Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-07-10
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Another Delaware County Town That
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Dundee, situated in Richland
Y Township, in the northwestern part
Sof Delaware County. is a town OF
rather recent origin. The real
founding Of the town dates back to
about 1886 or 81 when the Chicago
st. Paul and Kansas City Railroad,
now z the Chicago Great Western.
n forged through lVhe country and
tolled the death knell Of the little
5#teWn Of Forestville, situated about
u miles northeast OF the presen
syn Of Dundee, and at that time
thriving little country town. 1t
Is then that the Inhabitants OF
& the inland town saw the opportunity
I for a more thriving place situated
on the railroad and consequently. a
& few Of them moved down and es-
tablished the new city which at the
4 present is q thriving little place Of
Il nearly two hundred people and car
rying on splendid rural trade. From
I the time Of its establishment the lit
tile place had regular growth and
q now has taken on all the appearances
and enterprise OF a modern city with
the exception Of Incorporation and
this matter has bee4 up for dis
\ cussion and vote several times and
mo doubt will be realized in the
near future. A short time, ago a
4 fight was taken up for a new graded
school and 100000 bonds were
voted, but there has been an OPP
Il posing faction that has taken the
matter to the courts This is one
of the necessities Of the Village as
of every village and many Of the
citizens are determined that the
. school shall be, a reality.
Nineteen twelve finds twelve en-
,terprises in the village and 1t Is
notable to mention that everyone
will be found in the advertising plat
Of the village which appears in this
J. Cos Al lzo
]. progressive people and are eager
to have their little village given a
place of prominence among the
towns OF the county and it deserves
more than special mention. Sever
4 al Of the stores have been located
! for q long time and Shaye large
stocks and are doing thriving bus
mess. The surrounding country is
one of the best agricultural districts
lin Iowa and When one drives along.
the country roads and surveys the
rich fields Of corn and waving grain
he feels the atmosphere or pros
perity that pervades the country.
! Many beautiful homes have been
erected in the little city and the.
we'll kept lawns show the civic pride
81 ssthe inhabitants who are eager
that more houses may be erected.
Two churches are located there. the
Wesleyan Methodist and the Ger
man Lutheran, the latter having a
resident pastor. A. good sized ope-
"a house is located in one of the
large buildings and here are given
many shows and dances. Dancing
seems to be the popular diversion
Of the young people Of the town
and vicinity and Manager Swanson
has the reputation for putting on
more dances than any other man
In the state At all these occasions
very good orchestras are secured.
which makes them very popular.
Several of the merchants have
been located in their city for good
many years and are known all over
the country. F. w. Mewen is one
OF the Oldest stock buyers in the
county and was born and raised in
the vicinity Of Dundee and has al
ways made 1t his headquarters. The
Farmers Elevator, which is owned
by several of the residents and far
5mers and draws the lhost Of the
grain shipment Of the district. They
also bale hay and do grinding. The
Dundee Savings bank is one of the
progressive features Of the village
and has a very progressive official
in the person Of A. G. Warner. Cash
Ter. 1t is located in a neat little
brick building with all modern and
up to date fixtures. The capitalize
ton is $4,000, with very large
deposits from all over the county.
The institution is we'll advertised
in all the papers and by blotters and
all the other progressive methods
OF getting the business before the
people.
Schroeder Brothers have one of
the largest stores and carry a COM
plete line of general merchandise be-
sides line of jewelry with a watch
repairing department. They have
been located in the place for
number of years and have built. up
"a very poular place of business. F.
G. Kleinsorge conducts and owns a
l,,v, hn~ lev 3v,
place, and this does a very large
business and handles all kinds of
building material. The yard has
very neat buildings and offices. Mr..
Kleinsorge has always been one
Of the progressive business men
and has a neat little home in the
south part of the village. c. A.
Robinson has not made Dundee his
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