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J. L. McQuaid occupies a double store room at the south end of Main Street; while John Karstens is well located to catch the trade, and through the efforts of George Dethleffs everything moves smoothly and tranquilly. Wood & Anderson and E. C. Perry are the exclusive deal- ers in groceries and queensware. The Green Bay Lumber Yard is managed by W. E. Guild. D. D. Clark purchased the lumber yard of Dierks Bros. & Co., in October of 1883. This yard is now managed by George C. Hunt. Tank & Hoffmann who over a year ago suspend- ed business on account of the ill health of the senior member of the firm. have re-established themselves in the lumber and coal business and occupy grounds just east of the G. A. R. hall.
The City Drug Store owned by Cloughley. of Audubon, is located on the corner of Main and Third Streets, and is managed by A. L. Sanborn. Dr. A. B. Stouffer came in the spring of 1884 and purchased the drug stock of Dr. Hull.
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The two banks are,- the FARMERS & TRADERS BANK and the BANK OF MANNING.
The boot and shoe stores are operated by C. M. Lueck and Henry Siem.
Horning & Noiseux succeeded John Albert in the blacksmith busi- ness.
W. K. Lindsay is the jeweler.
The clothiers are E. M. Funk and Mallery & Jay.
G. Franke is the tailor and a first class one at that.
The livery men are,-Shepherd & Emery, Fanswall & Brown and Parish.
For meat markets go to Umphrey Lawrence & Co., and W. L. Eckles, successor to Hockett & Gardner.
If it is a singing you want, go to A. D. Colman, H. B. Vauhn or T. E. Lockwood. .
The hotels and boarding houses in Manning have been somewhat reduced in the past year. The Strong Hotel on the corner of Main and Third Streets is managed by H. Strong. The Weston House on the corner of Front and Main Streets is managed by Ben Breon. The Manning House on the west side of Main Street in the center of Block 3, is managed by Wm. Lusk. A boarding house on the corner of Cen- ter and Second Streets, is managed by L. R. Fuller. The City Hotel is managed by B. E. Vaughn."
Possibly figures will assist the reader some in forming an estimate of the rapid growth of the town from its birth up to the present time. So with this object in view I will give the assessed valuation of the town, as handed to me by the County Auditor ;-
Year Population
Real Estate.
Personal Property
1882.
653
1885.
954
$72,646.00 $31,273.00
I887
71,891.00 38,021.00
1889
69,702.00 47,358.00
1890 I233
I891
71,211.00
40,103.00
1893
62,563.00
44,619.00
1895
II44
53,937.00 42,579.00
1897
118,190.00. 36,226.00
1898
119,436.00 63,701.00
1899
61,168.00
43.305.00
A more complete report of the census taken in 1895, is as follows ;- Total number of inhabitants
II44
Males. 582
Persons over 18 years of age.
653
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Persons 5 to 18 years of age: 347
Persons under 5 years of age. 156
Single 654
Married.
490
Widowed: 48
Divorced. 7
From the above table we deduct the following matrimonial results ;- Persons eligible to marriage. I44
Number of females aspiring to matrimony. 162
Number of males aspiring to matrimony .. 38
Number of widows and widowers aspiring to matrimony 48
Number of grass widows and grass widowers aspiring to matrimony . . 7 Number of persons who are capable of supporting a family, aspiring to matrimony . ? ? ?
Number of persons not capable of supporting a family, aspiring
to matrimony
! ! !
Born in Iowa
588
Born in Germany
246
Born in Canada
I5
Born in Ireland
9
Born in England IO
Born in Denmark
7
Born in Norway
3
Born in Austria
4
Lutheran
45I
Christian
II5
Presbyterian
96
Methodist
I35
Catholic
73
Congregational
14
Universalist
5
Episcopal
2
Baptist
5
Evangalical
3
United Brethern
7
Church of England
2
No religious belief
242
Old soldiers
24
Births
32
Deaths
I3
Subject to military duty
I76
Voters
288
Not naturalized
16
Foreign born between the ages of 6 and 17 7
JOHN T. JAY
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Manning School.
