Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-10-01
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IOWA
NEWS
.NEWSY ITEMS GATHERED FROM
ALL PARTS OF THE STATE.
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NEWsY ITEMS GATHERED FROM
ALL PARTS Of THE STATE.
Father, son. grandson and great
grandson were present at a family re-
union at Radcliffe. Sixty years ago
S. Sampson came to that county from
Norway. Twenty years later he To-
Gated on farm near Radcliffe and q
little later bought an interest in a
general store which is still owned and
controlled by Mr.. Sampson and his
immediate heirs.
The fiftieth annual session of the
northwest German conference of the
Methodist church meets at Girard this
week. Bishop W. o. Shepard will pre-
side. The conference is attended by
1875 ministers and many lay delegates.
The district extends over northern
Iowa, all Of South Dekota, the south
west portion of Wisconsin and north
western Illinois. MA 3yai E. fai
JEFF Haner was arrested by the
federal authorities at Woodbine and
taken to Council Bluffs. charged with
white slavery. He was indicted by
the federal grand jury for alleged VIC
lation of the Mann act by transporting
Rose Littlejohn from Logan to Omaha
and keeping her In q hotel there for
two days.
Twenty-Five Indians from the reserv-.
alton near Tama went to Fairfield to
attend the old settlers day festivities
last week. They took with them all
the paraphernalia for q real Indian
camp. The Fairfield committee
slaughtered buffalo that the Indians
might have taste Of the meat once
the main food of their forefathers.
Frank Peterson Of Atlantic was the
victim of peculiar malady, resulting
in his choking to death. He was sur
fering from tonsilitis and a decayed
tooth. The combination caused such
a swelling Of the glands in the neck
that he could rot breathe. His moth
er found him kneeling on the porch,
dead.
The council Of higher education. an
organization to assist Bohemian.Amer.
lean students n%obtaining liberal
education held a convention at Cedar
Rapids which was attended by the
executive council and delegations
from lodges and Organizations that
assist in support of the council
A pastor. for thirty.six years. and in
charge Of one congregation for TWEEN.
ty.one years is the record Of the Rev.
Z. o. Peterson, who has resigned the
passionate of the Elk Creek congrcga-
ton near Mason City All Of his &C.
tive life has been spent in Cerro
Gordo and Worth counties.
The convention Of the League Of
Iowa Municipalities. to be held at
Marshalltown this week promises to
be the most important and largely at.
tended convention the league has
ever held. One Of the important
questions will be the assessment OF
property for taxation. +.
The postoffice department at Wash.
ington has ordered the discontinuance
of theipostoffice at Homer Until Ham.
!lton and Webster counties were di.
yided in 1857. Homer was the coun,
ty seat Of the two and at one time
was the largest town in northern
Iowa. Ds4s 2;il
ii. COL. John A. Joyce, formerly Of Al
1amakee county, Ia, the Washington,
ID. c., poet, has informed his friends
In Iowa that a bronze bust of himself
is being made by Jerome Conner. His
friends are contributing to the pro
ject.B
!; Without line Of testimony being
introduced for the defense. Mehmet
Braen. the young Turk charged with
first degree murder in shooting Rosh.
ct Jaffer. q companion, on Aug. a. at
Green Mountain, was given his liberty
by the court at Marshalltown
James Brazil, living nine miles
north Of Storm Lake, lies at the point
OF death as the result of an automo.
bile accident. Mr. Brazil lost con.
troll of his machine and it, tipped,
turning over twice. Mrs. Brazil and
two children were in the car. 5s$,
Pensions granted to Iowa widows Of
deceased soldiers recently are: Bar
CARA NJ. Lippman, West Cedar Rap
Ids, $12; Adaline N. Saylor. Des
Moines. s12; Mary E. Martin, Spencer.
SIP; Nancy E. Poland, iowa City. $12;
Alkaline White, Boone, $12. = IN
John Milotich, the laborer who fell
sixty feet off a crane at Keokuk, died
from his injuries. Hemorrhage of the
brain, due to concussion and rupture
OF blood vessel caused death.
4 H. F. Stewart, self-confessed
forger, was sentenced to ten years in
the penitentiary at Fort Madison by
Judge Durham at Waterloo.
The postoffices at Colo and Durant
will become presidential Oct. l and
the salaries Of the postmaster will be
$1,000 per annum.
F.. F. Assay will relinquish the Al.
lamakee hotel in Waukon early next
month He has leased the Bayless
at Elkader.
A dip backward into boiling
spring at Yellowstone park burned
almost every particle Of skin from
the body of Ross P. White, of Ames,
senior at Iowa State College. He.
now Is mending slowly in the govern.
ment hospital at Fort Yellowstone.
Young White had been acting as
guide at the park during the summer
Wolves have become so plentiful and
bold in Tama county that a, hunt is
planned. Eight wolves have been seen
in single pack, and farmers are los
ing sheep as a result of the depreda.
tons. s
Jake Terpstra lost his life while
digging we'll near Sioux Center. At
a depth OF forty feet his bore encoun.
tered rock and Terpstra went down to
Investigate When down about thirty
feet he noticed gas in the well and
was pulled up at once. He was uncon'
scious when he reached the surface
and lived but short time.
The candidates for the Glenwood
postoffice are Homer Kier. Charles
Record. William NJ. Donelan, W Fl.
PICKLE A petitiOn has been circutat-