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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-05-09

has been in the repair shop for
year. This is the instrument the
boys accidently shot with shot gun.
Miss Marston accompanied her
brother to Colesburg Saturday and
attended the school play, returning
Sunday afternoon. Her brother is
principal of the schools in Colesburg.
Mrs. Goldsworthy has been spend
ing two weeks at the home of her
son, William.
Claude Culbertson and wife have
rented the Pillymounter house,
DR.. Kresensky was in Iowa City the
last of the week at the bedside of his
wife's mother who is critically i'll.
Clark Tull is numbered among the
sick. ....
John Chase and family were Man
chester visitors Saturday.
AL Burbridge and family were Sun
day guests at Henry Holthaus.'
L. J. Schneider and wife were in
Manchester Friday, where the latter
is having dental work done.
Mrs. w. S. Odell and Mrs. Lincoln
Odell were Manchester shoppers
Tuesday.
Mrs. Beckwith spent several days
of last week with her daughter, Mrs.
Andrew Rector, at Oneida.
Mesdames Jas. Rutherford and Jas.
Fowler of Edgewood, spent one day
last week at the ]. Edmunds home.
Herman Young of Manchester, Wis
tied Huse Dow Sunday.
Six new names were added to the
NJ. E. church roll Sunday.
Saturday, April % being Huse
Dow's 18th birthday, his parents
gave surprise card party to honor
the occasion. A number of his boy
friends were in attendance. Refresh
ments were served.
Mrs. l.. M. Armstrong is now able
to do her homework.
Ike Fisher and family are moving
into their new home.
The regular meeting of the Ladies'
Aid society of the NJ. E. church will
be held in the basement Thursday
Mrs. Fern Lang, Mrs. Mary Way and
Miss Arlie Young will serve lunch
At this meeting you are requested
to come prepared to sew as there are
a number of garments to be made
for some children whose mother is
| i'll. ...s
A reception was held in the church
basement Wednesday evening of this
week to tender Rev. and Mrs. B. A.
Alexander farewell 1t is with re-
greet that we see this estimable
couple leave our midst, but only the
best of wishes is extended to them in
their new home. They will go to Nc
Gregor at once. . s.-.,. '..
Mrs. B. A. Sherman has been on
the sick list but is better at this
| time.
Miss Mary Lister of Dyersville, was
an over-Sunday visitor at the A. A.
Chapman home.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-05-09
GaliIeo's Telescope.

The telescopes contracted by Gall.
leo consisted Of one convex object glass
and one concave eyeglass, which were
placed at the extremities Of metal
tube, the first of these magnifying the
height and breadth Of objects three
times. Later on he produced a tele-
scope which magnified eight times,
and about five years further along pro-
duced a telescope with the power OF
magnifying objects about thirty times
larger than they appear to the unassist-
ed eye.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-05-09
Pity the Poor Editor.

Mingus (speaking of one who has
just passed)-"He certainly has
squelched appearance" Sillbent -
mo wonder. His wife won't let him
express his mind at home, and his boss
won't let him express it at the Office"
Mingus-"What' his business?" Sill
bent-"He's newspaper editor."-
Life.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-05-09
"Baby Talk" Rebuked,

slack, look at the nice bOw-wow,"
said a mother to her three-year-OlG
son, out for Il walk, Jack looked as
directed, then up at his mother, and
said solemnly, 81 call that dog"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-05-09

Sour stomach, clogged up bowels,
pimples, blackheads, foul breath are
evils of constipation. HOLSTERS
Rocky Mountain Tea regulates the
bowels, improves the blood, cleans the
stomach, "a medicine the whole fam
lily should take. w. G. Amsden.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-05-09
You Know the Type.

"Some men goes ahead" said Uncle
Eben, "actin' as foolish us il iey had
to put DER whole lives payin' freak
lection bets"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-05-09
Dailv Thouoht.

The best part of our knowledge is
that which teaches us where knowl-
edge leaves off and ignorance begins.
Oliver Wendell Holmes.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-05-09

Keep the little ones healthy and
happy. Their tender, sensitive bodies
require a gentle, healing, harmless
remedy in the spring. HOLSTERS
Rock Mountain Tea is a safe tonic
remedy, thorough but not injurious.
35c. A, G. Philip.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-09-28

council Awards Contract
~ Z special meeting Of cIe city
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-09-28
NIGHT SCHOOL TO
OPEN NEXT WEEK
Enrolment for Special Work VIM
Take Place on Monday and
Wednesday Evenings.
YIasT SESSION OCCURS FRIDAY
Course Outlined Includes 30 Sessions
and Is Arranged to Termi-
nate ora Dec. Il.

