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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-08-11
COMMITTEE ;J|||| INSPECTS
COUNTY HOSPITALS ] { ( / | A | )
CITIZENS OF COUNTY VISIT HOS
PlTALs AT WASHINGTON
ss3 s:;;S AND FAIRFIELD. s.is.
HOSPITALS DOING EXCELLENT WORN
Visiting Committee Unanimously IN
Favor Of Erection Of coun.
~ d Hospital. 81

Last week q committee, composed
/ of representative citizens OF Dela'
ware county made 4. trip OF lnspec-
4 ton of two Of the county hospltaie
4of the state, one located at fatr-
II field and the other at Washington.
These gentlemen made thorough
investigation OF the institutions ana
the work that is being carried on IN
4 the same. While visiting these two
hospitals they gathered facts anu
figures which will be OF interest TO
the tax payers Of Delaware county,
and will be presented in future IS
/. sues Of this paper. 5a
s7s After completing their visit the
4 committee had a meeting and Or
ganized. Realizing that the taxpay-
Eers OF the county would be yltaly
interested in their findings tne
committee adopted "a resolution lavor
4 ing the establishment Of Similar
/, hospital in Delaware county. Az the
meeting Of the committee Albert
+ Volt. editor Of the Earlyille Phenix,
was elected secretary. s4
The secretary of the investigating
committee writes us as follows:
sEi August g., 1916. sS
EHdftors Democrat:
.3$5I send, you herewith copy OF
resolution as unanimously ! adopted
sbys the committee from Delaware
county after two days inyestigat-
ing tour OF the two county hospitals
in the state located at Washington
and Fairfield Iowa. A poll Of this
committee taken before the trip
would have shown that nine out Of
( the thirteen were oposedj to the
county hospital proposition. At
meeting held Friday evening, August
S6: 1T was moved by. S. T. Knox, OF
y Oneida. and seconded by r. J. Blk
$by. Of Edgewood, that the following
resolution be adopted: f.5,.s 81
SIS ..Be it resolved that it is the senti-
( ment Of the committee, based upoI
y the inspection made OF the Two couh-
ssty hospitals; located respectively,
Washington, in the county OF WASH,
ington, and at Fairfield, IN the couh-
sty of Jefferson, that we favor ]. the
3 ablishment Of similar instltu-
n ton in Delaware county and that We
use our influence in securing Iav-
4 sOrable vote for the same at tne spe5.
4cial election to be held &septe,in'p''ef =, ''' -. =
to decide upon that question.
ss43?5:s;W w: r. Reeve, Hopkinton, G,s.e ,ssr
5GiOdell, ELK; FRED hldus, S'1Ny, S'o1N.:y,t,.
srell Hamblin, Milo; John Mangold,
Adams, G. II. Bunker, Manchester l
4 r. E. richardson, Manchester. e: :.
\ Dixby, EdgeWood, w. Il u S5hasp' 5lla 81
I North Fork, s. y r. KNOX Oneida,
Warren Winch Union, SAM. Miiroy
iSIa.al e1.. Volt Early lle.n !,
this resolution publ city? u
81 sT's s,2 Very ectfully yours, n
s.Si.5,y I. 81 ALBERT OFT, 4.s.
Sec'y. Hospital investigating CON
mittee FEs n :$a6 zEl-5,j,3 4 : i siS \
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-08-11
FACES SERIOUS CHARGES.

u Oliver Libe, formerly OF Delaware
county, but who has been living IN
.Dyersvi1le for several years, is facing
charges Of horse stealing, and Is con-
fined in the county Jail at Dubuque.
sLibe Is accused of having stolen Y a
horse belonging to Mr. and Mrs.
$Soppe, and is said to have taken the
animal while the owners were shop
ping in Dyersville last week. He dis
posed of the property by trading the
same to parties at Richardsville. Llbe
has figured in a sensational case IN
this county several years ago, and IS
said to have served time. He denies
he is guilty Of the charges now pre-
ferred against him, but the author
tiles at Dubuque are sure they have
the guilty party. .a
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-08-11
. HARVEST HOME PICNIC.

