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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-03-13

Miss Pearl Turner was Cedar
Rapids visitor recently.
Emette Kelley returned to her home
at Fonda after a pleasant visit with
relatives.
r. M. Merriam was a business visit
or in Dubuque last Thursday
Mrs. Lizzie Turner was a county
seat caller Thursday
Thomas Houlahan and family will
leave for Woonsocket, S. D., in the
near future. Mr. Houlahan is going
to try hand at farming on large
farm owned by Chas. Wood
John Mangold was in the northern
part of the state last week.
Phil French was county seat caller
Saturday .....
George Smith was a south bound
passenger Friday evening.
Mrs. Catherine Foley was a BUSH
ness caller in Cedar Rapids last. Sat
urday. returning in the evening
Mrs. Nash, of Anamosa, mother Of
Mrs. Ware, who has been visiting
here with her daughter, decided to
come here to live. She has rented
the Thos. Houlahan home and will
move right away.
Hugh McElliott was a Manchester
visitor Thursday.
Miss Anna Mcdonald, trained
nurse whose home is in Battle Greek,
Mich, and who has been visiting for
several weeks with relaoives In the
country and also with Miss Weller
here, will leave this week for her
home.
Mrs. Sarah McElliott was in Man
chester Friday at the Henry Smith
home having received word OF the
death of Mrs. Tilton, mother Of Mrs.
Smith.
Father Molloy spent day here last
week, returning to Dubuque Saturday
to start out in the Dubuque campaig
again.
Miss Reta Foley, who is teaching
the Lyness school, spent several days
at home last week on account Of
some trouble with her eye.
Mrs. Mary Worley was a Manches-
ter visitor recently.
Margaret Ward attended the funeral
of Mrs. Tilton at the Smith home Sun
day.
john Riley was a passenger To- Man
chester Saturday.
W. H. Ward was business visit,
or in Manchester Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. j. McEnany have,
received several letters from their son,
Francis, who recently went to Camp
Dodge. He is much pleased with
his work
Word was received here of the death
of Mrs.. Henry MCGUIRE, who died at
Mercy Hospital in Dubuque She
was formerly of this place.
E. E., Coakley is now nicely located
in the Turner Building.
Richard Carey spent last Sunday
with home folks at Masonville.
The Ryan State Bank will start
work for the erection of a large bank
building on the corner recently Occur
pied by N. Weller:
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THORPE

