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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-10-31
RYAN,.

Rev. Duffey, a Catholic missionary,
gave very able talk here on India,
ct Smiths auditorium last T.!esda.
evening. The house was crowded.
Mrs. j. j. Dolphin and little daugh-
ter are spending week at Wellman
Visiting friends.
Lester Gilchrist and Frank Kelch
visited at Camp Dodge over Sunday.
Mrs. Fred Tracy went to Iowa City
last Tuesday to consult specialist
She was accompanied by her sister,
Miss Squires.
Miss Bessie Gilchrist spent Sunday
with relatives at Oelwein.
Miss Coakley has returned home af-
ter several days visit with friends in
Cedar Rapids.
John Dughan, Jr. was an out of
town visitor over Sunday.
Rev. Melchert was in Dubuque dur
4 ing the week.
w. T. McElliott shipped several car
loads OF hogs to Chicago during the
week.
Jerry Mahoney, Jr. was in Manches-
ter Thursday.
Mrs. Joe Heighberger and little
daughter are visiting relatives in Ne
i vada.
Hugh McElliott has returned home
after several weeks in Dakota looking
after his land. He also visited his
ron James,
At Ike Houston from west of Coggon
was in Ryan during the week. .""
Mrs. Burt Henderson of Washington,
South Dakota, is here visiting rela-
tiyes.
" F. Dummy was business WIS.,
itor at Waterloo Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Art Lyness were Man
chester visitors Monday.
Patrick McEnany, son of Mr.. and
Mrs, W. J. McEnany, who spent Sun
T day with his parents, returned to Camp
Dodge Sunday evening after attending
the patriotic meeting in Manchester.
Mrs. Lucy Swindell received the sad
news OF the death of her daughter-in-
law in Chicago on Tuesday of last
week. Mrs. Swindell and daughter
Bessie, and Mr.. and Mrs. W. B. Robin
son left for there on the evening
train. DR.. Swindell has the sympathy
of his many friends in this locality.
Miss Hennessey returned home from
Dubuque Friday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Ward were in
attendance at the patriotic meeting
at the opera house in Manchester
Y Sunday evening
Nora Flanagan and Marguerite
Sullivan attended the teachers exami
nation Wednesday and Thursday a
the county seat.
Thomas Keith and son of Winthrop
were on business at the P. F. Nc
Elliott farm Monday.
The Red Cross society has forwarded
20 pairs of socks, six pairs Of wrist
lets, six mufflers and two sweaters.
We understand that Ryan and vicin
ity subscribed over $4,000 in Libert,
Bonds
Mr.. and Mrs. Dave McElliott wer
visitors at the P. F. McElliott HON
Sunday.
The annual election Of the Ameri
can Red Cross society was held in tn
Red Cross rooms Wednesday after
noon at which time the following of
ficers were elected: w. H. Ward
chairman; Mrs. o. M. Wright. vic
chairman; J. J. Dolphin, treasurer
Mrs. Emma Donnelly, secretary; Mrs
Lizzie Turney, Mrs. c. Foley, Mrs
Hird. Mrs. Randall, Mrs. R. Houlahan
Mrs. Swerzler, Margaret Ward, sewing
committee; Catherine Foley, Mrs EN-
ma Donnelly, purchasing committee
Mrs. R. c. Vending, Mrs. E. E. Nc
Cloud, Margaret Ward, knitting com
mittee. Red Cross rooms open Tues
day and Wednesday afternoons of eacf
week. ..
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-10-31
First White Flag Of France.

The banner of the Virgin Mary,
borne by Joan of Arc in her campaigns
In defense of the Dauphin, was the
iirst white flag in French history.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-10-31

On motion Council adjourned to
Monday. Oct. 20, 1917, at 1880 p. m.
FRED H. MUNSON,
Mayor
T. WILSON Manager.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-10-31
BOARD PROCEEDINGS.
Manchester, Iowa, Oct IS, 1911,
State of Iowa. Delaware County. So

