Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-10-01


passed an ordinance regulating the speed
Of automobiles to twelve miles an hour.
1t is announced that President Roosc-
Welt will speak Mt Des Moines from a
stand to be erected in the capitol grounds.
Mrs. Mary b. Mckee of McLeansboro,
H., has been appointed seamstress at
the Sac and Fox Indian school at Tama.
An electric line is now in operation be.
tween Des Moines and Altoona. The line
will be pushed on to Mitchellville and Col
fax.
Mrs. Amanda C. Wells of Davenport,
who was terribly burned by an explosion
of gasoline, has succumbed to her in
juries..
The strike of electrical workers at OF
tumwa has been settled. The union was
recognized and an increase in wages
granted.
The business portion of Barnum, which
was recently destroyed by fire, is being
rebuilt with one and two-story brick
blocks.
The home OF B. Seavey of Riceville was
robbed of two gold watches and other
property. 1t is supposed to be the work
of tramps.
William Howard and Maude Solt.
prominent young people of Glidden. We're
killed by Northwestern passenger train
at Ralston.
There are large yields of potatoes at
the State institutions this year. At Glen
WOOD it is thought the field will be fully
go bushels per acre.
The saw mill and box factory of the
j. III. Kaiser Lumber Company were
burned Mt Musca.ine. The loss is $40,-
600. insurance $4,000.
The Iowa Socialist Publishing Com.
pany has Incorporated at pIbuGue, A
paper will be issued weekly devoted to
propagating the socialist belief.
Deposits in Des Moines banks show
n decrease for the year of So. 25O. 900. II.
is said that heavy investments in lands
in the Northwest caused the drain.
Work on the improvements at the Sol
diers' Home in Marshalltown may have
to be suspended for the time being on
account of the inability to secure labor
ers.
Joseph Murphy, an aged man living
alone, was found dead in his home near
Eldon. The coroner was summoned and
pronounced his death due to heart dis
ease.
The hardware store of George Clam
at Muscatine was visited by thieves who
carried away about $500 worth of shot
guns, razors, pocket knives and revolvers.
No clue.
Rockford ladies bo,. tolsn - os,,a.
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honsa r,be delar hos baan ondsd hr pt 40
letting of the contract md work will ha-
gin at once.
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rue western thioh leiegraph Com
l'ahI IS trying the experiment of en-
p,o!'hs girls as messengers III Dies
MONIES. Inc experiment has so far
NV heu sueecssi"'is'
Woodson Raglan, Ella Clark's lover, nd
mits that he shot aud killed the latter in
1t to save his own life. lie alleges that
the glri attacked him with knife.
The annearoncc of thons,nds az h,.r.
birds which food mon tho corn croy l.
causing uneasiness among the farmers.
The birds tear open the h,lsks, devour the
upper part of the ear, and leave the bal
ance to rot from exposure to the ele-
ments.
The new law relating to tho disnosition
of dipsomaniacs is having salnt.rv az
feet upon the veterans in the home st
who are inclined TO look
upon the wine when it is red Two have
already been sent to Mt. Pleasant. md
others are beginning to exercise l;ttle
more moderation in their tipplinr.
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son and went to Chicago TO ret mnrrieJ
The woman disappeared there with t;s
money. Wood is now irving to locate tho
woman.
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