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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-04-12
TIE LOCAL NEWS OFN
DELAWARE COUNTY
FROM Our REGULAR CORRESPONDENTS
EDeEwooD.

Ideal April weather has struck our
community. The snow which fell last
Thursday caused quite sensation
among the smaller children. The
roads are worse now than what they
have been all spring, but we hope they
will soon improve.
Mr.. and Mrs. Abe Eaton were recent
visitors at the Chas. Todd home.
Mr.. Morris Hesner of Strawberry
Point was Thursday visitor with
relatives in our town.
Prof and Mrs. Earle Wisdom and
daughter, Lucille, were recent Coles
burg visitors.
Mr.. Adolph Schultz and daughter,
Mrs. Agnes Schaffer, were Manches-
ter traders Saturday. The latter, who
has been visiting at the home of her
relatives for the past two weeks re-
turned to her home at Tolstoy, South
Dakota that evening"
Mr.. Sears Richard is reported ser;
iously i'll at his home here. His
many friends hope his illness may
be of short duration
Mr. Mic Budden of Earlville trans
acted business here Wednesday.
Mesdames jos. Thurn and Henry
Wiley were Tuesday visitors at the
Elmer Michael home.
C,loata,,, ,,,o, =
caller at the Point Friday.
Mrs. c. B. Madison and children
spent the week with relatives at
Waterloo
Miss Jennie Peet left for Clinton
last week for an extended visit witt
her aunt, Mrs. Mary Housemann.
Mr.. John Kramer of near the Point
transacted business in our vicinity
last Thursday.
Miss Mae Wiley returned home
from Manchester after a pleasant
weeks visit with friends.
Mr.. Joe Funk spent Tuesday of last
week in the Point.
Miss Emma Duscheng, teacher at
Oelwein, spent her spring vacation
with home folks here.
Claude Borrett, agent for an insur-
ance company, left for Dakota from
this place last Monday.
]. j. Schacherer and wife and j.
B. Putt and wife attended the funer-
al of the late Barney Hanson. which
was held at Strawberry Point las
Tuesday morning.
Mr.. F. E. Peet of Lamont was seer
on our streets recently.
Ferdinand Schultz Jr. was an over
Sunday visitor with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Ferdinand Schultz Sr. OF
Manchester.
School opened Monday after a
weeks vacation which was very much
enjoyed by both teachers and pupils
The teachers. the Misses Munger
Fritz and Hoisington, who spent theil
vacation with home folks at Elkad
err. Garnavillo. and Arlington. respec
lively, arrived here Sunday.
The funeral of Mr.. John Knicker
booker, who died at his home in the
south part of town on Frida,
of last week was held last Sunday
in the NJ. 2. church. Services were
conducted by Rev. A. B. soule ant
Rev. Hubbell Interment was made
in the cemetery east of town. Sym
pathy Of our community is extended
to the bereaved relatives.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-04-12
One Conductor Helped Back to Work.

Mr.. Milford Adams is his name,
and he writes: 81 was confined to
my bed with chronic rheumatism
and used two bottles of Foley's
Kidney Remedy with good effect. The
third bottle put me on my feet and
/ resumed work as conductor on the
Lexington, KY, Street Railway. II
will do all you claim in cases of
rheumatism !" 1t clears the blood
Of uric acid.-Anders & Philip.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-04-12
NoTIcE OF peoeAre oe WI, I,

NOTICE OF PROBATE OF WILL.
STATE OF IOWA. Delaware County, IS.
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: -
will of Warren P. Bissell. deceased. has
been filed, opened and read, and We'd
nesday. the 9Th day of April, A. D.. 1911
fixed as the time and the Court House
In Manchester the place for hearing and
proving the same.
Witness my hand and seal of said
Court this STd day of April. 1911.
(SeaD r. ID. GRAHAM.
Clerk District Court
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"A Waste of Money