Manchester, Iowa, Oct. Is, 1917.
State of Iowa, Delaware County, ss:-
The Board OF Supervisors met as
per adjournment, all the members and
the Auditor being present, and pro-
ceeded to canvass the returns of the
Special Election, held October Is, 1917.
Upon receiving instructions from
Attorney General H. M Havner order
ing canvass of the votes cast at the
Special Election, October Is, 1917, by
counting the ballots from each pre-.
cinct, it was moved, seconded and car
ried that the meeting adjourn until
Friday, October 18th
The minutes of this meeting were
read and approved.
CHAs. A. sWINDELL.
Chairman
MERTEN J. KLAUS.
Auditor.
Manchester, Iowa, Oct. 10, 1917.
State Of Iowa. Delaware, County, ss:-
The Board of Supervisors met as
per adjournment, all the members and
the Auditor being present. The
Board proceeded to canvass the votes
cast at the Special Election, Oct. Is,
1917, and counted the ballots returned
from each voting precinct with the
following result. Upon the question,
Shall the following Amendment to the
Constitution be Adopted to-wit:
ITO add thereto following section
twenty-six (26) thereof and as section
twenty-seven (2O of article one %
of said Constitution the following, to-
wit:
Section o. The manufacture, sale,
or keeping for sale, as beverage, OF
intoxicating liquors, including ale,
wine, and beer, shall be forever pro-
hibited within this state. The general
assembly shall by law prescribe regu-
lations for the enforcement of the
prohibition herein contained, and shall
provide suitable penalties for the vio-
lation of the provisions hereof"
There were thirty three hundred
fifty four 1854 votes cast, of which
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-10-31

Time and silence often succeed
where all other agencies fail.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-10-31
A.~~ M
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.
Council Chamber, Oct. Is, 1917

Council Chamber, Oct. IS, 1917.
Council met in regular session;
present, Mayor Munson, Councilmen
Barr, Smith, Hruby. Clark and Will
liams. Minutes of previous meeting
read and approved Reports of City
Treasurer and City Manager were read
and approved.
The following bills were allowed and
warrants ordered drawn for same:
Iowa Electric Co., lights-----$ l 81
M. & o. Railroad Co., freight 131 Oh
Leader Oil Co., oil------- % so
VIM. Croskey, labor --- 10 go
Iowa Electric Co., street lights 210 70
Iowa Electric Co., labor and
supplies --------- ----- SO 0s
Mrs. w. E. Lawrence, matron- 20 90
Delaware County Abstract Co.,
insurance ----------- 49, 10 g.
Charles Whitman, labor -- 2 rs
Geo. keyes, labor - 3 US
HOlscher & Co., supplies % so
Ed Dutton. freight -- rs
W. B. Miller & Son, supplies 20
an =
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-10-31

On motion Council adjourned to
Monday, October %, at 1880 p. m.
FRED H. MUNSON,
Mayor
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-10-31
ORIGINAL NOTICE.

In the District Court of Iowa in and
for Delaware County, December
Term, 1917.
low pnhincnn p1ointiff
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-01-03

and influence have time and time
again been used for good.
The independence of the voter will
be greatly lessened by requiring the
attaching OF the party tag. Every
man should be free to express his
choice for nominations without the
necessity of party declaration. 1t
is for him and not the State to say
to which political party he belongs.
He also should have that privilege
without making public declaration.
Any serious tinkering with the
present Vermont primary law will
not meet with favor by the people in
general.-Burlingto Clipper.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-01-03

Sweet is the destiny OF all trades.
whether of the brows or of the mind.
God never allowed any man To do noiI'
ing.-Bishop Hall.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-01-03
TOO MUCH FOR HIM.
He Admits He Cane Grasp His Wife's
Ideas of Economy.

loedS OF ECONOMY.
II can understand, remarked the
Office philosopher to the visitor to his
sanctum, most of the feminine traits
and characteristics that puzzle the or
binary man, but when woman be-
gins to practice economy she leaves
me dashed to the mast and quiverlng
with helpless establishment.
"Of course, the whole sex is eco
nomical. You have to admit that, be-
cause every woman says she is eco
nomical, and no gentleman would un-
dertake to dispute lady's statement
Mt least, no gentleman of my acnuaint-
Rnce would undertake TO dispute it in
his own house What-to uso vui-
garism-gets my goat is the method
they employ.
"Take my wife, for example. When
ever she tells me she Is going to econo-
mize / emit a single agonized shrek,
End then leap for the tall timber Her
plan Is to think up whole lot OF
things she cannot possibly do without,
nld then do without them. BY this
device she saves at single stroke the
cost Of the entire list Having thus
accumulated surplus, she naturally
proceeds to spend 1t, and she is al
ways prepared to prove she has saved
much money in the process.
There is no answer, or no answer
worth making. On occasions of this
kind 1t is my custom to pass. for, with
out looking MT my hand, | know l can
neither trump nor follow suit Rich
inond Times Dispatch,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-01-03

