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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-03-10
scouNTY. CONVENTION.

April 9Th, 1915, is fixed as the
date for the county convention OF
the presidents of the several school
districts OF Delaware county for the
selection OF a county superintendent
4 or schools. In this convention there
win be twenty six delegates from the
several districts, who are entitled to
a vote on the question Of the choos-
ing OF county superintendent. The
convention Is called by County Au-
ditor C. H. Bunker, who acts as sec
retary OF the meeting.
The Democrat understands that r.
EP. Walker, who was appointed to
the position Of superintendent last
season and who has been occupying
the position since September /, l9l4,
is a candidate for the position.
Since Mr.. Walker has held the Of
flee he has given his best efforts IN
the interests of the schools OF the
county. He has made several vislts
to each school and has familiarlzed
himself with the conditions In the
several districts. He has spared no
efforts to be of assistance TO the
teachers in their work.
The detail work Of his office mas
also received his careful attention.
and any who visited the superintend-
ent's office for information regard
Ing school matters were accorded the
most courteous treatment. 81.
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MEETING WITH RAILROAD or
t.-a.-,i5E.1 .s5fs FElHIAI a. E.2.ss q -zt'

On Friday afternoon OF this week EEK
. citizens; and business mems mass
meeting is to be held in the court
room Of the county building for the
nurnose Of discussing railroad rate
questions. At this meeting numDe' e,
~ prominent railroad officials VIII
ha he in attendance. H. J. Phelps, gen,
eral passenger agent OF the llnaoas 9
Central railroad, and A.: =. crag, ans
passenger agent Of the Chicago t Giea
Western railroad, will make st,or snos.
addresses, and discuss the rate qaes.
ton H. +. Gray, division passenger as
agent Of the Illinois Central, WIN .l!a,or ~,
fices IN Dubuque, and other divls,on ss,1.
nsficials Mic M Of the operating and traIlic :;
DEPARTMENTS will be in Manches'ef q
that time. 40 railroad
rate question is not only invited ,,osa ous
urged to be present to meeI. 'ne;1 ..s =,
nrominent railroad men, me iaat. s.
road r. officials will arrive on tne e..na1 AL
ernoon train over the Illinois Ce1ora sor q, ,
and will be Manchester's guests LUZ
brief time. vs.-- =.
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z MAsoNvILLE

Mrs. Sumner Barthoff of Cedar
Falls, but formerly of this place was
calling on old friends a few days
here last week. Era
Win McCool was an Independence
visitor last Sunday.
Peterson Lee. who had been living
on the old McKeever farm in Free
mont township moved back to ILL
nois, last week. E %.s
Vern Joslyn moved on the G.. II.
Utley farm here last week. .55
Ray Connolly and wife were guests
at James Penny's home here few
days last week.
Mrs. John Penny was Waterloo
visitor a few days last week.
Tom McElroy had the misfortune
Of dislocating his shoulder one day
last week. ~. =. If
Mrs. VIM. Behan has been on the
sick list the past week. g
Mr.. D. M. Ryan, now of Perham,
Mimi, visited here with friends
few days last week, and attended
John Maroney's funeral. Mr.. Ryan
formerly lived here and likes ~ MS
new home in Minnesota very much.
The farmers Of this community
held a a.meeting in the opera house
here Monday afternoon. for. the pur-
pose Of organizing a Cooperative
Buyers and Shippers Association:
The meeting was well attended, and
much interest manifested. About III
ty shares of stock was sold, ana
committee appointed to draft by
laws. They will have another meet
ing Wednesday afternoon, at which
time thew will elect direcOrS and 9th
necessary officers. Mr.. w. j.:
Davis Of Manchester was present and
gave a very interesting talk. ana
several valuable suggestions along
the line of organizing the corp Grafton
The Brotherhood Of American ioe-
men met in the town hall, Saturday
night, and installed several new
members. ri $3.50: .s- !
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NEW books AT PIUn,r,:.,s a