Hub-Reckless and extravagant-
I? When did ever make useless
purchase? Wife-Why, there's that
fire e1tinguisher you bought a year
ago; we've never used It once.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-04-12

byterian church by the retiring mod
orator Rev. Theodore Morning of
Independence. The Woman's Mission
airy societies. both Home and Foreign
Will meet at the same time, continu-
ing through Wednesday and Thurs
day. These sessions will be held
in the Methodist church.
Mrs. Mary Williamson went to Du-
buque Saturday night. called by the
illness of niece.
Mrs. LeClere of Manchester has
been visiting the past week at the
home of her brother, R. E. Strane.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. j. Kirkwood ex-
pect to spend the coming week in
Iowa City.
Herbert Bush was here from Chi
cago for few days last week.
Horace Townsend Tappan, who diet
in Buffalo. March IA, belonged to one
of the families who were among the
very early settlers in town, coming
here in 1855. He was born August
$3.50 in Hebron, N. Y. He was mar
ried in 1876 to Fanny Croker, who
died in June 1878. In March s, 1883,
he married Minnie H. Cooke of Dart
ford, Wis. who with one daughter,
survives him.
Charlie Williamson, cousin of
A. w. Mcdonald and who made his
home here for some time, died at
the home Of his sister in California,
last week.
Harry Main had his spring open
ing at his shoe store Saturday, which
was attended by large number of
people Music was furnished through
out the day. Carnations were given
as souvenirs. He wished to adver-
tise the fact that he kept full line
of latest style shoes, and all other
necessaries usually kept in a first
class shoe store.
Vhloo hSttoB wiz was SSeAShSA VI VIZ
second primary room, has resigned
her position.
Milan Merton visited in Manches-
ter Saturday.
Albert zubrod is quite sick with
appendicitis.
The Old Southern sextette. color
ed Jubilee singers, will be here Sat
urday evening. April Is. This is I'M
der the auspices of the ladies of
the Methodist church. and no doubt
will be largely patronized. The col
ored troups are very popular.
The death of John Chrystal took
place at his home in Minneapolis.
few days ago. He was for many
years resident of Delaware county
and later of Hopkinton.
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Safe Medicine for Children,

Foley's Honey and Tar Com. o-nd
is a safe and effective medicine for
as it does not contain OPT
ates or harmful drugs The fenu-
inc Foley's Honey and Tar Com
pound is in a yellow package. m
ders & Philip.
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Eggs For Sale.

Extra fine Buff Plymouth Rock eggs
for setting rs cents per Is.
Mrs. c. j. Raymond.
II emo. Manchester Iowa
Telephone is. 81 on 8.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-04-12

MANCHESTER MARBLE WORKS
IS PREPARED to furnish Granite and
Marble Monuments and Head Stones OF
va designs. Have the county right
Tor Sipes Patent Grave Cover: also
dealer in iron fences. We meet all com
pe'i'ion w. NJ Mcintosh.
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Notice of Appointment of Admins.
tratrix.
Notice Is Hereby Given. That the undelsign-
ed has been duly appointed and qualified as
Admins ratrix of the Estate Ct sarah N. Hook
err late Of Delaware County. deceased. All per-
sons 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
allowance.
Cleopatra NJ. Mattice.
AdministratriS
Dated April sth. 1911. 1873
Yoran & Yoran. Artys for Estate.
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DR.. c. S. LISTER
=, DENTIST Successor to DIR. e. T.,
Newcomb. Office over Burton Clark.
Manchester. Iowa
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-04-12

REAL Observation-Disclosures you want to
buy or sell. / KNOW I can give you
valuable information.
u. G. q Yoran.
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FLATS TO RENT

Two lower flats in Bronson Flat
building on Franklin street Enquire
at this office
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IHos. T. cARkEEk
ARCHITECT AND BUILDER SJrpEp
iNTENDANT. S. F. corner 8th and Main
streets. Dubuque, Iowa. -I''''
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GEO. S. LISTER
), JUSTICE OF THE PEACE. All colJec
IONS slven trompt attention. Real estate
loans and insurance. Office CIT, LII
Block, Second floor. i'a'i
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DR.. NORMAN = ,.,,,

osrI Pr. NORMAN D. WILSON
oSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN. Ticepsa
ny examination under Iowa State Medjc-
a. al so card 20. OFFICE over carhart & Nye's
tended p S.ore. D DaS, or night calls at
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siness callers at Manchester FRIDAY.