Miss Edith Ives, of Manchester,
spent Saturday and Sunday with Alice
Briggs.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Schmidt and
two children, of near Edgewood, spent
Sunday at the Eugene State home.
The Misses Elizabeth Daisy and
Alice Briggs and Edna and Eva White
spent Thursday with their friend, Mrs.
Peter Ellis.
Mrs. Ruben Hockaday entertained
the, Ladies' Aid Society Wednesday, a.
lags, crowd attended and 81 was TAX
en- in.
Arthur Ahrens and Edward Vierow:
of near Lamont, were business callers:
in our vicinity Friday
The Union Cemetery Society will,
give dinner in the Thorpe church.
Thursday, March IS. Everyone, is
cordially invited.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dale Henderson spent
Sunday with the latter's father. M.
e. Blair in Manchester.
Mr.. Montgomery, of New York
City, spent Sunday at the G. W. Briggs
home.
Melvin Fober was a business caller.
in Dundee Monday.
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from such n distance Because tie plane
seemed like a little black speck in the
sky. I expressed my doubt as to
whether it was English, French or Ger
man. With look of contempt he fur
Their informed us; that the allied anti
aircraft shells WHEN exploding emitted
white smoke while the German shells
gave forth black smoke, and, as he ex'
pressed it, 1T must be an Alemand be-
cause our pOm-poms are Smelling; and
I know our batteries are not off tfieir
bally nappers and are certainly not
strafeing our own planes, and another
piece of advice-dOn't chuck your
weight about until you've been up the
line and learnt something"
Immediately quit "chucking my
weight about" frsn that time on.
Just before reaching reserve biilets
we were marching along. laughing, and
singing one of Tommys trench ditties
I want to go home, want to go, home,
I don't want to go to the trenches no
Where sausages and whizz-bangs are ga
lore.
Take me over the sea, Where the Ale
maDd can't get at me,
Oh, my, / don't want to die.
l want to go home"
when overhead came "swish' through
the air, rapidly followed by three 9TH
ers. Then about two hundred yards to
our left in large field, four columns
Of black earth and smoke rose into the
air, and the ground trembled from the
report-the explosion of four German
five-nine's, or "coalboxes." A sharp
whistle blast, Immediately followed by
two short ones, rang out from the head
Of our column. This was to take up
"artillery formation" We divided into
small squads and went into the fields
on the right and left Of the road, and
crouched on the ground. No other
shells followed this salvo. 1t was our
first baptism by shell fire. From the
waist I'D was all enthusiasm. but from
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,of Edgewood, attended the funeral Of
the formers mother, Saturday.
Mrs Nettie Corell- Chamberlain ant
two children, of Minnesota, ATTENDED
the cemetery bazaar in Greeley ant
visited friends here few days las
week.
F. w. Clute and wife are now en-
joying electric lights in their home
Huse Dow has been confined to thu
house with Dutch measles.
Spring is on the way.
There was no school the first o.
the week as the school children coult
not come to town, neither with wag
ons nor sleds.
Miss Bernice Hindal was in Edge
wood Saturday.
B. E. Farwell was in Manchester
few days last week.
Leslie Young was in Greeley ovel
Sunday to see his father who is still
very ILL
Sam Ridenour will move this week
Ralph Sherman has moved onto the
old Hess farm. Alfred Bowers il
moving to the farm they vacated.
Abe Brady has moved to the Geo
Miller farm east Of town.
Sherman and John Luense spent Fri
day with Mrs. Henry Holthaus.
Florence Odell visited at Mrs. Lizzie
Odells Sunday.
&c. Odell and John Chase we're iI
St. Paul the first of the week.
w. S. Odell and wife spent Sunday
at the A. Eaton home near Edgewood
Mrs. Andrew Rector and baby, Of
Oneida, spent few days with Mrs
Beckwith the past week.
Miss Edith Wilson was at her home
in Springville over Sunday.
Ruth Walters is working for Mrs
Dale Clute.
j. P. Martindale occupied the M
E. pulpit Sunday.
Henry Drybread gave possession of
their house Wednesday.
John Odell brought three COWS to
market last week one selling for
$107.5O for beef.
Mrs L. A. Schneider was in Edge
wood Monday.
Mrs. frankie Williams is visiting
her parents at this place. Her hus-
band has accepted a position in Ten
nessee and they are moving to their
new home.
r. Halob, of Wyoming, has bought
the Drybread farm east of town and
will move in a short time. Mr.. Davis
has not found a place yet but has sew
eral in view
Harlan Frentress was at home last
week.
Mrs. E. j. Tyrrell, of Edgewood,
was a guest of her brother, T. w.
Hatfield, on Monday.
Paul Martindale has Joined the Brit
ish army and is now at Canadian
port awaiting transportation.
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lover the Top
By An American Soldier
Who Went
ARTHUR GUY EMPEY
Machine Gunner Seruins in France

