Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-07-02


mittee for getting the Iowa brothers
to the national convention at Roches.
ter, IN. ". July 7th to 18th. Accord
ing ito Mr.. Mcdonald, enough Iowa
Elks will go to permit a special train
being secured over the New York
Central lines will leave Chicago at
$3.50. p. m. Sunday afternoon, July
9Th and will arrive in Rochester, July
7th, after a five-hour stopover at Nj.
agara Falls. $i%
III The Des Moines Western Baptist
association held three days session
at Churdan. The Rev. Rowland Han
sen gave four Bible study hours.
The annual sermon was preached by
the Rev. Daniel Reagon Of Dow
City. Missionary L. B. Rodgers from
Burmah, President John A.. Earl OF
Des3 Moines college, DR.. s. F. Will
cox, Prof. Jay = "A. Lapham, State
Evangelist j. D. Petit and Mrs. G.
F.? Reinking were among other
speakers.
The All.Iowa Little Glidden tour,
scheduled for this week, has been
postponed until some future date.
This action was taken at "a meeting
in Des Moihes of the executive com.
mittee OF the Iowa State Automobile
association, under whose auspices
the endurance run will be held. A
lack Of available entries is the cause
for the postponement Of the event.
Charles a.: Isaacs, former assistant
cashier Of Forest City National bank,
pleaded guilty in the federal court
at Fort Dodge to one count on charge
against him Of false entries. He was
sentenced by Judge Henry 7. Reed
Of Cresco to 1--WE years in Saltwater
penitentiary. 4; q. sIs !5..
u. G. Larson, formerly 4 Crystal
Lake bank official, was acquitted at
Fort Dodge on q charge Of making
false entries. Larson is about %
years old, who on the witness stand
looked like an inexperienced boy.
Robert E. Trinkle, aged 20, a Min
neapolis & st. Louis railway fire.
man, was instantly killed at Marshall
town when his head was crushed be-
tween,a boy car and the frame of an
engine cab. He leaves a widow.
The Iowa river got its first victim
OF the season at Iowa City when Ray.
mond Bartoysky, IA years old, was
drowned while bathing with compan.
IONS A, pulmotor was used in an at
tempt to revive him, but failed. !.
Six people narrowly escaped death
when an automobile belonging to w.
~. Hamilton, a travelling salesman
from Waterloo, en- route from Win
terset.to Marshalltown went into the
ditch and turned turtle. M
Robert E. Trinkle, aged 20, a MIN.
neapolis & ST. Louis railway fire
man, was instantly killed at Mar
shalltown when his head was crushed
between box car and the frame
of an engine cab.
The Cedar Falls Commercial club
will become the owner of a 0,000
Office building, an investment guar.
anteed to pay 8 per cent interest.
The structure is to be completed by
Nov. !. n .5s,
John Griffin, sheriff at Des Moines,
has received word from the city mar
shall at Marengo, Ill, that Edward
Hale, wanted for stealing a horse at
Bondurant, was under arrest at thar
place. $3.50
| Latter Day Saints annual reunion
of the Little Sioux district will be
held at Magnolia Aug. SPA, and the
old settlers annual picnic will be
held at Magnolia Thursday, Aug. %.
Miss Florence Krugler. 20 years
old. student at Ames college, conn
mitted suicide at the home sof her
aunt in that city. She shot herself
with revolver and died instantly.
Contract work at Mason City IL
seriously hampered because Of the
lack of common labor. Work in ths
building lines is moving slowly be-
cause OF this shortage. Ell
With simple ceremony. the corner
stone Of the new Congregational
church at. Marshalltown was laid, the
Rev. P. F.. Marston OF Grinnell giving
the principal address. Il
E.. w. Fellows, who has been princi-
pal of the Denison schools for the
last eight years, has resigned. He
will take charge Of the public school
at birmingham, Mass.
Miss Imogene Benson has resigned
as secretary to President Bowman OF
! the University OF Iowa She will be
come the bride of Irving Emory OF
Cedar Rapids. 4 s Ia & t'; .5ts
Buena Vista college at Storm Lake
has Just closed the most successful
years work in the history Of the In.
stitution. A class OF thirty.one was
graduated. X. y
William Mott, who was injured in
the auto wreck at Clear Lake In
| which Mortimer Kimball lost his life,
died from his injuries. His chest was
crushed. NJ sJ
At a special election in Keosauqua
it was voted to issue bonds for $1,000
| to erect an additional school build.
ing for normal training purposes.
M. G. Wyer, librarian Of the Uni.
versity of Iowa. has resigned to take
a similar position in the University
Of Nebraska. q.
BY vote of four to one the citizens
Of Early have decided to establish a
municipal electric plant.
Fire originating in the posto1ice
at Masonville destroyed four build
ings and for time threatened the
whole town. The loss is about $25,.
600. The buildings burned were: P.
c. Mulvihill's drug store, Pixies gen
eral store and postohfice and the Col.
son meat market.
The special election at Shenandoah
for the issuance OF $4,000 in bonds
for the erection of new high school
building was defeated, 3Sl to 90. The
! $4,000 bond proposition for repairing
the present building was also de
feated. 5@, 81
An entirely new building to cost
| at least $4,000 probably will be