If,ss MARI rS iesi ABOUT tHt ud'ci' pdit
face OF leaden tint, eyes heavy and
dull. twitching eyelids, itching of the
nose, itching of the rectum, short dry
cough, grinding OF the teeth, little red
points sticking out on tongue, start
ing during sleep, slow fever
Over 60 years ago DR.. True discov-
cred the formula of Dr. True's Elixir,
the Family Laxative and Worm Elk
peller. Since then people have been
writing us letters like this: my lit
tie granddaughter had pinworms very
badly, and after taking part of bot
tie of DR.. True's Elixir is very much
better, Mrs. Georgia Philpot, Hous-
ton, Texas. This remedy has world
wide reputation as the one safe and
reliable remedy for worms and stom-
ach disorders for both young and old
At dealers. 35c. soc and $100. Ad-
vice free. Write me-
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-01-03

James j. Hill. VINO was conceded to
have been something more than a
mere money-maker, once described a
human failure as person who was
unable to save money. If the Empire
Builder was correct In his definita-
tiol, and his judgment on matters
pertaining to finance and its relation
to the individual has been recog-
mixed TO be far beyond the ordinary
then the Christmas club has certain
~ been q refoTmer of failures. Dur
iri the month OF December the sum
OF S0.000,000 was distributed by the
banks OF this country 10 members Of
Christmas clubs. Not all of these de-
pojitors who received their checks a
toN days before the opening of the
holiday season could be placed in
jim Hills category OF failures. Pro
badly the larger majority of them
were men, women and children OF 4
naturally thrifty disposition to whom
the method OF systematic saving ap-
peaied. At the same time. If II were
permitted one to know just how many
heretofore thriftless wage earners
have learned how TO save money
through the agency OF the Christmas
clubs the result would be astonish-
ing Here in Bennington there were
last year an enrolled membership of
close to sixteen hundred in the
Christmas clubs. The clerical forces
in the banks have come in close
touch with the members through the
weekly visits to make deposits and
the men behind the gTilles could give
some startling revelations out of the
fund oflinformation acquired through
their confidential relations with
these patrons. The admirable fea-
ture OF the Christmas club idea is not
that it collects a fund to be disbursed
just previous 10 the holiday season,
desirable as such condition may be,
but that it creates a saving DISPOSE
ton on the part of those who have
not heretofore possessed 1t and who
are therefore most in need of it.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-01-03
IDAHO IS A BIG STATE.
Larger Than All New England With
Maryland Added.

To those of US who remember Idaho
in our school Biographies - n small
pink block shaped like an easy chair
facing east, II may ne of interest that
this state, which In 1890 added the
forty fifth star TO the constellation OF
the flag, Is nearly as large as Pcnnsyi-
vanla ana Ohio combined and larger
than the six New England states With
Maryland included Tor coed measure
IL is divided into thirty three counties,
the smallest Of which is half rs large
as the state OF Rholc Island and the
largest greater than tho combined area
of Massachusetts and Delaware.
Idaho covers an area of c3.SSS square
miles. divided principally between the
Rocky mountain region and the Co
lumhia plateau, only "a small part in
the southeast corner If the state lyius
in the great basin. In c.evation above
sea level the state ran-cS from I3,i
feet. ut Lewiston 10 l107S feet ut the
summit Of Ilyndman AK II is drain
tu li4.tuits " thN ''h-h't't tAi'"-" IHN
Snake river and its trilutarics and has
an annual rainfall cf about seventeen
in.hcS. the range in SINGLE year ut
different places being from six To thir-
weight inches
The industries Of the state are chiefly
agriculture. stock raising and n'ning
Hay, wheat oats ana potatoes are the
principal crops. y large area r. cult
waited by irrigation The IMMORAL pro
ductiol includes gold. silver. copper
lead and zinc.-Geological Survey Bul
i,liu
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-01-03
What He Made.

Flows business, old man? Been
making anything latelyT
Eyes: an assignment. Boston Tran
script
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-01-03

The American Society.

for Thrift estimates that 50 per cent
of men in this country who reach the
age of sixty are dependent on their
daily labor for their livelihood, Our
Endowment plan taken now will
solve the problem. National Life
Ins. Co.. of VT. (Mutual.) Earle S
Kinsley, General Agent, Mead Build
ing, Rutland, Vermont. Adv
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-01-03
WHEN LIVER IS TORPID

DIT sluggish all the other vital organs
OF your body are affected-you have
stomach and bowel troubles, your head
aches. your skin loses Its clearness.
and you have "the blues" Take Hoods
Piils,-gentle and thorough. Do not
initiate nor gripe. Price Csc, of all drug
gists ar &. /. Hood Co. Lowell. Mass.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-01-03
Wednesday, January 3, 1917 r