day and Friday.
Chas. Ratch spent last week at the
John Robertson home near Thorpe.
Mr. Earnest Munger is spending the
week at Dubuue. q
Mrs. w. Chambers and daughter,
Lydia. were Manchester visitors Fri
day.
MIR. and Mrs. Haliber were seen
in Thorpe Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Rhudy were bust
ness callers at Manchester Thursday.
Kitty Sark spent Wednesday with
her friend, Lizzie Pegal.
HoPKINToN.
Miss Della Willard returned Mon
day to her school work in Delaware,
after a weeks vacation.
Miss Maude Thompson returned
Wednesday evening to Chicago after
six weeks visit with her mother.
Her sister, Mrs. Anna Stead, accom-
panied her as far as Chicago, on her
way to Louisiana.
Mrs. Guy Bishop visited at the
home of w. v. Keith and wife the
first of the week.
Ellison Tibbitts and N E. LOOMS
have bought the restaurant business
of R. M. Merriam and have taken
possession. They will no doubt keep
up its good reputation for good
service and good things to eat.
Mrs. Ed Green and son, George, Wis
tied last week for few days with
Mrs Floyd Burdick at Waterloo.
The M. B. A. Lodge held bust
ness meeting at the residence of JOS
eph Lux last Saturday.
Mrs. S. P. Carter was called to
Center Grove, Dubuque County, by
the death of her father. She left
Sunday and the funeral was Tues
day afternoon.
DIR. and Mrs. Macintosh arrived
from Storm Lake on Wednesday ey-
ening. They will remain here until
4 new location is decided on.
g. w. Robb of Wichita, Kansas,
came Wednesday to visit his broth
er, Rev. c. M. Robb. On Thursday
they received the sad intelligence of
the death of their mother and both
left that day for Lima, Ohio.
On account of the absence of the
pastor, communion services, which
were to have been held in the Pres
byterian church last Sabbath will
be postponed for one week.
Miss Mabel Keith has gone to Ced.
ar Rapids to learn dress making. She
will make her home with Mr.. and
Mrs. Roy Williamson.
]. M. Zubrod has resigned his po-
sition as buttermaker at the cream
cry. His place will be filled by
Hugh Bulles of st. Ausgar.
A Royal Neighbors Lodge, auxiliary
to the Modern Woodmen, has been
organized here and the officers were
installed Tuesday by the district dep.
uty, Mrs. Lucy Jaynes, of Charles
City. 1t is an insurance order. The
officers installed were: Oracle, Mrs.
NJ. r. Williamson. Past Oracle, Emily
Harris; vico Oracle. Emma Stoddard
Chancellor. Mary Brady; Recorder
Minnie Zeuch; Receiver, Ethel Hands
Marshal, Hattie jenkins; Assistsn
Marshal, Dora Mills; Inner Senti
mel, Frances Matheson; Outer Sen
tinel, Ella Wheeless; Board of Man
ayers. Bessie Robb, Louise Carter
Thomas Cline; Physician, S. G
Hands. Several from the Edgewoot
lodge attended.
The annual spring meeting of the
Dubuuqe Presbytery will meet il
Hopkinton, opening Tuesday evening
April Is. with a sermon in the Pres
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YoRAN & YoRAN.

AttOrheyS Tor Plaintiffs.
The foregoing Original Notice, collect
i ON the averments of the petition.
hereby approved by me and ordered
ublished for four weeks consecutively
n the Manchester Democrat, news
'aper published at Manchester, Della
ware County, Iowa.
Gated March 2Sth 1911.
3wf FRANKLIN C. PLATT.
Judge of 10th Judicial Dist. of Iowa.
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FRED 3. BLAIR
,A'fIoRNEY AT LAW. Office in the
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NOTICE OF Aep,o!gMTMENr OF Elk.

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF Elk.
State of Iowa. Delaware County. IS
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN, That
the undersigned has been duly appoint
ed and qualified as EXecutrix of the
Estate of Warren p Bissell, late of Del
aware County, deceased. All persons
indebted to said, Estate are requested
to make immediate payment and those
having claims against the same will pre-
sent them, duly authenticated, to the
undersigned for allowance
FLORENCE N. BISSEL.
Dated April Z. 1911
Arnold & Arnold, Attorneys. 15w3
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NOTICE OF PROBATE OF WILL

To all Whom it May Concern:
You are hereby notified that the last will of
Alice McCrea deceased has been. filed
opened and read. and Monday. the LIST .ay Of
May. A. ID. 1911 fixed as the time
the place for hearing and proving the same.
Witness my hand and seal Of said Court this
LIST day of April 1911. l4-3
X. d. GRAHAM.
H. 81 Clerk District Court.
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H. r. ARNOLD
ATTORNEY AT LAW. Office over
Delaware County State Bank, Manches
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LEGAL NOTICES
ORIGINAL NOTICE.

