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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1921-05-25
CHURCH ACTIVITIES
UNION SERVICES SUNDAY NIGHT

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The Baccalnureate sermon to the
graduating class of the Manchester
High School will be delivered by
Rey. H. l.. Goughnour, in the First
congregational church on Sunday eve
ming, May 29th. The service will be-
gin at 500 o'clock.
Song. "Abide with Me" Congregation
PRAYER r------Rev. s. R. Beatty
Music. Duet by Mrs. Yoran, Miss Hilda
Magdsick.
Scripture Reading Rev. NJ. w. Akers
Baccalaureate Sermon --------------
------Rev. H. l.. Goughnour
Song. "Jesus Savior Pilot Me" ------
-------------- Congregation
Benediction --------Rev. A. 0. Knapp
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1921-05-25
A COMPARISON OF PRICES

Those who contend that the High
Cost OF Living has not had body blow
administered during the past few
months, will do we'll to study the
figures which were given US on Tues
day morning by a travelling salesman
who makes the Manchester territory
regularly and sells groceries to the
retail merchants in Manchester and
other towns In the county. After the
salesman made up the list as given
below we submitted it to one OF the
leading grocers here and asked him
to check up the various items and
find out II the figures given by the
travelling salesman hold good in Man
chester. The. merchant informed us
that he would gladly fill the order
as listed below and in one or two in
stances the selling price of groceries
are less than given in the list,
{ Here are some interesting figures.
A year ago.
100 pound bag of sugar ------$28.50
One sack flour ---------------- AGO
One bu. Potatoes s--------------- 800
$39.10
On Tuesday of this week the $39.10
would have purchased the following
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1921-05-25

On Tuesday of this week the s39.10
would have purchased the following
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1921-05-25

Song. "Jesus Savior Pilot Me- --
Cleveland County herald., 1921-04-14
BILLIONS FOR ARMS
Stupendous Sums Spent by the
 Five Great Powers.
If Evenly Divided People of United States, Great Britain, Italy and
 France Would Pay $52 Each.

New York.-Figures compiled by the New York World from the States mans Year Book and other appropria- tions of the five great powers for mlll- tary and naval purposes in the year 1920 alone reached a total of $16,4f2,- 251, ,i01, a sum only about $2,O00OO0,- 600 more than the total for the whole fourteen years before the war. This means that if the expense were evenly divided the people of Grat Britain, France, Italy, Japan and the United States 1310,667, ,723 souls) would have 10 pay $52 each for the military costs of Il slngle postwar year. The burden, however. is not divided evenly; more futai lhfee-fourths of that stupendous total belongs to us! The appropria- fien5 of the United States for arma- tu,!tt> in that year total S13,1S7 ,36S,=
 = pr nearly four times as much in .He year as the appropriations used to te in fourteen years!
 The explanation, of course, Is that | urge proportion of these thirteen i.ilians went for expenses connected with the demobolization of our army ia Europe, as the statistics in many cases reach back into 1919. Never theleSs. our armament bill for 1920 Was $13, 000000,000, es against only about three billions for the other four powers. This means that the 105, ,6S3,- lOS inhabitants of the United States are paying or will have to pay a sum which. if evenly distributed. would compel every man, woman and child to part with SPA. Directly or indi- rectly, by immediate taxation or by payment of increased prices to cover taxation of those who dispense com mOdities, this levy will. to some eX- tent, reach even the most impecunious citizen.
 A striking comparison was made by Dr. E. B. Rosa of the United States Bureau of Standards, in a statement setting forth. results of his researches regarding the cost of vari- ous activities. The tax now levied on tobacco, cigars and cigarettes alone, he said, would pay all the running ex- penses of the United States govern ment, were it not for armaments, wars, and their aftermath Of all the money spent by the government, 6781 per cent goes to pay for recent and previ ous wars; 25.02 per cent goes for the running expenses of the army and navy. while the remaining TIT per cent pays for all other functions of the government.
Cleveland County herald., 1921-04-14

