plaid, while above is
frieze representing the golf links
caddies, etc.
A severely plain line effect will look
well in a room given over to arts and
where the colors are bizarre ane
there is no direct period style followed
the treatment for the frieze may be il
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figure into the curtains; a
DOM with. a plain painted wall has a

considerable figure into the curtains;
room with plain painted wall has a
very charming effect with curtains in
colored figures, especially. if in connec-
ton with these the furniture covering
corresponds; in fact, the matter =
the whole decorative scheme Of the
room that it is rather difficult to write
about it by ITSELF = 70.
A charming way to finish off a bed
room in an inexpensive country cottage
is to leave it unpapered and put gaily
figured curtains at the windows, making
the puff on the bed and theTchair cush-
ions to; match. It1s well in this case to to
paint the, woodwork some plain color to
relieve the wall iand correspond with
In materials nothing is prettier than
ruffled Swiss. The old-fashioned tam.
bour muslins are always pretty. Gre
tonnes may be purchased as low as 1872
cents yard in very effective and pref
range in price from 40 to g. cents, and
they are very effective and harmonic
with plain walls, especially. where the
| latter lack texture, as do painted walls
There are East Indian cotton bed quilts
which can be bought from $3.50 upward
and straight curtains for two windows
can be sometimes got out of each bed
quilt, provided the owner does not care
if the patterns of the two curtains are
not exactly alike. These curtains come
two yards wide, with a seam up the
middle, and from four to six yards long.
Plain ginghams may sometimes be
found, and unbleached sheeting makes
pretty straight curtains for an, old
fashioned room with figured wall. A
pretty border of cretonne can be seweo
on to this with good effect. Besides
ginghams, there are many other mex
pensive dress goods which make pretty
curtains, such as dimity. batiste ano
challie These run from is cents a YARD
upward Japanese e cotton crepe l sae;
yard to $1.25. It comes in soft plain
tones and in figures.
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tages are all on the side Of the con-
sumer who elects to use concrete. He;
may have building possessing all the
advantages Of natural stone, substan-
tial,. comfortable, safe and everlasting,
costing nothing for repairs, and with
comparatively no risk from fire. He.
may have, a dwelling pleasing to. the
eye, in which he as the owner, may
take pride. He may have variety and
artistic, design. Furthermore, he may
have all this at less cost than the
same can be rendered in wood.
cottage which was planned to be built
Of wood. It is not offered here as a
model design. Its exterior appearance
could be very much improved, if the
plan had been prepared originally to
be built Of concrete. 1t is offered here
only for the purpose Of making com;
PARSONS as to cost, for it was erected
Of blocks after the plans had been pre-
pared for wooden building to cost
not more than 49, 900. It is provided
stories. The partitions also are Of con-
crete and the only portion subject to
destruction by fire is the roof. Should
fire occur, repairs only, would be
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nit to the demands of the modern
man and the new modes Of living.
adopting concrete as substitute for
wood in home structures, there are
many reasons why it should become the
chief building material of the future
for this special class of structures.
The material is widely distributed.
With intelligent treatment, it is
adopted to the economical production
of convenient and beautiful structures.
When one realizes what may be, done
in this material, the comparatively
crude and clumsy work which thus far
has been accomplished in this direc-
ton arouses feeling of impatiencs.
s,4 80. Up to Blockmakers.
Ingenuity, invention and good taste
must seek to influence the blockmak-
ers. The results Of their labors must
bear the stamp Of simplicity, .practi-
cability and pleasing form. With the
present prices eff lumber, the advan-