Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-10-22

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ey, Of Washington. conductor: A. "a.
Holt. OF Waterloo. treasurer. and All
Wingate, OF jDes Moines, recorder:
In the district court at LIE Mars.
Mrs Ed Pendleton pleaded guilty to
a statutory charge and was sentenc.
ed toll six months in the county jail
and to- pay a fine of $3.50. Mrs. PEN
dleton, who Is the wife Of. we'll
known farmer living near Akron. and
the mother OF six children e1oped
three weeks ago with James Robin.
son. who took her to his home 1t
Vail, where they were arrested.
A rDnaway engine in the Rock
Island yards at Iowa Falls put the
city gas plant out Of business. A
switch engine rushed down a loadint
track. crushed the bumper and push
ed two$box cars across a street and
through the building, demo llshina
three walls Of the structure and
wrecking the PLANTS machinery. 1eav-
ing patrons without gas.
Dr.. C.SS Chase and Professor r. e.
Heilman. Of Iowa City. will go to At
kins. Benton county. on Oct. II to
hold a rural conference. At this
meeting the representatives Of the
university will outline the up to date
methods OF self.betterment for the
smaller towns and villages Of the
state. Illustrated lectures will be
j given. u s v
-. Prot. b. Marfinx, manager OF the
| Sioux City Business College" and his
assistant, Z. b. Thomas, are wanted
by the police on the charge Of con-
Quoting q fake commercial school.
The two men left the city after col
lecting $4a in advance from a num-
Der Of students FOR life membership"
in their college.
The new hospital committee at De-
corah. has purchased site for the
building from NJ. Toyen, $50 feet by
$50 feet, on Broadway and State, at a
cost OF $500. It has been decided
to continue the subscription until
$4,000 more is raised, making to-
tai of S35, 900. s.
H. 3. Healey. Of the Manson Elec.
trio Light g. Power plant, is laying
the ca bles for sixteen new electroliers
to be. placed In two blocks OF Main
street IN that place. The electrollers
were purchased by the Manson bust
men and presented to the city. 4
Demands have been made in open
by labor unions at Mason City for
public scales. The demands formally
made seek public scale and master,
q public market or market square
and a municipal ice house.
German day. was celebrated at
Schleswig, Manning and Manila. with
Denison, an enormous crowd being
present. German organizations from
local lodges took part in the parade.
There were many floats representing
the business houses. 5
Movements for the consolidation
OF schools in various parts OF Cerro
Gord0 county have been started. Spe-
cial elections are to be called at Ply
mouth. Haniord and Gainesville soon.
A consolidated school has been estab-
lished at, Rock Falls
Tony Bartillo. %. is dead and Frank
Rucci, '25. Is IN the hospital with
three bullets lodged in his abdomen
and will die, as a result Of a duel in
Centerville- Both are Italians and
the trouble started over a card game.
This week the Milwaukee railroad
will complete cutting in the $50
miles OF newly constructed double
track In Iowa. This will leave only
200 miles Of single track between
Council Bluffs and Dubuque. ;5s
a successful business man OF New
ton. Iowa. relates that three years
aro .Jasper county farmer sold his
farm AT $40 pert acre and moved to
California. Today the same farm Is
worth 5000 per ere. NJ E.
s+ata, Wa II ~ ~ al 4 I, "a ranlan,sh.
ing clear Iaka with fisl,.. 4 LARGE 5nuI-
Der beinr setned from the bayous III
and around sabula. All are game
Hsh q Okohoti and shirt, lakes viii
be sin1ilarlv' treated. 5 {, 5# $3aS
Tha last SQUARE a GENE emf has inst
been laid ON the mile Of concrete
road near Maspnf City The pave
ment is sixteen feet vide and - la1 70
by the county except $500 privately
contributed. g$ ,Ss 81
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eth Iowa infantry held in Knoxville
had a total OF sixty.five survivors
present from 4 half dozen different
states. Il g.,ssS IT # Il
The proposition to erect a new
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