~ NE my frien he pretty smarta guy NJ ala right. Hees wife she raisa devil everytime he spenda leetle night from da home. He lika hees wife and he lika da dreenk somatime, too. But da olda lady she no lika de dreenk. EVerytime dat guy taka leetle shot he gotta trouble cen da family.
 When he treata hees wife ala right she keesa heem every day. I think he lika dat. too. Day after tomorrow weel be tree day seence he been raisenell leetle bit.
 Lasa week when he come home hees wife she run up wanta keesa heem. But she smella somating on da breath and righta queeek she decida no kees.
 You know my frien he feela bad for dat He tfnk ees preety tough when da olda lady taka da kees back He tella her wot's matter she no wanta keesa heem? She say, q never keesa you some more so tonga you taka da dreenk"
 My frien say he no can do dat any way. He say he no can taks da dreenk and keesa hees wife sama time So he tella her ees alla right eef he usa da kees for da chaser.
 Dat maka hees wife preety mad. She tella heem every time he taka da drink she no keesa heem for one week. But my frien ees preety smarta guy and he no care yer mooch for dat. He wanta da kees and he wanta da dreenk. so he feegure out way for get ta both.
 Before he go out one night he aska me how many week cen da year. say feefaty-two and he tink dat ees greata stuff. But he sure no feela good when he gotta home dat night He putta hees clothes cen bed and trow heemself on da chair. And when hees wife show up he aska her for da kees. She say every dreenk he taka ees no kees fer one week. But he say he remember wot she tella heem after he taka da first dreenk. He say he wanta da kees so he take feefaty-two dreenk for every week cen da year and dat putta heem righta back where he start. I tink he preety smarta guy
 Wot you tink?
Cleveland County herald., 1921-04-14
LastE'igllt's 'sDreams What They Mean
SHROUDS.

H PERSON unfamiliar with dream { N lore might wake up after dream ag of shroud with a feeling that he tad seen an evil omen and be, cou 9quently. depressed in spirits. He
 euld be quite wrong. A shroud may 'ot be altogether a pleasant thing to ee in ones dreams. but it is accounted y nearly all the soothsayers to be favorable omen to dream of that grue some object For one thing such lfeam signifies that you are to inherit same money. Ii is true though, say tae wise ones, that seeing a shrOud in q dream is a warning to the dreamer 70 take better care of his health or he @lil have a fit of illness which will i'll teffere with his business But il is erely tendency to illness which is predicted and not illness itself. If you are careful of your health your business will prosper and your fortune increase.
 If you dream that you see shroud removed from a dead person you might wake up with alright at the ghastly sight. But really there would be no evil omen in the dream which would call for any worrying. The worst that 1t could mean would be that you are going to have some little strife and contention with a person with whom you least expected to have trouble But the difficulty will be of short du- ration; you will get the best of the argument and all will be smooth sail ing again. In looking over many hun dreds, or rather thousands, of dream interpretations which have been hand ed down from generation to generation 1t Is found that the saying Dreams go by contraries" does not apply so ire quently as is generally supposed. But the dream of a shroud is one of the cases where it does. So cheer up If you have this disagreeable dream. Think of the coming legacy and the flourishing of your business.
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Cleveland County herald., 1921-04-14
U. s. TRADE INCREASE
Report Shows Record Breaking Foreign Business in 1920.
War Fell Off Sharply, Says Commerce Department.

Washington, D. C.-Increased trade with Germany, South America, the Ori. ent, West Indies and North America accounted in large measure for the record breaking foreign business ot the United States in 1920.
 compilation of American exports and imports last year by countries, is- sued by the department of commerce. shows that exports to Great Britain, France and Italy fell off sharply Those countries, however increased their shipments to the United States, as did practically all the other important na- tfons.
 American trade with the four prin. cipal South American countries-Bra- gil, Argentina, Chile and Uruguay totaled approximately $1,044000,000 as compared with $917000,000 in 1919. American exports to these countries Increased more than $100,0O0000 dur ing 1920, totaling $457 100000, whereas imports from these countries increased only about S25,000,O00, the total being $5S7 100000.
 Trade with Germany during the year nearly quadrupled, aggregating $4O0,- 100000, but fell far short of that be- fore the war Exports to Germany reached $311 100000, against $S9O0O,- 900 the year before, and imports from that country totaled S92000,000, as compared with S1O,000,OOO the year be- fore
 American trade with Cuba alone In 1920 exceeded $1,200,00O000, increas- ing nearly S500,000,0O0 when compared with 1919. Exports of $515,O0O,OO0 to the island republic showed an increase of S247,000,000, while imports of $721,- 100000 from the republic presented an increase of S3O3. 100000.
 Spain was the only principal Euro pean country which increased it's pur- chases of goods in the American mar ket.
Cleveland County herald., 1921-04-14

