Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-06-11

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The Luther League of Iowa at the
recent meeting in Cedar Rapids elect
ed the following officers: President,
Rev. Paul H. Hisey. North Liberty;
secretary, Paul B. Henderson, Iowa
City; treasurer, Carl Larson, Marsh
| alltown. The new officers for the
eastern district are: President, John
L. Berger, Cedar Rapids; vice presi-
dent, J. C. Mohl, Davenport; secre-
tary, Harry Morgan, Clinton; treasur-
er, Grace George, North Liberty.
An unique celebration was held at
Williams last week at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Duffy. The event
was in honor of the fifty-first. wedding
anniversary of the venerable couple,
and also a belated celebration OF MIR.
Dnffy's one hundred and second
birthday. Mr.. Duffy came to Iowa
sixty years ago and has been resi-
dent of Hamilton county and Of viii.
liams township and city during the
last forty-five years. VI
Mrs. Annie Treband, mother OF sew
enteen children and forty years q
wife, has filed a petition for divorce
at Fort Dodge from Chas F. Treband
on grounds of drunkenness and cruel
and inhuman treatment. Judge Wright
issued an injunction restraining the
defendant from entering the home OF
the plaintiff and also granted writ
Of attachment for $500 against the de-
PENDANT. The couple were married
in Dayton II 4 73.
Several relatives n OF the late Mrs.
Phoebe A. Cole OF Usage, Miss Ida
johnson, former school teacher Of
that place, the Cedar Valley. semin.
airy. and several churches OF Usage
are arrayed against each other in q
battle over an estate OF 100, 900 left
by Mrs. Cole TO Miss Johnson. Mrs.
Cole left her property to Miss John
son. who had been her companion for
several years. Relatives were cut OF
without cent. 3. Il, IL
Eight hundred OF the 1000 employees
OF the Cudahy Packing company at
Sioux City went on strike and more
are going out The loading gang start
ed the trouble with a summary de-
mand for an increase in wages. AS
soon as men in other departments
heard of the strike. they too demand.
ed increases and joined the strikers.
Fear is entertained that the Armour
plant also may be tied up.
Council Bluffs will soon have an In.
terurban line to St. Joseph, Mo-, pass.
ing through Sidney, Riverton, Ham.
burg and other towns in southwest.
ern Iowa! The people behind the new
electric line are the men who have
just completed a modern road be.
tween Kansas City and St. Joseph
and Kansas City and Excelsior
i Springs.
Several hundred delegates from all
parts Of Iowa met in grove six
miles north of Alta in the annual con
vention Of the Danish Baptist church
OF Iowa. The services ended Sunday
night and were addressed by many
of the leading Baptists of Iowa.
among them being Dr.. John A. Earl.
president Of Des Moines college.
| When the Nishna river returned to
its banks after a ten days rampage
it left ponds OF water all over the
lowlands filed with fish. Buffalo and
carp in abundance and fish weighing
as high as twenty-seven pounds have
been taken out Of these ponds.
| Judge Martin j. Wade of Iowa City
was the principal speaker at a ban
quet In Cedar Rapids attended by 500
members OF the Knights OF Columbus.
A class OF sixty candidates was init.
lated making the Cedar Rapids coun.
Gil one of the largest in Iowa.
r. U. Blasingame, Iowa state col
lege senior agricultural engineer OF
Ames, has been appointed by the
Pennsylvania state college board Of
trustees as head Of pew department
Of agricultural engineering
! Arrangements are complete for the
annual meeting of the Iowa Seed
Dealers association. which will con.
yene at Ames this week. The seed
men will be the guests of the college
for one day.
/ A class of thirty-ive was initiated
into Leo council, Knights Of Columbus
at Boone recently. Members of the
order, as we'll as those from Ames,
Nevada, Gilbert and Colo, attended.
Percy w. Hall CT Des Moines was
reelected secretary OF the Iowa Bank
ers', by the executive council of the
association This was the final bust
ness action Of the state convention.
Chas. Waite, the West Liberty au-
tomobile man, who was nearly killed
when his machine went into the ditch
on a country road has chance OF
recovery, the doctors announce.
| Lenox college won from Upper
Iowa university ! to 0. Upper Iowa
| quit on account of the umpire's de-
cision. Laxon OF Lenox pitched great
ball, allowing no hits. 4
| One hundred and ten miles of road
has been designated by the board OF
supervisors of Cerro Gordo county
subject to the approval Of the state
highway commission. #
More than 1000 people from all
parts of the United States are expect
ed to attend the church efficiency
congress to be held at Davenport
Nov. 1923.
Mrs. Mary Phillips committed sui
eide at her home in Clear Lake. Her
dead body was found in a rain barrel.
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She had plunged in during the night,
head first.
Two hundred and thirty-five diplo-
mas and degrees will be granted to
the students Of the State Teachers
college, Iowa Falls, this year at its
annual commencement. This is the
greatest number ever graduated by
the school at any one time. Com
mencement exercises will begin June
6 with the annual parade Of the Wom-
ems Literary societies. ~
Because the air was bad and the
ventilation in the mine not proper,
Rudolph Krizon, miner, is attempting
to recover $4,000 from the Enterprise
Coal Mining Company at Des Moines.
| H. N. Woodmancy, agent for a DeS