Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-10-15
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top price, $fou, WAS pal0 Dy w. ~.
Shanks, of Worthington. Mimi. Her.
man Telle. of West Point, Neb, bid
in another at. $500. Several others
sold around $4O0 each. 5 ss. +, +
L. S. Woolsey has filed suit in the
district court at Webster City asking
judgment against the Illinois Central
railroad company for $4,000. He al
leges he was riding to 5 Chicago in
the caboose of a stock train and that
while the train was going forty miles
an hour it stopped suddenly. throw
ing him against red hot stove.
Signet Lodge No. 1884, A, F.. and A.
M. laid the cornerstone of the new
Masonic temple at Carroll. OFFICERS Of
the Grand Lodge of Iowa officiated at
the ceremony. Past Grand Master W.
F. Cleveland delivered the address.
The new temple is being built on the
site of the former one destroyed by
fire, and will cost 100000
After telling the police that mys-
terious man With flour sack over
his head had poisoned her baby and
herself because she refused to place
poison In the food of Louis Chirikos,
a boarder, Mrs. Aida Holcomb Burg
ess, 10. confessed to the police at Ma
SON City that she killed her child and
took poison herself II
Cholera among the swine herds Of
northern Iowa has assumed alarming
proportions. So bad is it that the
packing firms in nearby cities are
alarmed that the disease will greatly
curtail the supply Of hogs and raise
the price. Farmers are rushing hogs
to market that are so and 100 pounds
under weight. III ssz @ sS
An election will be held in McGreg.
or Monday, Oct. 20, to decide the
question OF granting a twenty-five
year franchise to the McGregor Elec.
trio Light & Power company to main.
tain lines for the transmission Of cleo
trio current to Monona and villages
and farms along the way.
The harvest OF sugar beets is now
In full swing around, Estherville and
the yield and quality is better than
last year. Sugar beets were first
tried in that vicinity last year, but
the results are so excellent that they
will in all probability be one of the
staple products.
j A special effort to Increase the
growth Of alfalfa in Iowa will be
started this winter by the agricultural
committee Of the Iowa Bankers asso-
citation. Literature will be extensively
circulated among the farmers to inter.
est them in every feature of the
work. 8g5 S,@S
Hunters of the state are deeply In
terested in the hearing before the ex-
ecutive council on the proposed drain
county. Members Of the council are
said to favor draining 1t and get some
revenue for the state.
Fire destroyed four fine buildings
on the farm belonging to c. E. Per-
kins, Jr., near Burlington. The flames
started in mysterious manner. The
entire winters supply OF, grain and
feed was destroyed The loss was
$50 900 fully insured.
The Ed Thebiay farm west Of Eagle
Grove last week passed to the owner
ship Of John Schwenck Of that town
at. 5000 an acre. This farm contains
200 acres. The purchaser has been q
dealer in Canada lands for severas
years. ff &.
The ,McGregor Business Mems as
ISOLATION will hold q field day celebra-
ton on Wednesday, October IL. The
Dubuque military band has been en-.
gagged for the day and there will be
i ball game In the afternoon. Al s.
December 9Th has been fixed as the
date for, the annual show of the Iowa
Falls Poultry association. Judge H.
S. Dixon will award the prizes. w. NJ.
Marsh is president and Fred Champ.
lin secretary. II;
The creamery at Reinbeck was de-
stroyed BY fire. Nothing was left ex.
cept the boiler; room. Insurance on
the building. machinery and stock was
about $4,000. The loss has not been
given out. s85 q
Although the past season was dry
the experts say the yield Of sugar
beets in northern Iowa will be near.
ly as large as in 1912. The harvest
ing of the crop will commece this
week.
q Fire at Boone destroyed the gener-
al delivery barn used by grocers Of
that city. cremating six head Of
horses, destroying much feed, harness
and wagons. The loss Is estimated at;
$4,000. ss 25 d
The postoffce safe at Joice was
blown open but the robbers secured
only a few postage stamps. This IS
the second attempt Last March
robbers secured over one hundred dol
lars. ysS5s &. H,
The business men Of Riceville have
donated money to furnish electroliers
for the main street Of that city. They
will be installed soon. Is
The Milwaukee railroad has started
work on the hew depot at Hopkinton.
A block long cement platform will
front the depot.
Members OF the Nevada Commercial
club are planning to hold fall fes-
tival on the streets OF Nevada Oct.
IA to 16.
Because of a shortage OF instructors
ia llIS AA1PpAACot kt1V A|NA SAsA - - i
sular affairs has issued a call to the
students Of Iowa State Teachers col
lege. The service is said to DO
greatly in need of women: NJ
al G.. Oline, who was injured when
bridge near Shenandoah over
which he was driving tractor col,
lapsed, died from injuries received in
the accident.
Gen. Grenville Dodge aged 50 years,
of Council Bluffs, Ia, who recently
underwent a serious operation, has
been pronounced cured.
Eighteen merchandise cars in the
Rock. Island railway yards at Water
loo have been broken into and sack
ed within few days. All sorts Of
goods. from molasses to soap. have
been stolen.
The body OF w. ]. McGlade of Win.
6a1d wac recovered from the MiSSiS-