II
tNEW Books AT PUbrr- I
During the past few days the 10.
lowing list Of new books has been
placed on the shelves of the public
library or this city: stS2a$3
Whipple-Story Of Liberty Bell.
Whipple- Story of White House. |
Smith-Our Bunnie Bright Eyes.
Smith-Threes Little CottontaiIs.
Alcott-Little Men. .o5 /.
Grimm's Fairy Tales. tJ&t s5,rs
Young-Book OF Golden Deeds,
Mother Goose, Cast Up BY The Sea,
Legends OF Charlemagne, Boy Hunt
ers of the Mississippi. .5=., Z a !;s5
Thompson-Ethan Allen and Green
Mountain Boys. "a .- s5sst3 5s.3
Gilmore-Janey. - y z.
Thayer-From Boyhcod to Man
hood, Farmhouse to White House,
From Log Cabin to White House,
From Tannery to White House.
Thomliuson-In the Camp of Corn
wallis, Washington's Young Aides.
4 ndelar-Nixie Bunny in Work-a-
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union CAUCUS |'.| | 6 IS
FRIDAY RI! "A J !. evening I:
MUCH INTEREST in CHOOSING
!. CANDIDATES FOR CITY
Il OFFICES. ~.
] MANY CANDIDATES IN FIELD
A. N. Cloud, S. A. Steadman and
F. e. Richardson in Race for ~
= = 81
Nomination for Mayor.

Judging from the activity of the
candidates the union city caucus
which is to be held at the court
house next Friday evening will be a
lively affair. From the street talk
that Is flying about it seems that
there will be contest for every
nomination to be made. Three can.
didates for mayor are already in
the field. Mayor Richardson is q
receptive candidate. A. NJ. Cloud is
making an active canvass for the DO
sition and the friends Of S. A. Stead
man, are pushing his candidacy with
much vigor.
= The announcement is made that
w. J. Davis will seek the nomination
for assessor. The present incum
bent, d. %. Chamberlin will also be
la candidate. TX III. =. ,.t@ Mo- a.. 8,
Several names have been mention.
Led for aldermen at large. D. f.
|Hennessy, will not be candidate
again. c. J. Hockaday we under
stand will accept another term If the
voters desire It. E. w. Williams is
out as a candidate for the nomina-
tion, and other names frequently
heard are w. F. Croskey, John
IHetherington and John Anderson.
I. E. E.. Cowles will be q candidate
for alderman from the first ward to
succeed himself. % James Bishop
would accept another term as alder
man from the second ward and this
honor will also be sought by G.. H.
:Dunham who is making an active
canvass for the nomination. %
s In the third ward John Hethering-
ton has declined to accept the nomi-
nation again and several candidates
are out to succeed him. The north
end wants representation on the
council and residents of that locali-
ty are 4energetically pushing C. NJ.
Hanna. The friends of ]. B. Higman
have been trying to get him to say
he would accept the nomination.
George Dorman has announced that
he is willing to take the position If
sufficiently urged. 5'S# =.
This field of candidates will fur
nish some interesting contests. Ev-
cry voter should attend the caucus
Friday evening to the end that the
best men are chosen, The union
party caucus nomination is usually as
good as an election, although there
have been several indep endent candi-
dates in recent years. The caucus is
not final and all candidates not sat
lsfied with the results next Friday
evening are free to 60 on the city
election ticket as sndep endent can: canlT:
GdAtes. e ~ = - ~:
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SCHOOL ELE /. C;TlON
AROUSES INTEREST
col VOTES CAST in MONDAYS
ELECTION. coWLgs AND
BLAIR WINNERS.
CONTEST WAS LIVELY ON ON
Retiring Members OF Board lave
Given Many Years Of Faithful Ser.
vice To the School District. #

The. election OF, two directors Of tn
y Independent School district of Man
chester aroused keen interest, and
Y as d result six hundred and one vote
& were cast. Five candidates were in
a the field for the positions Of direct
ors for term of three years. The
voting took place in: Justice Geo. s.
Listers office, and during the great
er part OF the afternoon the City
Hall stairs and the office were
crowded with voters.
When the votes were counted the
4 following result was announced: =: 4.
E. e. Cowles Il. .ass Y y. 3t8
Fred 3. Blair; ~. q. !! !. .252
Il Chas. M, Hanna .S /. :. .J !. 7. 221
Howard +, Smith. .20s
DR.. ]. J, Lindsay. 55. .35.. 40
f$ Since there were two directors to
be elected the two receiving the
highest number Of votes were declarl
ed ,efected. t,.,e nh ~ 5sssz. :.a:
Never in the history OF Manchester
has such a vote been polled at a
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-03-10
The Priscilla Club will meet next
week, March 18th, with Mrs. E. HI
Z y