copyright, 1917, by Arthur Guy Hmpey)
ing my Shirt would Be full of them. It
is a common sight to see eight or ten
soldiers sitting under tree with their
shirts over their knees engaging in
"shirt hunt"
At night about half an hour before
Sights out" you can see the TOmmies
grouped around a candle, trying, in it's
dim light, to rid their underwear OF
the vermin. A popular and very quick
method is to take your shirt and draw
ers, and run the seams back and for
ward in the flame from candle and
burn them out This practice is dan
gerous, because you are liable to burn
holes in the garments If you are not
careful.
Recruits generally sent to Blighty
for brand of insect powder adver-
tised as "Good for body lice" The ad-
vertisement is quite right; the powder
is good for "cooties;;" they simply
thrive on it.
The older men Of our battalion We're
wiser and made scratchers out OF
wood. These were rubbed smooth with
bit of stone or sand to prevent splin-
tiers. They were about eighteen inches
long, and Tommy guarantees that a
scratcher of this length will reach
any part Of the body which may be at
tackled. Some of the fellows were lazy
and only made their scratchers twelve
inches, but many a night when on
guard, looking over the top from the
fire step Of the front-line trench, they
would have given a thousand "quid'
for the other six inches.
Once while we were in rest billets an
Irish Hussar regiment camped in an
open field opposite our billet. After
they had picketed and fed their horses,
general shirt hunt took place. The
troopers ignored the call "Dinner up"
and kept on with their search for big
game. They had curious method Of
procedure. They hung their shirts over
hedge and beat them with their en-
trenching tool handles.
/ asked one Of them why they didn't
pick them off by hand, and he an
swered, s'We haven't had a bath for
nine weeks or a change Of clabber. If
I tried to pick the coolies off my shirt,
I would be here for duration Of war"
After taking a close look at his shirt, I
agreed with him; it was alive.
The greatest shock recruit gets
when he arrives at his battalion In
France is to see the men engaging In a
"cootie" hunt. With an air Of con-
tempt and disgust he avoids the COM
pany Of the older men, until couple
| Of days later, in a torment Of itching,
he also has to resort to shirt hunt,
or spend many sleepless night OF
misery. During these hunts there are
lots Of pertinent remarks banded back
and forth among the explorers, such
as, "Say, Bill, I'll swap you two little
ones for a big one," or, '1've got a
black one here that looks like Kaiser
BILL"
One sunny day in the front-line
trench, saw three officers sitting out
side Of theirdugout ("cooties" are no
respecters of rank have even noticed
q suspicious uneasiness about certain
well-known genera), one Of them was
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ONEIDA

There was a trainload of govern
ment lumber passed through here Sun
day. 1t is to be used for shipbuild-
ing
Miss Belle Knox, of Coggon, spent
the past week with her brother, S. T.
Knox and family.
Mr. and Mrs CARGO and family, of
north of Greeley visited at the Wayne
Bushnell home Sunday.
Mrs Ethel Purvis and Miss Hazel
Ross entertained at six o'clock din
ner Thursday evening. Those pres
ent were Mr.. and Mrs. Carl H. Han
sen, Miss Vera Tewksburn, Miss Ruth
Dittmer, Miss Sparks anr Miss
Dralle.
Peter Hanson, of Webster City, is
visiting his brother, Carl Hanson and
wife.
John and Andrew Rector have pur-
chased tractor to use on their farm.
NJ J. Joslyn has also purchased one.
Ray Kellogg and family moved to
a farm north of Greeley on Tuesday.
Mrs Kate Cox spent several days
the past week with her daughter,
Mrs A. B. Cooking.
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until 1910 when he moved to Morgan,
Minnesota. Mr.. Dushner had been a
great sufferer from cancer OF the
stomach for many months FREQ
Dushner was born in Oberpfalz, Phich-
tag Bavaria, on September 20, 1916,
and came to America in 1866 and set
tied on a farm near Earlville On
June 9, 1874, he was married to Miss
Elizabeth Sellner. To this union
seven children were born, four daugh-
tiers and three sons, who, with their
mother, survive. ~
Quite a good sized crowd attended
the sale of W. w. Taylor's livery barn
Saturday afternoon. Mr.. Taylor is
disposing of his horses, carriages ana
everything pertaining to his livery
stable Mr.. Taylor's business is one
of the oldest established buinesses IN
Earlyille but the auto business forced
him to close out as he will entirely
conduct an auto business in the fu-
ture.
The senior class will entertain the
juniors at banquet in the hlgn
school Wednesday evening at 6:3o.
The L. A. S. of the NJ. E. church
will hold their monthly meeting and
supper at the church Wednesday al
ternoon and evening.
The monthly business and soclal
will be held in the Congregational
church Wednesday evening, given by
the Adult Bible Glass in the assembly
room. Refreshments will be served.
Merlin Klaus, of Manchester, spent
Sunday with relatives in town.
Miss Ella Burre1l, teacher in the
public schools here, spent Saturday
and Sunday at her home in Epworth::
Mrs. Reed Keagy and young son, OF
independence, were week end visitors
with her parents, Rev. and Mrs. NC
Intosh, at the NJ E. parsonage
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EDGEWOOD

