Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-08-27

err boys life. After the bargain had
been struck the two boys were placed
on adjoining operating tables and the
surgeon took from the legs OF the
Lyons boy two scared strips six by
twelve inches and grated them on to
the legs of the Back boy. \, NJ I
Instruction in domestic science was
given the housewives of Cedar Falls
recently through the efforts of the
Civic Improvement league. The open
ing of the canning season being close
at hand, the branch of domestic econ
omy taught was the art Of scientific
and economical methods Of canning
fruits, vegetables and meats for win
ter use. The demonstration was con-
Quoted by Prof A. "A. Burger, county
agricultural expert. /.
Des Moines won the 1914 convention
of rural letter carriers of Iowa as we'll
as the new president, c. A. Reeves,
who defeated J. H. Wally Of Ottumwa
by a@vote Of 95 to "a at the late meet
ing held in Waterloo. Other new Off
GERS elected are: vice president, F.. F..
French. Humboldt; secretary, R. w.
Ford, Storm Lake; treasurer, L. l..
Thomas, Warren county.
Mrs. Harry L. Watson, aged So,
wife of the editor of the Bouton
Press, was killed and Mr. Watson was
seriously hurt when an automobile
they had owned but a few days turn
ed turtle on the River-to- River, road
eight miles west Of Des Moines The
6-year-old son of the Watsons, who
was riding in the rear seat OF the
car, escaped uninjured. IL Il
The most daring robbery in years
at Boone was committed when two
men entered the Detar fats, locked
Miss Florence Gelabert in the bath
room OF her brothers home, then ran
sacked the dwelling. They took only
the best of jewelry, valued at many
hundreds Of dollars. Miss Gelabert
was hysterical when found an hour
later by her brother. .:1 n
Mrs. H. w Emmons Of Boone was
fined by Judge Carswell for assault
land child beating. When arrested on
complaint of her niece, Blanche
Gates, 6 years old, she denied inflict.
ing the bruises which were on the
l'child's body. On the stand, however,
she admitted that the child had cut
up her lace curtains. IS
Papers have been filed I'M district
court at Manchester through which
Mrs. Amanda Acres sues her husband,
A. C. Acres, for a divorce and $4,000
permanent alimony3 and $500 temper.
airy alimony. She charges her hus.
band fred at her with shotgun.
Judge Klintzinger granted the first
widows pensions that had been ap.
piled for in Dubuque county under the
new law. The families Of the appli.
cants have one, two, three, three, and
five children respectively. Each
child will receive 81 a week.
Ten members of the Keokuk base
ball team were robbed In their hotel
while playing at Cedar Rapids Three
valuable gold watches and 1874 in cash
was the haul made by the thief, who
was seen by Pitcher Wolverton. who
thought 1T was Pitcher Miller putting
up a job on his team mates. n;
81 William Jones, Charles Balm, Fred
Baker, Andy Jones and two women,
said to be the wives OF the Jones
men, who are Indians, were arrested
by Sheriff Ives near Cedar Rapids for
SEEMING fish When caught one of the
Indians threatened to shoot the
Coos, Sabula. .s n. &. ,s8$
Mrs. C. T. McLyman Of Nicola,
looking over the meats in the refrig-
orator at her husbands market, slip
ped and was caught on a huge meat
hook. She was able to relieve herself
slightly by clinging to another hook
until help came. 555, ss.s Z.
Charles Hawthorne of Shenandoah
was killed by a Wabash train near
Strahan He was pu: of the train fol-
lowing a dispute about payment and
evidently fell under the wheels. He
left a zfamily4in Shenandoah. a !.
81 Fire which broke out in st. Johns
insane asylum at Mercy hospital, Dav-
export, threw 100 or more patients in.
to a panic and a wild stampede was
only prevented by quick action by
sisters and attendants. 81 Ii 81
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day, 100 truckers and checkers In the
Burlington and Milwaukee freight
houses at Dubuque struck. 1t is re-
ported that the Great Western truck
ers will follow. s5,5 Il.
Troy Hall, aged ten, OF Nashua, fell
into a tub of boiling water while
playing near where his grandfather
was boiling clans on the bank of the
river. Ills entire body was scalded.
The Rev. H. w Seagar will deliver,
the address of welcome at the old
settlers picnic to be held at Magnolia
Aug. 20 j c. Milliman will make
the response.
According to returns in the office
OF the Clayton county auditor. bounty
on nearly 1000 rattlesnakes killed in
the county. was paid last year.
John Blue, colored porter, was in
stantly killed here when he fell from
a freight train which he attempted to
board at Mason City.
James Minnaugh. Of LIE Mars, COM
mitted suicide by hanging himself to
tree after trying to cut his throat with
piece OF glass. @
Davenport's new hotel to be erected
at cost of 100000, has been named
.The Blackhawk". The name is re-
garded as most appropriate, as Chief
Blackhawk played an important part
in the early history of the community,
beginning his war against the United
States from rendezvous near here.
The strawberry season of the Gard
ner Nursery company at Usage has
started, and they now are picking
about two hundred quarts day. The
company has field of thirty-eight
acres and it is believed 1t will soon
be picking a thousand quarts a day.
The Fothergill farm on the Rock
Island near Iowa Falls comprising 800
acres has just been sold for $4,000.
1t was bought five years ago for
$4,000 and $4,000 in improvements
were added. Besides the crops each
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