--srEa ar-m~sr- e-fe~-s xuaa~
4~7
t1s direction ~ the board of eauca-
r5n. Will open Friday evening. Oct 5,
.to=frr pee Il. a total Of 80 evenings.
-,.,f5 he hall. 1- ,sr-ao,. Ne
ss=7'"7
uesa4s ana fiAas 7fehalhsS-
The Manual Arts building. sixth
avenue and Tveuty-frst street. will
h open on Monday and Wednesday
---~- +1 d -, foe o,,~o,f-
iii sessions are To start
----,. If -eH each evening and
..--.t. s. r.ryarr f7=4 far tre zna-
~f trcea u-nn have haar m
r- 49, s-.e-4 The las. s.hoaje any
~ ~ l-lt-ae -~ 5r+rrot-a himself
.r-4-a .sz earnfnrs Inv urenar-
en- NE 5oh higher 1p for foreign
-AA r.. -.-,f. - - ~ learn ne
gl-t..- fsr-u-ga ana also for those
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-09-28
PR0PERTY OWNERS NOTICE.


Notice IS hereby given to all per-
sons Interested, that the board OF local
improvements Of the city of Rock Is
land. Ill., has hlad in the c0unty. court
II Rock Island county, q certificate Of
cost Of the improvement entitled in
said lourt.~-Tn re petition Of the city OF
Rock island H. TO assess the cost Of
paving Of Fifth avenue with brick from
Thirteenth TO Seventeenth streets. and
said certificate also shows the court
costs. the amount of accrued interest
and the total amount Of said assess
Leut and said certificate also states
that I1e said Improvement conforms
substantially to the requirements of
the original ordinance for the con
rlcJiCn Of the same, a S required by
law. and that final hearing on said GER
EfdeaEe Wiz be had on the 18th day Of
October. A. n. 1877, at 3 O'Clock &. III,
ar as soon thereafter as the business
IT fEe court VIII permit. All persons
desiring NAV 6le objections in said
court before said day. and may appear
at the hearing and make their defense
Dated tbis 27th day Of September
AID 1917
WILLIAM NcCoNOCHIEs
President.
e. JCEL Secretary.
WALLACE TREECHLER
Engineer
Board Of local improvements Of the
elte Of Rock Island. III
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-08-16
Japan Fears the Chinese.

From the Japanese Society Bulletin.
mo Japanese whose opinion is worth
anything is in any way disturbed by the
proposed ea pansion of armament in Amer
lea says NJ. Zumoto, the editor OF the
Herald of Asia. a weekly newspaper
printed in English and published in Toxic.
who considers 1t only natural and proper
that a large and rich country like the
United States should adequately protect
itself from possible foreign foes. The
editor further says that it is not the fear
Of an American army 100000 strong that
keeps Japan from "gobbling ~. China"
nor is it the fear of European ,interven-
lion. 1t is rather a fear OF the Chinese
themselves.
sit may not be an impossible task for
ps to conquer China says Zumoto. but
We know Chinese history too well not to
be impressed by the wonderful race yirf1-
lty of our continental neighbors. Time
and again they nav been subdued by rude
.ribesmen from the north, but they have
q every case succeeded in absorbing and
lssi1nilating their l~conquerors. History
would most probably repeat itself: It
would be the conquered who would ulti-
mately do the gobbling up-a prospect
which can hardly be pleasing to q patriotic
neople like the Japanese"
The editor does not believed that the
limited States has any idea OF 50 actively
Interesting herself in far eastern politics
- 70 intervene between Japan and CHINA,
assuming that Japan should 'misbehav
IN China He asks Americans to View
this eastern question in the same ngD
that they would have the Mexican situa-
ton viewed
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-08-16
Control of Exports.

