Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-07-23


Charles Owens, veteran of the civil
war who as sentenced to eight years
in the penitentiary for the shooting
of James Kane at Davenport two
years ago, has been sent to the Iowa
board of pardons.. The petition Is sign
ed by hundreds of prominent citizens
of Davenport. Owens lived in little
shack along the river front, subsist-
ing on his pension and on the few
jobs during the summer time. He
was continually leased and tormented
by the boys Of the neighborhood, and
finally, after repeated warnings, shot
one Of them
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Whiteside STEP
ped into deep hole while wading in
the Iowa river at Ackley. The son
and a nearby farmer went to their as
ssistance. The farmer saved Mrs.
Whiteside after she had gone under
the second time. Mr.. Whiteside seiz-
ed his son, hampering his movements
SO that he was exhausted when he
managed to- drag his father into shall
low water
Probably the Oldest holder Of public
office. both in point Of years and in
length Of service. in Iowa is Lanfear
Knapp, justice of the peace and town
ship clerk at Cedar Falls, who cele-
brated his eighty-eighth birthday re-
Gently. For the last forty.eight years
he has been justice OF the peace and
township clerk :; and for forty-two
years he was city assessor. y
The Southern Iowa Editorial assoc
citation elected the following officers:
President, Harry Keller, Russell
Union; vice president, K. F.. Bald.
ridge, Bloomfield Democrat; secre-
tary and treasurer, o. E. Hull, Leon
Reporter. Iowa City was chosen as
the place for the winter meeting. The
association refused to indorse an
equal suffrage resolution. 5s5
A human skeleton was found In 4
gravel pit near Alden. Judging from
the bones and the manner of burial,
the remains are those OF an Indian.
The skeleton was found in a sitting
position, with the legs extended and
the hands resting on the knees. Old
residents recall that many years ago
Indians camped on the hills north OF
Alden n !: %3
"A campaign against profane talk in
OFFICES, stores and factories has been
begun by the Y. IN. C. A. at Devon
port One thousand placards will be
placed in business houses bearing the
inscription: Clean Speech-Clean
Sports Clean Habits. You are re-
spectfully requested not to use pro
fame Of obscene language on these
premises. ts:s
5Mr.#and Mrs. ]. p. sundell Of Kan.
lula, Hawaii, were guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. c. A. Nelson at Cedarside farm
near Waverly last week. The object
OF Mr.. Sundell's visit was the pur-
chase Of sixty-five Holsteins for his
ranch on the islands Mr.. Nelson re-
fused to price them, saying that he
felt that such cattle belonged to Iowa.
The Austin Flint Medical associa.
ton adjourned after two days. ses.
sion at Mason City. Officers for next
year elected were: President, W. F..
Cobb, Lyle, Mimi; vice president,
George Kessel, Cresco; secretary, C..
f.. Starr, Mason City; treasurer, w.
~. Hearst, Cedar Falls. The next
meeting win be held in Fort Dodge.
Through w. H. Davis Of Cedar
Falls, chairman Of the Iowa state or
5ganizing committee OF the fourth In.
ternational Conference on School
Hygiene, an energetic campaign has
been started, looking to the establish.
{ment in Iowa of q permanent organi-
.zation, In the interest Of better school
hygiene. s5Gl q
One hundred and fifty members Of
the Iowa Retail Shoe Dealers ascot,
alton ended their third annual con-.
jvention at. Fort Dodge with a ban
quet at the Country club. The pro-.
gram was given in the open air on
the club grounds. Cedar Rapids was
selected as the next meeting place.
Pure Food Inspector Chris Ottosen
caused the arrest Of F. H. Brennecke
at Sumner on charge of selling i'm.
pure meat. 1t is claimed Brennecke
bought a steer which had been fat
tened for market but on account of
disease was not shipped. &. u s'
The Christian church congregation
at Mt Ayr, is preparing to build a
new $4,000 church building. The
old Christian church building was
sold recently to the trustees Of the
Catholic church and possession will
be given soon.
Il The town of Bayard has voted to
install municipal electric light
plant by substantial majority.
The contest was spirited and the La
dies Booster club played very
prominent part. FL.
Peter Madill last week sold fifty
acres of his farm just west of Grin
nell for $40 an acre. This is one of
the top-notch prices for farm land in
that county.
= Lester w. Dooley. for two years
superintendent of the Riceville pub
lie school. has been elected to the
superintendency OF the New Hampton
school.
Funds have been raised, through
the efforts Of Father Ryan, for a new
Catholic church at Onawa. Work
probably will begin this fall
Caught under a large cake of ice he
was unloading from wagon. Benja-
min Demmody of Mason City was
probably fatally hurt.
Holding an old muzzle loading
shotgun between his knees, and using
the branch Of tree to push on the
trigger Joseph Tureck of near Iowa
City shot himself through the head
at his home in Jefferson township. He
was 70 years old and had lived In
the township for forty-four years.
Preferring death to going to jail,
and fearing that officers were coming
to arrest him on a charge of beating
his wife, Avis Herman, 70 years old,
of Davenport, cut his throat from ear
to ear with razor, missing the Jug
ular vein by fraction of an inch.