The parishioners, of Immaculate
Conception church of Masonville Gel
ebrate the sixth annual harvest home
and labor day picnic on Monday,
September 9Th. The good people OF
Masonville are making elaborate
plans for this occasion, and the event
this year promises to be a bigger
event than any of the previous ones,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-08-11
w r. Rlake and

c. Blake and Geo. A. New
man were at Des Moines last week
to attend the session Of the grand
lodge of Knights Of Pythias. .
4 a Attorney and Mrs. B. J. Wellman
and son, former residents, of this
place, were. here the first of the
week, guests at the home of G. G.
Armistead. Their friends were
heartily pleased to see them again.
They were travelling overland z by
auto and were returning to their
home In Chicago from a trip to the
northwestern part of Iowa. s
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nitions, but also Of gold--and Is ad-
yertising now for god from individ-i
uals; old jewelry, anything that can
be turned into currency. &$,J

nitions, but also Of gold-and Is ad-
vertising now for god from indtv1d-
uaIs; old jeWelry, anything that can
be turned into currency. y x
The new war Joan that has just
been subscribed has been the largest
and the most popular ever known,
PROBABLY in the history of the world. q
rne numbers Of subscribers respond
ing to the popular appeal is over
l,ouO,UOO, the amount subscribed, Al
ready, 5s5,OU0,UUO English POUNDS or
about $2,925,O00,O00 in our money.
Through the post office it was possl-
Dle@tO subscribe as small an amount
as s /shillings, or about dollar and
a quarter in our money. This loan
pays, the high interest Of four and
half per cent. n a;$
We are finding these days, that to
be an American is to be placed un-
der decided disadvantage over
mere. II, our name were, for exam
pie, Hoffman or Schmidt, we might
JUST as we'll pack up and 60 home.
AS it is, when VIZ gently remind
them that in the little parish church \
OF Great Tey in Essex, is recorded
Gne birth and christening Of George
Norton, father of Ralph u, and that
BLAND and Fox are both good Eng
nsh names, yet they transfix US with
a reproachtul eye, and end the argu- i
ment by saying, Yet you both are &
of American birth, therefore Ameri-
can citizens" Which fact we can
not deny, nor would we, II We could. q
This suspicion Of Americans, caused 4
by the extent Of the German spy
activities, has been, intensified these
last few days, when the strike
among the miners in the coal pits
of Wales, has thrown out of EN-.
ployment some 100000 men, and has
threatened seriously to interfere with
the progress of the war. Rumor ts
rife over here, intimating that some
German Americans were the instt-
lish paper, the London Express, Is Of
fering a reward of five thousand
pounds sterling, for the apprehension 4
OF any German or alien who is re-
sponsible for this great national ca
tastrophe. 80. ii5z III '53,95,
The other night my husband was
just back from the Dardanelles. He
much to tell Of the fighting as he 4
had witnessed it. The Turks. he
said, are good fighters, and we'll Of
ficered by the, Germans, and their X
equipment superior to that Of their
own troops. He said great destruc-
ton was wrought by the battle ships
Of the allies; he told Of an onslaught &
that was made on the Turks who
We're filing down a ravine, when the
battle cruiser Triumph got their
range, and poured death into their
ranks, so that he saw over two thou
sand of them, moved down In q \
of time, with no warning or
chance for retreat. S = St553Sy ~.
In my next letter. I want to tell
you OF an evening we spent with : Il
little Belgian soldier, who was Just IL 4.
to thel front. We expect
to leave for France, to begin work
there next week, and hope to he &.
enabled to continue my letters from
there, Censor permitting. !" u ri.
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Miss Grace Halpin was a guest Of
tner mother. in Dubuque, over Sun