The history of the Manning Public Schools begins with the first term of school taught, which commenced November 20, 1881. B. I. Salinger was the first teacher and commenced his first term with an en- rollment of 61 pupils. The room used was the back half of Callimore's building, located on the ground floor, and rented for one year. A clipp- ing from the Monitor, issued December 29, 1881, will show the condi- tion of the schools at this time,- "The school has been in operation for one month past, under the tuition of Mr. B. I. Salinger and numbers about 90 pupils. The school will be divided after the holidays and the primary department put into the hands of Mrs. Winter."
Although the people were agitating an independent school district at this early date, the following clipping from the Monitor will explain why the same was postponed till a later date. "The question of the organization of an independent school district has been discussed by a number of men who are most interested in good schools. In order to be informed upon the subject and give the people the benefit of our knowledge, we take this opportunity to say that it will be impossible for an independent district organization in Manning to do us any good at present, because the assessment of the property upon which this town stands was made last spring and the valuation was about $5.00 per acre. Now the rate percent allowed by law to be levied or voted in bonds on this valuation would amount to almost nothing when compared with the cost of a decent school house for a town like ours. Thus it will be seen that to set off a district now would only be to cut ourselves loose from the only organization that can give us a school for the next year,- the township of Warren. It will then become necessary for the Township to build a house of sufficient size and that will have proper accommoda- tions to accommodate the town until we can get another assessment and be set off when we shall be able to build larger. The amount which the township can expend in this building will be about $1000.00"
The first school report was published March 16, 1882, and read as follows,-"Report of Manning schools for the third term of its session; Principals room -- neither tardy or absent Myron Cronkhite, Alva Smith, Charles Coe, Frank Tidd, Nellie Woolman, Olive Cronkhite, Freeman Tucker, George Ferguson, Clara Barker; standing the high- est average in studies and deportment-Myrta Dorset, 97. 25; highest in arithmetic- Rosa Stalker and Jennie Parker, 94; highest in reading' and paraphrasing-J. W. Lindsay, 90. 75; highest in map drawing- Estella Branson, 92; spelling and defining- Myron Cronkhite, 99; grammar- Adora Smith, 92.5; geography- Emma Priest, 92.
I hereby certify the above report to be a correct transcript of the register and class records kept in said school.
Benj. I. Salinger, Principal."
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The first school meeting held, in which the Manning Schools play- ed a prominent part, was in the second week of March, 1882, the notice of which read as follows,- "The annual District Township meet- ing of Warren Township, Carroll County, Iowa, was called together by Mr. Woolman, the president being absent. Paul Winter was chosen chairman of the meeting. On motion of Seth Smith the Board of Directors were authorized to move schoolhouse No. 3 to a suitable point to accommodate the residents of the Bingham District. The presi- dents report was read and approved by the meeting and referred to the new board. Moved that a tax of I percent be levied to build a school- house in the Town of Manning, the ballots to read 'for tax' or 'against tax'. On motion of B. I. Salinger- one hour was allowed for voting. At the expiration of the hour, the ballots were counted showing the following result,- for taxation 85; against taxation 35. On motion- the meeting adjourned.
J. B. Ingledue, Secretary. "
1882-3
From this time up till the spring of 1883 we find the Manning Schools under the management of the township school board. In January of that year the agitation of an independent school district was again brought up and a vote was taken which resulted in the setting off of an independent school district, to be known as the Independent School District of Manning, and to include the following territory ;- All of section 17, the east quarter of section 18, the N. E. quarter of the N. E. quarter of section 19, and the north quarter of section 20.
The first election of the district was held, March 13, 1883, and re- sulted in the following persons being elected to serve on the school board,- V. Roush, C. M. Failing, L. P. Brigham, John Hoffmann, J. S. Ferguson, and P. A. Emery.
