Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-05-21
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NeN. FRANK L.. l.Oyeianu VIII be TIT
Memorial Day orator at Waterloo.
John Grcamary was drowned at Wau
kon Junction while digging for clans.
Lew Watkins. Des Afoines miner
sustained fatal injuries by fall of slate
X. b. Rowland. prominent in banking
circles at Washington, is dead, aged 3!
Years.
EX-Gov. Drake has returned to Iowa
from his western trip. much improved il
health.
\ postoficc has been established al
Gypsum, with William II. Smith rs post
master.
Mr.. and Mrs. III. a. Sislcr of Bellevue
have celebrated their golden wedding an
niversary.
The contract has been let for tinc
new hospital for Des Moines County, IL
cost 100000.
The Williamsburg Telephone Company
has installed a modern switchboard OF
2OO phones capacity.
Dies Moines ministers are protesting
against the prize fights which have tax
en- place in that town.
Rev. Hiram J.. Burleigh. pioneer
minister of Iowa. died at the home for
the aged in Des Moines.
Thieves entered the Key City barrel
works at Dubuque and stripped the plant
of betting valued at $l40.
Harry Clark of Burlington has cQualed
the worlds bowling record of 300, max.
ing twelve straight strikes
Two Parkersburg children stole S6J
from neighbor and proceeded to haze
a good time with the money.
William Johnson. a pioneer merchant
died Mt Madrid. He had been in bust.
ness there twenty-nine years.
j. b. Hogue was found dead in field
on his farm near Corydon. Heart dis
ease was the cause of his DEATH
The President has nominated Joseph
IL. Reeves of Iowa to be chief justice OF
the court of private land claims.
j. T. Jackson ar S. Barron, vet
eran engineers of TIM southwestern at
Boone, have been retired on pension.
The ladies' of the West Liberty w. Il.
G. presented beautiful flag to each
v.
Geo. NJ. Reynolds. formerly of Des
Moines. has been chosen vice-president
of the Continental National Bank of Chi.
cago.
Frank Latham, driver of scavenger
wagon mt Des Moines, died from injuries
received by being run over by his own
wagon.
The twentieth annual camp meeting of
the Mississippi Valley Spiritualists' As.
ISOLATION will be held at Clinton July 81
to Aug. "a.
Three large hotels in Council Bluffs are
to be remodeled and extensively improv-
ed. They are the Ogden, the Creston
and the Grand.
y deposit of lead fifteen feet wide and
of fine quality is said to have been dis
covered on the Fitzpatrick farm nea,
North Buena Vista.
y pan of lard in bakery at Council
Bluffs caught fire while the proprietor
was baking doughnuts. The resulting
damage was perhaps $500.
William Bass. aged 40, the sole sup.
port of a large family, was killed at the
sumably by an electric shock.
Lightning burned out nearly all tina
telephones in the town of learning, and
set fire to c. Il. Ingledues store. The
blaze was quickly cxtinguished.
The Presbyterian Church at West
Branch has extended call to Rev j.
w. Mcmillan of Waukee, to become the
successor of Rey. c.. ii. Furniss.
Frank Dippo. Northwestern brakeman,
Plaine. He was struck by the distance
signal and his skull was fractured.
Mrs. Adams OF Dewitt has identified
the body Mt the Iowa City University us
that of her son, George, aged IA, who
was killed at Lowden early in April.
Grading on the Mason City and Fort
Didsc extension of the Great Western
is being pushed along rapidly. Ten mill
ion dollars will be put into the new ex-
tension.
About 1000 square feet of the new
Herrick refrigerator factory at Water
loo was unroofcd by n gale which uproot-
ed trees and blew over a number of out
buildings.
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Hail I;y;nr ono milo north Of Noson
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