Miss Grace Halpin was: a guest Of
ner mother. in Dubuque, over Sun
day. q @sz,S i, !4 i ee:.a 5.:.s
4 Mrs. Fred Munson and daughter,
Miss Dorothy Munson, were visitors
in Dubuque on Monday of this week.
Lester Jones Of Scotdale, Penn
sylvania, is in the city for, q visit
with his mother, Mrs. Jennie Jones.
Mr.. and Mrs, ]. B.. Heath of
Clear Lake were guests of Mr. Heath's
sister, Mrs. Clara Haeberle, several
days, returning to their home Tues
day morning. #s~tE<&s s s. .5j j5 ~
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Edmunds
leave this week for a several weeks s
automobile trip to New Hampton,
Carol, Iowa, and Clarkffeld and Min
neapolis, Minnesota. 4 i5:sf, :fs5s p
& Misses Verna and Grace Flint Of
Des Moines have been guests of rel
atives and friends In Manchester for
several days. They q left today for
Miss Jessie Morgan and brother,
Howard, of Ellendale, North Dakota,
arrive in Manchester last Saturday
and spent a few days with their uncle
and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. s. H. Nor
gan. % 7ss4I, =. : n #
PROF. and Mrs. H. G. Plum and
daughter, Alice, were over. Sunday
guests at the Leroy home. Mrs.
Plum and Miss Alma Leroy grad
uated from Vassar college in the
same class. -5 3, !. NJ
Mrs. Millie Miller and daughter,
Miss Lelah Miller, Of Messena, New
q. q
William A. Dudley, for several days
recently. Mrs. Miller is a sister Of
Mr.. Dudley. They returned to their
Miss Katherine Kennedy OF Mon
trose, Iowa, was q guest Of Miss
Mary Gates several days last week.
She returned to her home on Friday
evening. Miss Gates and Miss Ken
nedy We're class mates at the state
university at Iowa City last year.
e. NJ. Hughes announces the ar
rival Of a consignment OF the new
fall cloaks and suits. ! Our women
readers will be interested in what
Mr.. Hughes has to say in his space
on page s. Note particularly the
prices he quotes on the new goods Il,
Mr. and Mrs. m. d. Arnold and
Mr.. and MrS: u H.. Lewis were SVls-
itors in Waterloo on Monday Of this
week !;I, Tasx were. home
spend month with her uncle and
aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Arnold. 5s .
The Silver Creek Woman's For
eign Missionary society will, hold an
ice cream and cake social at the
home Of John Johnston on Friday ev-
ening, August 13. Everyone invited.
Come and enjoy. the evening with
your friends. IL Xxx
Mrs. Paul Miller of Morris, Min
nesota, arrived in the. city. the first of
the week for q. visit with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. S. Jones. Mr.. and
Mrs. Jones also had as their guest,
last week, their other daughter, Miss
Alice Jones, who is supervisor of mu
sic in the public schools at Muncie,
Indiana. hi N n
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United Brethren.

Morning worship at 10:30. : eE.
Sunday School at 11:45. ~
Friends not worshiping elsewhere
are cordially invited t..
r. Union evening services at Method
ist church. .......
The mid-week service at 1880 on
Thursday evening. We
Subject, "a Workers Qualifications
and How to Deal With the lnd1ffer-
ent and Unconcerned." ..,. 4'
:; Ice cream will be served on the
church lawn on Friday evening. =.
z The church and congregation Will
serve a lawn supper Wednesday ev-
ening, August 18, on the church and
parsonage lawn from $50 until Az
are served. Everybody is cordially
invited. III .ss.
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CARD OF THANKS.

} We wish to express our sincere
thanks to friends who kindly assisted
ns at the time of the death of our
mother, Mrs. Bates, and also thank
those who brought floral offerings.
WILL BARNES AND FAMILY. :
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-08-11

Mrs. A. C. 5Hissang returned to
her home in Lebanon, Indiana, Mon
day morning, after short visit with
her friend, Mrs. O. NJ. Phenicie.
William Hockaday jr., of this
city has purchased of J. M. Jones
& Sons handsome Overland touring
car Es7'k s. " asI x. S S.i'- r.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-08-11
MANCHESTER CHURCHES.
Baptist.

Sunday School will be held at $3.50
next Sunday. No preaching services.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-08-11

Our men readers will be interest
ed in G. G.. Armistead's announce
ment regarding his lines. Of samples
for tailored suits. He suggests that
the men have their measure taken
and new suit ordered from his
large line of samples. =, %
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-08-11
Methodist.

The theme for the morning sermon
will be "Life's Harvest. i'.s,.53 81
The Union service will be held in
the Methodist church., Rev. Miss
Hindes preaching the sermon. 5seE
Sunday school at 12 o'clock, Ep-
worth and Senior league meetings at
$50. i, ,<e'..t- - Vt" e.
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Mr. and Mrs. J.sE. Cooking are
at Swaledale. Iowa, where they are
attending the wedding of their son.
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Presbyterian. .

4 Morning service at 10:3O.- 4
Sunday School at 11:45. ~ a$5% =
Christian Endeavor, at $3.50.
Union service at Methodist church
at 7:30. y ., ~ r- -.
Prayer meeting Thursday evening
at 1880. -
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-08-11

Sunday morning SUBJECT, n o1e1e
Need" s. =,
Bible School at 12 o'clock. I:
You are especially invited to the
pastors Bible Class in the lecture
room Of the church.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-08-11
MARRIAGE LICENSES.

j. R. Gochey, sc, and Belle Kent,
62. 3-,
.s Edmund Hough, 21, and Frona I'm
derWoOd, 1S. =
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-09-16
Death Of
melvin Larson
FIVE YEAR OLD SON OF MIR. AND
MRS. THORWALD LARSON
DIED AFTER SHORT ILLNESS
FROM SPINAL MENINGITIS.