In District Court. Delaware County, 10.
wa. May Term, 1911.
Albert NJ. Cloud and Sherman Harris,
Plaintiffs.
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THORPE.
Mr.. and Mrs. A o. Stone were bu-
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY

E. M. Carr, Hubert Carr, Henry Bronson
CARR. BRONSON 8 cARR,
ATTORNEYS AT Law. Specia, at
ttention given collections Real estate
loans and Insurance. Office in Post Or.
nee building. Manchester, Iowa
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-02-01

and then l began to talk pipe-talk,
and dream out loud. You know, Murf,
whenever I hit the hose the first thing
I do is to turn on the electric fan and
get the hot air busy Your friend
Hank, probably got caught in the
windstorm."
Murf listened in silence till l had
finished; then he said, slowly:
"Yo' Uncle Owen left this world,
sub, believing yo' to be fuss class
hossman. It's up to yo' all not to
make 20 Uncle owen out no liah,
subj"
Murf the implacable; Murf the I'M
believer; Murf with a power of attor-
ney from fate. What would Clara
jumped into the stormy sea of horse
speculation and was far from the life
raft? Visions of happy home rent
asunder tortured my sight and could
hear busy old Uncle Peter driving me
forth with wild anathemas.
Presently Murf broke in upon my
meditations: Hadn't yo' all bettah
look the bosses ovah, subj"
took peep at the ponies, and see
ing but seven of 'em I asked Murf
where his three were.
TT became Necessary for me to part
with my three, sub, in order to cay
out yo' Uncle Owens request and de-
liver the goods to yo ALL" he an
swered, quietly.
"Murf," I said, with bit of lump
in my throat, you're aces up with
me from this moment. This cloud
burst of horses came on so suddenly
that l forgot my manners shake!"
We shook hands and l asked:
Didn't Uncle Owen leave any money
when he took the long canter?"
After the estate was settled up,
sub, they want nothing left but them
thar bosses and yo' Uncle Ovens last
will and testament" Murf replied.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-02-01
How Weed Took to Politics

Fortunately, however, 7 heard that
a farmer who lived ten miles distant
had a few books which he would be
willing to lend to any one interested
in reading them So one morning,
after my nights work was over, set
out upon a tramp over the snow to
the farmers. And l kept on reso-
lutely until 1 got there, too, though
the snow, which had frozen, cut my
shoes until they almost fell to pieces
and, what was worse still, tore a my
feet until the blood was ready to run
from them. But I was recompensed
for all the effort when, after stating
my mission to the farmer, he kindly
offered to lend me any of the books
he had. He led me up to the shelf
on which he kept them and told me to
take my pick. I chose a history of the
French revolution-a story which had
always fascinated me, although I had
never been able to read much about
it. Then, after thanking my benefac<
tor, I started back through the snow,
part of the time walking almost bare
footed through it.
THAT night, by the light of the
fires of the sugar camp, and with pine
boughs for my couch, reveled in the
first pages of the wonderful story,
and night after night 1 lay reading
the history of the French revolution.
1t was more fascinating to me than
any Arabian Nights tale. l saw how
men became leaders of bodies of men.
I followed the wonderful development
of Napoleon. And, finally, a mighty
ambition was awakened in me- l felt
that I had some qualities that might
make me leader among men. l re-
solved to develop them; and when at
last took that book back to the
farmer / was conscious that a new
spirit had seized me-a new inspira-
ton had come to me, and new am
bition"
Mr.. Weed became thoughtfully 81
lent. His eyes seemed as though they
were gazing backward at his very
boyhood. For minute. perhaps, he
was in deep reverie. Then:
yes" he almost whispered, 'T
think | can trace my activity in po-
litical life to the impulse to make my
self a leader of men which came to
me as I read that story of the French
revolution before the fires of that old
sugar camp"
Copyright, 1910. by z. J. Edwards. All
Rights Reserved.)
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-02-01
Cornelius VanderbiIt's Kindness to
John Nj. Tobin, Who Had Been the
Relentless Enemy of the FL
nancIePs Grandfather.

