Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-06-10
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Two children OF Fred Luetgara o.
Burlington were fatally hurt and 9th
err members, OF the family slightly in
jured when the automobile In which
they were riding struck a horse ant
buggy on the outskirts of the city
The children who were killed are 6
boy aged IL and girl three years
old. When the automobile hit the
horse and vehicle, the animal wa:
thrown almost bodily into the ton
neau OF the machine. Its head struck
the heads OF the children, fracturins
their skulls and they died in a hospita
a few hours later. Luetgar was driv
ing the car and> his wife cat beside
him holding three weeks old baby
In the rear seat were four children.
The announcement, of the engage
ment of Miss Elizabeth Plat, princi
pal Of Sabin school, in Des Moines
to Senator Joseph Mates Of Odebolt
came as surprise to friends. Sena
tor Mates Is engaged in the hard
ware business in Odebolt. He wal
elected representative Of the Sixtiett
district in 1901, served in the house
Of the Twenty.ninth, Thirtieth ant
Thirty-first general assemblies anc
was elected to the state senate ir
1906, and has served as senator in The
Thirty-second, Thirty-third. Thirty
fourth and Thirty-ffth general assem-
blies. :, ~ + .r...ar.s "a, =. "a ss
Kate Shivers, 20-year.old daughte,
of NJ. M. Shivers, Marion county'i
wealthiest farmer, was instantly kill
ed, NJ. M. Shivers seriously injured
and Mrs. Ben Hudson slightly hurt In
an automobile accident which marked
the tragic ending Of the farm investi
CATION tour conducted in Marion coun
ty last week under the direction Of ex
perts from the agricultural college al
Ames. AS the car turned the corner
half mile west OF Harvey. it struck
small tree. 5e# 4.
e. Lester P. Barlow, son Of the man
who manages the White Pier at Clear
Lake, is a lieutenant in the Mexican
army under Gen. Villa. He served
four years as gunner in the U. 8
navy. At present he Is sick with ty:
phoid fever in an Ell Paso, Tex, hos
pital. Writing recently to his parents
he described Villa as a man of great
courage and friend of the down
trodden who has been grossly mis-
represented. IT,, "a.
Indications are that Iowa employees
of the United States Express com
pany will be taken on the anxious
seat within the next few days. There
are persistent rumors that Wells
Fargo & CO.. are making arrangements
to take over the unexpired portion OF
the United States company's contract
with the Rock Island. The United
States company will 90 out Of bust
ness June 30. :. -. ,, s.,.s "a
!. Harold Clark. full blooded Pueblo
Indian, from Albuquerque. N. NJ, has
been signed by, the Sioux City West.
ern league team and will join the
team at once. Clark was pitcher for
the government Indian school team
In a recent game with the state uni
versity he won victory with twenty
one strikeouts! 7s st, 81. -. a !,
The dead body Of Herman Gender
who had lived alone on an island In
the river several miles north of Gut.
tenberg, was found in his shack by
fishermen. The man, who was a her
NIT, had probably been dead for more
than q week. He was 20 years old
and nothing is known as to his rela.
tives or concerning his past life. ~ 4,
The Iowa Academy OF Science has
ordered the, thesis Of Miss Agnes Ma
omi King Of Mount Pleasant Yves.
leyan college, on the 'tColeoptra Of
Henry County to be printed as q
distinct addition to the results OF SCI
entific research In the department OF
biology for this state IS 4
SIT, Neveln, for five years super:
intendent OF the city schools at Storm
Lake, resigned to accept the superin-
tendency Of the LIE Mars schools, He
had been reelected and has been very
successful as an educator.
"A deal has been closed at Mt. Ayr
whereby Mrs. c. P. Bresee sold the
Mount Ayr. house to- Charles Murray
OF Allendale, Mo. The consideration
was $4,000. 57$,. AT
Upper Iowa university of Fayette
won the Hawkeye conference honors
by defeating st. Joseph 4 to %. This
makes six shutouts for Upper Iowa
out Of the eight games won.
h, Iowan pensions recently granted are
as follows: Mary Billiard. sVanWert.
special act, So; Isuina McLain. Des
Moines, $12, and Susan r. Retsine,
Kalona, 712. ss e: *.5 y. s..
! The coroner'stjury1 at Council Bluffs
brought>in verdict placing the blame
for the death Of Engineer John Run
yon Of Perry upen William Sayles, q
young man of Council Bluffs. 9.:
Four-year-old George Sprigg, son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Veda Sprigg Of Gravity,
died from poison contained in the gum
from, peach tree which the child
ate. ;s{ST ~ f..ttzSg5 81
An epidemic of malignant diphther-
Ia has broken out at Newton. IWen-
ty cases have been reported. The
state board Of health has been APP
pealed to for help and member Of
the dairy department is there making
a meteorological examination Of the
milk. $:i
The little daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
A. w. johnson Of Waucoma was kill
ed when a team ran away with three
in wagon. The little girl
attempted to get on at the front end
and when her father grabbed her
both fell down, the little one falling
under the wagon. ,s b. III.
Mrs. Faber was found dead at her
home in Cherokee. Death was evi-
IDENTIFY caused by chloroform, which
nlled the room. 1t is thought to be q
case of suicide though no cause is as