Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-03-25

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ssa Sixty-fye lectures will be delivered
by Ames experts on q beef special to
he operated over the Milwaukee Tor
the benefit Of Iowa farmers. The
train is run in cooperation with the
Iowa Beef Producers association and
Ames college and will be on the road
one week. beginning March %. % The he,
special will be made up Of five cars,
including sleepers for the speakers,
coaches for the lectures and a car OF
prize cattle for purposes OF demon.
stration. ;J j ID
There IS good proit In dairy farm
ing as carried on sby the members OF
the Benson Cow Testing association,
an organization of farmers few
miles west Of Cedar Falls. BY weigh !
Ing and testing the milk production
& OF each indi vidual COW and culling out
i the poorer ones In their herds, these (
farmers are reapIng q golden harvest
compared to their profits of Few
years ago before they adopted scien-t
8 ifc methods Of feeding and grading
stock. !s5
t Iowa postmasters have been con-
armed as follows: Clarence ~;
{ Brooks. Brooklyn Frank Thompson,
Cambrid ge;f Il H. Flood, Carson; Lee I
IS. Edwards, Dunlap; E. +. N cManus,
Keokuk; George II. Helsche, Keota
William H. Keough, Lehigh Thomas
Massie, Logan Isaac Fouch.,s Monroe
HE. "a. Hilmer, New Hampton John
SR. Strickland, Parkersburg;; Martin
B c. Nelson, Spirit Lake; Elmer A..
McIlree, West Union.
Judge Smith M Phersons has an
I nounced that Judge Walter Il. Smith
OF the United States circuit court of
appeals 6of Council Bluffs Judge John
C. Pollock OF Kansas City and he.
would officiate5 at the Anal hearing
here next month Of the appeal OF the
sconvicts IN Fort Madison prison
from enforcemen t BY the state Of the
sterilization Law. VI
One Of the most bitterly contested
legal battles that has come before the
bar OF Henry county was ended when
! the jury In the case OF Hannah OBJ
sermeir and Lizzie Philpot against the
Il Anton Totemeir. estate, returned g
verdict awarding 1906. Ss TO the two
plaintiffs, who claimed that they
worked for the dead man for q period
Of years between 1892 and 4 900. 8 ;s n. D
83S5B3 Lars Nv. Doe, who has been presi-
dent of the Waldorf Lutheran col
flege at Forest City since it's organiza-
/ ton more than ten years ago, has re- re-
signed as president. n He will probably
$reenter the ministry. He will not re-
move from the district and conse-
quently will serve his remaining term
as state senator from that district
DE-. Ping Wen Kuo, Nj. Y. y Chen
and Mr.. 4. 1T. Yu. comprising the
1 membership Of the Chinese educa-
sstional commission OF Europe and
America, will visit Iowa State
Teachers, college early in MaysSto In
Kspect the institution and to observe
methods employed In training educa-'
tors. NJ ~ \
Y Gearing will entertain delegates to
the annual conference 81. the United
], Evangelical 4 Luth eran5 church. which
\ will begin Monday, March S23 and
continue until the following Sunday
night. Bishop ". H. Foulk will con.
duct the devotional service and give.
lecture Friday, which will be fol-
lowed by a X Il @. d. rally. q.
Lack Of money and q position with
which to support his wife and baby
was given by Archie Hayes Of Fort
| Madison as q reason for ending his
b life with q bullet through his brain,
An his home there. His wife and
child were in an adjacent room while
he penned the note and pulled the
trigger Of a small rife. 81 s !, 5,3 5.*
The state board Of parole denied q
parole to Guy Baker, wealthy stable
n owner OF M,iscatine. who was sent to
the Fort Ma olson penitenttary q year
\ ago for 4 term Of fifteen years for
granddaughter He killed an employe
with q club, claiming selt-defense.
ss The directors of the Iowa Union.
an all university mems club at the
state univ ersity at Iowa City, have
signed long time lease for the st.
James hotel property The building
sMill be used as a club home. +3s
# Under instructions by the board
of supervisors the auditor OF Story
county has advertised for bids for
the constructio lon Of seventy reinforc-
led concrete bridges and culverts in
athat; county during 1871 4.
Herman khrendt. fireman who was
{ hurt in the railroad yards at North
McGregor died from his injuries. He
was % years old and had lived in Du-
buque all his life. t.3s
Guy Age. while at work on a farm
near West Liberty, blasting stumps,
put down q sack OF powder; to light
his pipe. a; spark ignited the pow
i der and Age was fatally burned.
The Rev. Harry Secor, who resign
ed some time ago from the Baptist
church at New Hampton. accepted a
]. call from the Baptist church at Saw
annah. III. q e ;-5Sst : .o u ~
The Waterloo Evening Courier and
4 the Waterloo Daily Reporter !hereaft-
or will be issued from the Courier Of
flee In consolidation, the publishers
being the W. H. Hartman company.
These are two Of the Oldest papers in
the state. The Courier was establish
ed by W. H. Hartman in 1858, and the
Reporter in 1858.
Following the ruling Of Justice Lur-
I; ton of the United States supreme
court, Judge Howell at Iowa City linn
dted the recovery OF Sam Williamson
to $50 a head. or $3.50 for his $17oO
herd Of thoroughbreds which were
killed in box car fire. 5t,.
The small engine which has fur
mished power for the prison light and
power plant at Fort Madison is to be
replaced by new Corliss engine and
1875 Watt generator at a cost of a..
900. ne
Keokuk's preacher candidate for
mayor, the Rev. J. F. Sanders, has an.
nounced his platform. He stands for
protection OF legal saloons: no pro-
lection Of bootleggers. ',.-s