Harold Minkler came home Friday
from Des Moines for few days visit
with home folks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jay Durfee and daugh-
ter left last week for their nome at
Miles City, Montata.
The Edgewood Cooperative Com
mission Company will hold their an
tnuaI meeting at the Farmers Savings
Bank at 2 o'clock, March 10.
Miss Grace Welterlen is home from
Manchester, where she has been WORK,
ing In the telephone exchange, anu
will assist her brother in the garage
for the present time.
Miss Mae PiIkington visited Mr.. and
Mrs. Steve Funk at F'ayette recently.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Todd were in
DUBUQUE the first OF the week at
tending the annual meeting OF the en-
ployes of the SPAIN e Rose Lumber
Company.
Mrs. Hanson and daughter Helen,
spent Monday in Strawberry Point.
Miss Merrie Wells, nurse from
Manchester, is here inspecting the
school children each day, to AID IN
searching out the scarlet fever cases.
Nrr. George Fleming was business
caller r. Strawberry Point last Mon
day.
Messrs. L.. S. Fisher and J. F. Adams
were in Rock, Island, Illinois, re-
Gently.
Mrs. Mayme Robbins spent Tuesday
i'm strawberry Point with her sister.
The scarlet fever cases are all on
the gain.
Mrs. S. G. Bretnall visited her
daaghter In Central City the first OF
the week..
Henry Farmer was caller in
Strawberry Point last Monday.
Jay Minkler started Wednesday eve
ming for San Francisco in response
to a call from the government. he
serves in the Y M. c. A. and expects
to be sent to France
Miss Maine Zuhrod had her mill1-
merry opening last Saturday, March 9.
Mrs. Chas. Toffel, Of Lamont, and
daughter, Mrs. Smith, OF Waterloo,
spent last week in the V. j. Cool
idge home.
The Masons of Edgewood enter
tanned their wives and members OF
the Eastern Star in their hall Wed
nesday night. A most enjoyable eve
ming was spent.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mcconnell, OF Greeley,
were calling on Edgewood friends
Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Plat, OF Fayette,
were over Sunday guests in the Fred
Millen home.
Mrs. Rhoda Caller and son, Mike,
were in Dubuque last Thursday and
Friday.
Mrs. McDonough, from over near
Littleport, has moved into the house
she bought, formerly occupied by
Clint Fairweather and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Flenniken came
home Thursday from weeks visit
| in Colesburg, III
Carl Funk, who is manager of a
lumber yard at Alta Vista, was home
over Sunday.
Mrs. E. Kate Boyer same home last
week from spending the winter with
her daughter at Cheyenne, Wyoming.
Ralph O'Neil was caller in Coles
burg last Thursday.
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GREELEY
LAST weeks letter. }

LAST weeks letter.
Roy Binning is on the sick list.
John Keck and family were visitors
at the Geo. Bining home Sunday.
Mrs. Mabel Kuhlman was home
from Waterloo over Sunday.
3. Miss Mable Fletcher was an over
4 Sunday visitor at the Bert Boehm
! home.
( John Leuse and family visited rela-
ftives in Colesburg Sunday.
(" Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Binning, Clarence
and Ralph, and Mrs. Mable kaufman
attended the funeral of the formers
sister-in-law at Earlville Friday.
Will Boehm was visitor at Bert
Beohm's Saturday.
Elias Barger, Chauncey Davey and
family. John Beohm and family, were
visitors at the Henry Holthaus home
Sunday.
Harlan Fentress was home over
Sunday.
J. E. Tracey, of Martelle, was call
ing on old friends last week.
M. Thomas has rented the house
now occupied by E. l.. Sweet. The
latter will move into his own house
next Monday.
Frank Miller has rented the house
which T. Wiley has recently purchased
from Joe Schneider. Mr.. Wiley will
remain on his farm as his sons are
called to the colors.
Henry Lillibridge, of Willow Springs
Mo-, is here, called by the death of his
mother.
Merit and Frank Dodge, of Lamont,
attended the funeral of their aunt,
Mrs. Lillibridge, Saturday.
r. F. Lillibridge, wife and family,
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blank, and just handed you pick and
shovel. On my disk was stamped O. OF
q. This is how I got it.: The lieuten-
ant who enlisted me asked my religion.
I was not sure Of the religion of the
British army, so answered, "Oh, any
old thing" and he promptly put down
@. of e.
Now, just imagine my hard luck. Ont
Of five religions was unlucky enough
to pick the only one where church
parade was compulsory!
The next morning was Sunday. l
was sitting in the billet writing home
to my sister telling her of my wonder
full exploits while under fire-all re-
cruits do this. The sergeant major put
his head in the door Of the billet and
shouted: &c. of e. outside for church
parade"
kept on writing. Turning to me, IN
a loud voice, he asked, "Empey, aren't
you G. Of E.?"
answered, "Yep."
In an angry tone, he commanded,
"Don't you yep me. Say, Yes, SER
geant MAJOR"
II did so. Somewhat notified, he
ordered, "Outside for church parade
1 looked up and answered, Il am
not going to church this morning."
He said, "Oh, yes, you are!"
1 answered, ooh, no, I'm not But
I went.
We lined up outside with rifles and
bayonets, 12O rounds of ammunition
wearing our tin hats and the march
to church began. After marching about
five kios, we turned off the road into
an open field. At one end of this 1leld
. the chaplain was standing in limber'
We formed a semicircle around him.
Overhead there was a black speck cir
cling round and round in the sky. This
was a German Fokker. The chaplain
had book in his left hand-left eye
on the boOk-right eye on the airplane.
We Tommies We're lucky, we had no
books, so had both eyes on the air
plane.
After church parade we were
marched back to our billets, and played
football all afternoon. $780,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-03-13