NOR laSa tree, four week 1 no feela \ yer good every day. Seema like l iosa somating leetle bit every morn- ing. I dunno where ees go or how I losa, but any way I no gotta so mooch lika lasa mont.
 1 aska my boss wot's matter I no feela good and he say I jusa losa da pep I tella heem I never hava dat stuff, but he say I am meestake. "Ev. erybody gotta pep somatime," he say. l aska where can finda eef losa dat stuff and mebbe jusa for joke he aska me go tella da cop.
 But dat cop laugha righta my face and aska too moocha informash. He aska me wot my pep looka like lasa time l see. I say I dunno wot ees looka like eef I meeta on da street sOmatime.
 Weeth dat cop and my boss I gotta deesguSt, so 1 aska doctor wot's mat ter l no feela good He say, "Oh, you no pay attensh weeth dat Pietro, you Jusa gotta touch weeth spreenga fe- yer" l getta touch~one time before and losa my purse and mebbe spreenga fever toucha me for da pep, too, I Sunno.
 But dat doctor say l gotta wrong idee wot ees da spreenga fever. But am smarta guy lika hee n, too. I say for getta married ees W fee. getta dee vorce mother fee, usa da phone ees other fee-een fact everything gotta fee too mooch
 Betta your life I know plenta good wot ees da fee ala right. But SC tonga l leeve I never feegure out wot's da fee for.
 Wot you tink?
Cleveland County herald., 1921-04-14
S1 100000 TO AID ORIENT
Laura Spellman Rockefeller Memorial Fund Offers Help for College
 Women.

New York.-Trustees of the Laura Spellman Rockefeller memorial fund will grant S1,0OO,OOO for the purpose of aiding colleges for women in the orient, on condition that $2,0OO,000 is raised by special committee of the Women's American Baptist Foreign Missionary society.
 This announcement was made here by Mrs. Henry W. Peabody of Boston, vice president of the society.
 The money is to be used for build ings for the six colleges in Japan, China and India. which are supported by twelve cooperating mission boards. Mrs. Rockefeller was greatly interested In educational work among the women of the orient.
Cleveland County herald., 1921-04-14
Tell of SaVages Who Use
 Skins to Purchase Wives

New York.-Tales of head hunting savages who worship the devil and spend their lives gathering wild animal-~skins to use in purchasing wives were told by George K. Cherris, fam ous explorer, and Harold An thony of the American museum of natural history, who returned from southern Ecuador. More than $500 specimens of rare birds and mammals were brought back by the explorers. who spent eight months in the widest and least explored forest lands. Among the most inter- esting trophies are the heads of two Javaro Indians, slain in a tribal battle the explorers wit messed.
Cleveland County herald., 1921-04-14

 The bright spots in my life are when
 the servant quits the place, Although that grim disturbance brings
 a frown on Nellie's face; The week between the old girls reign
 and entry of the new Is one that's filled with happiness and
 comfort through and through. The charm of livings back again-a
 charm that servants rob I like the home, like the meals, when
 Nellie's on the job. There's something in a servants ways,
 however fine they be, That has a cold and distant touch and
 frets the soul of me- The old home never looks so well, as
 in that week or two That we are servantless and Nell has
 all the work to do. There is a sense of comfort then that
 makes my pulses throb And home Is as 1t ought to be when
 Nellie's on the job. Think not that I'd deny her help or
 grudge the servants pay, When one departs we try to get en-
 other right away. merely state the simple fact that no
 such joys I've known As in those few brief days at home
 when we've been left alone. There is a gentleness that seems to
 soothe this selfish elf And oh, like to eat those meals that
 Nellie gets herself! lou cannot buy the gentle touch that
 mother gives the place, No servant girl can do the work with
 just the proper grace. And though you hired the queen of
 cooks to fashion your croquettes Her meals would not compare with
 those your loving comrade gets. So, though the maid has quit again
 and she is moved to sob, The old homes at its finest now, for
 Nellse's on the job.
 Copyright by Edgar A. Guest)
Cleveland County herald., 1921-04-14
SPEED CRAZE HITS INDIA
Three Carloads of Motorcycles Arrive at Jeiiaiabad for Dispatch
 Service.

Bombay.-Life in Afghanistan is speeding up, writes frontier core. spendent of the Times of India.
 Three carloads of motorcycles have recently arrived at Jellalabad for Prince Kasir Jan. the director of com munications, who intends to organize a dispatch rider service throughout the country.
 Orders have been issued by the Amir's government for contracts to construct macadamiZed roads through the country to the capital and for the importation of automobile vehicles Firms are also invited to establish woolen mills and sugar refineries al Kabul, the capital.
Cleveland County herald., 1921-04-14
SNEEZE, STUDENTS GET GATE
rect to Physicians for Examina- tion and Treatment.