Immediately after the setting off of the independent district and the election of the school board, the board of directors requested the direc- tors of Warren township to meet with them for the purpose of adjusting the assets and liabilities of the school funds and make a division that the Independent District might receive their share of the proceeds. This the township board refused to do until compelled through the mandamus- proceedings which were instituted against them.
Up to and including this year B. I. Salinger served as Principal having filled that position two years.
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1883-4
The board of directors as originally elected were as stated above but during the course of the year, C. M. Failing resigned and was suc- ceeded by E. M. Funk; John Hoffmann resigned and was succeeded by G. W. Hunt; V. Roush resigned and was succeeded by Seth Smith.
The tax levy for this year was :- Teachers fund, $2,200.00; Con- tingent fund, $600.00; for interest on bonds 4 mills.
The teachers salaries were placed as follows :- Principal, $720.00; all of the other teachers $400.00 each per year.
HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING.
After having engaged teachers for the ensuing year, the board proceeded to take measures toward the erection of a good school build- ing. The following is a description of the building erected and a re- view of the proceedings of the board, as given in the Monitor bearing date of July 16, 1883 :- "On a most beautiful site in this progressive city will be erected during the season a commodious and handsome school building. The plan of the building agreed upon in the matter herein stated was drawn by one of the best architects in Iowa, W. L. Flack of Des Moines. The size of the building is to be 62 by 32 feet with a "T" in the rear 26 by 32 feet and all to be two stories high. There are to be three entrances,- the main entrance and two side entrances. On the first floor are two small rooms in the main part 20 by 30 feet 8 inches in the clear excluding the space used for the teachers platform. In the
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"T" is a room IS by 30 feet in the clear. Adjoining these are the hall- ways, cloakrooms and stairways, all well arranged. In the second story are two study rooms the same size as those in the first story, and two recitation rooms in the "T",- each 15 by 20 with cloakrooms and hallways. The plan is well adapted to the wants of this dictrict and the people are to be congratulated in the choice of an excellent plan". It seems that at this time there was a dead lock and the board was unable to agree on the choice of a set of plans, so the matter was referred to a committee of five outside of the board which consisted of,- Seth Smith Dr. G. M. Barber, J. B. Ingledue, U. S. Heffelfinger and R. J. Benson. The choice that the committee adopted was the plan described above. The contract for the building of the schoolhouse was given to J. B. Stillmans. A stipulation of the contract was,- that the building should be completed and ready for occupancy by October 1, 1883.
Following is the school report for the spring term of this year :- Teacher Department Enrollment
Nettie Morrissey, A. B. Hardin, G. F. Ostrander, Principal.
Primary, 55
Intermediate, 62
High School, 42
1884-5
At the spring election, there were 135 votes cast. The four can- didates that received the highest number of votes were,- U. L. Patton, P. A. Emery, D. D. Clark and E. M. Funk. Two were to serve out the incompleted terms caused by the resignations of L. P. Brigham and J. S. Ferguson, and the other two were to serve the regular term of three years. It was decided by the old board -through ballot- that U.L. Patton and D. D. Clark should serve the full term, E. M. Funk the incomplete term of two years and P. A. Emery the incomplete term of one year. U. L. Patton was elected president of the board. A propo- sition to place lightning rods on the school house was voted on and lost.
It appears that at this time there were no church bells in the town so the school bell was used on Sundays to call the people to church, which will be explained by the following motion- "that the church peo- ple be notified, that if they want the use of the bell they must make arrangements with the Janitor". At about this time the congregation of the M. E. church asked for and was granted permission to use the schoolhouse for religious services.
The salaries for this year were placed as follows :-- Principal $75 per month, and the remainder of the salaries at $40 per month. The School year was to consist of ten months.
