Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-12-03
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Il James II. Trewin OF Cedar Rapids.
II for several years president OF the
state board Of education. resigned as
u president Of the hoard. q The resigna-
IF ton was entirely unexpected and Mr..
I, Trewin has assigned only personal
4 reasons for his retirement. D.. ID.
d Murphy OF Elkader. a member of the
. faculty committee, was chosen by the
& board to succeed MIR. Trewin. who
D will not relinquish his .posiliQa on the
board.
VIII $.ft A jury at iDenison after being ont
4 thirty-six hours. returned a sverdice
n for 1000 IN the case Of G. N. Miller
is against Harrison county. The case
was an action to recover damages for
4: an L accident l5 that happened three
months go when the neck yoke to- the
" buggy that Miller was driving broke
and the team ran downEa hin and tip
u ped the buggy OF an embankment.
Nj The annual convention OF the Iowa
q League of Commercial clubs was held
4 at Mason City. The address of vel.
4 Il come was delivered by 6. F. Ter
%43 hnne. The first address was, by
VI Thomas Fl. Mcdonald on Road I'm.
Eprovement and Eniciency". Making
N the Town Community Center" was
%sS.by, Joe E. n Long q editor of the Road
n maker. N, Nj S,, Il 5:%e,.. Fl
. That Vilhjaimar Stefansson,. the
noted Arctic explorer from Iowa. may
u be the victim Of a shipwreck Of the
4 far north :is the substance OF a tele-
Caaff1n The
& telegram says that the explorer and
Il his entire party are missing and have
mot been heard from since the kar-
lux was sighted OF Flaxman island.
Aug. ~. .3$ NJ. gai Z III S5 -. o.
Before adjournment at Waterloo the
IA Daughters %of Isabella com pleted the
state organization, chose Mason City
as the next meeting place and elected
99S1it the following officers: President, Miss
Nv. o. Donnellis of Carroll: treasurer.
4 mi ss Murphy OF Eagle t;roye; advo.
cate Mrs. Reynolds Of Iowa City;
III II monitor, MRS. Maude O'Keefe, Of Wat.
X erloo. % n III :S,-E :.
s ~ 81 Judge W. 7 u. Fahey OF. the district
court at Perry held that the Iowa inc.
Yhriacy law. was constitutional and val
ID. The decision was given in a case
fro mMarion county where DIR. i. A.
3Aldrich OF Mason CITY applied for a
N writ Of habeas corpus asking his re-
lease from the hospital at Knoxville.
t$@ The Willow Lawn Farm near Wav-
4, erly has finished harvesting its 40
& acre held OF sugar sbeets. which yield.
q ed eighteen ions to the are. The
s heets were hauled to the factory. with
three three-h horse teams and these
\ loads averaged $500 pounds In weight
after dedncting tare and dirt. %,...
Il The canvass recently made to per
NIT saloons to operate In Plymouth
Y county was turned down by the board
or supervisors by vote OF 8 to- p. as
Il Insufficient The decision OF the board
Y means that all towns IN Plymouth
county except In LeMars wili5have to
close saloons on Dec. HIGH ,E. RI 5;sj
2lS David Miller OF Dows has one OF
N the most unique Masonic emblems
b. ever produced i is in the shape OF
& round !. fiat piece OF stone. upon
which the letter &c" is EN- bossed In
III stone .of: different formati ton. 1t was
Ik found near a small stream In Cerro
u Gordo county. 4 81 s&S j.,
y After two days trial. Kuooman.
\ STEPHENS and Kruger. three o.. the
liquor statesmen Of Albert Lea and
Austin liquor houses. arrested ut Ma
son City for soliciting business. were
II fond guilty and fined SIS each. The
appeal bond of@the defendants was
Ri liked at Sc, 400. A. Tzs! Z .5.
The jury inithe action for $la.O0O
ri damages brought by Miss Bertha Bow
scrs, manager or tho Creston Daily
PLAIN Dealer, against Senator Charles
A H. Thomas. on trial at Creston for
nearly a week. reached a compronlise
& verdict nf 500 for the plaintiff.
4 The first application for Il paved
4 road under the new road laws OF the
state has been made by farmers who
sjiGe along ~ strelGh Of road extend
ing net ween, seven and eight miles
y out OF Hampton. The petitioners want
IN cement paved highway. - j.
az The jury at Fairfield in the ease Of
Ben Brongh against the Morrell Pack.
# 4ng company. iii which $l0.uOO dam
n! ages was asked, for injuries sustained
while working for the company. r.
Il turned a verdict Of s5.90s Tor the
d splaintitf. ID = ...-.
a IA meeting OF stockholders Of the
dairy cattle congress was held at Wat.
VI erloo and a definite move was set on
foot to put the big show on more
u enduring basis 1t is probable that a
Il manager will be employed.
The champion corn hnsker OF Cerro
y Gordo county Is Ray Barrett. who is
employed on the farm OF Bert Nc
\. Kag1e. and who for eighteen days has
averaged III bushels II day. Barretts
best day resulted In 1875 bushels.
NJ, The theft of 200 chickens from the
G farm OF .Iohn H. Chinn near Marshall
town was reported to the sheriffs of.
nee. The chickens are believed 10
+ have been taken to the city and ship
+ ped out. ,--.s.a. rs4
st Auditors are at work on the hooks
I OF the Great Western at Thornton 60
ing over the accounts OF A. J. Shan
non. agent. who left town without CIV
ding notice 10 the company.
i WeuLy-elSuL VhludpI6 tIOISca "VIS
burned when a barn belonging 10 the
Sherman Nursery company at Charles
Z City was destroyed.
James H. Gray. principal OF the high
school at Marshalltown since the be
ginning of the school year of 1912, has
resigned to accept the superintenh
ency OF, the pnblic schools of Vlnton.
The new house of worship OF the
s First German Evangelical church at
Lake View was dedicated Sunday
The Rev. T.. Harbt of Clarksville
preached tue dedicatorv sermon.
Two men were badly bruised and
two autos were wrecked when cars
owned by o. K. Mowen and w. Aasse
e collided near Mason City. Both cars
were hurled into the ditch.
l. Penny concerts for children will be