Forgotten now, excepting by a few
Of the veteran spectators, John M.
Tobin was in his day as prominent in
the great speculative and money mar
ket world Of war days and of some
years after the Civil war as Jay Gould
himself or Col. Jim Fisk. He was
a very daring Spectator. He was
afraid of no one. His operations were
carried on in the millions. And he was
at one time regarded as the richest
of the spectators of the Wall street
district
TObin aimed to rule, and he did not
hesitate to attempt to ruin anyone
who stood in his way. He came in
contact with Commodore Vanderbilt
upon several occasions, and particu-
larly at a time when the commodore
was trying to be influential in, or to
secure control of, the Erie railroad.
The commodore was as bold and de-
faint as Tobin. Open battle was de-
clared between them. Tobin boosted
that he would break Vanderbilt, and
he set out to do it. He had already
displayed his nerve by associating
with the little pool which attempted
to corner gold in 1869, an act which
brought on the gold panic. Tobin was
reported at that time himself to have
bought about hundred millions of
gold. And the pool would actually
have cornered the gold market-they
had bought sufficient gold to do So
had not President Grant suddenly re-
leased a large amount of treasury
gold.
So it was not regarded as daring
for q man who had a hand in a great
gold pool syndicate to fight Commo-
doTe Vanderbilt and threaten to ruin
him. He also fought William H. Van
derbilt, the commodore's son, and was
thought to have even greater enmity
for the younger Vanderbilt than he
bore for the commodore.
OF a sudden John M Tobin disap-
peared. The presumption was that
he had gone broke. In a little while
he was forgotten. His old Wall street
associates did not know whether he
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-02-01

each month a check for one hundred
dollars
81 looked up at Mr.. Vanderbilt in
amazement. Don't you know VEN
tured to say, that John M. Tobin was
your fathers bitterest enemy; that he
tried to ruin him financially; that he
also fought your grandfather, and
made his open boast that he would
break the commodore? Don't you
know that he was relentless and per-
sistent in this enpity?'
"Mr. Vanderbilt hesitated a mo-
ment. He stood looking at me, while
he rubbed his chin meditatively Then
there came a tender look into his
eyes, and he said: I heard recently
that poor old Tobin is living in lit
tie ramshackle house upon bit of d
farm at the east end Of Long Island.
He has barely enough to keep body
and soul together. Some of the neigh
bors pitied him and gave him a
broken-down horse and broken-down
shay. 1t seemed to me that some
thing might be done to ease the last
years of his life
"'But why should you do it?' I sug-
gested, when he so bitterly fought
your father and grandfather
Eyes, I know all that'-and Mr.
Vanderbilt leaned confdentially over
me-'but father got the money. I
think I can afford to help the poor
old man with such a trihe as twelve
hundred dollars year
and" continued the almoner,
"since that time I have been sending
every month Cornelius Vanderbilt's
check for one hundred dollars to John
M. Tobin"
Copyright, 1910, by E. J. Edwards. All
Rights Reserved.)
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81 was yo' Uncle Owens trainer for
eighteen years, sub, and when l heard
the facts in the case says, 'Murf,
yo' all are going east to train them
thar colts for yo' friend Owens
nephew seeing as how Hank Peters
says the young man is big Casino on
the eastern tracks, l had to sell my
colts to do it, but | got here and /
wait yo' orders, subj"
l couldn't possibly do soft she'll
solo and leave that kind of man fat
without the price Of dish of beans in
vhis rowdydows, so l quickly made up
my mind to see Murf through If l had
to put him and the ponies in the
spare room at Ruraldene.
"Yo' Uncle Owen had a pow'ful
sum of money once but he was enticed
into specializing in Wall street and
lose" Murf continued; sit is one Of
my Particular desiahs to meet one of
them brokers and communicate my
best respects, subj" he added, bit
terly
sized up the wiry frame of Murf
and shuddered as l thought of the re-
suit it would have on that human air
cushion known as Uncle Peter, but
said nothing.
Finally / came to an amicable I'M
deratanding with Murf Higginbottom,
my friend from Kentucky, and we
decided to send the colts to a train
ing farm not far from Ruraldene
/ figured it out that by getting rid
of my D. @. & N. stock at the present
price I'd be about $4,000 to the good,
and with this amount I saw my way
clear to making shine start witt my
Santa Claus stable.
IF yo' all don't happen to be big
Casino on the eastern tracks. sub, 7