Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-11-19

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sNEWsY ITEMS GATHERED FROM
63 81 ALL PARTS OF THE, STATE.
The Iowa state highway commits;
sioners are going into the movies"
I to educate i people Of Iowa to their
conceptions Of what roads and bridges
should be like. The state college
photograph er and the college moving
picture camera are to be taken over
the state to take moving pictures
where graders and gasoline tractors
are being used, and Improvements be-
ing made. # t5I'G N
Several weeks ago Dan Halligan,
I young farmer living near Mitchellville.
was seriously injured. He has been
ina hospital since that time One day
recently his neigh bors turned out and
husked his entire crop Of corn, sixty
acres There were engaged in the
I work thirty:eight teams, sixty-nine
kmen and they cribbed 300 bushels. All
According to the estimate Of Deputy
Game Ward en- 4. Z. Hall5of Glenwood
twenty tons OF fish were allowed to
\ die when lake Waughbonsey. ten
miles south OF GlenWood, went dry.
Millions OF crows are cleaning up the
dead fish. a ditch to the Missouri
river would have saved this immense
4 amount Of edible fish. II
.S5. Willard N King, teamster. at Iowa
4 City, has sued the Rock Island for
$685. damages incurred while now
I Ing hay on the right Of way last sum
mer. He was struck by a passenger,
train, one OF his horses killed. the
other badly q cut and gashed, his
mower4swrecked and his harness de-
Amolished. 5:.l Is MS !: n
s E. 4. Turner OF Waverly held q pub.
lie sale last week which brought him
a 1880. Thirteen milk cows sold for;
& so 10 $S3. Tho cheapest horse
brought 1913, while . mare and colt
sold for $3.50. Spring shoats brought
1 $6#to 81 apiece. corn in the field $23s
\ m acre and fodd Ter in shock s 10.
York has commemorate n the $4,000
sSartori hospital at Cedar Fa lis. The
ssexcavating Will DO done this fall and
I the building will be erected next
spring. This hospital was made pos,
1 sible by the bequest OF $4,000 by the
late Joseph Sartori, one Of the pioneer;
settlers of Black Hawk count y. 5;,l ii
w aterloo boosters are worrying oy.-l
4 er the report that an effort Will be
made to remove the dairy cattle CON
/ gress and state dairy show from that
city to 5Des Moines. The men back
sof the proposition do not conceal their.
disappointment over the poor support
given; to the enterprise. 5.;s
i III Mrs. Peter elding was burned TO
K death at her home ten miles south,
west OF Algona when a can Of liquid
4 stove polish exploded and covered her
with flames She was alone with her:
little children in the house at the
\ time and was dead when rescuers ar
rived.
The new pension board of examin-$
ers recently ppointed, consists of DR..
j; McGrath, Elkader; DIR. !: W.,
SDuhie, Gutten berg, and DR.. F. J.
Kriebs. Export. The office viii be To-
Gated at Elkader Heretofore the Of
nee has been located at M Gregor.
/ 559 Harry J. Green, editor of the De-
$corah Public Opinion, has been elect
sd president Of, the Honest ders, a
national organization, fraternal and
Insurance. with headquarters In Des
MONIES. President Green will take &C
y tive charge OF the business Nov. IS.
n The firm OF Peter. Keine u Son, en-
gagged IN the real estate, insurance
s$and private banking business, and the
individual m embers, F. w. Altman, O..
IN !. Lorenz, "A. E. Fitz and William
.SZMmhoff have been formally adjudged$
I bankrupt in the federal court.
CHI. Comfy, who formerly was in
the. grain business at Iowa Falls, has
\ been solicited to fall for the old
Spanish swindle". The letter comes
from santanda. Spain, and purports
to be written by Serge Solovief who
Claims he is in prison. If
The Northwestern railway ice house
sat Eagle Grove was destroyed by fire.
Several box cars, on the side track
were partially burned before the rail-
road fire company could get control
Of the flames The loss was several
thousand dollars. 4
j. B. Leyalle. 26 years old, an ILL.,
Snois Central brakeman. residing at
Waterloo, was run down in the Du-
fbuqus yards, while doing hagman's
duty. He lost one leg and sustained
other injuries from which he will die.
s. Andrew Johnson. a farmer living
near Hampton. saw his 5-year-old son,
Carlton. fall from a wagon load OF
sand and receive a broken neck. Mr..
johnson was hauling sand for bridges
and the child was riding with him.
fssss The new girls dormitory OF Wart-
burg Teachers seminary at Waverly
will be dedicated Nov. 10 with a lit
erary and musical program. This new
building will cost about $4,000
The state convention OF teachers
Just closed at Des Moines had an at.
tendance OF 1920. 4, n "a "a +.
SssS The trial in district court at Rock.
well City Of the case Of Ezra Losee vs..
Sarah Fitch. wherein the plaintiff
sued his mother-in-law for $4,000
damages for the alienation OF his.
wife's affections ended by the jury
awarding the plaintiff 5000. Those
concerned live in Lake City.
S Surrounded by 100 relatives and
friends, Mr.. and Mrs. John D, Ingra-
(. ham of Gilman celebrated the fftieth
anniversary Of their marriage. Mr..
and Mrs. {Ingraham have spent forty
years Of their married life in Marsh
all county. y, a ss. HIN
George Toney was awarded dam
ages Of $500 in the district court at
sWaukon in his suit for $4,000 dam
ages against the Interstate Power
COMPANY Toney wa injured in the
fall, OF 1912. He was stringing tele-
phone wires when he came in contact