Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-07-15


Alton.
Webster County physicians have form
ed an organization.
DIR. j. H. Mckee died suddenly a,
Burlington. aged t5.
A. @. Rankin has organized State
marshal club at Ames.
The Dubuque public library will here
after be closed on Sunday.
A 50-acre farm near Gearing has just
been sold for $166 per acre.
A stock company is being organized to
build new hotel at Davenport.
Mason City churches are planning to
hold union tent revival meetings.
A pottery company with 100000 cap
it'll hus been formed at What Cheer.
Harlan's Masonic temple, built at a
cost of $4,000. has just been dedicated.
Julius Kraft, farmer near Council
Bluffs. was killed in runaway acct
dent.
The body of an unknown foater was
found in the Missouri river near Per
civil.
An explosion of fireworks in the
Racket store at New Sharon did $500
damage.
George Lashelle, farm hand, was
fatally shot by Hans Hanson, postmaster
at Almont.
Robert Shakey.. aged ID years, was
drowned in Clear lake. He was swim
ming horse and was thrown.
Bert Roby, who owns button factory
at Muscatine, recently found pearl for
which he refused $1,000. 1t weighs 1911
grains.
Little Edna A. Davis of Des Moines,
Is months old, pulled boiler of boiling
water off the stove and scalded herself
to death.
A negro cook employed by the com
pnny managing the Davenport carnival
has decamped with $500 of his employ
er's money.
Earl Mcdonald of Marshalltown shut.
Hcd off his mortal coil at Des Moines,
Separation from his wife had led to de
spondency.
Two more electric lines will be con
structed from Dubuque west in the next
year by the Dubuque and Western Rail
road Company.
Van Buren, Republicans deadlocked
over choice of candidate for Senator
Adjournment was taken to August.
j. II. Duffy of Clinton, an engineer TO,
n construction company, was struck by
a train OIL the Iowa Central near Sears
boro and instantly killed.
Major +. II. Conger, a member of the
f,,,,n,,. ur,o,,1,~crSlss e,
many years federal office holder, is
dead at Waterloo. aged 50.
Rev. A. b. Storms. pastor of the Firs,
Methodist Church of Des Moines, was
elected president of the Iowa State Ag
ricultural College at Ames.
AT Duncombe, Ole Hanson, wife and
baby were thrown from buggy by 4
frightened horse. All were seriously in
jured. the baby probably fatally.
The body of Otto Schmidt, who wa.
drowned in the Wapsie river neal
WheatlaMl on June /, when the rivel
was flooded, has never been recovered.
For August % the State Fair Associa
lion has opened it's gates for the free ad
mission of veterans of the Civil AM
Mexican wars, their wives or widows.
Mathew Ruhl, aged 80, German
farm hand employed five miles northeas
of State Center, was gored to death b!
n yearling bull. He lived three hours
His body was horribly mangled.
AT one revival service at Centerville
conducted by Rev. BILLY" Sunday, 2O(
persons promised TO never more indulg,
in the pleasures of the ball room.
Harry I. Spotta. son of n prominen
live stock man Of Battle Creek, commit
ted suicide by hanging. He poisoned him
self several weeks ago. but the doctors
saved him. Sunstroke last year left hin
with suicidal mania.
The Britt Tribune has defied the no
weather and has come to the front will
a story from Rockford of Joe Trigg'
success in grating n watermelon vim
OIL pond lily root. Mr.. Trigg now ha
melon floating in his mill pond that i
thirty feet In diameter and still growing