Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-08-22
Local and Neighborhood News

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DIN sent dollar for potato bug
killer. He received two blocks Of
wood with the following directions:
Take the block which is No | in
the right hand, place the bug on No.
: and press them together. Re
move the unfortunate and proceed
as before"
A Webster City physician says:
Beware of ice water. If you drink
ice water, do not gulpit down in hugh
quantities, but sip the stuff, taking
the chill out of it, without chilling
your stomach. If you simply rince
your mouth with cool water, you
will get almost the same results as
from drinking cold water. Avoid
all ice cold drinks. A warm drink,
a cup OF hot coffee or cup of hot
tea, may not be tempting, but it
will do you much more good than
iced tea or iced coffee, and it will
quench your thirst much better"
A few weeks ago man had his
jaw broken and was nearly killed by
the head of his cream separator fly
ing off with great violence and
striking him in the face. The ma
chine was mail order machine. We
are told that in one vicinity five of
the same make machines have ex-
ploded and nearly caused serious ac-
cidents. The accidents are due to
faulty construction. Two or three
Of the owners have since bought
separators from reputable firms. It's
dangerous business to buy from
mail order houses. You may not
always get it in the neck but you
generally get the worst of it.-Lyle
| Tribune.
4. A terrible accident occurred at
the home of William Parsons east of
town. While Mr.. and Mrs. Parsons
w,r, out of the house the five year
old son of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
Davis who was visiting at the Par
sons home climbed upon chair and
attempted to take down shot gun.
While doing so the gun was dis
charged the charge of shot tearing
off the little fellows right hand and
entering his side. The unfortunate
boy lived five hours remaining con-
scious to the last. The funeral was
held at the Davis home on Monday
afternoon and interment was made
in the Page cemetery olesburg
correspondent to Earlville Phoenix.
A perplexing new disease has
broken out among the cattle OF
George Black, prominent farmer
living north Of Clearfeld. The
steers took sick and became crazy,
wild-eyed, believing fearfully. and
at times ran wildly through strong
fences, than would whirl around and
die. 1t ran it's course in three or
four hours. Drs. Redhead of Lenox
and McChanahan of Redding made
carful examination Of the dead
steers and found that the trouble was
a diseased condition of the mem
brane covering the brain. In health
the covering is pinkish, but in those
Examined it was streaked with black.
They state the disease is not named
and is incurable, but not contagious.
Iowa State Register and Farmer.
The latest swindle in the line of
advertising fakes is that of getting
out directory of rural routes, and
If anyone comes around here with
such scheme, merchants as we'll as
farmers should give him the cold
shoulder. The sharper goes to the
farmers to get names and then to
the merchants for ads in his direc-
tory, telling all who refuse to adver-
tise that the rural route patrons will
boycott them. In this way he gets
a good many ads. The sharper af-
forwards distributes the directories
among the merchants, who can use
them for ornaments or posters, and
at the same time he sells the list to
a mail order house. The scheme is
a shrewd one, but it will not work
in Marion, for the merchants will be
on the decentralization Seminal.
Deputy Fish Warden Green is
again after the law breakers who
persist in taking fish in an unlawful
manner from the Maquoketa River.
This time he hauled Grant Beckwith
and his fourteen year old son before
Squire Babcock on fifty couAts for
unlawful seining of fish below Eby's
dam. Beckwith lives on rented
farm i'll the southern part of Wash
ington township and his whole
property would have been insufficient
to have paid fine on each of the
fifty different counts in which he
was charged with seining fish. He
pleaded guilty to ten counts and
paid fifty dollars and costs which
amounted to over sixty dollars more.
The seine found in his possession
was burned-by the Deputy Monti-
cello Express.
Mr.. Simpson, the promoter Of the
) inter-urban project, from Davenport
has given out the fact that it has
been decided by those who have the
affairs of the enterprise in hand, to
go to Manchester instead of Dyers-
vile as was their original intention.
AS is well known to our readers the
line was to be built via Upton and
Monticello, thence to Hopkinton and
Dyersyille. soaking connection with