Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-08-20

II MANCHESTER DENlO(
n DR.. James /. Gibson. state yeterin.
arian, says that county fair secretar-
les are having trouble with recent
order Of the animal health commits
sion requiring that swine be immun-
lied from hog cholera before exhibit.
ed at a fair in Iowa. They fear there
will be no exhibits Some are com
planning bitterly against the order, be-
cause they think it merely! gives some
serum company chance to IA make
money" DR.. Gibson said. When we
convince them the order is intended
to benefit the swine raisers OF Iowa
they show willingness to cooper
ate" - DR.. Gibson declares the rule
will be enforced.
Iowa ranks high above all other
states west Of the Mississippi river
in the number OF miles covered by<her
famous organized highways, accord
ing to the automobile Blue Book,
which shows that Iowa has almost
twice as many miles of routed and or
ganized roads as any other state west
of the Father of Waters. The total
Of miles mapped and routed in Iowa
is 11,060 and the nearest competing
state is Missouri with 5,948 miles.
Members OF the Des Moines Auto
mobile Dealers association win not
exhibit at the state fair. The automo.
bile men claim that the fair board Is
charging much higher rates for motor
car displays than the machinery ex-
hibitors are obliged to pay. and that
the automobile dealers are given
makeshift building in which to display
their wares.
Because the Adams Express com.
pany took down the ban on shipping
beer into Appanoose county. the Ital-
ian miners at Streepyville, almost all
OF whom own bicycles, formed pro
cession' with their wheels wired to-
gether In a long line and rode about
the streets OF Centerville to celebrate
the new order allowing them to get
liquor. 81 y III .= l9t ( ip
A chapter Of accidents and de-
structive farm fire occurred near
Rockford when irwin Jones, caught un.
der a threshing engine, was badly in
jured. Lyle Wood in q runaway acci.
dent was thrown through the door Of
a barn, barely escaping death. Tho
residence on the farm OF Charles How
ell was burned. entailing loss Of S..
1000. +
Safe crackers were abroad In Deni-
son recently and six safes were open
ed and robbed in one night. The
business houses OF Herman Grin. C.
D. Miller, Green Bay Lumber ~ com.
pany, Pautch Bros; and the Stewart
Lumber were the sufferers.
The Cedar Falls concert = band.
lowa's great convention organization.
are In Denver, Colo. to play for the
knights Templar conclave. It was
notified that it will lead the great
official procession with Its one hun
bred bands.
Great difficulty Is being experience
ed by the Davenport picking works in
securing cucumbers, the season being
reported one of the worst ever ex-
perienced since the industry was es-
tablished. Cucumbers have dried up on
the vines. s3ss
While in the act Of hanging away
her bridal gown in her new home near
Mason City, Mrs. Mary Evanston SUIT
ton dropped dead from cerebral hem
orrhage. She had been married to
Paul Sutton a few hours before.
Five hundred singers Of the Mis-
sissippi division OF the Northwestern
Saengerbund and thousand other
visitors were In Dubuque in attend
ance at the first annual saengerfest
Of the organization Just closed.
Fire which broke out in st. Johns
insane asylum at Mercy hospital, Dav-
export, threw 100 or more patients In
to panic and . wild stampede was
only prevented by quick action By
sisters and attendants. g3s3
The Uniyersalist state convention
will be held at Webster City Sept. 10
IL. 81 1t will be the hrst state meeting
In several years. that has not been
held Jointly with the Unitarians state
convention.
Roland Yates, who sued q carnival
company in Iowa City for injuries In
flicted upon him by the palmist's bull
dog. has been taken to the state uni
versity hospital for treatment of}9his
wounds. iif N.
The insane man found wandering in
the woods near New Hampton proved
to be William Conway, who lives west
Of Charles City The sheriff Of Floyd
county came after him. Ell ss3 s4$
]. S. Bittner, state food inspector,
has filed information against eleven
concerns in Dubuque charging viola.
ton OF the laws governing the sale
o: food products. 5 sE3;5
At a meeting Of the stockhold ers Of
the opera house company at Eagle
Grove It was decided to ask for bids
for the new building, the contract to
be let Oct. 49,. .s 43i ~
"A. J. Podendorf OF near Logan has
just purchased the ]. E. Kirkwood
farm one mile south of Little Sioux,
| paying $4,000 for 375 acres. #
| With eight cases now in existence
in Dubuque and one death from In.
fantile paralysis, physicians there
fear an epidemic Of the malady.
stephen Bareum, a laborer, was In
stantly killed at Mason City when
caught under a freight car at the Le.
thigh cement mill.
w. Gowen, editor and owner Of the
independence Conservative, an old.
established Iowa weekly newspaper,
committed suicide by hanging him
self In the basement Of his newspaper
office. His body was found by an
employee. No cause for the act ia
known. He was so years old.
John yAlmquist, rich retired farmer
Of Essex, Page county, had, six farms
and six sons. He took a novel way to
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