From the st. Louis Globe Democrat.
President Wilson'S brief. but comprehen-
sivc. statement as to the purpose Of the
control of exports justifies the action of
Self preservation demands supervision of
such exports as are described in the pro-
clamation, embracing most articles neces-
sary to the conduct of the war and to the
support of the military and civilian opu
lation. except cotton. Why it was omitted
is not clear. All exporters must procure
licenses. whether they are dealing with
must be renewed every 60 days. 1t is pre-
sumed that the department Of
possesses the inherent power to revoke n
licnse at any time for cause. Heavy PEN
alties are prescribed for violations and at
tempted evasions of the law. The regula-
tiors and limitations are not announced.
These will doubtless vary as to countries,
ject to modification from time to time
under the general principles announced
hv the president. which are to care for our
own needs, immediate and remote, to help
the. nations allied with us in the war and
to supply, in so far as consistent with
these two aims, the legitimate needs of
neutrals. y
Friction will no doubt arise from time
to time in dealing with neutrals and es-
pecia1ly with such as have commerce with
the central powers. Prevention OF any
OF our supplies becoming available,
either directly or indirectly. to feed the
enemy is of prime and fundamental i'm
portance. We cannot rely soley on Of
ficial guarantees Of neutrals as to- that.
Or perhaps the consular agents of our al
lies, must be given a right OF supervision
which would be intolerabie to neutrals in
| normal times.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-08-16
HAY FEVER AMI THE ARMY.

The United States public health serv-
ice made a surve of hay fever in
Louisiana They found that almost \
per cent OF the population were subject
to he disease. Louisiana is below the
hay fever belt 1t is generally agreed
that Louisiana has less of the disease
tina the parts OF the country to the
north. Based on these figures Or:
Scheppegrell says that an army OF
500, 900 will have 5000 hay fever suffer.
ers in its ranks. These 5000 men wlH
not be OF much service during two
months of the year.
Spring and summer hay fever are
due to grass pollen. The pollen grains
of grasses are large and heavy and the
vino seldom carries them more tina a
mile. If the grass and weeds are kept
cut to a height of less han one foot in
army amp and for a certain distance
around them some of the men will be
spared this form of hay ever.
In the south and west most of the
autumnal hay fever is due to the pollen
! from ragweed. In the Pacific and
Rocky Mountain states sage pollen is
the principal cause. The pollen from
these weeds is smaller and d wind blow
ing more than IL miles an hour is
liable to carry them more than flVe
miles. Protecting the soldiers against
autumnal, hay fever in these districts
will prove more difficult.
1t is to be remembered that three
other factors are to he taken into con-
sideration. Individuals differ in their
susceptibility to pollen. So important is
this point that many persons hold that
hay fever is a neurosis and none is sub
ject to it except persons of little sta
bility of nerves Hay fever subjects in
this group are classed with the hys-
terics, hypochondriacs, and other
groups Of the near insanse. There is a
treatment of hay fever based on this
hypothesis.
The dose is a factor in determining
the effect of pollen. Some people do not
! succumb until the number Of grains in
a measured quantity of air passes q
given point. The tactical meaning OF
all this is that even if all OF the weed
and grass are not kept down good is
accomplished by partial efforts to con-
troll them.
There seems very good ground fol
thinking hat persons who are subjec'
to hay fever are not fully supplied witt
lime. Based on this theory an effor
at saturation with lime is made. TIL,
ordinary method of giving it is as fol
lows:
Calcium chloride crystals. 4 ounces.
Distilled water to make ! pint,
Dose-I teaspoonful after each meal.
OR
Calcium chloride anhydrous. . ounces.
Distilled water to make | pint.
Dose-l teaspoonful after each meal.
1t is necessary to begin this treatmen
before the attack comes on and, to o
tinue it for weeks. Some persons ado
the lime solution to dough and bake i
into lime bread.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-08-16
"PIayina tho Bear" in Mexico.

From the World outlook.
This is the manner OF courtship in
Mexico. \ young man secs a young
lady on the street whom he admires,
and follows her home. Having reached
her casa, ne begins to play bear" by
walking back and forth in front of the
house or standing OF the street with his
eyes fixed upon her windows. for hours
at a time. day and night.
The Mexican young woman is coy,
even if greatly interested. she will re-
main back of the curtain. BY the
blinds she gives sign that she is not
entirely Indifferent. After a day or two
she may even show her face or wave
her hands as a further mark of eG-
couragement, and, after several days,
she may appear on the balcony for a
few moments. If she goes to church
the lover is probably not far behind,
and an occasional smile or glance from
her eyes of midnight is given him as a
daily salutes and smiles when the lover
appears. Flowers in which notes are
concealed are sent by the aid of the
water carriers or charcoal vendors.
When the courtship has so far ad-
vanced that the lovers may talk, the
MOONLIGHT nights are devoted to the
lovemaking and several pairs Of lovers
can be seen on almost any street.-the
on the sidewalk. she at the window
Perhaps in the most casual way i'm
aginable she may let her finger slip
| through the bars, for there is just a
chance that m may be asleep.
Later he may be invited to call at
the house by the father or mother after
a family council. if his antecedents are
all right, for Of course they have been
F, investigated by the sagacious parents
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-08-16
Var Has Made England Prosperous.

