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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-04-11

Miss Mary Drummy of Dubuque
spent Sunday with her sister, Mrs. J.
F. Burns.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-04-11
TEACHERS STUDY CENTER.

The last of the teachers study CEN
ters for this year will be held in the
High school building in this city on
Saturday, April 14th, the program
commencing at 9:30 in the forenoon.
The program will be in charge of A
o. Stanger, who is acting as assistant
to Superintendent F. P. Walker.
Following is the program:
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-04-11

Forenoon:
Grade teachers-Progress from Year
to Year in Teaching Language
--------------I Ida Fesenbeck
Rural Teachers ---- - G. H. Bailey.
Grade Teachers -- c. H. Bailey
Rural Teachers-Progress from Year
to Year in Teaching Language
Ida Fesenbeck
Afternoon
Grade Teachers-Language ---------
~err --------I Ida Fesenbeck
Rural Teachers-Hand work in Thin
Wood - C. H. Bailey
Grade Teachers-Hand work in Thin
Wood ------C G.. H. Bailey
Rural Teachers-Language ----------
Fesenbeck
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-04-11

CONTINUED on page So
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-06

When Billy Bunny and Bobby lai'
started out the next morning Tor the
Old Brier Patch it was very early.
puess il was about o'clock. Maybe II
was earlier. for Cocky Docky was sing
ing his cock a doodle do song. Sue
Cow was still asleep. Her horns were
done up in curl papers and her eyes
tightly closed.
Perhaps she wouldn't like us 10 see
her with those funny curl papers
whispered Billy Bunny. you kho"
mother never likes to have strangers
see hers"
OF course Mrs. Bunny didn't nave
horns. What Billy meant was that she
did ND her hair every night in curl pa
|pers.
When the little Rabbit Brothers
reached the Rahhling Brook they 1ouna
II was all frozen over. Willie Wind
had blown so hard all night that there
wasn't speck of snow on the ice. ~
was Just as smooth as a piategiass
window in candy store.
They tried to skate home, but Wine
Wind blew them the other way down
to the Old Mill Pond. And before they
could do anything they went flying
over the Mill Dam. Down they wen.
with a bump And before they couiu
cav "Pinky pink is the bottle OF INK!
they were sliding under the raiiroao
bridge At that moment a train OF cars
nc ,ne nv
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-06
a Writer For Children.

In the latter part Of the seventeenth
century there lived in Paris an OLD gen
tleman who found his greatest deilgno
in gathering little children about ms
knee and telling them fairy tales. ne
was a great man, scholar VINO NAG
defended the authors of his time
against the aspirations of Boileau ana
others of the classical school who IN :
sisted that literature was d lost art. 10
refute such theories Charles Perrault-
for such was the name OF the taie-teii-
ing old gentleman-wrote great vol
ume dealing with the "1llustrioiis n. Men
Of the Century Of Louis. XIV" This
work of more than 200 remarkably
complete biographies is still treasure
troye for the historian who writes OF
that period. Perrault was also Keen
student of the legendary lore of France
and other peoples, and it was these oid
legends which formed the basis OF me
amusing tales he told the youngsters.
Pcrrault was born in Paris on Ian
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-06

The button shoe is popular ar
tiCle of dress which is harder to get
on and off than a lace evening gown
with forty-two hoogs and eyes.
The inventor of the button shoe has
never been discovered. but if he Is
ever found he will have one Of the
most abrupt and successful demises on
record Until the button shoe was
brought out a man could dress IN the
morning while his wife was getting the
kitchen fire started and by the time
she had ,ugged IN two or three pals of
coal and had shoveled the snow OFF
the front walk he would be ready to
sit down to breakfast and cause lofty
pile OF wheat cakes to succumb IN
heap. This was because men wore the
good old Congress shoe, which could
be put on without calling plumber.
With the advent of the button shoe.
however. every man who owned
pair found that he required more time
to make his toilet than June bride.
It is peculiar fact that pair OF new
button shoes. which fitted perfectly
down at the store. will begin to Shrink
as soon as they are exposed to the out
door air When the owner tries 10
squeeze into them the next morning ne
will be greeted by three or four SICK
ening explosions, caused by the put
tons flying off and rolling under the
ch:ffonIer The buttons are then put
back on by machine which locates
them in a new spot where they can
bite a hole in the owners ankle at
every step.
After the button shoe had been on
the market long enough to expose us
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-06
Billy Bunny and His Friends