Melvin Frank Larson, aged five
years and eighteen days, passed away
at the home Of his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Thorwald Larson, eighteen miles
south of Minot, Sunday morning at
five minutes past seven o'clock, from
spinal meningitis. The little lad was
taken i'll the Tuesday morning before
and everything that nurses and doc
tors could possibly do to alleviate his
suffering and to save his precious life,
was done, but He who said, "Suffer
little children to come unto me" called
little Melvin from his earthly abode to
his Heavenly home.
Funeral services were held from
the home Tuesday, Rev. P. w. Erick-
son, pastor of the Presbyterian church
Of this city, preaching a comforting
sermon. The choir sang several beau
tiful selections. The little coffin was
banked with flowers, tributes of the
love for the little boy from his many
friends. Four Of the little playmates,
Ira Seney, Orwald Larson, Everett
and Fred Sassa, were the pail bear
ers. The remains were brot to this
city in the afternoon and inferred in
Rose Hill cemetery, where short SER
vices were held. A large number of
friends followed the remains to their
last resting place.
Mr.. and Mrs. Larson have the heart
felt sympathy of host of friends in
their loss that mere words cannot de-
scribe. Melvin was an exceedingly
bright child and will be missed from
around the hearthstone. Altho yuong
in years, he seemed to possess knowl-
edge beyond many of his age. He
told his mother that he was about to
die and shortly before he passed away,
he called his father to his side and in
his beautiful clear voice sang a little
hymn that he had learned, ~ told you
so, told you 500 While the loss to
the parents is irreparable, they should
receive much consolation in the knowl-
edge that their precious little one was
called by Him, who doeth all things
we'll.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-09-16

The Sanish Pilot has changed it's
publication day from Friday to Mon
day.
Henry Lockman of Glenburn thresh-
ed 1862 acres of No. 1 wheat averag-
ing 26 bushels, and weighing 81 lbs.
w. D. Boyce, editor of the Saturday
Blade, is the guest of R. N. Stevens
of Bismarck. Mr.. Boyce is former
North Dakota newspaperman, at one
time editing a paper at Lisbon. The
career of this remarkable man is be-
ing watched with considerable inter-
est by the fraternity in this state.
F. L. Sherman has discovered new
use for beer. Driving along one of
the country roads, he discovered a
bottle that had contained Golden
Grain Belt beer. Several wheat plants
had grown up from the bottle, and had
ripened. Mr.. Sherman believes that
what beer was left in the bottle sprou
ted the wheat.
The Bottineau County News says
that Banker Tjosvold of Kramer has a
gasoline saving device attached to his
auto which enables car to travel on
it's reputation and in addition will
manufacture gasoline in small guam
titles at the same time. The News
says it may be attached to "any old
car" and that Tjosvold has applied for
letters patent
Eastern papers are up in arms on
account of new graft that is beng
worked. Considerable gasoline is
adulterated causing a great deal of
trouble to auto drivers. So far in
North Dakota we have escaped this
trouble. The most reliable brands
are sold. Good gasoline can be OBJ
tanned in Minot for 1873 cents gal
lon, cash.
Prof. Ladd, state chemist and pure
food expert, was named the states
most representative citizen. A day
will be named after one citizen from
each state to be celebrated fttingly
at the San Francisco fair. Governor
Hanna named committee comprising
Jerry Bacon of Grand Forks, Judge
Amidon of Fargo, and E. P. Mann
of Devils Lake, to name the citizen
who is to be thus honored.
We clip the following item from the
Sanish Pilot: "Last Tuesday night
two separate "newlyweds" were thor
oughly charivaried by their friends.
The honored couples were, Mr.. and
Mrs. C. B. Lantz and Mr.. and Mrs. P.
Oien. One would imagine from their
canons and hub-bub that gorilla war
fare had broken across the Mexican
border. The boys were literally re-
warded by treats to soft drinks and
cigars.
Nick Scheiber and son, Joe Schei-
Der, of New England, had narrow
escape from being burned to death in
a fire which consumed field Of grain,
two horses, header, and two set of
the products or by cutting out the
harness. The men were working in
the harvest field, when the older Schei-
Der after lighting his pipe, threw the
match down in the stubble and went
on about his work. When observed
later the fire had gained such Roadway
THAT there was no stopping it, flames
surrounded the men and team and the
linen barely escaped with their lives.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-13

