Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-12-24

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North western into the last few miles
of stretch OF track in Monroe coun-
ty. The line cuts across 1000 acres
OF coal land which the Northwestern
has been anxious to reach. "a "A COM
paratively short stretch OF road will
cost the company approximately $50,
900, and passes through a. rough coun-
try. 1t is reported that the company
Intends to extend the line northeast
to Oskaloosa. q
Il After being once given his liberty
after a preliminary hearing in JUS
tice court Joda Mosley has been re-
arrested on the charge of numbering
John Schrumm at Centerville on
Thanksgiving night. 1t has been
claimed that the shooting was in de-
tense Of the wife OF t&Mosley. The
grand Jury will look into all phases OF
the matter. lesley is a brakeman on
] the Southern Iowa Traction com
pany's line that runs to Abba.
81 An emblem that has appeared !, on
three Of their buildings was placed
over the archway Of the new 100000
Masonic temple being erected in Keo-
,kuk. The emblem is circular in shape
with the compass and square in gold
raised on the face OF the stone cir:
Gle. The emblem had prominent
place in the three previous homes Of
the local Masons, the last OF which
was destroyed by fire. +
Uniformity of county school books,
SO that country pupils will have the
same advantage as their city cons
ms. "a condemnation of the last Iowa
Legislature in failing to change the
time Of the primaries to a September
date, and better taxation laws were
features Of the resolutions adopted by
the Iowa State Grange in convention
at Cedar Rapids. j, 81 + e; /, 3 j. ~;
Besides making a net profit OF
| $133.43 on an acre OF corn, Arthur w.
Runft, II years old, Of Grundy county
defeated nearly 1000 other Iowa boys
for the championship OF the state acre
corn clubs, and won the free trip to
Washington, other eastern cities and
Niagara Falls offered by B.. Hutchin-
son OF. Waterloo. III. +. ~. .55a.E .5%
After being without 3 regular pas.
tor since last May, members Of the
First Presbyterian church OF Mount
Pleasant extended unanimous call
to the Rev. C. N. Rauch OF St. Lonis.
For the last twelve years the Rev.
Mr. Rauch has been the pastor Of the
Cote Brillante Presbyterian church at
ST. Louis. "a ;l5 S;&s je,+ ~
Jack Hedrick, residing near Rock.
well City established an uncommon
record In corn gathering. He finish.
ed after. having been in the field
thirty-fve and one.haN days and
scribbed 3,S4S bushels. His biggest
days work was 1853 bushels in nine
and one-half hours. scooping the corn
into the crib. 5 ss.$ & r II X
near Ashton, died in the s1bley hos
$pital, from the effects of a bullet
wound. A small child of the family
accidentally discharged a 20 calibre
rife, the bullet taking effect in the
head of 14-year-old girl.
@ Pandemonium broke loose in the
Masonic temple at Davenport when
the big five story building caught fire
during banquet Of Trinity lodge.
The smoke poured into the banquet
hall and men and women rushed to
the fire escapes.
Sam H. Godsey, living in western
Mills county, was spading the ground
near his kitchen door when he un-,
covered a grave containing eight hui
man skeletons. The coroner declared
the skeletons to be those OF Indians.
six adults and two children.
Mrs. Robert Eaton committed sui
eide at the home of her brother, Alva
Eaton, residing one mile east Of Az
on. by drinking poison. She is said to
have threatened to take her life sew
,eral times recently. Es5
la con solidation Of country schools
with more competent instructors was
recommended by the Iowa State
grange in the resolutions adopted at
Cedar Rapids. The grange will meet
next year in Grinnell.
Judge Clifford G. Roe of Chicago
father OF the Mann federal anti.vice
act, addressed a mems massmeetlng
in the Ames college agriculture as
sembly on .".The New Moral Awaken
ing ss Z: NJ MI Il,
53 sAmes will be the meeting place for
the Iowa Beekeepers' association next
year. This was decided upon by the
association members before they ad-
journed their second annual conven-
ton at Des Moines. i! Y !.
Lester Howard OF Grimes, Ia, was
elected to captain the Parsons college
basketball team for next season. How.
ard has played forward on the Par
sons college i've for the last two
years. & (. 5s55
A stock company has been formed
and nearly $4,000 raised for the cree
ton OF new hotel at Pocahontas.
The company is capitalized at $685.
900. and is composed almost entirely
OF Pocahontas business men.
John Starbusk, of Marion, a freight
conductor on the Milwaukee, was al
most instantly killed at Dedham when
his head was crushed between two
cars. l :.
a Lyon county farmers never ueloTe
produced as large q crop Of corn.
Many of them have shelled sixty
bushels to the acre and it is estimated
that the county will have an average
OF fifty bushels per acre. ) Il <
( Weighted down by hundred
pounds of stones in a grsin sack tied
about the neck, the body of Mort-
mer B. Wheelock. cashier of the Citi-
zens' State bank of Colfax, was found
in the Des Moines river near the
mouth OF Beaver creek west of the
bridge on the Beaver road near Des
Moines. I5st E ,
Ronald H. Urick OF Des Moines
was elected editor-in-chief and Perry,
E. Oxley of Cedar Rapids was chosen
business manager of the Transit. the
annual technical publication OF the
college of engineering at the Univer-
sity Of Iowa. n, SIS II, i.
Dr.. George W. Nasmyth Of Boston,
director OF the international Bureau
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