Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-03-25
Il Claude Henninger, who entered .
plea OF guilty to violating the Mann

mic Adams from Allentown Pa, TO
Missouri Valley, was sentenced to
serve sixty days in the county jail at
Logan. The court was lenient with
the young man when it was shown
that his wife had left him and he and
the girl came to Iowa to make their
home and marry when Henninger had
secured divorce. W, :.
4 IT William Dobson, formerly of
Tama county, happens to put in an
appearance within the next ten
years he will find himself possessed
Of $5,207 and it's accumulated inter.
est as a result Of the will of his faith
4er, the late Sumner Dobson. William
3Dobson disappeared and his where
abouts are not known. Before his
father died he divided up his proper
fty among his eleven children, each
share being; $5.2o7. ~ \
@5+3t DR.. John Dewey OF Columbia uni.
yersity,. the dean Of Minnesota uni
lyersity''s college OF education; Meyer,
Bloomfield, director OF the vocational
bureau Of Boston, and Prof James R.
Angel, a dean of Chicago university,
are among the speakers who will at,
tend the annual meeting OF the North
eastern Iowa Teachers association.
to be held at Cedar Rapids April 2
to 4. 53 9s \ :.ss, y; I.
Hal Wheeler. the 21-year-old son
OF Mrs. j ames Lee, living near Audi
bon; committed suicide at the home
OF Tom Newell, where he had lived
for two years. Wheeler shot himself
in the forehead. In searching for .
motive for the suicide it was found
that Wheeler recently had been told
that his frequent visits at the home
of a:young girl near the Newells
must cease. VI Vi II;
The contract for the building OF the
first strictly rural consolidated school
In Iowa was let by the board Of Lib.
erty township, Marshall county. The
contract price as $10,363, exclusive OF
plumbing /, heating + and lighting. The
school house will be erected about
i've miles north Of the town & Of Gle.
mons and III she used also as q 80.
cial center. Il 3i5 NJ
There Is q good deal OF excitement
In the !: southwestern part Of Hum.
boldt county over the report that gold
has been found on the, farm Of Roll
Hanson, one mile west Of Thor, by
well sdrillers. There were two lay.
ers OF the metal, one about 100 feet
below the surface In q hard rock form.
alton, and the other in black sand.
Chester Camp OF Corning, Joe
WEIGH Of Primghar, Evelyn Miller sot
| Calmar and Inez Henley Of Grinnell
all OF the class Of 1914 Of Grinnel col.
3lege, have been elected to member
ship in the Phi Beta Kappa society
al the four seniors who have receiv'
ed the highest grades during their
college course. III y.
Prof Arthur acMurray, head OF
the department Of public speaking at
3Ames college, has rendered his resig.
l3nation to the state board OF educa.
ton. He resigns to 60 to the Uni.
yersity OF Kansas, his alma mater, to
take charge of the department Of pub
lie speaking there. # =55,5 ty Eli 4 IS +
Ed Castle Sof Madrid, II years old
and an amateur '.blackhande !" was
taken by Deputy Sheriff Hannum OF
Boone to Eldora and placed in the
Industrial school. The youth wrote .
letter to Carl Lundafl at Madrid, de-
manding that he leave 500 In hiding
Tor. him or suffer the consequences. II
Dancing cut q big figure in the
Ischool election held in Knoxville. DR..
IA. r. Keeton and Banker e. r.. Jor.
dan made the race with the under.
.standing that II elected the teachers
and high school students would be
|compelled to cut out society, balls,
etc They were beaten. 3t.
On Friday evening, May Is, the
high school debating championship Of
Iowa will be decided at the univer-
|#sity at Iowa City. Lamont is the
winner In the southwest, Sigourney
In the southeast, Independence in the
northeast, and Algona In the. north
west. II. sl5 5.,,5 III
willis White, Is years old, was
found dead in a woods near Bloom
field by searching party. White had
been hunting and when he failed to
come nome to supper, his father
caused the search to be begun. "A
bullet had entered his abdomen.
j.. C. Young OF Cedar Rapids, rep
resenting the Iowa Railway & Light
company, has been in Nevada and
Maxwell arranging for the installation
sof a transmission line between the
two cities. y & Y, Esi n 5SE 81:
r. J. Steele, stock yards COM
mission man OF Sioux City and for
years an active member of the demo-
cratic party, is being urged to enter
the race for congress in the Eleventh
district. III Il Il 3
" Local clubs at Cedar Falls belong
ing to the Iowa Federation Of Wom-
ems clubs were entertained by Miss
Flora Dunlap OF Des Moines, head Of
the Iowa Equal Suffrage association
at meeting held on Tuesday.
The second largest bridge contract
letting ever, held IN Iowa was con-,
Quoted attthe court house at Knox
Vile recently. Contracts for bridge
and culvert work in Marion county
aggregating $4,000 were let. s Z,
A three weeks revival service
which has just closed at Lorimor re-
suited in eighteen baptisms, and
twenty-five united with the church.
Steps to force a reorganization of
the National Life association of Iowa
were taken by the insurance depart
ment of the State Auditors office
when the company's Iowa license was
revoked. The concern is thus pro.
hfbited from taking new business in
this state. ',@&
After a beating at the hands Of
Sioux City the Ames High school
basketball team defeated the Boone
High five II to 20. 80 t, =,
The general store of w. L. Ed.
ward in Griswold was broken into and
5000 worth of silk dresses, skirts,
waists and dress goods were stolen.