Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-10-29
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NEWS
NEWS Y3 ITEMS GATHERED FROM
ALL PARTS OF$STHE STATE.

sNEWsYs ITEMS GATHERED FROM
ALL PARTS OF THE STATE.
The. eighteenth annual state con-
vention Of the Kings Daughters clos
i ed at Abba after electing the follow
: ing officers: Mrs. M. y. Mansfield Of
Burlington, president; recording sec
rotary. Mrs. G. N. Coleman, Daven-s5
port; trea surer, Miss Lola Waite Bur
lington. Or. Jennie McCowen, 5Daven-9
port, was made member Of the ex-
ecutive board Burlington was chos-
j en- as the meeting place for next
I year. i3.t} ss 4 I'll; i m zsi:%
Fire Sunday evening destroyed al
most an entire block of four story
buildings in the heartSo of the business
district in Ottumwa. 1t is estimated
that the total loss will be at least
100000, practically fully covered by
insurance. The heaviest loss was sus-,
tanned by the HaW-SimmOns Whole
sale Hardware company, loss to stock
/. 1925, 900. s3
y The city council at Hamburg order
q ed that the telephone and electric
/ light companies remove their posts
4 from Main street for distance Of
4 five blocks. Boosters saw In this a
chance to secure better. lighting CON;
ditions, and #enough money has heen
pledged to- pay for installing the cleo
8trolier system. n
E. Is. Martin, president Of the Mar.
v tin Telephone company at Webster
4 City has received the papers author
izing the formation Of the Interna tion-i
al Telephone Meter company with a
capital OF ST .OOO. 900. This company
y; Will manufacture and market the tele-
Il phone meter invented and patented
Mr.. Martin. 81 Isl
Three jurors I IN the Deerfoot muir
der case &G gorge Memier. Thomas
Very and III 4. Fliss, made affidavit
the application for a new; trial for
q the Indian d octor, that they were In
f1uenced to change their let from
not guilty TO 4 guilty, through the
\ bringing OF the code sof Iowa into the
4 jury room. III.
hbishop Keane of Dubuque and
Il All sho p Davis Of Davenport will attend
the fifth annual convention Of the
Catholic Stud ents'$ Il ASSOCIATE OF Am
d erica which meets at Iowa City Nov.
10. IA and IS. Delegates representing
Il twenty-one educational Institutions
I! VIII attend the convention Al
Or. E. E. Birney Of. Nora Springs
was acquitted on the second ballot on
4 q charge OF causing the death Of Myr-
tie Irish OF H op kinton, Ia. by a Grim
h inal operation. The case has taken
nearly two weeks and was the hard
est fought case ever held in Floyd
county. If {. AZ HI NJ n;
The directors Of the Webster City
~ commercial league have fixed the date
for the annual banquet given by the
Il league. ut will be held Oct. %. This
1 years banquet is to be rendered BY
the league TO its members and guests
!. free. II: II: IA 55s :sss s5i|
The electric light plant at Rockwell,
4 City has changed ownership. II. B.
Rutledge Of Minneapolis being the.
pure aser. An entire new outfit Of
machinery has been purchased and!
T will be installed at once.
A call has been issued by John HI.
Hughes chairman Of the Insurgents
committee, for a national convention
4 Of Modern Brotherho God OF America
insurgents 70 be held in Cedar Rapids,
\ Oct 29: S az
Despondent over poor health,
I Thomas Carroll, 80 years old mem
\ her of the soldiers home at Marshall
town from Winfield. Ia, attempted
s suicide by cutting his throat. He
i will die. W 4 .ss 5st Il!
a The Andrew Bennett farm IN Cass
township near Monticello was sold at
q referees sale last week. +. u. Day
bought 200 acres at 1920 an acre and
Y James Daugherty 40 acres at Sl3S.5o
Il an acre. ~ $ !$.3 5::f
The city Of Clear Lake is to have
4 9 new; bank with a capital OF $4,000
The officers are A. B. Phillips, presi-
dent; r. s. Young, vice-president;
Chris Axelson, cashier.
Seventeen cattle were killed at the
Z fleetwood railroad yards Sunday. The
cattle were being unloaded sby Carl
I IN organ. q farmer, when fast freight,
struck the bunch. III AZ
Frank Roger at Hampton sold his
( 32O-acre farm in Geneva township for
/ $4,000. This is the largest real es:
\ tate deal Of the season. The buyer
Ill from Tama. 5535
James HOWE, a progressive farmer
OF Castle Grove township, Jones coun.
1 ty. recently, sold forty hogs. which
melted him $l,3l0.50. They weighed
1890 pounds.
Albert Flat, a section foreman, was
instantly killed at Northwood when
! he was struck by a Rock Island pas.
senger train.
$ Hamburg High school football team
played Tabor college Saturday after.
noon. losing to Tabor by the score OF
a Al to 0. e
Cory O'Laughlin, one OF Washing.
tons best known citizens was fatally
injured while working on new corn
crib at his sons farm near that city.
He fell from a scaffold twelve feel
high and a heavy bridge plank drop.
ped on his face breaking his skull.
55.tt ncS. *. w. JdCOuSOL1,a pdSlOT VI tue
Presbyterian church at Panora, has
been called to the First Presbyterian
church of Knoxville.
John Hudepohl has purchased the
Henry Rooster farm near Conroy for
5000 an acre. The farm contains $50
acres. IN rs 4.
Frank Skulah, at Mason City com.
mitted suicide by sending a bullet
through his heart. He shot himself
while in his room and then walked
down stairs and fell dead.
The thirty-sixth annual conference
of the Iowa Unitarian association was
I held in the Humboldt Unitarian
church. Delegates from all over the
state were present.
Forty-nine prosecutions for alleged
violation Of the state fish and game
Y 10 ~ Z, -, do o,,bor