foot, toot, tootity toot!
Look at the scared little rabbits
scoot''
screamed the engine whistle. tnlhk
1t was a very mean thing for that whis-
tie to do, don't you? And the Con-
ductor, who was passing from one car
to another, must have thought so, 100,
for he dropped a Paper Cornucopia fuiI
of candy right down at their feet. But,
oh. dear me! would you believe 1t! me
Cornucopia of Candy just wouidn
stand still! It<spun around and around
just like top. Every once IN WHY
it would take sudden shoot toward
Billy Bunny or Bobby Tail. Then IL
would spin away again just as 1hes
thought they had it. Did you ever go
into a Candy Store TO buy cents
worth Of candy and then find that you
had lost your 5 cents? Well. that
lust the way the Bunny Brothers iei..
There was a whole Cornucopia fun OF
candy and they couldn't get it.
Then all Of sudden something nap
pened. The string around the Cornu-s
copia caught on stick that was frozen
in the ice and held it fast
(And if the peppermint sticks don't
turn into barber poles and choke the
Bunny Brothers you shall hear tomor-f
row night how Old Man Weasel tries
to put them in a Rabbit Stew. Not
the peppermint sticks but Billy ana
Rohhy) "a
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-06

wants license let him have what he
wants. Don't argue with the barber.
Submit yourself to his hands trust
ingiy and hopefully. After the sheet
is on you are at his mercy. Don't talk
back. Leave it up to him and his. II
he desires to be known as barbo-
practic or a hairopath agree with him.
He knows what he wants. Also ne
knows what you want or what is quite
as much to his purpose knows what
you are going to get. Fuss If you
please with your banker, quarrel with
Your physician, row with Your hired
man If You will but keep on GOOD
terms with your wife and Your barber
Lea EN- have what they want.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-06
the BUSINESS FIELD.

Wit hthe new international compl'
cations accentuaitng the tendency to-
ward conservatism and caution, legiti-
mate business hesitates, tho its volume
continues large. Foreign uncertainties
influence all speculative markets adj
versely, and in trade and industry
there is an increasing disposition t
defer forward commitments until the
future is more clearly defined. Yet the
effect of the abatement of buying is
lessened, with most mills and factories
covered by contracts for months to
come, and leading producing interests
do not offer price concessions in an
effort to stimulate demand.
Sogns Of yielding, however, are more
apparent and sharp reaction has &C.
CURED in some raw materials, such as
in cotton. Roadway is made in reduC-
ing orders that have accumulated IL
many branches. but progress in this
direction is still slow because Of the
handicaps imposed by the transporta-
ton congestion and inadequate labor
supply. With freight movements gen
orally retarded and embargoes in force
certain commodities are more scarce
and costly. and premiums have not en-
tireIy disappeared.
Strictly domestic requirements re-
main extensive and while distributors
exercise prudence in keeping merchan-
disc stocks within the limits Of safety
consumption Of necessities is sustained
in noteworthy volume at the highest
prices OF modern times. Even with
diminished speculation. bank ciearings
a, leading centers in January were 80
Der cent in excess Of the then record
figures OF 1876. tho part Of the gain IS
obviously due to the advanced quota
tions.
All expec, a diminished business
mortality wiki the country generally
prosperous. and not in some years have
January Ld4iLtS maui o. JFLNS! ~
h.bit. The number Of defaults last
month. I.540. was the smallest for The
period since 1910 while It is necessary
to go back to 1909 10 find lighter in
debtedness than the $1S,200,000 just re-
ported. That there were 2Ss more re-
verses and s1,50O,000 more in amount
than in December is Of no special sig
nifcance. for the commercial death
rate invariably rises in January, and
in the present instance the increase
is less than in nearly a decade. Com
pared with a year ago, last months in
solvencies show a numerical reduction
of 469 and from the maximum point
in January, 1915. the decrease is 1,3oS,
or over IS per cent. Yet some people
ask why the Improvement is not more
marked, apparently forgetting that
with many more firms and individuals
now in business than ever before the
possibilities Of financial embarrassment
are naturally greater.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-06
A BARBERSHOP CHORD.

