Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-08-06

20 to Jan. 10 this year. Iowa IL the
second state in the union to offer such
courses. Instruction will be given In
cement and cement products, clay
and clay products, road materials and
road making, drainage problems, pow
er plants, the application Of electricity
and steam and gas tractors. y
Ell The district court of Des Moines
issued writ Of habeas corpus to Sc
cure the release OF wealthy Des
Moines man fromHa private insane
hospital. The man. is the case is
5Philapder Brown, pioneer business
man now aged eighty years, detained
ut the private hospital in that city
OF Or. Goshom Hill, formerly super
int ndent Of the state hospital at In
dependence. &. * Is
Charles Blow, residing in Iowa City,
aged "a years, discovered his home ON
fire and his wife, aged eighty-four, on
the second floor In peril The aged
man climbed the stairway, took his
wife in his arms and fl ghting his way
through smoke and flames bore her
to safety. The blazing stair case fell
in with "a crash just as the old man
left the bottom step. I. ..s5 n
Arthur Maddy, Ray Carson Miss
AIDA Freeman and Miss Marie Rob
,erts miraculously escaped death when
their auto struck the end of ths
bridge over Whitebreast{ creek near
Charlton. The railing on the bridge
broke and the car went over the
bridge into the creek, a distance of
twenty feet. 1t turned over three
times in the descent. la,. n IL
Mary,16 years old, the daug liter of
DR.. C.,B. Hernsman Of Matamora, ILL.,,
was Instantly killed, Or. Hernsmann
was seriously Injured, and Mrs. Hernz-
mann suffered broken arm when
their automobile overturned near
Grinnell. Mrs. Edward Schlitz OF
Grinnell also was injured. The party
was on their way from Iowa City to
Des, Moines. u s5s III \,
John, the 6-year-old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. John O. Brien, was killed when
he fell from his fathers wagon and
was crushed by the wheels. His hat
blew OF, and in an endeavor to reach
1t he fell. Members lof the Fifty-sixth
regiment, near whose camp the acci
dent happened, rushed him to . local
hospital. His lungs were both rup
tured. 5$z Il ,s 5s,
Not knowing that his little $4-year-old
son Raymond had fallen asleep in an
oats field where he was harvesting,
Henry Gummert, well-known farmer
living near Gilman, drove the mower
over the lads body, cutting him serl.
ously about the arms and legs.
y The biggest buildings boom in his
tory is being experienced at Britt this
season. The Farmers Industrial union
is erecting an elevator costing 5000;
a firm is erecting a brick store, dou.
BILE front, and twelve or more resi-.
dences are being built b 4l3 d
James, the year and a half old son
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Ollie James, who live
east OF Webster City, died after being
accidentally scaldfd. "A pail Of boil
ing water was sitting on the back
porch and the baby tipped it over on
to himself. 4 Il .;i5s &
Charles Clark, who is held at Iowa
Falls on the charge Of rifling regis
tered mail sack at BOWS, recently has
pleaded not guilty. He declares that
on the night Of the robbery he was
fishing with a friend near BOWS.
w. 3. Fox of Dubuque was elected
president Of the Iowa Association Of
House Painters and Decorators. Oscar
Block Of Davenport was elected vice
president, and Bert Everest OF Marsh
alltown secretary and treasurer.
IN behalf Of his brother, DR.. e. T..
Birney Of Nora Springs, held under In
dictment charging . criminal opera
ton on Miss Mable Irish OF Hopkin-
ton, 5Dr. C. C. Birney has fled appear.
ance bonds of SIS, 900. u; IL z \
# The! Rev. James MCGEE, who has
been pastor of First Baptist church at
for, six years, has ac-
cepted call to the First Baptist
church, Cedar Rapids. His duties will
begin Sept. I. VI \! "a
The Burlington freight house at
Hamburg was burned by fire Of un-
known origin. The records and most
OF the freight was saved. The hames
had big start before the hose COM
pany arrived. Il 55S RI
Fire starting from gasoline heater
in q barber shop DESTROYED that build
ing, a residence, a garage and tho
postoffice at Riverton. The Shenan.
doah fire department was called on for.
help. f. q 3 s53s5 N IA ana
I Ninety Ringsted boosters, in seven,
teen autos, made q trip Of 107 miles
in. three counties, visiting twelve
towns. advertising the harvest festival
to be held there Aug. 81.
Incendiaries destroyed the derrick
and machinery being used near,
Blanchard in boring for oil. The
burning tower: nearly fell on the
workmen sleeping there. The loss is
about $4,000. sss
The Iowa State League of Postmast-
ers Of the third and fourth class Of
fees will hold its annual meeting at
Cedar Rapids, Aug. 5 and 6. fs5
August Toenes, a farmer, has rent
ed his 2O0-acre farm near Amber,
Jones county, to Herman Tchaden for
IS an acre cash rent. n,
Waldorf college at Forest City has
been making additions to buildings
and putting new equipment in old
ones, in preparation for next year. The
institution is growing rapidly, and the
new $4,000 building finished last year
has proved inadequate to
house the students.
A new power plant on site two
miles below the city OF Usage on the
Cedar river, is to be erected by Fer
ris Brothers at cost of 100000. The
plant will furnish electric lighting and
power to Usage. A concrete dam will
be put in.