wson, N"HAcIi Aotn, with Mrs. y. II.
Kinney. $$ssf:Ss ,$Gs 5ss 21ss.st
MIR. and Mrs. P. F. Madden
have as their guest this week Miss
Ethel Sauerbry of Strawberry Point.
Miss Margaret Anderson Of Wa
terloo was a guest of her cousin,
Miss Leila Burbridge. over Sunday.
Mrs. Geo. Chapman and daugh-
ter, Miss Hazel Chapman, were Wis
itors in Cedar Rapids on Saturday: OF
last week. 4. :<s A iSs$$S5s y y
-Claud Chapel, foreman in ID the
.Hopkinton Leader office, was .
business visitor In Manchester on
Monday of this week. 81 Il, ss}I21 21
Roy DELPHI, the Auctioneer, will
have a combination sale on Satur-
day. April 3. Watch for the detail
ed advertisement of the sale in q
later issue of The Democrat. I, l
Now is the right time for. the
farmers to equip their buildings with
Sunshine Windows, says the Eclipse
Lumber Company. Read their an
nouncement on page s of this issue. +
Mrs. A.. w. Stearns, Mrs. Eliza
Russell and Mrs. M. j. Yoran will
give luncheon to q company of
forty ladies' at the Stearns home on
Thursday afternoon. 58 Il
Rev. W. J. Suckow, pastor OF
the First Congregational church Of
this city, was at Winthrop last Fri
day evening, when he assisted the
pastor Of the Winthrop church with
some special services.
The Tri-F club was pleasantly
entertained at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. A. ]. Gildner on Monday even
ing. An elaborate $50 dinner was
served and a highly enjoyable So
ctal evening following. s5
. Mrs. B. C. Hall returned home
last week from weeks visit with
friends at Galesburg and Elmwood.
Illinois. While in Illinois she also
attended the wedding of nephew
at Galesburg. = ii sSs. 5..S,s
another page Of this issue
appears the advertisement of w. C.. IA
Amsden, in which he speaks Of his
line of wall paper Mr.. Amsden has,
a large stock Of high-grade paper
and invites the people Of Manches-
ter and vicinity to inspect this line
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-03-10
MARCH rERM OF sCOURT

WNNSGS NJ ,S~~shss
The regular March term Of the
Delaware District court will convene
in this city on Monday, March 18th,
with Judge H. B. Boies presiding.
The term promises to be busy one,
as many new cases have been filed
for the term. The grand jury Is
summoned for Monday morning, and
will then be sworn In to begin the
regular routine work. The trial jury
is summoned to appear on .Wednes-
day morning. >s.s -; ss,3.- =. g.
Vi Trial notices have been filed in the
following causes: IS. f.. IS
Robinson VS.. Hawkeye Commercial
Mems Association.
Anderson vs.. Cloud.
Brown vs.. Fessler. 81 "
Mcdonald vs.. Mutual Life lnsur-
ance Company. =
Smith VS.. Nolan. s-s...,
Lux VS.. Barnd. s.if
Omaha Structural Steel Works VS..
Barnd. -
Hawley VS.. Cloud ct al.
Clemans vs.. Odell. s,..'
McKeever vs.. McKeever.
Magirl VS.. Kehoe.
Bagbya ct al vs.. Mosher ct al.
Mosher, ct al VS.. Loop ct al.
Estate of William Mead.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-03-10
MANCHESTER IOWA. WEDNESDAY,, MARCH TO- 1915

who shall be given the heaviest ham
mer and the largest and hardest
"nigger-head" to break does not
prove that they are not willing to
work, even on q rock pile, if the
rock pile were located where it be
longs and the kind OF rock produced
that dould be utilized on our streets
after the finishing touches of the
hammer were properly applied. +
Manchester, as well as Delaware Q
County are to be congratulated upon
the manner In which these men
ures show TINT the cost OF feeding
has not exceeded seven cents per
meal. f., y r .,
For. the same period Of time, 1nde-
pendence has fed men at an e1-
pense Of one dollar per man per
day, irrespective Of expense Of lodg-
ing at against seven cents per man
for Manchester and those who feast
ed at both banquets pronounced the
seven cent meal worth more than
the three meals for one dollar.
The desire to get something for
nothing is by no means confined to
these wanderers, nor Is the tenden-
cy to graft confined to any one cir
Gle in the world, in fact it seems to
fore its self into every relation and
class of men and when this amount
Is spent for the purpose of satisfy
ing an empty stomach and when
this amount buys less food in one
place than seven cents in another,
then much of the money spent to
relieve the worthy distressed must
be wasted on those who are willing
to thrive at the expense of the
hungry. {stE ,....y.s
The Manchester stone pile with all
OF its objections is after all merciful
and law abiding on the Sabbath Day.
None of the unfortunate nomads
are obliged to earn their bread on
this Holy Day by the sweat Of their
brow for all are bountifully fed and
sheltered without labor or price,
So. H.azA. DTTTMER.
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Congregational Church. !. ST.,
Morning Worship 1890. Sermon
Theme :s Lessons from Carpenters