these three things were within the
range of possibilities, and that two,
or at least one, was probable. Some
weeks have elapsed since the first note
was sent, and we have not only failed
to do any Of these things hoped for,
but Germany has in the meantime
answered, and la her answer has not
only presented a number of alleged
facts, which, in her Judgment. justi-
fled the deviation which she has made
from the ordinary rules applicable to
prize cases, but she has suggested
arbitration.
Creates Different Situation.
"a rejection of the are Lments which
she presented and OF allegations made.
together with a reiteration of the or
igtnal demands, creates a very diff
fereft situation from thhr which exist
ed when the first demand was made.
An have before stated, my fear
has been tfat owing to the feeling
existing in Germany. the government
might, upon receipt of such note
under such circumstances, break OFF
diplomatic relations and thus reate
situation out of which war might
come without the intention of either
side. / am sure that the president
does not want war: I rave no rea-
son. to believe that eithr. the Ger
man government or the German peo-
pie desirse war. But war, q calamity
At any time. is especially to be avoid
ed now because our ration IL relied
upon by both neutrais and beliigerents
as the one nation which can exert
most influence toward bringing this
war 10 an end. II we were by acci-
'iient 10 be drawn Init this cchfiirt
NE would not only surrender the OPP
portuntty to act ss mediator, bur
We might become responsible for
drawing cther nAtions trto this con.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-13
RUSSIAN BEAR TURNS
ON HIS ENEMIES

I1oidon. June 12.--Almost at every
point along the great battle line of
the east Russian arms are once more
demonstrating their effectiveness. as
the Austro-Gernan advance has been
stopped, possibly temporarily. at
practically every point. and the RUS
slams, in turn, are moving forward.
The fighting has been of intense
character. Russian statements max
ing mention of the piles OF German
dead piled high before barbed-wire
acknowledgements, following futile
charges of Teutonic forces In their
determined efforts to continue their
recently successful offensive move
ments Russians, 1t Ia admitted, also
have been forced TO pay heavy toll Tor
the gains made in the past few days
Success OF Russian arms at this
1uncture of the war In considered
most timely. for the Germanic forces
will be unable to detach large forces
and send them either to the western
or italian arenas. a. was feared dur-
ing the time the Teutonic advance
was unchecked.
Some Already Detached
Some German forces. it,is declared,
already have been detached from tne
Galician armies and hurried to the
Isonxo front, but 1t 10 felt that even
more men will be needed there Il Italy
keeps pressing on toward Trteste.
The latest official announcement
from Petrograd asserts that the Rus
SLAMS have assumed the offensive
along the Dubysa River ana In the
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-13

test. When we see how one nation
after another has been dragged into
this war. we cannot have confidence
in the ability of anyone to calculate
with certainty upon the results that
might follow IL we become embroiled
in the war. No one will be happier
than If the Presidents plan results
in peaceful settlement, but no one
was in position to say what effect
out note would have upon Germany,
or what results would follow IL she.
in anger, broke off diplomatic reia-
tons, and I was not only unwilling
TO assume the responsibility for the
risks incurred--risks which no one
could with any degree of accuracy
measure--but ! feel that having done
all could in the cabinet, 1t was my
duty to undertake. outside the cabinet,
the work upon which have entered
Unanimously Supports President
II have no doubt that the country
Will unanimously support the Presi-
dent during the war, il so great
misfortune should overtake us. but
believe that the chances of war will
be lessened in proportion as the coun-
try expresses itself in favor of peace
not peace at any price but peace in
preference to a war waged for the
redress of such grievances as we have
against Germany-at least against
Germany---at least against war until
we have given to Germany the oppor-
tunity which we are pledged to give
to Great Britain, France and Russia
to have every difference of every
character submitted To an interna-
tionai commission of investigation. I
would contend as earnestly for the
application of the treaty principle to
the allies as contend for II in the
case of Germany. If the principle Is
sound IT ought to be applied to every
country with which we have a differ
ence, and II 1t ought to he applied at
all. I think 1t In better to suggest 1t in
the beginning. then TO accept 1t later
after a seeming reluctance to apply
1t.
"T understand that Secretary Lam
sing has already given out state
ment correcting an inaecuracy which
appeared in this mornings papers.
I appreciate his Kindness. 1t Is true
that saw the final draft of the note
Just before my resignation took ef-
feet. but II contained an important
change. ! had no knowledge OF the
change AT the time my resignation
was rendered and accepted. This
change. while very much much sof-
tening the note, was not. however,
sufficient in my Judgment to Justify
me In asking permission to withdraw
my resignation. AZ Germany had |
suggested arbitration. felt that we
could not do less than reply to this |
offer by expressing a willingness to |
apply the principle of the peace |
treaties In the case. These treaties. |
while providing for investigation of
all questions. leave the nations free
to act independently after the inter-
national commission has concluded |
the investigation"