Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-09-10
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NEWsY ITEMS GATHERED FROM
ALL PARTS OF THE STATE.
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old. BrObst and his wife have De0n
separated for some months and she
had sued for divorce. Mrs. Brobst
lived two houses from Clear. whose
housekeeping she had been doing.
Iowa will receive one million dol.
lars of the SAG, 100000 which the gov.
eminent will allot the agricultural
states Of the west and south to aid in
moving crops. The money will be ap-
portioned during the months Of Sep
TENDER, October and November, and
it Is to be repaid not later than April
Iowa's share will be deposited In Des
Moines and Sioux City. Judge Martin
J. Wade is the governments represen.
,tative. t 36s
{. Harry NJ. Meneough OF Grimes prov
ed to be the best boy Judge Of stock
and corn in Iowa. He was awarded
first prize in the boys Judging con.
test at the state fair. The other win.
ners Of prizes were: Vernon Guthrie
of Newton, Harry N. Webster Of Rum
nells, ]. Leo Ahart OF Dow City and
Raymond Teachout Of .Imogene. The
prizes given the boys for judging are
scholarships to the state college.
Although Graham Meadville's wife
admitted as q witness that, though
she had filed insanity information
against her husband, she believed him
to be pesponsible for his actions.
sMeadville was committed by the san
ity board to the state hospital at
Cherokee. The wife, who Is suing
for divorce, admitted that she had
brought the charge to punish him.
Charles Lamb Of near Mondamin has
given the Latter Day Saints church
organization OF the Little Sioux dis
trict his collection of the relics OF the
race antedating the Indians. Stone
hammers. @sledges, copper knives,
dressing knives Of stone. curiously
shaped pieces OF pottery taken from
the bottom of deep gulches are in
5cluded in the gift. &5t
WHAT'S believed 10 be q case Of old
fashioned swine plague has broken out
at the farm OF Albert Alborn, few
miles southwest Of Perry. Sixty Of
HIS herd Of 100 hogs already have
died. Once a hog contracts the dis
ease he dies within, q few days. The
symptoms are different from cholera
and seem to AFFECT only the lungs.
The approaching term of court ct
Marshalltown will see the greatest
number of criminal cases in many
years, Interest centers in two muir
der cases. Those Of James G. Quick.
charged with the murder OF his wife
on the night OF May 20. and that of
Mermet Dreaaen. the Turk. who shot
and killed Roshet Cater.
Dependent because he was without
funds and without a home. L. L; Deu.
tel, aged go, shot and fatally injured
himself at the home of Mrs. Sam Cob.
en- Of ,720 Mulberry street. Des Moines.
He died within q few minutes after
the shooting. He is survived by two
sons. Arthur B. add Frederick Deuel.
Of Omaha, Neb. s55 1.sz 5
The webb trophy. carrying . hrst
prize Of 81, 900 and possession Of the
trophy. for one year together with the
championship Of the Mississippi Val.
ley Power Boat association. was won
at the recent Keokuk meeting by
Oregon Kid. The boat IL owned and
was driven by s. F. Block Of Portland.
Ore. i4ss 81
News from Rockwell indicates that
r. E. McEwen. publisher Of the Rock
well Photograph, who has been un.
conscious for four weeks. had regain.
ed consciousness Mr.. McEwen was
stricken with cerebral hemorrhage.z
Tho following Iowa postmasters
have been confirmed by the senate ut
Washington: E. R. Ashley. Laporte
City; Anton Huebsch. McGregor; Har-
ny F. Eppers. Montrose:: Ben Jensen,
Onawa. r va I s
George Eaton, IS years old. q
,switchman for the Illinois Central.
was killed instantly, at Fort Dodge
when his head was crushed between
two box cars. He leaves = wife and
several children. ,j3. 7,
Alex Naig Of LeGrand was serious
~! injured when the motorcycle be
was riding coliided with an automo.
bile Naig was found unconscious
along the road by an automobiles.
People OF Emerson turned down the
proposition to grant a twenty year
franchise to. the Red Oak Electric
Light company for polling and wiring
in the city. {, II, ssf
Louis Hertzberg, II. was drowned
in Lake Manawa while taking . bath.
He could not swim and lost his water
wings when he stepped into hole.
Thieves broke into the ticket wag-
on OF the Klein Carnival company at
the state fair grounds and got away
with $500 which had been taken In
during the day. The officers suspect
that two employees OF the company
stole the money. but they have not
been located.
An unknown man was consumed in
a fire that destroyed every building
except the house on the farm occupied
by Thomas Seller, near Usage Seven
horses were burned In the same build.
ing. and a granary and several sheds
also went. The loss will total IS. 900.
John Burke Of Ogden, charged with
stealing a. horse belonging to N. L.
Phipps OF kellogg on Jan. 6, was
bound over to the grand jury. The
case turns on the identification Of the
horse.
President Wilson has nominated the
following Iowa postmasters: McGreg-
or, Anton .Huebach; Onawa, Ben Jen.
sen; LaPorte City, E. R..Ashley; Mon.
trose, Henry F. Eppers.
Fire, originating from a spark from
an engine, entirely consumed six
stacks of wheat on the farm OF Frank
E. Evans, six miles east OF Grant.
The Temple Grand theater at
Creston will be closed the coming the.
atrical season, as the Masonic lodge,
which purchased the building for lodge
purposes. would not renew the lease.
Grover Davis, aged 20, was instant