The Banner has no desire to deny
that cold weather prevailed In this To-
eality on Saturday and Sunday, but
with Montpelier reporting tempera'
ture of 20 degrees below zero. Stowe
32 degrees below and Rutland 80 de-
grees below, we are inclined to the
belief that Bennington county is To-
Gated in favored cline.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-01-03
State of Ohio. city of Toledo. SC

: IIUtdS NOUTIFN, ~ '
Frank j. Cheney mates onth that he IL
senior partner Of The firm Of u. j. Cheney
& Co.. doing business in tile City OF To-
ledo. County and State aforesaid, and
that said firm will pnv fh,. sum OF ONE
cry case of Caiarrh that canuot he cured
by the use CT HALLS CAT ARRH CURE
FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed In
my presence, this 9Th day Of December.
A. d. 1886.
(SeaD A. W. GLEASON.
Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure Ia taken internally
and acts directly upon the blood and n1u.
cous surfaces OF the system. Send for
testimonials. free
F. j. CHFrEY e. co. Toledo, 0.
Sold by all Druggists, TIE
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-01-03
liMo!hers emily Knew

how often children suffer from worms
they would take care and guard
against this common ailment of child
hood.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-01-03

Signs Of worms are: De
ranged stomach, swollen
lpper lip, sour stomach,
offensive breath, hard
and full belly with occas.
ional gripings and pains
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1917-12-28
PAGE THREE

of these as the man who carries for
ward the standard of existing music
and created new type. There seems
to be prevailing trait among the
various Germans I have mentioned,
which forms a connection almost un-
broken through two hundred years,
back to the time of Italian supremacy
in music. Bach made a pilgrimage to
Buxtehude, Cherubini may have seen
Bach, at any rate he studied his
works thoroughly, Beethoven studied
with Cherubini, Wagner met and ad-
mired Beethoven and Richard Strauss,
now living, has gained much from his
association with Wagner.
"The summary of the development
of music, the universal expressive
mode, during the last five hundred
years is, the first three hundred years
Italian and the latter two hundred
years German. Our own American
composers of the highest rank, Mac
Dowell, Matthews, Hadley, Mason,
Chadwick, are German trained and
studied for their own artistic develop
ment the music written by the men,
small part of whose lives / have
tried to bring before YOU"
Alfred T. Adams.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1917-12-28

music should not be played in the
United States Of America during this
war and others that we should not
stint ourselves in the least. My atti-
tude is given in the following para
graphs:
'There has been much argument,
pro and con, through the columns of
our large daily newspapers, weeklies
and monthly magazines, on the subject
of German music. Many persons have
read about the difficulties Fritz Kreis-
Ter has met, he at various places being
refused permission to give his re-
citals. Another case of this type is
the wilful absence from the operate
menu Of the Metropolitan Opera in
New York, of any Wagnerian or
Mozart operas, mainly on account of
the German singers who would have
to be employed in order to produce
these truly wonderful creations. It is
not the mission Of this article to claim
that all or any Of these German ar
lists should be allowed to ontinue
making music and raking in the Am
erian dollar. The point which is to
/ be emphasized is that Americans, ir
the pell-mell Of radical thinking, moi
balanced by a careful weighing Of
the problem, should not make a hasty
decision against good music, no mat.
ter who wrote it. So to do would be
robbing themselves more than anyone
else, for nearly all the better German
composers are dead and no publisher
4 would benefit, for the importation o1
music from Germany has been stopped
1 for over two years.
History will show why the best
music of the last two hundred years
has been written by Germans of broat
vision and deep sympathies. The frs
men to write music that had any bear
ing at all on that of our present da!
were Italians, some of them living il
| the same age with Savonarola AM
i Dante. Palestrina, Frescobaldi an
many others, aided by the Romal
Catholic Monks who were faithful an
untiring copyists, built up literatur
of music, mostly sacred, which is o
, inestimable value to us, even thoug
, we did not know that such men eve
, lived.
"The Italian connection with tn
German and the gradual supremac
of the latter dates from the time {
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1917-12-28
OBITUARY