The BARRIERS have been before the
legislature seeking to have law
passed that shall license barriers to
operate for the removal Of hirsute ap-
pendices only upon examination and
certificate Of fitness from a board OF
examiners duly created. Many BARRIERS
favor such a law but the demand is
not by any means unanimous. Some
very good BARRIERS pronounce the
license system in vogue in Illinois
and Wisconsin as a failure.
However there is much to be urged
as 70 advantages to the public in
licensed BARRIERS and barber shops that
might lose their licenses by neglect
Of sanitation ana thru lack Of COM
mon cleanliness. a barber shop may
become a verE- active disseminatOr Of
disease Of one kind and another Aside
from that the victim who has found
himself in a chair with q squirrel
beard at the mercy Of an apprentice
include certain knowledge Of how the
grain runs, how TO put an edge on the
skinning knife and certify to a GER
tain dextertty.
There was a t4me-long ago when
ne who presides over the chair vas
professional person, ranking with
apothecaries and the like. In those
days the barber was by way Of a
practitioner Of the surgical science.
He bled patients in the period when
venesection was as popular as pepsin
is now. Not only did he remove sur
plus hair from scalp and jowis but
he skilfuly tapped a vein and relieved
blood pressure. To be sure there yet
remain BARRIERS who draw blood but
not in a professional way and blood
letting Of any character has lost its
popularity with the patron who has in
these later days become a customer
and less a patient than impatient
OF course we call them BARRIERS now
and not Outrageous but barbering is
not the less an art. In individual
cases il rises to a fine art. In its way
It may compare itself with the art Of
the surgeon. Surely no greater art
and skill is demanded in order to delve
! into the interior u cnn.a,!efelE
| anaesthetized patient after an APP
pendix as big as a mans thumb than
| to slide the swift steel across the
throat Of wriggling, writing per
SCH. who insists on smoking cigal
| and talking with six people all thu
time the operation is in progress, "he
coughs unexpectedly and kicks aroun'
madly trying to find a comfortaoi'
i position for his feet
\ Consider the barber then. II h
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-06
WHAT IS BACK OF IT?


Governor Harding undoubtedly
knows that the federal governments
work in compiling railroad valuations
is being carried out by systems, not by
states. II would be difficult, therefore,
TO check up the Iowa valuations ana
there would be no assurance, even II
the local work IL carried out, that 1t is
superior TO the federal work
The governors suddenly acquired in
terest in railroad valuations is strange,
to say the least His request for an
appropriation Of $780, 900 for this yalu-
alton work, to be expended under his
own direction, calls for very careful
analysis. The governor has no estab-
lished reputation for hostility to ran
road interests. One Of hls chief cam
paign leaders in Sioux City last fan
was railroad official
In the first valuations submitted the
federal commission has made a strong
bid for popular confidence thru show
ing huge eaces1a6 &: stccks aah bonus
Of railroads This fairness to PUBIC
interests on the part on the federal
commission might induce the railroad
companies to try and compiicate the
issues which juggIed state valuations
No need has yet appeared TO risk such
complications.
Further.than that. the federal yalua-
tions are the ones that viii be accsp.e'
by the interstate commerce coihi'ihn
sion and that body eventually wiii hasf
sole authority TO tanper with rates o.
interstate lines. The people are ss''
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-06
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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-06
SAVE THE QUAIL.
I Sioux CITY journal. /


