Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-09-24

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bank. Hedrick's neck was broken and
his chest was crushed. The others in 1
the machine were George McClain,
owner of the car, Lloyd L. Bybee,
Clyde Hunt and IsraeltVernon. He'd !
rick was unmarried and was about
70 years old. al Il * ~ III e, &.
After wandering about large pro-
portion of central Iowa trying to find
a place where he could install and
operate a Friedman cure" tuberculo-
sis hospital without calling down the
wrath Of the city officials on his
head, DR.. Eugene Carmichael decided
to try Perry. It is believed the per.
will be given. DR.. Carmichael
is head Of the organization that first
tried to place the hospital at Colfax.
John Wendt of Iowa Falls in finding
a pearl worth $4,000 realized the am
btion of his life and now owns his
own home. For many years he has
been clam fisher always hoping to
find valuable pearl, but had about
given UP when he discovered the for
tune. Within few hours he had
traded the pearl for a handsome home
and two lots in, that city and is now
living in it. " 5G 5sy5 x
An automobile occupied by Mr.. and
Mrs. Jess Schoboe and Miss Clarice
Oelke, county recorder, Of Audubon
county, fell from bridge one mile,
north of Audubon iqto the stream
twenty-five feet below Mrs. Schoboe
was injured internally and her leg
was broken. Miss Oelke's shoulder.
was crushed and internal injuries
make her condition grave. A; lJ9*
For ten days people living near Inn
'ogene have been ,terrorized by reports
Of q huge snake seen in the vicinity.
One farmer reported that he saw a
reptile crossing the road. The head
Of the snake was hid In the weeds on
one side Of the road and its tail was
lost in the weeds on the other side,
and that the snake was at least five
inches In diameter. Il 4 55s,5s3
n 4. H. J.. ,Hoeger, editor Of the Waiver.
/ ~ Democrat, has been notified Of his
appointment as postmaster at Waiver
W., to take place when the term Of
the present incumbent ends next
January. w. H. 4Tyrrel, retiring post
master, has filled the position for
twenty years. 81, n &. Z lls E;t
AT the annual meeting Of the Dav-
export Baptist association, in session
at Downey committee was appointed
to visit the Washington association at
Kalona. This committee will propose
| that the two associations unite. Each
association has eight churches.
Nine cars of a freight train on the
milwaukee were piled In the ditch
near Van Horne and most Of them
completely demolished. 4. Tracks we're
blocked for twelve hours. The pas
sengers trains we're all detoured over
the. Northwestern.
TheInew high school building erect
ed at Abba this summer at cost OF
100000, has been opened 4. for the
school year and is the pride Of the
town. 1t is one Of the finest high
school buildings in southern Iowa.
One OF the largest estates ever ac-
cumulated in Iowa was divided at
Dunlap among heirs of E. w. Willard.
There were 72O acres Of land in Mon
roe and Crawford counties and large
amount IN notes and mortgages. e
Evidence collected by the two re-
Gently discharged policewomen and by
a secretly employed spotter for the
police department relative to social
vice conditions in Sioux City will be
placed before the grand jury. 81
E. p Brown Of Monmouth has an
,nounced that he will found a tri-city
morning paper at Davenport. Head
OFFICES will be established in Rock Is
land. A stock company, capitalized at
SIC, 900, has been formed.
Laying OF concrete for the mile Of
sample paved road ordered by the
county supervisors Of Cerro Gordo
county has been started: It is ex-
pected1 the pavement will be j finished
this fall. | is,3 ia ${3E e d s3s,S
Five generations we're represented
at Council Bluffs when ]. w. Chatter
buck celebrated his one hundredth
birthday. He and his bride made the
trip from Virginia to Iowa in wag-
on.$,Eal, N ''s II x. stf y w sg,s
The fall meeting Of the Sioux City
presbytery Of Presbyterian churches
will be held at Know church here
Sept. 22-24 The moderator will be the
Rev. C.sG. Butler Of, LIE Mars.
The third annual tournament of the
r.. M. I. Lawn Tennis association will
be held on Sept. 18 to 20, on the
courts of the. Burlington. Tennis club.
Fred Thompson at Mason City was
turned over to the federal officers
charged with bringing Alma Spader
into the state for immoral purposes.
Bagley voted $4,000 bonds for, an
| electric light plant. Thirty-one WON
en- voted. An $4,000 school houss
| is being erected in that town. as
The city council at Lehigh has adj
vertised for bids for a mile and half
Of sewerage, which will be installed
before. cold weather. E \
Ed Harrison, an old soldier, drop
ped dead at Fraser Junction, where
he had gone to attend the annual
watermelon feast.
! Apple blossoms in September Is
Z! the strange phenomena in the orch
ard Of August Wiese, a farmer living
five miles south of Iowa City. Wiese
| says he has several trees which prom
Use to yield a crop Of apples about
! Christmas time if the weather keeps
warm enough.
1 William Howe, who last May cele'
brated his sixty-eighth wedding ami
versary, is dead at his home in New
London. He was a class leader IN
4 the Methodist church for half a cen.
iltury. He came to Iowa seventy years
Iago. s%,5s
" Earl Conry. II years old, son OF a
farmer living near Voorhees,, attempt
ed to kill himself at his grandmoth