Business has been good in England
despite the war. p. G. I. Forbes says in
the August American Magazine:
The peonle. as a whole, are earning
more, spending more and saving more
than ever before. Wages were never so
high nor work so plentiful. The rich who
are not interested In favored manufac-
lures are suffering through heavy taxa
tion. but the working classes are pros
pering. The leading department store in
London has had a record Year.
That is what comes from England.
"'Business conditions continue to in
dictate such industrial and commercial ac-
tivity as the country has not hitherto
experienced
THAT is the message a great Canadian
bank sends.
cts it time to get scared to death? !
don't believe so at all. ! believe firmly
hat it is going to have an expansive eff
feet on banking credits and bank deposits.
I know we are going to see a vast indus
trial expansion. 1t isn't going to be 100
per cent employment: it is going to b
40 per cent employment. There will be
need only for every man who worked be-
fore; there will be need for all the men
and women. The unskilled worker will
step into the place of the skilled worker,
and women will be called upon to take a
greater place in industry. 1t is going to
mean the greatest wage fund that was
ever paid out
That is the verdict of Frank A.. Van
derlip.. head of Americas largest national
bank.'
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-08-16
MONEY LENDER PlTlED POOR
Chinese Shylock in Manchuria Gave
Annual Sum for Relief Work to
Relieve His Conscience.

A wealthy Chinese money lender in
Manchuria vas recently convicted OF
making false declaration regarding
rohberies of his caravans by Mongolian
bandits. His conscience troubled him
To sucl an extent tlnt he offered to
contribute an annual sum of 500 for
The relief of the poor. East and West
says. This money was made the basis
Of a fund for feeding the helpless at
kungchuling.
Manchuria is terribly poor, despite
The mineral and agricultural riches eX-
,racted from IFS soil and rocks, all OF
which products are shipped abroad.
There are probably thousands of indus
.rious natives unable, by unremitting
toll, to earn more than a meager l1v-
ing. When TO their natural difficulties
nrn added the rayages of bandits anu
The evils of disagreement, sud- as
now prevail in many parts of China,
INFECT poverty and starvation must be
lle lot of the people who, in the best
of times, are only half fed.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-08-16
Holding Americans Back.
Cedar Rapids Republican

The American soldiers in France are
now In their camps close enough up to
the firing lines to hear the music OF the
big guns. They are receiving a great deal
of training in the meantime, and the main
thing, according to the French, in which
they have to be trained is not to be too
eager or too brave. The Americans, &C
cording to the French. are like the Cana
dians, they want to rush in and wipe, out
the enemy. But that is exactly the kin
of warfare that cannot be waged at the
present time. The soldiers, to be effec-
tive, must first of all save their w lives;
instead of risking them carelessly. A dead
cealing are necessary parts of the modern
trench warfare. 1T is not a wal of riskine
everything or dashing to victory. These
Americans and they will continue to be
impressed upon their minds by the French
drill masters and advisers. 1t is, there
which the Americans must habituate their
minds and that is going to take time.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-08-16
The Rose.

Who can pot into words what the ram
bier roses are signalling these days? They
says the Boston Herald. Everywhere they
are crowding treuises and porch rails
their iocund forms are massed about win
house walls, where a bird could scarcely
cling. they are called ramblers. though
they in no way justify. the name save by
this fondness for adjoining every r~eachable
mans. Indeed, they are essentially of the
home keeping sort. Yet. to tell the truth
outright, they are not staid-not confined;
hoopskirt, k many d quietly sweet and
delightful rose bush. No. they have a BIT
Of fling in their natures, a dash of JOY
in the freedom of going somewhere
But they are home lovers none the less,
all the more. in fact. since they touch
with their life's gladness and beauty much
more Of the home to which they belong
than proper rose bushes ever dream OF
achin
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-08-16
The Large Russian Mold.