Boston.-SneezfAg in a classroom al Massachusetts Institute of Technology draws the gate for the offender.
 Orders from Dr. George ". Morse. head of Techs new medical depart ment, instructed members of the fac ulty to send sneezers and coughers di- rectly to the school clinic, where they can be taken care of.
 The epidemic of infectious colds, the order says, has brought the doctors to this drastic step Not only those who give audible evidence of the possession of cold through cough or a sneeze, but even those who, perhaps through an over-red nose, apparently are in the grip of the thing are to be sent to Doe tor Morse.
Cleveland County herald., 1921-04-14
Hard on Cats.

Boston, Boston cats and a hard time in 1920. More than 42000 of them, down on their luck, received the kindly ministrations of the Animal Rescue league last year, Mrs. Hun tington Smith president of the league, reported at it's annual meeting.
 Unfortunate felines were ten times more numerous than dogs in similar dumb refugees cared for during the year was 4S,2S9 Four hundred pets are now buried in the animal cemetery at Dedham.
Cleveland County herald., 1921-04-14
CHEROKEEs FORGET OLD ROW
Indian Nation Reunited After Split Over Slavery at Time of
 Civil War.

Talequah, Okla.-Tribal differences dating back to the Civil war, when the powerful Cherokee Indian nation broke inte factions over the question of slav- cry, were wiped out here when several hundred delegates met and unani mously elected Levi Gritts of Musko gee, a full-blood, as principal chief Levi CookSon, a mixed blood, living near Gore, Okla, was chosen assistant chief
 For the first time in the history Of the nation white men, members through intermarriage, sat at the coun. cil and voted. Many of them were un able to speak Cherokee and the pro ceedings frequently were halted while translations were made.
Cleveland County herald., 1921-04-14
|huw H05tEarted. ! |sSA B -I-Z
MUM B FRS.
0GSsa.

A RTTHMETICAL numbers originat- 4 N ed with the Hindus, passed from them to the Arabs, and were intro duced into Europe by Leonardo of Pisa about l200 A. D. The use of fractions is very old, nearly 3,600 years; but the decimal system did not come till the Sixteenth or Seven teenth century. Logarithms, the greatest advance in mathematical science of their time, were proposed by Napier in 1914.
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Cleveland County herald., 1921-04-14
Parole at Cost of Two Finoers.

Moundsville, W. Va.-Meigs McCray, prison electrician, who fought with and was severaly injured by Holly Griffith, slayer of four men, when Griffith made his sensational escape several weeks ago, has been paroled. McCray lost two fingers in his battle with Griffith, who killed one trusty in- side the prison and another man on the outside before he got away.
Cleveland County herald., 1921-04-14
Seeks to Calm Married Life.

Seattle, Wash.-Justice of the Peace c. c, Dalton announced his purpose to establish a court of domestic rela tions for adjustment of family trou- bles under the Washington lazy hus- band" act and cases of desertion and nonsupport.
 It will be the first domestic relations court in Washington.
Cleveland County herald., 1921-04-14
Mennonites to Settle in Mississippi

Winnipeg. .-An agreement has been concluded between representatives of an American land syndicate and H. Nj Klaussen. representing Mennonites of Manitoba. Canada, wherebysthes will purchase 125.D00 acres in Mississippi for colonization, a newspaper in Win nipeg has announced.
Cleveland County herald., 1921-04-14
IN GOOD SHAPE
Wot you tink?

hfAL 4 n I 4il
 Mrs. s h a d :: Doctor, will I ever swim again. after this awful fall?
 Dr. Cod: Oh! You'll be up and about in a day or two! I only find about nine hun dred bones bro ken! Nothing se- rious at all-at all
Cleveland County herald., 1921-04-14

The face and form of irene Mar cellus, one of the movie" beauties, gre said to be known to more than 60,o00,o people m the United States, as she has been reproduced on the covers of more than 200 magazines by some of the most noted artists. She is herself talented sculptress.
Cleveland County herald., 1921-04-14
Just Folks
By EDGAR A. GUEST

WHEN NELLIE's ON THE JOB.
The Lamar register., 1921-08-10
Arkansas Valley Fair.