J. J. McMAHON
A. C. FULLER
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1848004
At the September meeting of the board, G. F. Ostrander was elected secretary of the board and W. C. Henshaw was elected treasur- er. There was also another department created.
Following are the teachers reports for this year :- Teacher
Department Enrollment
Nettie Morrissey,
First Primary,
43
Gertrude Chandler,
Second Primary, 40
Emma Bishop,
Intermediate, 35
Emma Branson,
Grammar,
46
G. F. Ostrander, Principal
High School,
50
1885-6
The board for this year consisted of L. P. Brigham, E. M. Funk, U. L. Patton, D. D. Clark, J. B. Henshaw and B. i. Salinger. U. L. Patton was re-elected president of the Board. Judging from the pen of the poet, these gentlemen must have possessed rare qualifications and high aspirations as will be shown by the verses that follow.
PATTON.
"I am a lively grain man,
And when the summer's o'er,
Like Bun, the squirrel, gather
My grain for winter store.
But I've a greater calling,
Which I'll follow if I can,
I got the office of President,
And I'll fill it if I can. CLARK.
I think, I'm almost certain,
That I'm a lumber man,
Who to purchasers both near and wide Will sell it when I can.
And I, too, have a duty
Unfit for every man,
It's filling a kingly office,
And I'm filling it, so I am. FUNK.
I know that I'm a clothing man,
My goods are very low; And I can rig you out with suits, From finger tips to toes. But to one thing, my dear friends, I've aspired since being a man, Was to serve in filling an office, And now, yes now, I am.
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BRIGHAM.
I'm sure that I'm a doctor, I'll give you sawdust pills ; I'll blister and I'll bleed you And I'll cure you of all ills. But in this world I have resolved To do what good I can, So, I raised our teachers wages On the strict economy plan. SALINGER.
Lo! before you stands a lawyer, Who will plead a case for you; Not a naughty, fibbing lawyer, But one that's good and true. So I worked myself in office Like a young and clever man, And I'll cast my vote for teachers, On some wise and secret plan.
HENSHAW.
I'm a real wise, live banker,
Oh! very, very wise; Not one bit of naughty mischief Can escape my watchful eyes. I must not refuse the office So I'll do the best I can, I'll cast my vote for teachers, Just to tease the other men.
MOERSHELL, for six.
Now do not laugh, good people, You may live to see us there, We ,ispire to nothing higher Than a School Directors chair. And when called to take our places,
Which we surely can and will. Don't grumble about unjustness, But surrender like a man.
During the year a change was made in the length of the term .which the directors were to serve. Up to this time all six of the direc- tors served one year each, which, as a rule resulted in the entire Board consisting of new men to the position. In order that there might always be some experienced men on the board, the following change was made. The regular term of office should be three years, and as the members
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comprising the board at this time were all elected for one year they drew lots to decide how long each were to serve. The result was as follows :- For the long term, of three years, B. I. Salinger and J. B. Henshaw; for the term of two years, U. L. Patton and D. D. Clark; for one year, L. P. Brigham and E. M. Funk. As a re- sult of this change there was to be only two directors to be elected so that each year four directors carried over. Upon the resignation of D. D. Clark, D. W. Sutherland was elected to fill the vacancy. It appears that the election was very close and interesting as there were 120 votes cast and seven candidates in the field. O. E. Dutton was elected treasurer and J. B. Ingledue secretary, for the ensuing year.
The Treasurers report for the preceding year was as follows: -- School house Fund, $146.89; Contingent Fund, $132.42; Teachers Fund, $127.58; Received from the Township of Warren, $197.72; Total Balance on hand, $604.61. .
The first attempt at the institution of a SCHOOL LIBRARY was made in June, when the board purchased a full set of Johnson's Cyclopedia. The Library Fund which had been created, was, this year, increased $11.30 by tuitions.
The teachers salaries for the ensuing year was placed as follows :- Principal, $75.00 per month; Assistant Principal, $37.50 per month and all others, $35.00 per month.