t,g SOH0s V8AAsSsNs ~uAs Ssss
Morning Worship 1890. Sermon
Theme =: Lessons from Carpenters
Saw. -, f1.. .t. 5..s
Sunday School, 1900.
Young Peoples Meeting, $3.50. Top
ic: Tests of My Christianity.
Leader, F1oy Hockaday. sG5l.
Evening Worship, 1880. This sery-
ice will be held In the hands OF the
Boy Scouts, who will give the follow
ing program: .E,st & 81 +, 5.$.st :&&!
Origin of the Boy Scout movement
NORMAN Kaster. ssv. 5;$
Scouts Activities--Darrell Altman:
\ Application OF Scout Principles and
Outline OF Scout. Work-Messrs. NIL.
ler and Klaus. - :, t-2s ~. s5s. s1 AZ:
Qualifications for Scouts James mes.
Fickle. NJ
History of U. $. Flag-Robert
Hutchinson.
First Aid Work-Lloyd Grommon:
Morse Code and Mind Development
-H. r. Langridge. !, # -, !,
Our Motto: "a Good Turn daily.
Chester Tousley.
Needs of the Future-Rev. w. =.
Suckow. -. ~ ~; ,s'5s.t =. t5:ss.
The music will. be by chorus with
organ and orchestral ACCOMPANIMENT,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-03-10
SPECIAL SHOE SALE

The Langford Shoe company oc-
cupies "a considerable space in this
weeks issue of The Democrat ad-
|yertising q remodeling sale. The
prices quoted on high grade shoes
ought to move them quickly. Some
very exceptional bargains are to be
obtained at this store, and this is an
opportune time to lay in a suppy OF
footwear for the whole year. s5%t55
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-03-10
WATERLOO IS "WET."

Yesterday morning a dozen th1rst
parlors in Waterloo opened their
places Of business, after an enforced
closing of over two years. The
Board Of Supervisors, which body
canvassed the recent petition of con-
sent, declared that the petition had
the sufficient number of signatures,
and by an agreement with the mayor
and city council the saloon men
were allowed TO open their places
on Tuesday. morning. The saloon
men claim that on January 1st, 1915.
they will abide by the action Of the
Legislature, and go out Of the busi-
ness, in common with all LIQUOR
dealers in the state: ~ .s. ,. go.
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Methodist Episcopal.

The theme for the morning SER
mon is I'VE Are Laborers WithGod., !
In the evening the pastor will speak
on .'The Attractiveness Of, Christ" :"
Reference: "And l., If / be Lifted
from the Earth, will draw all men
unto Me-" 2S Is&, s.lqs$st
Plans are being made for the hold
ing of special meetings during the
two weeks preceding Easter. Sunday.
Cottage prayer meetings will also be
held on Tuesdays of these same
weeks. The Sunday school scholars
will give an Interesting program on:
Easter Sunday se. .3f
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-03-10
HAssEL MUNsoN IN SERIOUS

Hassel Munson, son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred H. Munson, of this city. IS
in critical condition at this time.
The young man has been suffering
from an attack of pneumonia for sew
eral days, and it appears that later
complications of plurisy have deyei'
oped, making it necessary to oper-
ate on him. AS we go to press this
afternoon word comes that the young
mans condition shows an improve
ment since the operation which was
performed early this morning.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-03-10
IOWA TO VOTE ON SUFFRAGE
,-... g--1= IN 1o16 .r-- -F-...'

The House Committee on elections
has approved the bill to authorize
vote on the Woman's suffrage
amendment at the June Primary. &C
cording5 to an announcement made
at the state house late last week.
This will enable the suffragists to
secure their amendment in time
so the women can vote at the No
vember election in presidential year.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-03-10
;pPlE SOCIAL,

M On Wednesday evening, March u,
q pie social will be given in the Red
be given by the pupils Of the school.
Ladies are asked to bring pies and
two forks q each. Everyone is cor
Edially invited to- attend the social
and thus help ito improve the; school
in a material way. w. "
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United Brethren. 'zftsss
,rntng Worship, 1880. Theme

United Brethren. Z,s: Il I'll s$5
Morning Worship, 1890. Theme: !;
''The Great Question Of the Day.
4 Sunday School, Has. .&5 Y
Junior Endeayor, 3 p. m 4
Evening Service, 1880. Subject
Steady" 55sS3l5.
The Ladies' Aid Society will hold
its regular meeting with Mrs. kull-
berg at two o'clock on Friday after
noon. 35s
On Friday evening the ladies will
give lizard Time Social" at the
home of Mrs. Albert Reeves. Sup7
per will be served. At this time,
they will have on sale quilts, aprons
rugs and other articles. Don't forget
the date, Friday, March IL. y
Z The regular Bible Study Will meet
on Thursday evening at the home OF
Mrs. Herbert Alcock, at 1880. -.
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I Baptist Church..

