Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-05-08
Local and Neighborhood News

Chas. A. Adams. who organized a
commission company in Milwaukee,
Wis, of $4,000 capital, with ST
cash and the rest in nerve, is now
found to have swindled big group
of Iowa farmers as well as Wisconsin
farmers. 1t was learned today that
once he operated in Davenport under
the name of Kleinow and that while
there he cleared up several thousand
dollars by his operations, but es-
capped arrest. Shortly after operat-
ing at Davenport, however, he tried
the same game at New Orleans, and
was given prison term. Adams
would buy eggs on credit from
farmers, paying higher than the
market prices, and sell for cash to
commission houses. The farmers
never got their pay.-Milwaukee
Dispatch.
Before the lapse OF another year
New Vienna will from the present
outlook have one of the largest
educational institutions in the coun-
ty. The preliminary arrangements
for the construction Of a school
building by St. Boniface congrega-
ton are about to begin and it is ex-
pected that the foundation will be
begun at no distant date. The
building will be three stories high
40 by GO and will be located south
of the water tower and north of the
sisters residence. The outlay will
be about $4,000. The building
now occupied as aschool was former
ly the old church and is a land
mark. 1t was built in 1925, and
was dedicated by Rt. Rev. Clemens
Smyth. St. Boniface congregation
is the oldest Catholic congregation
in Iowa. Rev. F. w. Pape is,the
present pastor.-Dyersville Com
mercial.
1t affords the Independent I'M
feigned pleasure to publish this. In
our experience extending over a
quarter of a century we have never
before been called upon to chronicle
what was more in line with the
eternal fitness of things than this.
1t happened April Is, 1907, within
a dozen miles of Waverly. A man
was driving and leading a mare with
a colt by her side. A dog ran from
the house into the road and followed
the rig for several rods, swapping
and barking viciously at the mare
and colt. The mare, as a good
mother, protected her babe which
was only eight days old. For a
while the dog seemed to have all
the fun. Then the mother of the
colt kicked. She struck the dog on
the head. The dog tumbled and
rolled away about three rods and
then didn't move any more. The
dogs head was broken and so was
his neck. He had gone to the dog
hell where all that kind of dogs
ought to go. This is a dog-on good
story because it is true, and that
mare is worth her weight in gold
just to drive places where vicious
dogs run out and bark and snap at
eams.-Waverly Independent.
A pes Moines attorney is studying
over the question Of whether it is
legal or illegal to issue dun for the
collection of an ordinary bill in the
form Of state subpoena; whether it
is legal to issue dun for the col
lection of an account under the
forged livery Of a state paper. A
Des Moines collection agency has
sent out dun in that form. The
paper is printed in the form of the
regular state paper. 1t is headed
ISL BPO E N A-FORTHWITH.
With all form and appearance of a
legal paper issued by order of court
it then says: by virtue of a war
rant of subpoena you are hereby
directed to appear before (here ap
pears the name of the collection
agency forthwith duly commissioned
attorneys for the plaintiff, at their
office, (place and date with hour fol-
low or make payment Of. dol
lars due and payable from you to
plaintiff above named. And this
you shall in no wise omit, under
penalty of the cost of an action in
court against you and if claim and
costs are not fully paid you and
your estate will suffer in conse-
quence." There is some question
whether or not the paper does not
infringe on the postal regulations