Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-11-26
Father u F. Nngent IF Dcs Moines

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n Father j. n Nlgent nf Dcs Moines,
while VI a n g,icst 81 of Representative
II Michael rthillough Of Dubuque dis
9cussed hisSref,lsaI of the consular post
at Jerusalem He said he believed
Secretary Rryan's offer was made IN
recognition OF his consistency as
democrat rather than because OF his
priestly office Ie said that mas.
5mlIch as he recently spent four
months in the Holy Land the offer
had lost its only attractive feature.
4 Mrs. Mary T. Cooley OF Marshall
town was unable to prove that the
late Rev. Jesse Cole. chaplain Of the.
Iowa Soldiers home. damaged her
ss$2.OOO worth by refusing to I. ma Try
her. A jury in the district court re:
4 turned verdict for the defendant.
Fred S. Wing OF Fort Dodge. the Rev.
Mr. Coles son-in. aw4 and execution OF
his estate, substituted as defendant II
the breach OF promise proceedings.
Captain Morton G. Mumma Of the
limited States cavalry, low. in service
ON the Texas border, who was called
US Waterloo as a witness in the Nc
sCaskill case. butSwho was not called
y to the stand. fled a bill for $3S5,7
for fees and expenses. His fees for
eleven days enroute and one day in
SQUIRT amounted to $3.50. and his tins
70 the porter for ten days we're $3.50.
IA $5s The case OF John Emanuel and
I John r. MetxS OF Chicago and Niles.
II ich., who are accused OF having cor
/ sspired to usa the mails to detrsu'di
y John Saar OF Eantrtl, la. who lost
SIS, 900 in money and property in st. ne:k
deals. went to the Jury in the federal
court at noon a tier Instructions had
been given by .Indg N Emerson. +. FIX. \
George TIL ompson. IS years old. died
sud denly Of heart trouble at his home
Isl Il Ia Dor H 8 was horn in Nova
\ scotia and came \ ia Y Dor in S64
from M ontana. where he had made a
small fortune in gold mining. He has
b owned land and town property inrFre-
mont county for nearly half a cen.
sstury. e@ ii q Ks. ii Il
r.. Anderson. Ames graduate of
1912, has accepted an appointment as
4 hesSgovcrnment's horticulture expert
mentalist in; Alaska at he Sitka OK
pertinent station. lie Willie pio-
i neer in the Alaskan horticultural field.
8 His work will he given over largely
10 Improvement OF the native fruits
4 ,as Miss Alvina Robinson. a Simpson
u graduate. who returned from her
q work in August on a fmrlongh from
\ Rangoon, Rurmah, is visiting at Hum
n eston. Miss Robinson went out nm
4 der the Methodist women's board.
sShe5has been with her family in the
state Of Washington. .ig3s5 I
S 5SsS Serg. j. Bierman, United States
+ army, has arrived in; Keoknk for a
/ several months stay to instruct the
local national guard companysin drills,
II camp sanitation and the like. Bier
u man is sent by thel war apartment
D TO instruct national guard companies
i throughout the state. u ~ 81
The Iowa City Daily Citizen issued
5 AZ thirty-two page extra edition last
week. It gives Il history Of Iowa City's
+ Industrial development. a copy was
+ given to each or the visitors at the
& Southern Iowa Editorial association
u meeting. ,,a .j;8 81 NJ
Mrs. Alice A.. Myers was granted a
divorce from l.. +. Myers. councilman
at Anthem. Ia. and reputed to be one
OF the weaIthiest men in the conlmun-
u ity.A settlement out Of court was
made Of Mrs. Myers ella i'm for s25,oO01
IT, NJ. Flick. who sought S20. 900
4 damages of the Globe Manufacturing
company of Perry for alleged inj,Ir'
les to Ills eyes while employed in the
sl;lolH washing machine factory. was
& awarded $1,000 ny a Jury.
sSy A. u Soniers. n well-known raiser OF
draft horses and an early settler in
81 ia ma county, dropped dead Of heart
failure While at the depot at Toledo
$8 lie had resided in lama county for
d fifty years. Fill 5l.i al
An invention he claims will he Of
great aid TO police is that Of an H.
q Illuminated automobile license tag. in
vented by Thomas Walden OF Keo
5k.,l<. and for which patents are pend
y ing. .5f.
Charles Palmer OF Charles City
was arrested at Rndd charged with
taxing a horse belonging to l.. L..
4 Burlington. IA farmer near Rudd. He
q is iii i.,il ut harles City.
WillIams Schnlz was held to the
Il. grand Jury at Clear Lake charged with
n atealing All auto belonging to John
farmer.
Harry Hnrlhut dropped dead at the
Kirk hotel at Mason CITY. lie WAS
unmarried and lived at home in New
H Hartford, Iowa d. In.
E Fire destroyed the general store.
bnilding and stock OF A. vanderhrink
2} at Boyden. with a loss or sla.00O.
When twenty-six persons OF Keoknk
4 pleaded guilty to having government
permits in their possession. they laid
a. like number OF landlords npen to
having the quarterly mnlct tax OF
sl50i assessed against the property.
in the opinion of Lee county super
visors, who are considering ordering
the assessment.
Funeral services of G.. w. Miller. ~
years old, were held from the Presby
terIan church at Waukon. He was a
veteran of the civil war and had liv-
4 ed in this county for more than fifty
years.
One of the heaviest losers in Dallas
county because Of the hog cholera is
Edward Shields farmer living near
Dallas Center. OF his her1 of about
200 hogs. scarcely a single one has
escaped. His loss is more than $4,000.
The coming OF colder weather has
stopped the epidemic in a number OF
places.
The Waterloo and Cedar Falls
4 Poultry association has completed ar
rangements for holding its seventh
annual show at the latter place Dec.
20 to Jan. 8. The exposition will be
held In the armory.
J. F. Weber. who was scalded in an
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