Perry Munson, the fifth child Of
Samuel R. and Marie Stockwell Mum
son, was born in Harrisville township,
Medina county, O., May 8, 1880, and
died at his home west Of Lodi in the
same township, Dec. 13, 1917, aged 81
years, months and 5 days.
His father was one of the early pio-
neers of the township, making the
settlement where he was born and
raised.
Perry Munson was married in 1866
to Rebecca Dawson. She died in 1856,
leaving one child, Henry D., who died
in infancy. On March 4, 1860, he was
united in marriage to Emily Rogers.
To this union were born four children:
Dewitt who resides near the old home,
Herman of Medina, Vernon in Wads-
worth and Altha j., who is now left
alone in the old home, she having
cared for him constantly in his declin-
ing years. His wife preceded him to
the spirit land thirteen years before.
Of the four brothers and four Sis
ters, but one survives, Mrs. Lucy
Miner of Lodi. He leaves eight grand
children and one great grandchild, to-
gether with many friends who mourn
the loss Of one who was ever kind and
thoughtful, always ready to give a
helping hand in time of need. Truly
he verified these words, ut is more
blessed to give than to receive"
Funeral services were conducted
from the home Saturday afternoon
Dec. Is, at o'clock, by Rev. Courtney
Interment in Woodlawn cemetery
| Lodi
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1917-12-28

Johann Sebastian Bach. Bach was the
creator of the grandest, most glorious
and most nearly sublime music ever
penned. Unfortunately the present
generation is so busy with diversions
such as the antics of Charley Chaplin
that it takes an aversion to things re-
quiring mental application unless
they bring with them dollars and
cents, therefore these fine works SIM
ply bore instead of creating feeling
of overfowing enthusiasm and relig-
ious ferver. Bach as young man
came under the Italian influence and
studied with Buxtehude who had been
trained at Rome with one of the long
line of famous players of old st.
Peters organ. At the time of Fres-
coboldi, prior to Buxtehude, the reci-
tails on this organ became SO popular
that at times as many as thirty
thousand persons stood in old st.
Peters to hear him play. Can you
imagine thirty thousand Americans
gathered together for anything ex-
cept baseball or football game or
the Inaugural Parade at Washington
The San Diego exposition organ at
tracted great numbers of persons,
however, even in our time.
Returning to the subject; Bach
absorbed this italian training and his
first few compositions are italian in
style. George Frederick Haendel was
born in the same year as was Bach,
but he continued in the italian style
Of his training which was very popu-
lar and consequently remunerative.
Haendel went over to England where
his music came to be much in demand
and he wrote an immense amount of
oratiorios and operate junk which was
Immediately accepted and as soon for
gotten. Almost the only works of his
known now are The Messiah, Samson,
Judas Maccabeus and one aria from
an opera, the Largo from Xerxes.
Bach, on the contrary, after feeling
his way timidly at first by copying the
models of his Latin predecessors
branched out more and more and de.
veloped style of his own which is
almost unmistakable on account of its
. sincere, vigorous and daring spirit.
"Beethoven's instructor was tn,
Italian Cherubini, of whom tn,
: younger man was an open admirer
Z for he once declared that Cherubin
was the greatest musician that eve
; lived. Time has shown us, however
that the person who made that state
ment developed far beyond the limits
tcmperamental.and intellectual, Of hi
teacher, and became the creates
musician, in the line of piano compo
sitions. of rcs Germ times. Beetnove
has also yrit.en, and that very wei
for al'nost eve'y instrument and voic
and their ;:nnf nation; H. was
greater relips at orch =: raj blrnu n
and harmoni. ,ng thar Rae, ar,l.. 6
account o: the improvan:: fife. .
IN the N .rdments sia.. Backs trr
i = .rtly '>ause he lived in Vi"nn:
r - 4nrs,cj.l >s''er of F1ro'e.
I'll trIel:, chm, Schulz :rt. s ru.',a,
and Wagner were all born in the frs
few years of the nineteenth centur,
but Wagner really stands at the hea
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1917-12-28
THE DRUMS OF THRIFT

Hark! What rising sound is that?
1t beats a steady "rat-ta-tat"
Upon a nations gate.
Its rumblings cross continent;
A startled world gives ear, intest
To hear the drums of Fate!
In billions, pennies tumbling in
Roll on and rattle toward Berlin
A storm Of singing shots
By millions thrifty hands give toll
To check the waste; to burn less oil
AS penny-patriots.
So, little children, strive with care
That savings may sing "Over There"
And down autocracy.
Each penny in each thrift stamp held
Thus some sweet sacrifice has spelled
For true democracy.
But hark! The tide Of pennies sweeps
Across the sea; the Kaiser weeps!
The gates of freedom lift!
And how a gasping, war-torn sphere
Stops its fighting to revere
The drums Of penny-thriftl
Roe s. Eastman.