From the BOSTON TRANSCRIPT.
The Russians are nodded on a large
scale and their novels are as wide IN IN
terest as the world itself. Professor Phelps
pronounccs them a people without pre1u.-
dices, citing Henry James remark that
THE mind of Turgeney contained not one
pin point Of prejudice"
Professor Phelps. ito view the world. the
Institutions Of society. moral ideas. and
human character with an absolutely I'M
prejudiced mind! We Americans are skin
full of preiudices. OF course, we don't call
them prejudices-we call them principles.
But they sometimes impress Others as
p]rejudices; and they no doubt help to
obscure our judgment, and to shorten or
~refract our sight
The national shame with which We are
covered at his moment by the holocaust
of negroes in Illinois, guilty only of the
American ambition to better their con-
dition, is a loatbsome exhibit of a pecu-
liarly American prejudice.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-08-16
Making Flour Of Potatoes.
From the Philadelphia Record

Potato drying is a Comparatively new
industry on this side; but dried potato
flakes and potato flour are used extern
siyely IN Europe. where the flour is uttl-
lied in all kinds of bakery goods. The
1913 government report showed. that Inn.
ports of potato flour were f1S7lo.4s s
pounds. A plant situated in Arlington.
Rhinelander. Wis. Potato flakes can be
turned almost instantly into mashed 20
tatoes and you'd be especially welcome
Busy housewife h can bring them to
a bon and serve" Unstable potatoes
n culls are now almost a total loss,
and these may readily be converted into
potato flour and products. The process
OF drying consists In steaming carefully
cleaned potatoes. MASKING them and dry
ing the mashed, potatoes ON revolving
steam cylinders
Potato flakes make good food for farm,
stock. Horses eat them readily. look
better and work better on that diet.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-08-16
TWO TYPHOID LESSONS.

In April seven cases of typhoid fever
were reported from one house IN
BROOKLYN. The health department
found that their were two families In
this house, one on the first and one on
the second floor. On March % a child
in the first floor family developed ty-
phoid fever. The diagnosis was made
on the goth. On the 9th this child and
two others who were developing typhoid
We're removed to the hospital. Nearly
a week later the mother came down
with the disease. BY this time the
health department was aware OF the ne
cessity and they started vaccination
against typhoid. The remaining mem
Ders OF this family escaped.
Blt the family upstair began with
theirs. on April il one of the second
floor children was reported as having
typhoid. Investigation showed that TINS
child and two others had the disease.
They We're removed TO the hospital. The
remaining members of the upstairs fam
lily were then vaccinated, whereupon the
epidemic stopped.
The health department investigated
to find out what these two families had
or used in common. 1t was possible TO
ruie out water. The milk supply was
no; the cause. No other food was in the
liSt Of possibilities. It was March and
flies w&rc not abroad. Therefore, the
q bio W. "a -
sappiy Of flies. 1t was found that a
toilet in the basement was used jointly
ny Dotn families. The led pans and
chambers We're taken to this toilet and
tll.r- c}npti"d.
There was ali interval Of one week
betWaen the time The first downstairs
Ciiil got SICK and the making of the
diagnosis During this time the UNI
SteliliZed eXecretionS were taken to tn.
basement and there er1ptied.s There was
ocular evidence that the process of
enlptyiGg resulted in a good deal of soil
inG. The health department was con-
tincei tina the use in common OF this
toilet was the means of spreading ty-
phoid.
The first lesson is that vaccination
stnnS typhoid. =. division of this lesson
is that there are many cope who think
themselves safe enough who houid be
N~accinated against typhoid. The second
is the more important. 1t is that where
several families have a toilet as com
mon g~ronnd--a place where the paths
cross-the spread of contagion in these
families is almost inevitable.
In every city where there are manA
tenement houses there is a high conta
gion rate. At one time it is typhoid: a,
another. diphtheria; at still another
scarlet fever. 1t is we'll nigh impossible,
to stop c%ontngion quickly. w!leIe tn.
paths of several households cross at the
tGiiet or Driyv
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-08-16
Target Practice Records
Proue Mays Gunners
Experts With Big Guns


Washington, D. C.-I,ata made pub
&c would tend to show that the marks
Hlanship of the United States navy, on
which everything would depend in the
event of a naval battle, is better than
ever before.
This statement is attacked by a num-
Der of critics of the navy department
On the ground that the calculation OF
"hits- was such as to make a low rec
ord of craftsmanship for any ship.
The navy department, however, in
sfsts that the calculations were made
on the same basis on which marksn:a7-
ship in the United States navy has al
ways been scored.
The following table gives in detail
the craftsmanship record of the Va
rious ships of the ~dreadnaught class
in recent battle practice, the shots hay
ing been fired at various ranges, IA
inch, Is caliber.