Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-09-02
Arrangements have been +. made for. /.

among the business men Of the city
with such success that purse OF 5000
will be put up for the first three
4 teams-S300 to 60 to the winning
team, 5000 to the second team, and
500 to the third The, fourth team
Will receive expenses. +z S5 VI ~! X
Joe ~ Long OF Des Moines. secre-
tary and trustee OF the Iowa Good
Roads federation. and his brother;
David, who is state director Of the or
ganIzation. were guests Of the direc-
tors Of the commercial association at
Ottumwa The plans and purposes OF
the federation were explained at
length by the Long brothers, who
we're present for the purpose Of or
ganizing Wapello5 county into the;
movement. 4: s32} n Z: yg
There was going to be a carnival in
Webster City this week. There isn't.
now. however. The lot was engaged,
and all other arrangements made.
Mayor Valentine however, refused to
issue a license. The mayor and the
Webster City. W. C. r. u. prefer to ac--
cept the. theory that carnivals are
still carniyals and that their general
influence on a community is not for
the best. = /. .:.$s;: MI a
The Commercial club OF Charles
City Is completing arrangements for
the fall festival to be held Sept. "a.
It has secured from the state agricul-
tural college Prof, James Watson to
speak on dairying. Prof. J. w. Cover
dale to speak on county advisers, and
DR.. CD. Rice to speak on hog chol-
era. There will be a balloon ascen-
sion, parades and numerous other at
fractions. 2. f$.si 3ll5a
Mrs. John Cummings, aged about
so, q widow living on farm ten
miles southeast OF Grinnell, was shot
and killed by Lester Noble. aged so,
q farm hand, who then committed
suicide over her body Noble had
heen employed on the Cummings
farm for FIVE years and it is said that
his act followed his discharge by the
woman. 81 B 2.iz Vi. y 4
Donald Mullen. II. son OF James
Mullen Of Charlton. is dead after an
Illness OF few days OF &hydrophobi
The boy was bitten several months
ago by a dog, but the wound soon
healed and was not considered Sseri-
GUS. When he became i'll aEfew days
ago he was taken to Iowa City for
treatment, but nothing could be done
to save him. WIZ: $t5 K .zss
The coroner's jury in an inquest on
the death OF the man killed at ( ttum-
wa by Burlington switch engine
Identified the body as that Of Charles
Anderson, a car repairer at the Mil
zwaukee yards. The Jury also states
IN its verict that the death OF Ander-
son was caused by Burlington switch
engine, the headlight Of which was in
adequate. 5y 81 s5S 3gy. IA. ...i u; AZ
An appeal to the supreme court of
the United States has been taken in
the case Of P. j. Hamill vs.. Schlttz
Brewing company. The case arose In
Greene county, Iowa, oyer the sale Of
liquor to Hamill. He contended that
as 1t was illegal to ship booze into
dry territory, the brewing company
had no power to collect 1t. The Iowa
supreme court ruled against him.
Fishermen found the: body Of an I'M
identified man in the Mississippi at
Davenport. "A heavy log chain was
wrapped around the waist and forty
pound rock was strapped to the belt.
The dead man was about IS years OF
age. No clews to his identity could
be discovered. n, " . IA ~
95 The Des Moines annual conference
Of the Methodist Episcopal church
will convene in Atlantic Sept 9 at 9
O'Clock. Owing to the illness Of
Bishop Frank NJ Bristol of Omaha,
bishop Charles w, Smith Of st. Louis
will preside. IS u. i 81. 4. 2
\; The big barn on the Charles OAR
nell farm southeast OF Pleasantville
was burned! Three horses, two mules.
AN automobile farm Implements and
machinery. and quantity Of hay and
grain. were also destroyed The loss
will run close to So, 900. f.;3535
& The city Of ,Waukona has enjoyed an
unprecedented building boom during
the past year. The Il new business
buildings represent over $22,0 900 resi-
5ences, etc., over $4,000; street i'm:
provements in excess Of 81, 900. IA
u A big family reunion and picnic OF
the descendants Of the Townsend fam
lily was held at the c.. E. Jones farm
south g.of \ Tabor. More than sixty
vert in attendance. twas decided
to hold a reunion every year. =.5,s
Henry DUNCAN and other members
.of a threshing crew narrowly escaped
with their lives when their engine and
separator broke al county bridge and
went down In a heap four miles south
of Logan. 81 a: ;.5 5%
VA Miss Mary Lane, who is said to have
confessed to the murder Sof her infane
some weeks ago at Dubuque, was ad.
mitted by Judge NJ Bronson to bail in
sum OF $500. which was furnished.
Il The Germans of Denison held fall !
festival last week at which there was
a good attendance. The Denison band
furnished music during the day and
various sports were participated In.
4; Homesick for her home at Maysvilie
Mrs.. Doris Goettsch, So years Of age,
Of Davenport. committed suicide by |
hanging herselfin the cellar OF her
home 5ist III 4 sE 5:s II is. }
Property estimated at SIC. 900 was
destroyed by fire at Popejoy, Franklin
county. The fire started In the gem,
eral store OF Grover Petrie from an un-
known cause. Three other buildings
and stocks, including implement stock,
hotel and postoffice, were q total loss.
There was no fire protection and the
departments from Dows and Iowa
Falls responded to an appeal for help
Mike Barthell Of Waukon has plans
drawn up for a fine business block on
Allamakee street to be 70x140. The
contemplated structure will contain
two business apartments and also