Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-12-10
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NEWS: i
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NEWsY$jTEMs GATHERED FROM
AL PARTS OF THE STATE. y
Ii A Retail Merchants association is
/ being organized by the Iowa City
Z Commercial club, to get rid Of adver.E
Using schemes that are in the ma
ture Of contributions to lodges, soci-.
cites and other organizations and
groups that draw money for space in
programs and occasional publications.
Merchants say that this u form Of
..ssmulct''' amounts to scores OF thou
sands Of dollars a year. s%5S q sSa If
IS Don Hunter Of Newton, Ia, was.
elected president Of the Pan-Hellenic
association at the University Of Iowa.
1 The complete list Of officers chosen
follows; President, Don Hunter Of.
Newton, Delta Tau Delta; vice presi-
dent, Garrison Antilles Of Fort Madi-
son, Beta Theta Pi; secretary, Max
5O'Brien Of Oskaloosa, Phi u Delta
Theta; treasurer, Clement Garfield OF
5Humb oldt, Phi Kappa Psi. :3ss 5 5,:;i
y s Judge f. W. Eichelberger at Ottum-
wa sentenced S. H. (Stub) Eaton to
twenty years of hard labor In the PEN
dtentiary at Fort Madison. Eaton
shot and killed his wife Sunday, Sept.
q, while drunk and it was the testi-
mony OF doctors during the trial, that
Eaton's condition at the time of the
crime made 4 him irresponsible, that
secured leniency from the court. s q
The supreme court affirmed the
verdict returned by a jury in the Polk
B county district court finding guilty
John N, Smith, attorney, charged with
having sswindled his father-in-law. G..
N. Thorley, out Of IS, 900. Judge w. H.
McHenry sentenced Smith to the state
prison for an indeterminate period Of
seven years, which he will now have
TO serve. y II III. II. 4 M
sis# "A settlement has been made be
tween the saloonkeeper%a at Denver, Ia;
and the; estate Of Clyde Ennis, 10
years old, who was drowned last SUM
mer in the swimming pool at the y.
M. C. "a 1t was claimed by the \ d-
I ministrator that the boy had procured
liquor at the saloon and that he was
intoxicated when he entered the pool.
Iowa agriculture, trades, industries
and homes form the complete triangle
$sof interests represented this year IN
the annual winter short courses \ at
Iowa State college, Dec. 20 to Jan. 10,
at which every man, woman and child
engaged in doing practical things will
find the most; vital and up to date In.
struction in the line in which he or
u she may be interested. 5; is;ss II
4 III Since the inau guration of an agri-
cultural department at Teachers col.
blege, Iowa Falls, last fall, it has de-
ss5sveloped to such an extent that Prof.
n W. III. Davis Is unable longer to han
die the work. Prof. Lawrence 2.
Palmer OF: Ithaca, New York, graduate
VI of Cornell, has been secured as addi-
tional instructor in this department.
X Judge NJ. r. Edwards at Allison held
a special session Of court and impos'
sed a seven year indeterminate sen.
+ stence on William Kinney, an timer.
n ant painter, convic led Of taking a team
sysof horses that did not belong to him
a when he left there recently. He was
II caught. at Rock Island, III. II Il s
What is believed to be the largest
and best rural church in Iowa was
dedicated on Thanksgiving day. It is
] located four miles south of Waterloo,
\ in Orange township, and was built by
/ the Church of the Brethren lat cost
ii OF 100000. 1T is $594x57 feet in ground
dimensions and win seat 800. N. 5.35
w. S. Colby, formerly OF Clear
Lake, who was believed to have been
1 murdered in Idaho seven months ago
when his cabin was dynamited, has
! been located. He was a student In a
college at Spokane. He has been tax
8. en- into custody by the insane COM
mission. III II 5.,t @%& 2, WE
. DR.. w. N; Onrsler, for the last flf-
teen years postmaster at Odebolt, has
forwarded to the postmaster general
a at Washington his resignation to take
& effect Jan. Il. Mr.. sOursler says he has
/ served the public long enough. L, II
ss The coroner's jury, investigating the
collapse Of the Lyman-stark building
4 at Cedar Rapids, rendered its opinion,
4 declaring the collapse was due to
faulty and insufficient falsework used
to support the fresh concrete, ,5.,.. 4
4 County Recorder Charles P. Plum.
n mer died at his home in Cedar Falls.
He had been seriously Ill during the
last two weeks. He has suffered from
partial paralysis OF the lower limbs
for ten years. sl5. =. -9,.
Charles Cassavant. ended his life
when he went to the sixth floor of the
/ Iowa building in Sioux City, climbed a
railing and jumped to the stone floor
! Of the court. Cassayant's act is be-
lieyed to have. been due to love af-
fair. j.
sj5s'. DR.. Joel Loveland, the first practic-
ing physician in Bremen county, who
I settled there in 1852, died at the age
OF SO. In the early days he organized
companies of minute men to fight the
Indians. ,r -.
Roy Coffman and Miss Frances
4 Chambers of Magnolia narrowly es.
+ capped fatal injuries when their team
and buggy was struck by an auto be.
tween Logan and Magnolia.
Max Cargin, a young man of Mar
Gus, was killed and four others seri.
ously injured when the automobile in
which they were riding turned over
Cargin's neck was broken.
The fall term at Teachers college
at Cedar Falls closed. President Seer
ley addressed the students in the au.
1 ditorium and presented twenty gradu.
Ates with their diplomas. -
VI James Blake, wao was arrested at
Guthrie Center accused Of shooting
Frank Nobalsky, was given prelim-
{ mary hearing and bound over to the
grand jury. He was released under
j $4,000 bail. Nobalsky is in critical