Owing to the increased enrollment another grade and an Asst. Principal was added. The teachers for the ensuing year remained the same as the year previous with the exception of Miss Branson, teacher of the Grammar Department. Upon the resignation of Miss Branson, Ella McCrae was elected to fill the vacancy. The school year was fixed at ten months. Following is the school report for the year :-
Teacher Department Enrollment
Nettie Morrissey,
First Primary, ยท 54
Gertrude Chandler,
Second Primary, 40
Emma Bishop,
Intermediate, 43
Ella McCrae, Grammar, 48
Mrs. Alice Engleman, Asst. Prin. High School
70 G. F. Ostrander, Principal.
1886-7
The school board for this year consisted of B. I. Salinger, J. B. Henshaw, U. L. Patton, D. W. Sutherland, James Mattison and J. S. Ferguson. The two latter succeeded L. P. Brigham and E. M. Funk. O. E. Dutton was elected treasurer and J. B. Ingledue secretary of the board, for the ensuing year.
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The treasurer's report for the year was :- Teachers Fund $2500. Contingent Fund, $1500; Schoolhouse Fund $500.
Two vacancies were caused by resignations this year,- that of Miss Branson, teacher of the Grammar Department, who was succeeded by Mrs. Engleman, and of Miss Bishop, teacher of the Intermediate De- partment, who was succeeded by Mary Morrissey.
It appears that during the year the teachers had been rather negli- gent in the obserbence of rules 7 & 8 which provided for the opening exercises as follows :- "The opening exercises shall consist of the. read- ing of the scriptures without comment, which may be followed by appropriate singing at the option of the teacher. Teachers shall not exercise any sectarian influence over the school; but shall at all times impress upon the minds of their pupils, correct principles of morality and virtue, a sacred regard for truth and habits of sobriety and in- dustry". They made special efforts to enforce these rules as the records will show. In order to facilitate the enforcement of rule 7; relating to the reading of the scriptures as a part of the opening exercises, five bibles were purchased for the use of the teachers.
This year the school had the same number of teachers but the classification was different. The changes were,- the creation of a Second Intermediate Department, which formerly was the Grammar Room, and the Grammar Room taking the place of the B. and C. class- es of the High School which, formerly, was taught by the Assistant Principal. The school report for the year is as follows :-
Teacher
Department Enrollment
Eva Maxwell,
First Primary, 53
Gertrude Chandler,
Second Primary, 49
Lola Robinson,
First Intermediate, 5I
Clara Branson,
Second Intermediate,
S. L. Garrett,
Grammar School, 4I
C. W. Durrett, Principal. High School, 46
1887-8
For this year the board consisted of,- J. B. Henshaw, James Mattison, J. S. Ferguson, J. Kuhn and D. W. Sutherland. Mr. Sutherland was re-elected and Mr. Kuhn succeeded Mr. Patton. D. W. Sutherland was elected president of the board, O. E. Dutton, treasurer, and C. D. Dewing, secretary. The treasurers report for this year was :- Tax levy-Contingent Fund $1000.00; Teachers Fund $3000.00; Bond Fund $1500.00; Schoolhouse Fund $200.00. Upon the resignation of J. B. Henshaw as director George Umphrey was elected to succeed him and complete the unexpired term.
CHRIST GRUBE
J. RONNA, D. D. S.
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At the April meeting of the board, the order of the election of teachers for the ensuing year was taken up, and on the 20th ballot Mr. Oelrich was declared elected but refused to qualify. At an adjourned meeting the board, again, proceeded to ballot for a principal, and L. A. Hill was elected, and to receive a salary of $75.00 per month. Upon Mr. Hill's refusal to qualify, the board again balloted for principal and Sara L. Garrett was elected. The remainder of the core of teachers elected for the ensuing year were,- Dora Smith, Grammar room; Clara Branson, Intermediate; Gertrude Chandler, Second Primary; Ruby Clark, First Primary. The principal's salary for the ensuing year was placed at 55.00 per month, all others at $40.00 each, per month.
