Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-01-14
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3 38 The Cardiff Giant has been return
L ed to its native home in Fort Dodge.
The big fellow, weighing 1890 pounds,
is in good condition. The giant left
\ Fort Dodge in 1868 as a rough piece
4 Of gypsum rock. He was transported
\ by wagon to Boone and thence to Chi.
cago, where he was carved. He then
u was taken to New York state, buried
and later discovered" Many scien-
& fists were fooled and Its owners made;
A fortunes displaying the giant man
turned $to stone. n sc q: y t ~.
Nimrods OF Sac City and vicinity
have formed the Sac County Gun club
y Fifty men. VIII o are the charter mem
4 bers, met in Sac City and elected as
\ OFFICERS \: President, Orville Lee. Sac
city; vice president, Robert McTigue.
n Nemata, and William Arndt, Lytton;
secretary, w. 5F. Weary,,ss5 Sac City;;.
treasurer, G. "a. 81 Schultz, Sac City. It
as planned to hold a shoot each week
during the winter. .s;${ Nh 4
Il board Of supervisors. N 3s1a
IA spirited fight for the position Of
judge Of the district court appears to.
be in prospect in the Eighth district,
consisting OF J ohnson and Iowa conn-
ties. The list Of candidates viii In
clude r. p. Howell, W. Baldwin.
q Ralph Otto, u ] ]. Ney;j and Sam p:
! Whiting. H vi
Petro Poncine. wanted at Mason
h City on "a charge Of sta bling William
Ware, IN his foreman at the cement
plant, was caught at Hurley, station.
4 He was folloWed several miles across
country by W.T. s Zook, section fore
man az Burchinal, who recognized him:
Parents are worried and police are
perplexed over the wide use Of drugs
Y by boys under twenty years ofSage re-
siding at Waterloo a youth of IS,
whose condition has become so grave
\ as to alarm his parents. will be sent
I to- an Institution for cure, 3;as m
improvements; at Waterloo In the
last week were a third more than ey-
& ers known bel fore, the total reaching,
II .$4,OSS Of which So, OF s, 4S3 was
for private Improvements. including
374 new esidences and thirty-six bust
ness houses. a.. 33
The high school building # recently
completed $.at Creston cost q i total OF
$50, 900. has tWenty-four class
rooms and a large assembly room. a
public library and book store are in
one corner Of the structure.
Col. G. c. Horton, commandment OF
the Iowa Soldiers home. has received
from the state board of control, Off
acial notification of his reappointment
as command ant for an other term Of
four years. s5; Al u Ell
The officials !; OF Sioux county gave
I banquet In honor Of .A. Wander Medic
#in5thef court house at Orange City. The
occasion was the completion OF the.
4 tWenty.ffth year Of Mi. Wander
4 Mead e's service az member Of the
AT meeting Of the city council OF
4 Mount Pleasant contracts were let,
ssfor plans for a; new concrete reser:
svoir and pressure pump as an addition:
Ito the Mount Pleasant municipal vat
4 err works: u $s3 /, &
sis At a meeting Of the pastors ascot
I, alton Of the Iowa Friends held at
sMarshalltoWn, June 22.27 were fixed
as the dates for the summer assem-
! bly, sof Friends, to be held IN oska-s
Z loosa. III saS3$5s u II
The claim that 3. S. Miller Of Des
j Moines is the oldest insurance agent
I in5IoWa has brought a challenge from
IT. G.. Gilkin OF W interset, who de-
4 clares he wrote his first policy a year.
and half before Mr.. Miller started.
& 55s b 7. ~ H. 4 McQuillen Of Dubuque is a.
candidate for the seat of the late NJ
\ II. Met ullough, member of the legisla-
4 ture. In any event he will be before:
the primaries in June Mr.. M CULLEN.
is a democrat. {ts,z5 h .5s
Adam SGipe OF White Cloud town
ship, Mills county, has given to each
I OF his four children q section Of land.
4 The four presents are worth about
$500, 900. The land lis in the southern
part OF the county. " II n
i Marie Walters, aged rs years, a.
4 resident Of Allamakee county since
1883, died at Rossyille recently. She
Is survived by her usband, five chill.
\ \ Ian, thirteen grandchildren and nine:
great grandchildre .,ss 4. II. 4 {.
sSss The body of C. E. tSteelhammer,
j farm hand, was found hanging to an
evergreen tree In a remote corner of
Aspen Grove cemetery at Burlington;
nat is thought the body had been hang.
: ing for a week or more. .j 5s;5s
3S Mason City built more than 400 new
homes during 1918, which are conserv-
atively valued at 100000. Industrial
and business buildings built, or en-.
firely remodeled, total another mil
lion or more. i.s s@ y
Rural mail carriers OF Iowa will
convene IN tDes Moines this year, July
u. 8 and a, according to decision of
the executive committee.
s# Hans HEIDI Of Ogden died last week
at the home of his son. He was 80
years old and has resided in Boone
county for forty years. Is @S
Eighty thousand dollars alone for
/ transformers will be paid because the
i Fort Dodge Gas & Electric company
will hereafter purchase Its electricity
v from the Fort Dodge. Des Moines &
j Southern and the current will be
changed from sixty cycle to twenty
five cycle. Every motor in Fort
!; Dodge must be replaced.
Anna Pattee and Mrs. John Burk,
4 two women shoplifters who stole a
large quantity Of furs and dresses
from Davenport department stores,
each was fined 500 and costs. A
large quantity OF stolen goods was
found In the homes Of the two women.
The ffty-second annual meeting Of
the Clayton County Fair Association,
composed OF eighty men who held life
memberships in the society, was held
at Farmersburg. Among those pres.
ent at the meeting was John Everall,
.yone Of the founders Of the society in
1861. y5 i s.i :"
Although the biennial primary cleo
tion is yet five months away, the
party leaders are ipdustriously en-