With less tLan month to the open
ine of the greatest fair IN the west
everything points >te record break
er in every -espccS.
In every department except the
fruit additional space is demanded and
the greatest problem facing the di-
'rectors at the present time is that of
finding room for the agricultural and
live stock exhibits.
The purses offered in the harness
events are such with the added mon
cys that the best horses N this part
of the west are already entered, and
several classes bringing together a
string of 62 horses, the largest num-
ber ever entered in races in this part
Of the state and the number of run
ming events will be equally as large.
With Sam Garrett of Cheyenne at
the head of the wild west events this
part of the entertainment will be up
to the usual standard some of the fea-
lures being an improvement over those
of former years. The purses offered
for the best bucking horses have re-
suited in the entrance of some of the
worst beasts in the west and the rid
ers this year will have no snap. no
matter what past experiences they may
have had
Tuesday will be Base Ball day and
arrangements are being perfected for
the best series of games ever played
at the fair which is saying consider
able.
In the amusement line there will be
new features this year including u
small tribe of full blooded Indians who
will be seen in dances. races. etc. Red
The Lamar register., 1921-08-10

Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard Mace of AL
buquerque, are in Lamar visiting MIR.
Mace's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. W..
Mace.
Robt. Adams came down from Colo
rado Springs this week and is visit
ing with his uncle, X. e Adams, il
Lamar.
C. b. Ramsey, manager of the j.
b. Byars Co. store in Lamar, left last
Saturday for a trip to the eastern
markets.
X. C. Goodale left the first of the
week for Colorado Springs to join his
wife and spend short vacation in the
mountains.
ID. S. Nevius returned last Saturday
from Long Beach, California, where he
was called by the sickness of his mo-
ther. She is much improved now.
County Treasurer and Mrs. j. Rus
sell Mayfield left this morning for
Pueblo and will spend two weeks va
walton in the mountains near there.
Mrs. Frances Johnson, who has been
visiting her sister, Mrs. Chas. II.
Wooden, in Lamar for several months.
returned last week to her home in
Arkadelphia, Arkansas.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. NJ Williams left
on Tuesday morning for Colorado
Springs where they will remain sew
eral weeks while Mr. Williams is re-
covering from his recent severe sick
ness.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. o. Stream left this
morning for La Veta where they will
spend a short vacation resting and
fishing. J. o. says if he can hire the
same small boy he did last year TO
do his fishing he will have an abun-
dance of fine trout.
Frank Biby, who the daily papers
announce is being held at Colorado
Springs on the charge Of fatally shoot
ing his young wife while he was drunk.
was former Lamar boy, his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Biby, being for years
respected residents of our city.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. T. Baxter, who have
been visiting with Mr. Baxter's broth
ers, George A. and A. l.. Everett, and
other relatives and friends in Lamar
for several weeks, left last Saturday
for Emporia, Kansas, where they will
visit relatives before returning to their
home in Stewartsville, Missouri.
The Lamar register., 1921-08-10
CHILD DROWNED IN
IRRIGATION DITCH
Twin Daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. 4. B.
Moore Drowned Friday.

Ruth Mary, the 2-year-old daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. T. b. Moore, who live
west of the Fairview school house,
was drowned last Friday morning at
10 o'clock when the tot fell into an
irrigation lateral passing near the
house. The child was twin, which
made the losing of her doubly hard
on the parents. The funeral was con-
Quoted Saturday afternoon at the home
by Rev Sharp of Hartman, interment
being made at the Holly cemetery with
the Morich Furniture Company in
charge.-Holly Chieftain.
The Lamar register., 1921-08-10

Geo. A. Doll was a Denver visitor
the first of the week.
Zeke Lindner returned the first of
the week from trip to Denver.
Mrs. ]. X. Doughty returned Mon
day from a short visit to Denver.
Mrs. Alfred Todd and daughter left
Tuesday. for Iowa to visit relatives.
Judge j. T. Kirkpatrick left yes
terday overland for Texas on business.
Judge CRANKY Hillyer was in SYRIA
cuse on professional business the first
of the week.
Clyde W. Cox Of Dodge City, visit
ed over Sunday with his brother,
Frank A. Cox.
Ex-Sheriff I. c. Downing came down
from Denver this week and spent sew
eral days here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gus Center left Mon
day for Denver for a short visit there
and at Greeley.
Mrs. Claude E. Swink and daughter
returned last week from months WIS.,
it in Rocky Ford.
Roy Shaub, formerly manager of
the Ben Mar hotel, visited with La
mar friends last week.
Mrs. NJ. J. McMillin and Mrs. Mabel
Green left last Saturday for a vaca-
ton to be spent in the mountains.
Born-To Mr.. and Mrs. Victor NJ.
Hovis on last Saturday, a bouncing
fine boy. Vic. says he can make a
noise like a chautauqua lecturer al
ready.