This year the school has the honor of turning out THE FIRST GRADUATING CLASS which consisted of the following members: William Miller, Mabel Benson, Mie Lundy, Mary Ferguson, Blanche Patton, Lizzie Dalliner, Effie Lathrop, Eva Kuhn and Ora Evans.
1 888-9
This year the board consisted of,- D. W. Sutherland, J. Kuhn, U. L. Patton, J. S. Ferguson, George Tank and James Mattison. Patton and Tank succeeded B. I. Salinger and J. B. Henshaw. O. E. Dutton and C. D. Dewing were re-elected to their respective offices of treasurer and secretary.
The election of teachers for this year was as follows :- Principal, Sara L. Garrett; Grammar Room, E. O. Garrett; First Intermediate, Jennie Robertson; Second Intermediate, Gertrude Chandler; Primary, kuby Clark. The principal's salary was raised from $55.00 to $65.00 per month, while the rest remained the same.
The members of the graduating class were,- Lial Sutherland, Lou Patton and Edna Lathrop. This was the smallest class that has ever graduated from the school.
1889-90
The board consisted of,- D. W. Sutherland, J. Kuhn, Henry Hoffmann, U. L. Patton, George Tank and E. L. Ives. The two last named succeeded James Mattison and J. S. Ferguson. Mr. Tank re- signed in July and was succeeded by L. E. Arney. O. E. Dutton suc- ceeded himself as treasurer, and J. S. Ferguson succeeded C. D. Dewing as secretary. D. W. Sutherland was again elected president of the board. The tax levy and balance carried over from the previous year, as shown by the treasurer's report, is as follows :- Teachers fund, levy
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$2000.00, balance $406.79; Bond fund, levy $1000.00, no balance; Contingent fund, levy $1000.00, balance $139.39; Schoolhouse fund. levy none, balance $196.00.
The teacher's salaries for the year were placed at,- $65.00 for the principal, and $40.00 each, per month, for all of the subordinate teachers The core consisted of,- S. L. Garrett, Principal; E. O. Garrett, Asst. Principal; Jennie Robertson, Grammar; Clara Branson, First Inter- mediate; Clara Wilson, Second Intermediate; Flora Robinson, Primary.
The graduating class of 1890 consisted of the following members ;- James Fitzgerald, William Ferguson, Charles Smith, Harry Woolman, Joseph Loch, Edward Nickols, Winford Umphrey, Lovie Oard, Ella Denton, Hattie Hall, Cora Peters, Belle Briggs, Nellie Hathaway, Clara Parker, Jessie Eden and Angie Kenyon.
THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION.
was organized May 24 of 1890, with a membership of twelve. Their first entertainment was given, in honor of the class of this year, at Mr. O'Fling,s. Since then, the exercises have always been held at the Germania hall. The present membership is 88.
1890-1
The board for this year was the same as that of last, D. W. Suther- land and L. E. Arney having succeeded themselves in office, Mr. Sutherland was again elected president of the board, and Fred Miller succeeded J. S. Ferguson as secretary.
At this time, there were in all, twelve grades,- three in the First Primary; two in the Second Primary; two in the Intermediate; two in the Grammar room, and three in the High School.
The teachers for the ensuing year will be shown by the following report :--
Teacher
Department Enrollment
Flora Robinson,
First Primary, 76
Clara Branson,
Second Primary, 55
Blanche Patton,
Intermediate, 38
Jennie Robertson, Grammar, 38
M. J. Wilson, Asst. Principal, High School,
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S. L. Garrett, Principal,
The graduating class for 1891, consisted of Charles Mattison, Orin Emmons, Albert Wood, John Jenson, Arthur Freelove, Gertrude Burnham, Mamie O'Fling, Mamie Parker and Julia Moore.
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