Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-07-01

Abba Catholics will build handsome
new house of worship.
The Marshalltown Gun Club will erect
handsome new club house.
The graduating glass of the Ottumwa
schools numbered 1906 boys and IS
girls.
l. e. Miner. Bussey miller, lost a
portion of one hand in the machinery of
his mill
1t is rumored that W. II. Hearst will
establish Democratic daily in Des
Moines.
George Landgraf of odebolt was
thrown from wagon and received fatal
injuries.
The Peoples department store at Wat
erloo has assigned. Assets $4,000, lia-
b;lities $1,000.
The home of j. A. Stronguist near Sa-
lem was destroyed by fire. Loss $1,000;
insurance 5000.
The Fayette County Good Roads As
ISOLATION has been formed with over a
hundred members.
Union labor men are planning frater-
nal insurance company, with headquar-
tiers at Des Moines.
Davenport BARRIERS are contemplating
raising the price of shave to cents,
with neck shaves extra.
Hon. G. B. Van Saun, the well-known
Cedar Falls Mason, who suffered a stroke
of paralysis, is recovering.
Lee T. Seig of Marshalltown has been
offered the chair of physics at Carleton
College. Mortified, MINI.
The corner stone of the new S1,5OO
Congregational Church at Humboldt was
laid with appropriate ceremonies.
The property valuation of Pottawatta-
mie County is $57.500,OOO, nn increase
of S1O,O0O.000 over two years ago.
Ex-Mayor Hartenbower of Des Moines
Is being mentioned MS n possible Demo
cratic candidate for Governor.
A gun in the hands of Ely Bartlett
of Marshall County was discharged &C.
cidentally, and Bartlett's 9-year-old son
lost a portion of one foot.
Mrs. Herborg Peterson, Lake Mills,
has been informed by her brother, John
p. Bjordal, residing in Norway. that
she is one of four heirs to 100000 Rus.
tIldi buiuSu \cCs tOU,NNOI.
j. G. HARDWOOD. postmaster of Clarion
dropped dead in his office from heart dis.
ease. He was an influential Republican
politician, was pioneer editor and
owned the Wright County Monitor ut the
time Of death.
While loading stock at Knoxville
James Davis fell under the wheels of s
moving car. He lost one leg and was
otherwise injured, possibly fatally.
Rev. Blake has resigned as pastor OF
the NJ. Il. Church at Fairbank on &C
count of poor health and will, with his
family, so to Iron Mountain, MINI.
Ora Ball of Marshalltown lost bott
feet in jumping off G. & N. w. freight
at Tama. He and two companions climb
ed on to through freight at Marshall
town to ride down without paying cal
| fare and see the ball game between New
at the depot and young Ball swung of
as it was going thirty-five miles an hour
The Des Moines and Iowa Falls lin,
| will not get into Des Moines until the
first of August. Soft clay cuts in which
the men cannot work is the cause.
Mrs. w. H. Meyer of Buffalo Cente
committed suicide by taking a. dose O.
paris green. III health is assigned a
the cause for her act of self-destruction
Over $50 business men, corporation
and firms of Des Moines have Joined will
the business men of Muscatine, Lon
Tree, Kinross, Webster, Thornburg
Montezuma, Searsboro, Reasnon Sully
Lynnville and Monroe in an effort to in
duce the Rock Island to open a new
route into Des Moines from the south
east part Of the State.