Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-06-18
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NEWS II !; y s:
.NEWsY ITEMS GATHERED FROM
ALL PARTS OF THE STATE.
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mond; George NJ, Waterman, Sid
ney; William Wallace Finn, Wesley. {
The election Of officers of the Des
Moines Valley Medical assoc citation
closed the forty-second annual meet
ing OF the Organization just held at
Qttumwa. The officers elected are:
President, DR.. F.. NJ. Cutler of Keo-
kuk; vice president, Dr.. c.. A. Boise
of Washington; DR.. G. F. Niblock Of
Derby; secretary-treasurer, DR.. F.W W..
Bowles Of Ottumwa; censors, DR.. ].
8. Gaumer OF Fairfield; DR.. R, IS IT.
shahan Of Eddyville; DR.. H. w. Vim.
son OF Ottumwa.
The second big installment Of new
population has arrived at Manley.
They came from Cedar Rapids. Rock
ford and Albert Lea, to open the Rock
Island terminal. The division super
and his Office force, three
separate corps Of dispatchers, three
chief dispatchers and ten track men.
in all about fifty clerks and officials
have been there for three months, but
the round house and machine shops
have not been opened till the last few
days. s. ' z!..s I; q
The Iowa State Sunday School az
sociation closed its annual convention
at Burlington after three days of in.
terestings and helpful work The Of
fetal reports show the association to
be In excellent condition. The con-
sensus Of opinion is that the conven-
ton just closed marks a record In
Sunday school affairs In the state.
Shenandoah, Ia, was chosen as next
years meeting place. 81:
H. B. Mes, editor of the Journal
and postmaster at Marble Rock, died
at Rochester, Mimi, following an OPP
Grafton. Mr.. Mes had been in the
newspaper business in Marble Rock
for nearly thirty-fve years. At one
Rockford, Ia. A few years ago he
purchased the Charles City 1nt0li.
gencer, but owned that paper but a
short time. He had been postmaster
for over five years.
Catching a fish in a small steel
game trap is a new wrinkle in angling
recently performed by Emil Steiner
of Fort Dodge. He was fishing in the
Des Moines river when he found the
trap. Affixing a worm to the spring
Of the trap, he set It. "A short time
after lowering 1t in the water ne
pulled it up and found a bullhead
safely caught. & q 33s 4
There will be.a deficit In the treas
ury OF the Mason City association Of
the Cedar Valley circuit racing, &C.
.cording to estimates OF the officers.
How much it will be is yet uncertain.
The total gate receipts during the
three days of the meet In that city
were $1,1O0.
Ollie IS. Ellis, one Of the best known
men in the wholesale grocery trade in
Iowa and until two months ago sec
ond vice president and general man:
ager OF the Western Grocery company
Of Marshalltown, died on shipboard
near Manila, P. l., according to a
scablegram. x 5sS;
W. f. Cottrell. former general sec
rotary Of the. Y. M. c. A. at Council
Bluffs, was arrested at Clarinda, Ia,
upon information filed by County At.
torney Capell, charging him with an
attempt to burn the Y. NJ. c. A. build
ing April i. His hearing was set for
July 3. -3t S:s M I. Il
Prof. f. W. Beckman, head Of the
department Of agricultural journalism,
Iowa State college, willssrepresent the
Ames Ad club, Of which he is presi-
dent, at the admeh's convention in
Baltimore. 3. tS.z rs
The school board Of Clinton has is.
sued call for special election July
Q to vote upon the question Of q bond
issue OF 100000 for. the erection and
equipment Of a modern high school
building. 8 III e
]. L. Tierney OF Clinton, an employe
Of the ca N. w. railroad, has been
appointed deputy fish and game ward.
en- for that district by State Game
Warden Hinshaw. ss 5s
Jacob Gugger, 1pne Of the best known
railroad men III Boone, has been re.
tired on a pension. For more than q
quarter OF century he has been en-
ployed there.
Leslie Smith OF Davenport, secretary
Of the Iowa State Automobile associ.
alton has resigned to 60 into the
manufacturing business in Lincoln,
Neb NJ.
E. Electric current is now being fur.
nished from the $25,000,000 hydraulic
plant on the Mississippi river to Ke.
okuk, Hamilton and Warsaw, III. One
OF the twenty 10000 horsepower tur.
bines to be operated furnished more
than enough current to furnish light,
power and run the trolley system con.
Meeting the three towns.
The largest number of students to
receive the bachelors degree from
any Iowa institution at any one time
graduated from Iowa State college at
Ames on June 5. Degrees and diplo.
mas were granted to 293 students.
Francis Bergman, youngest .son OF
W. c. Bergman, president Of the First
National bank at Newton, was badly
injured in an auto accident. Bergman
was driving his fathers car rapidly
down hill. "A front axle broke and
the car turned turtle and was
wrecked. I
DR.. E. c. Brown of Madrid pleaded
guilty before Judge Mcpherson Of the
federal court to an Indictment charg-
ing him with using the mails to fur.
nish women with Objectionable in
formation. He was fined $3.50, which
he paid. S ~ sFss. ": h
Lawrence Fullerton, the 9-year-old
boy who disappeared from the home
of his parents in Kingsley, was found
at Correctionville and was taken by
officers as he was boarding a train.
He had followed show troupe from
Kingsley to SIOUX City and from there
to place of arrest.
The men Of the Methodist church
at New Hampton have revived the
Brotherhood organization. and will
hold meetings each week. Ralph E.