Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-08-08
Local and Neighborhood News

Local and Neighborhood News
An Indiana editor printed the fol-
lowing: "The follow who is court
ing a certain married women had
better leave town, as the husband is
onto him" The paper had not
been out long before every man in
town had left except three old Grip
Piles and man who did not read
the paper.
Fred .Steinkopf, the father of Mrs.
Chas. Hawker dropped dead in the
cellar of his home in the Bay settle
ment east of here last Friday. He
had suffered from heart disease for
some time and had gone to the Gel
lar for some eatables when he was
stricken. The funeral was held Sun
day from the Bay church and was
largely attended, Rev. =. Melchert
of the Ryan Lutheran church ofliciat-
ing.-Ryan Reporter.
"The county schoolma'am-that
most lovable of Gods creatures"
says the Schaller Herald has paid
for her new spring hat, and possibly
got new summer dress, and is call
ed to spend the balance of her mea-
gre salary for institute fees, board
and the like preparatory to taking
another school this fall. Verify the
lot of schoolma am is one continual
round of pleasure"
]. T. Hamilton, John Cownie and
G.. S. Robinson, members of the
Board Of Control of Iowa, were For
est City visitors last Friday, and in
spected Pilot Mound as site for the
location of the State tuberculosis
Sanitarium. About seventy-live of
our citizens accompanied the Board
to the Mound. 1t has not been in.
timated at this writing, by the Board
of Control where the Sanitarium will
be established. Tt is hoped that it
will be located at Pilot Mound. The
members of the Board seemed to be
pleased with the Mound aud ad-
jacrnt country. Forest City indie
pendent.
being aroused from his slumber
by the wheels of freight car pass
ing over his hand was the painful
experience that befell Gus Church at
the west switch of the |. G. IN this
city Monday afternoon. Church is
a lineman and Lad worked for the
Interstate Telephone company the
past two weeks. He finished work
ing for the company Saturday.
Monday afternoon he was at the |.
G. yards and fell asleep on a shady
spot near the track. His hand lay
partially on rail when by flying
switch a car was sent down the
track, the wheels passing over his
hand inllicting a bad wound re-
moving the fleshy portion from the
palm, He was taken to physician
where the injured member was
dressed.-Dyersville Commercial.
The following dispatch from
Dyersville tells one side of story
That is exciting comment in that
town: 1T is reported that L. A.
friedman, formerly mayor of this
city, sold Nevada mine to party
of Minneapolis railroad officials for
the handsome sum Of $4,000. 1t
is claimed that the mine was salt
ed and that an effort is being made
to apprehend friedman. Some
time ago reports reached this city
of Freidmann's mining company
having made lucky strike, and if
all reports are true, it was upon
these representations that the mine
was so easily disposed of. Freid-
mann's friends here do not know
what to make of the story and will
wait for further developments. 1t
is said that party Of the Mime
apolis investors. who had been bun
coed, were at Dyersville Tuesday
night looking for friedman.
Monticello Express.
1t wasn't Missouri editor but
printers devil who was going throu
his first experience of making up"
forms. The paper was late and the
hoy got the galleys mixed. The
first part Of the obituary notice of
pecunious citizen had been dumped
into the forms, and the next hand
full of type came off galley de-
scribing a recent fire. 1t read like
this: "rhe pail bearers lowered the
body to the grave and as it was con-
signed to the flames there were few
if any regrets, for the old wreck had
been an eyesore to the town for
years. OF course there was indi-
vidual loss, but that was fully cover
ed by insurance" The widow thinks
the editor wrote the obituary that
way because the lamented partner
of her joys and sorrows owed him
five years subscription, Clermont
Enterprise.
A pleasant event occurred at high
noon yesterday at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Rudolph Schneider east of
town when their eldest daughter,
Anna Louise, was unitedin marriage
to Geo. Hughes, Of Fonda, Iowa.
The ceremony was performed by
Rev. HOWE of the Golden Congre-
gational church in the presence Of
large number Of relatives and friends
of the contracting parties. The
happy couple were extended the
hearty congratulations of all present
after the ceremony and the as