Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-08-13

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ed; William H. Holdsworth, Sully.
Jasper county, vice =. M. Varenkamp.
resigned /; William F. Dunn. appointed
rural carrier at Bernard. b! IS
III One person dead, one fatally hurt
and two others injured is the result OF
an automobile accident a few miles
southwest OF Reinbeck. The dead:
Pauline Bern. IS years old Fatally
injured: Carl Bern. Jr., years old,
broken arm and internal injuries.
Others injured: Lou Raider, broken
shoulder. Mrs. Lou Raider, broken
hip. S n s.534 4
Four persons were injured and six
more narrowly escaped death near
Charlton when an automobile in which
they were riding was hit by a freight
train. Those injured were: Miss Col
die Grevo. shoulder broken; Mrs.
Walter Good, back injured. Miss ,Jen-5
ME Aryidson and Miss Ruth Frelan-
der, bruised and probable internal In
juries. 5.ss5 Il. /; Els s
Harrison County Holiness associa-5
ton will hold ten-day meeting at
Woodbine from Friday, Aug. 8. to
Monday, Aug. IS. The Rev. Mr.. Dean
of Sioux City and the Rev. Mr.. Dob
son of University Park will fill the
pulpit during the special meetings.
James Grimes is lying at the point:
Of death in Sioux City with four bull
let wounds inflicted by s. "a. McMil:'
Ian. Waterman at the government
docks at Riverside. Mcmillan says
that Crimes attacked him and he was
compelled to shoot In self.defense.
alfalfa is the most valuable crop
that can be raised on Iowa's valuable.
land now, says Perry G. Holden, late;
Of the Iowa state agricultural college.
but now. director of the agricultural
extension department of the slnterna,
tional Harvester company. u KY
IA committee from the w. c. T. ~.
at Keokuk has asked Police Commits
siOner Gray his attitude In regard to
law enforcement. The women told the
commissioner that they had positive
proof that there are seventy.five blind
tigers" in the city. ss} Iss5
Miss Bertha Junge and William
Leutken were killed and Mrs. Charles
Hansen was probably fatally injured
when struck by an eastbound Chicago
& Northwestern passenger train at
Clinton. They were walking on the
tracks. ss HI i, N 35
y One threshing machine, FIVE wagons,
$50 bushels OF wheat in the. shock. SO
bushels in the box, and straw stack
we're DESTROYED by fire on the F! A.
Schwortley farm near Modale. The
machine belonged to Henry DUNCAN.
H. ". Gaskill, for several years pro
prietor OF the Allison hotel at Cedar
Rapids, died recently in Fayetteville,
Tenn, where he had gone to visit a
daughter. He was one of the best
known hotel men in the state. r
Capt James Searles. q prominent
business man, and former president OF
the Iowa State Marble Dealers asso.
citation, died at Cedar Rapids Friday.
rs years old. Captain Searles was q!
civil war veteran. 4.
The Grinnell light plant has been
sold to the Federal Light & Power,
company OF Boston. The company al
SO is said to be negotiating for the
purchase of the plant at Colfax. ss4
G. IL Gade, president Of the Gade
Brothers Manufacturing company OF
Iowa Falls, says that work will COM
mence at once on q big addition to the
company's plant, to cost $4,000.
John W. Myers, one Of the earliest
settlers Of Shenandoah, died suddenly
while conyersing with friends. Mr..
Myers lived In Manti long before the
birth of fShenandoah. !
j.. A. Gerhardt. real estate dealer
of Applington, was instantly killed
near Parkersburg. when his auto hit
the fence. y throwing him out and
breaking his neck. D.
A farm sale closed at Glidden this
week was that Of James Chambers to
H. M. sHouton. This farm is located
near Ralston, and sold for $3.50 an
acre. 4. Il 5.9
The sheds, warehouse, dry house,
engine and boiler houses Of the Geth-t
man Brick companys plant at Rein.
beck were burned. The loss is $1,000.
The Algonquin club of Shenandoah
has arranged for city tennis tourn-
ament on the club grounds during
fair week, Aug. II Ito 16.. n n ( ,55.i#
The 2-year-old daughter Of Mr.. and,
Mrs. John Steen. who live near Mis-
souri, Valley. died as the result Of
drinking fly poison. Z,
j. Il. Mereness has sold his 160-acre
farm, one mile north of Glidden, for
5000 per acre. The purchaser was Al
bert Davenport. S5 n .s = III +
Another car of oil is being applied
to the streets of Winfield. this time
in the residence district. to keep down
the dust.
Elmer Buckley, Is years old, died
at his hone at West Liberty the re-
suit of being kicked in the stomach by
horse g
Mrs. Mary Hamilton, aged 6S. Of
Clarion and Alexander Fix, aged 81. of
Cantril were married recently at lava
Falls &
I'm order to bring about church
union it will be necessary for the
Baptist denomination to reach a point
where it will insist less intensely on
immersion as the only form of bap-
tism." declared tile Rev. E. H. Stew
ems, pastor Of the First Baptist
church, Sioux City. in sermon on
church union. Each church must
surrender something - 81
Not even the presence of two score
of stalwart policemen awed the pick
pockets at Coleman's park, Sioux City,
during the police picnic. Several
thefts were reported.
In an endeavor to fix the blame for
the death Of baby, whose body was
found buried under hen house, a
coroner's jury is making an investi-
cation at Cedar Rapids. The jury
is examining Mr.. and Mrs. Marion
La Reintz and Mrs. La Reintz's grand