Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-03-11

ems, $39. 80 worth OF dressed ducks,
.$709.07 worth Of butter, $22.O5 worth
Of cream and 1,084 dozen of eggs, that
brought her $215.11. s.. "A y.s53 y
4: "A deal which was announced sever
al weeks ago whereby the United Mo
tors company of Mason City contract
ed for the purchase Of the plant, pat
ents and other assets of the Nevada
Manufacturing company, apparently
has fallen through, and it is now prob
able that the plant and business will
remain in Nevada. IF. 4. tTF8
The congregation of the Cumber-
land Presbyterian church OF Maxwell
has decided to erect "a new church
home, the old one which was built
about twenty-five L years ago having
-outlived its usefulness. The contract
for structure to cost $15,SOS has
been awarded and work is to begin
April /. e {. . d 81 rs s.
The Dubuque city council has offer
ed a reward of $500 for the appre-
Ehension of the slayer OF Charles Braz-
.zell, street car conductor whose mu-
tilated body was found in his home a
month ago. Claimed inactivity Of po-
lice and county officials has aroused
public condemnation. ss II
Claiming it will he equal to that
maintained 4 at the state university,
physicians Of Davenpor in coopera-
ton with the sisters in charge OF
Mercy hospital have established a
pathological station for making all
kinds Of tests necessary in the dag
nosis Of diseases. " iaS3l
David Armstrong of Dyersville was
elected president Of the Northeastern
Iowa Lumb ermen's association, at the
annual convention recently held in Du.
buque Other new officers are: H. w,
Dickman, Sumner; vice president; ]
- Frudden, Dubuque, secretary and
treasurer. Ii HUN .a5
@ Thirty-seven Poland China hogs
raised by J. y. Molloy B Sons Of al
bion, topped all similar sales in re
cent years. The herd sold for a to.
tai Of $2,790, or an average OF $73.42
each. 81 Ire top price was $135 for a
yearling: a 81 Z i5.s: I. 81 s' n $s
r-l
ID The official Blackhawk county high
way map has been completed. It
Shows the system in that county con
tains 1875 miles, or within ten miles
of the maximum. The roads laid out
by the county board were bu. little
changed. Y, ;t Sss 5*.
Presidential postmasters for Iowa
have been commissioned as follows:
Charles A. Durren berger, Bedford;
John L. McAlpine, D Belmond Samuel
"a. Sumner, Dallas Center, Royal G.
Mitchell, Manly; w. Jones, Radcliffe.
"A call to the Presbyterian church
Of Washington, Ia, has been received
by the Rev. F. Al Gageby OF the Pres
byterian church Of Fort Madison. He
is expected to accept, to assume the
new charge about April I.
A hundred township officers and
Others interested in good roads attend
ed the annual good roads meeting at
Waterloo. The main address'was de-
livered by Senator A. L. Ames OF
buckingham. 5@ a & a: q
"a bond issue of 1915 900 for two new
school buildings will be voted on at
%Keokuk April z. Citizens have declar-
ed that the school building in the
rich est residence section Of the town
is unsafe and unsanitary. A
The Rev. L.W Book, pastor Of the
Emmanuel Evangelical church and
former presiding elder OF the Iowa
conference, and Miss Anna Thierman,
a deaconess, were married recently at
her home at Cedar Falls I
Solicitors of the Ames Improvement
company are taking subscriptions to
raise $4,000 IA guarantee to Mayor
Farley Sheldon and Messrs. A, H. and
NJ u. Mum, builders Of the proposed
$4,000 four story hotel in that city. 4
i Jack Crawford, Roy Davis and J. H.
Murphy, who cut out Of Jail at Logan,
were tracked to the Jim Gilmore farm
in Pottawattamie{ county,, near Cradle,
where they were taken into custody.
Nh The congregation OF the First Pres
byterian church at Maxwell has just
let the contract for the erection Of q
new modern church building which
will cost about $4,000. 5$53 ,Ss 2, e h /.
Prof. William G. Hilmer, A. M, Phi.
d. of.Delaware, Ohio, sheen elected,
president of Charles City (Ia.) col:
lege, his duties to commence next
June. ,s& ,5 4, 3D.
The two new grade school buildings.
erected during the last year at Perry
will be put into use this week. The
buildings cost about $4,000 and are
modern in every particular.
SS#$s H, l.. johnson last week sold his
1853 acre farm east of New Sharon, the.
former Graham Andre place, to Mr..
Hill OF Newton at $3.50 per acre. Pos
session to be given March /, 1915.
Warren Miller, former publisher Of
the LIE Mars Globe-Post has bought
the independence Conservative from
Mrs. Carrie S. Goen and is in posses
sion.
Several hundred OF the $500 Ames
students have undergone vaccination
against smallpox, in accordance with
a general order by President Pearson.
The board of supervisors at Ida
Grove have let the contract for thirty
four concrete bridges and culverts, the
contract price being $25,36S. s-,.. n
A ilwaukee freight and passenger
train met head on between Ottumwa
and Blakesburg without injury to any
one, but doing serious damage to the
engines Traffic was blocked for more
than seven hours.
There is a new wrestling cham
pion" in Humboldt. He arrived at
Gotch's home a few days ago and
Gotch wears broader smile than
ever. ~.
G. E. Strong Of Milton, Iowa, has
been appointed veterinary assistant
in connection with the bureau of ami
NAL industry to be located at South
Omaha, Neb. r
Representative H. w. Grout has an
nounced he is candidate for state
senator from the Thirty-eighth dis
trict, and the Rev. o. H. Holmes, pas
tor Of the Congregational church at
Cedar Falls, may also be a candidate.