Representative Turner's bill Tor a
closed season on quail. which is pend
ing in the house at Des MONIES, is a
measure prompted by good sense. The
quail now = very near to eXtermina-
ton in Iowa. That alone should
commend a closed season as a wise
and humane measure. But there IS
more than a huma nitarian reason Tor
the preservation Of the quail The
birds complete destruction would be
a serious economic loss. for as de-
stroyer Of harmful insect life the
quail IS rated as the farmers best
friend. In any fair consideration oil
the merits Of the case. the claims
made for the quail on behalf of the
farmer are entitled to more weight
than the pleas OF the hunters for the
continuance Of their privileges.
1t is unfortunate, 1t seems TO the
Journal, that Mr.. Hinshaw. the state
game warden, should oppose the pro-
posed closed season, and that he
should dispute the economic values OF
the quail, in defiance Of expert knowl-
edge on the subject The question at
once arises: Is the state game depart
the UuHltIs. VI - ~ ava N'-N
state?
The complaint is made that the pro-
posed closed season would cause
shrinkage Of revenue from hunting
Licenses of at least 100000 year.
Well what If it should? 1t would be
worth far more than that to preserve
the quail to the state. And the state
lis not seriously in need of the s30,0oo
The state game department Tor a
number Of years has been engaged IN
an effort to domesticate in Iowa I'M
ported pheasants, to take the place
Of the prairie chicken which has oeeh
exterrninated. Why is it not wiser
70 lock the barn door before the morse
has been stolen? What folly 1t woulo
iDe to permit the destruction OF the
quail. merely that hunters might nave
leave to crafty their love OF sport, ana
then devote time thought and money
in efforts to provide substitute.
LET us put closed season on the quah
and give bobwhite chance for ms
life. Let us make a provision whlle II
can be done which will forestaH any
necessity for a substitute.
The journal hopes that the turner
hill will pass.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-06
Topics of the Times

II, as Senator Gibson says, rea! es-
tate crooks can sell land that never
existed without penalty perhaps the
Legislature might stay a few hours
over the sixty days and fix that up.
Still! working on the Johnston road
law" The bill seems to be moving
rather slowly but maybe they've got to
widen a bridge or two in order to let i
get past Charlton.
State Treasurer" Brown wants to
turn the $4,000 surplus gun license
money into the general state fund.
Why not use it to create few FISH
hatcheries?
Henry Ford. Ike Other American
pacifsts, is to be depended upon when
the tria! comes. He proposes 10 turn
over the whole plan. To government
use and run it to capacity without q
cent Of cost to the country. The diff
ference between the Chicago Tribune
and Mr.. Ford is a comparison in no
wise odius 10 the Detroit manufac-
turer.
Of course the state Of Iowa and the
entire L. S. A. will back Wilson" Not
merely as Wilson but as the president
Of the U. S. A. No more patriotic or
determined people exists than the
American public.
The weathermen of the Iowa senate
are hesitating today between a complete
drouth and an occasional shower.
George Dewey just missed seeing an
other fleet captured in Manila bay.
Whether Japan Is pleased or peeved
with the Asiatic clause in the immi-
grafton law it's done and the argument
is over.
If any public servants earn more
than they get and deserve pension at
the end Of service the Iowa school,
ma ANS the girl.
With the probability Of war upon us
the senate should inquire thoroughly
! into the fitness Of naval officers pro-
posed for promotion to high and i'm
portant stations We shall need sea
| CAPTAINS and not social secretaries II
| war comes.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-06
WHO GETS TIE BEST OF IT?
Rockwell City Advocate.

WHO GETS THE BEST OF IT.
Rockwell City Advocated
\ remarkable representation of the
high cost Of living. as concerning It's
effect upon the Calhoun county farm
er. was brought 10 our attention recent
ly by c. \. Han. II is a comparison OF
the purchasing power of a bushel OF
corn thirty years ago and OF that same
DushCl oi corn today.
Thirty years ago the farmer coming
to Rockwell City to buy a new wagon,
for iEsta1Cc, would be obliged to pay
only $50 for the equipment but to
make payment or the wagon. he was
obliged 80 haul ana sell at least 800
bushels OF corn.
TO-DAY. the same wagon costs him
SEQ. an increase o. 80 per cent in cost.
Suppose he had already hauled in 500
bushels Of corn. With the money, he
can pay for his new wagon, and still
have nearly double the amount left for
other purchases. The proceeds from
300 bushels of corn almost will pay for
an automobile where it would purchase
only wagon 80 years ago.
While the price OF commodities has
been advancing from % TO 100 per cent
the market value of corn has been
boosted 400 per cent or better during
the last thirty years.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-06
SUNDAY LAWS.