Next Sunday is "Denominational
Day" Some reasons for a Baptist
church, wherein we differ from somec
other. The service will be Of special
interest ito all members and friends.
All members are welcome.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-03-10
RuYs DESIRABLE CORNER LQI.
-'1r ~ xxyu1,skou hoa purchased the

M, H. williston has purchasea tae
corner lot of j. w. Lewis on l., MAJ a.
son and Butler streets, ana VIII else' ~
a dwelling on the same durins sne
coming summer months. ms IS o4e 4e
Of the most desirable pulialng lu.e
in Manchester, and the hanuso;1 nNnn;
dwelling which the plans anu ,soSia sp1S.
fications call for VIII pe s.snae va.aae
addition to the beautiful iesioeMEe NJ
street. This deal means that ~ ~.
and Mrs. Williston are to maze Man. :
chester their permanent nome. =, =. e
fact which is most grati1yins - tlo4A
many friends in this city. ,,-a,.s.d
DR.. H. M. Bradley has puicnassu pso
the vacant lot opposite the C9ns Ne NE
tional church, from Mr. anu ~. - .
Williston. e
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chriatlan Science.

The Christian Science society meets
each Sunday morning In the Lyric
theater. Morning service at 10: 80 !ssSa
Subject for the lesson on Sunday.
Substance & h &. Il, $f4si
Sunday school at 11:45.
Everyone welcome. \. ss5,S$
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-03-10
co. o. INSPECTION.

The annual inspection of Co. D,
Iowa National Guard. took place at
the local armory on Tuesday even
ing. Captain Ridenour, of the regu-
lar army, was the inspecting officer.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-03-10
EXTEND CALL TO oNsLow MAN.

EXTEND CALL TO ONSLoW MAN.
At a congregational meeting of the
Presbyterian church held last We'd
nesday evening, the members of the
church voted to extend call to Rev
Earl w. Bembow of Onslow, Iowa.
Rev. Mr.. Bembow occupied the local
pulpit q few weeks ago, and made a
very favorable impression as pull
pit orator. 4, It is; not definitely
known at this time whether Rev. Mr.,
Bembow will accept the pastorate OF
the local church.
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&C. 0a,,iSa.,

Rev. w. ): suekew xlll secnpy the,
pulpit Of the church. on Elext Sun:
day afternoon at 3:3C.. Sunday
school, at 2:3O. s s I,
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w, A. FUNK.

Wallace A. Funk was born in
Pennsylvania, November IL, 1856,
and died at his home in Greeley on
Monday morning, March 8, 1915, ag-
ed So years, 2 months and 81 days.
He was married at the M. E. church
in Updegraf to Miss Sarah Carlow,
January 13, 1878, and has resided in
Delaware and Clayton counties. ~ Mr..
and Mrs. Funk moved to Greeley in
1905 and purchased. their home which
he remodeled into the modern little
cottage which has since been their
home. One child was born to this
union, Mrs. Mary Way, who has just
moved to Greeley this spring and
was at the bedside of her father dur
ing his last illness. Mr.. Funk was
q devout Methodist, having united
with the M. E. church over thirty,
years ago. He was a member of
Greeley 1. o. o. F. lodge, being N.
G.. for the second time. He was a
member of Elk camp Of Greeley and
also of the Maple Rebecca Lodge of
which he was an Officer He was
member of NJ w. A. and carried an
insurance Of $4,000. Mr.. Funk was
i'll only a short time, having been
taken sick on Tuesday noon pre-
vious to his death. Miss Barhill,
nurse from Finley hospital and two
physicians did all in the power of
medical aid to save him but of no
avail and on Monday morning at one
o'clock he peacefully closed his eyes
for the long last sleep. Besides his
wife and daughter, two grandchildren
are left to mourn besides a number
of relatives and host Of friends.
The funeral was held from the M. e.
church Tuesday morning at 10:30
o'clock, conducted by Rev. Alexand-
er Friends and relatives were pres,
ent from many neighboring towns.
Burial was made in Grant View Gem.
ntery ~-.}~s "a .h-..---- Xxx ~
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Two Bronze Goblers, at $500 each.
Inquire of C. D. CORRELL, Z.
R. F. D. No. 1, Delaware, Iowa.
,10-3wks. s.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-03-10

County Auditor and Mrs. c. H.
Bunker were visitors in Dubuque on
Tuesday. .'l, 80 ,''....