Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-08-05

the state will be practically worthless,
according TO the statement oy,
farmers and hose who own
There Will be practically no apples At
all. The present peach prospects are
splendid and unless something hap
pens to them it's expected that there
WILDE an unusually hne yield. Grapes
are*also reported TO pc IN gooa%con rsa
tion. i
Eleven Iowa newspapers have
adopted a modified degree OF sim,
plifed spelling. The Iowa neWspa-
pers that have decided to adopt
reform are: Cedar Falls Record, Co
dar Falls Gazette, Waterloo Courier
and Reporter, Waterloo Iimes-Irio
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investigation OF blind pigs IN the
pool rooms at Davenport is to pc:
turned y to$the federal authorities
andSthe local police VIII IN future
q nothing to5do with selilng OF
intoxicants LABELED 9 n "cloer.
Complaint that many OF the local pool
rooms e'[rls, were We re nothing \ llllg else else .tnan plin9
was MADE ana sWh 10 ale ralo
on the 3Dliiiara mans 81olioWed, result
ing ing IN the 70 ~ O. 2 arg
amount OF @ Dstr .3SS
Daily visits are being made to tne
PIKE PIKE r rt' ~ & iowa ioRs DIG lakes q ana st tne
.pelts =. g'l IS = are ,5sSl, lAs n ,o1lls
3tarse tE1n go .si,al. e*' q :.
sneldon 1lileo. tWe an t"N PIE .h' Sou.
q spirit ake winch X erage aoout
POUNDS and 2 nail all eacn.. -. Gian
~ Il les 1eHs'za q 2 q s~ucceeuea N ta .alls
nome e5 seventeen ssln OF the same Dre e. az =.
oIS generous Welsn aMS
AZ W. Howell has purchased the
Conger farm consisting Of eighty
acres for $4,000. This tract Of land
is situated near DeSSoto. and contains
four springs,3the largest OF which. lows
10000 gallons a day. MT. Howell y
to- convert the property into "a health
resort and will invest Approximately
100000: "a s~anitariiumn is to erect rect
ed as well as cottages, st
J The Mumm5 ,farm$of sixty acres, 10
Gated aShalf mile from Reinbeck, was
sold recently by =. 2. McGrew to
Thomas Copley for $500 an acre, the
highest price9ev paid for a farm in
central Iowa. The farm is well i'm
proved. Mr.. aMcGrew bought the farm
three years ago; for $215' an acre. s
Representative julius Rohwer Of
Ida Grove has been notified by the
Executive board Of the national star
spangled banner centennial that he
viii be an accredited representative
from iowa. appointed by Governor
Clarke. to that ven which viii be
held In Baltimore Sept. 6 to Is. Ell
Az romance OF the Iowa State uni
yerrsity campus eliminated in tho
marriage at Waterloo OF Horace Blake
of Missouurri%Valley and Miss Nora
Burk of waterloo. They are Juniors
and w~illSreturn In the autumn to com
plete their courses. Mr.. Blake will be-
come aHciyilt engineer. f d t4g
The controller: of The currency has
r.caivad the annlication n the fol.
~lowinp narsons n organize the First:
Nationai fhank q ILawler. capital $50.
coo. Rite Parker Mav&P. BAILEY, Fan.
nio :Himes.% III Hines and Hen.
r;o++a Martin .5y3
lewis Johnson q Of w. S John
editor ana n~roprietor Of the
acbra has been taken into
n~artnershins with his father. M
Jnhn snn .Ir = : praduate Of Coe col.
lege The Arm win be. known as
Johnson & Johnson,
An advance az $4,000 in the value OF
ANA acre Iowa farm in a few
was shown last week when ! T.. Mui[r,
&c Warren county sold his farm ia,
Frank Phillips Of Des M,ooines for
nearly 10000
ar the =
Mary Bradley. the year and 4 half
Old baby 81 MI. andEM Mrs. John Brad;
lev of Shenandoah. died from burns
received when she. fell into q pan Of
holm
The ladies OF Colonel Hare circl,e. q.
"A, r., will entertain the First Iowa
infantry at MuuLscatine Aug. II. This
will take the place Of the regular tri-
ennial reunion.
John Krause, a farmer Of near
schaller, was crushed to death under
a heavy binder when his horses were
frightened by IN approaching automo-S
bile. "
The Alta fair, to be held5Aug. 19'21,f
will have all three candidates for$theg
United States senate present to 3deliV-a
.er addresses on ${separate days.
Raymond Dubois, the 1~5-year-old son
of Mr.. and Mrs ~ Dubois ofgCor
rectionville, suffered q broken forearm
while .cranking his fathers automobile.
Bonaparte is now to be known as
the white City" as the merchants
lave agreed to paint all the business