tGrand junction fiODe.l
1t seems TO the writer hereof that
the obsolete Sunday blue law" of
Iowa, which was passed some fifty
years ago (previous to the Code OF IS.
at any rate ought 10 be- repealed or
revised we doubfs if Sunday OBJ
servance is a fit subject for legislation.
The law in question imposes fine or
Jail sentence. for example. on the man
VINO carries a gun. or hunts, or dances
on Sunday. Personally, we favor rather
strict standards Of Sunday observance.
but We know that some ot our neigh
bors do not, and in this country Of re-
rg!ous freedom. so long as church
services are not disturbed. It seems 10
us 10 he a question for the churches.
not the Legislature and courts. to deal
with The attorney general has put
the matter UP 10 the legislature: every
taw left on the statute books when the
legislature adjourns will be enforced
yet the blue law be repealed.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-06

-. 162s-just 2S9 years ago-and it
was in 1897, when he was in his 10Th
year, that he acted on the suggestion OF
his friends and wrote and published
his "Contes des Fees" which is French
for Tales Of the Fairies" Included in
this volume were the Mother Goose
tales and jingles, which are still being
read by millions of Riddles, in all
tongues. the world over. And there
were also the stories Of Little Red.
Riding Hood, Cinderella, Sleeping
Beauty, the terrible Bluebeard. Tom
Thumb, Puss in Boots and many others
Of equal fame. The volume was an
immediate success, and Perrault, who
died in 1903, lived to reap some Of the
rewards Of his great gift to childhood.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-06
Masonic Meetings
MARSHALL LODGE, No. 1903 A. F. &
Visitors always welcome.

MARSHALL LODGE, No. 1903 A. F. &
A. M.-Special communication. WORK
in second degree Friday, Feb. 2, 80 p
III. John W. Wells, secretary; W. ii
Steiner, W. NJ.
sIGNET CHAPTER, No. 50, R. a. NJ.
Special convocation Tuesday evening,
Feb. 6, 1880 o'clock. Past and most en-
cellent degrees. Carl Shaffner, H. P;
John w. Wells, secretary.
STATED ASSEMBLY. King Solo
mon Council No. 20, r. & S. NJ, Mon
day. Feb. 10. Regular business. l. l.
Forbes, Recorder; George Gregory
l. II.
SPECIAL coNcLAVE. ST. Aldemar
Commandery. No so. K. T Tuesday
Feb. IS, for work, 7:30 p. m. l. L
Forbes. Recorder; H. c. Mueller, Com
marcer
CENTRAL CHAPTER NO. 81. o. &.
ESPECIAL meeting for initiation We'd
nesday, Feo. I, 1880 p. N. Mrs. George
Downing, secretary; Mrs. J. E. Freder-
lex, W. N.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-06
WHY IS AN APPLE ?

Here's southwestern Iowa heralded
far and wide as the fruit growing sec
ton OF the state: here's Fremont Coun-
" splitting honors with her good
neighbor. Queen Mills. every time she
sticks her nose into an apple snow.
And yet queer condition Of affairs
exists right now. and has for seVera!
years. Saturday Of last week a num-
Der Of our grocers pulled off special
fruit sales. 1t was enough 70 set one
thinking. Ranged across the stores in
long rows were boxes Of oranges from
California and boxes of apples from
Oregon and Washington, side by
each" And what do you think--or-
anges from a cent apiece 10 Two bits a
dozen. apples TWO for nickel Not an
Iowa apple in sight Yet nearly every
fall carloads and trainloads Of better
apples than these leave this section for
points way out beyond linz horizon,
and We seriously doubt if our growers,
one year with another, average much
better than half dollar a bushel for
them. What's the answer? Don't We
need storage plants in all our towns TO
keep this fruit at home until il is need
ed? II this way could not our growers
double their income, and at the same
time give the consumer apples at
price ne can afford to pay?