1t is up to us right now to get out
and look over our barns and sheds
to know what we need to build to
profit the most from what we raise.
There is no use in having a lot
of little pigs if we cant save them.
Build hog huts. We can show you
how to build the best for the least
money. These are no experiments,
but have been used for years all over
the state.
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Tender Ihouuhts In VIII.

Sometimes there are found such ten.
der touches as these in the will of a
late town clerk of Monmouth, who
died in 1915, aged seventy-two. He
left to the Monmouth General hospital
and dispensary, for the children's
ward, in memory of his darling child
Lizzie, $500 and a framed portrait Of
the child, and desired the authorities
to place on her grave wreath Of flow
ers each Palm Sunday and wreath
Of holly each Christmas day.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-03-13
Goats Are Cute.

Many of the people in this country
today believe that the goat is any.
thing but q lovable animal, relates an
exchange. In reality there is no more
lovable and gentle creature alive than
"Mr. and Mrs Chin Whiskers." Visit
a goat ranch and learn to welcome the
playful thrust of the cold little nose
into the palm Of your hand, or into
your pocket, where a few of the more
daring expect some hidden goodies are
to be found. The awkward and play
full antics of the little goatlet should
win the heart of the most critical.
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owe Must Sail. Not Drift"

I find the great thing in this world is
not so much where we stand, as in
what direction we are moving, writes
O, w. Holmes. TO reach the port Of
heaven, we must sail sometimes with
the wind and sometimes against it
but we must sail, and not drift, nor
lie at anchor.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-03-13
BEGINNING of Postal Systems.

The con>plete organization of sys.
TEN of postal communication in Eng
land did not take place till the reign
Of James I 1GO6). Doctor Franklin
was the father of the present gigantic
postal system in the United States.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-03-13
PLAN AT ONCE TO BUILD

YOUR hog house, milkhouse, stable
silo, manure pits, feeding floors, etc.
Much of this you can do right now.
To complete work before spring IS
big advantage. Let us help you
with plans. We have everything you
will need for building.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-03-13

If the farmer has his machinery
under cover it might me possible
for him to make his repairs now. The
only difficulty is that he might not
have to repair it.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-03-13

The man who decreases his con-
sumption of necessities is doing some
thing for his country; but the man
who increases his production of them
is doing more.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-03-13
THRIFT ON THE FARM

The best kind of thrift is the pre-
yention of waste. The crops you
produce must all get to market with
least loss. Thrift means rat-pro0flng
with concrete. Thrift means saving
every ounce of fertilizer value with
a concrete manure pit.
That's what war means to the man
who stays at home.
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She Is Like the Reed.

Woman is like the reed which bends
tempest.-Archbishop Whately.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-03-13

It would be interesting to take a
look inside of the man VINO always
distrusts others.