Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-01-14

The sale of a 800 acre farm north
east of Perry brings to light num-
Der of transactions all of which have
been Of profit to the owners of the
farm. A few years ago John Car
mody bought the farm and eight
months ago sold it to James Cook of
Correctionville at an advance Of $50
an acre. Mr.. Cook kept the place two
months and sold it for $12 an acre
more than he paid his son, DR.. O. E.
Cook of Perry purchasing it from
him for $145 an acre. Now DR.. Cook
has sold it to CHI. Harmon of Cedar
Rapids for s165 an acre, realizing a
profit Of $6,400 on his investment In
six months.
85 The Iowa Anti-Saloon league will
publish a weekly paper at Des Moines
to be known as the Iowa State Issue.
The news and editorial columns will
be devoted EXCLUSIVELY to the tenn
perance campaign in Iowa. Its pur-
pose is to create public sentiment in
favor. of the candidacy Of those legis-
latiye candidates who supported tenn
3perance legislation and to defeat in
the primaries those candidates known
to be opposed to temperance meas
ures. 5..& q I. .s !. :s,5.
! ri George S. Forest {of Portland, Ore,
who formerly owned and operated the
gas plant at Iowa Falls has been
named by Judge. Wright as receiver
tIa8 IT Co1 1cg H.. ~ toe
Two months ago the plainly demol-
ished by a runaway switch engine in
the Rock Island yards, and since
then the city has been without gas
service. y 81 Il b e & 4. hi
Harry Z. Marshall, for many years
superintende OF the composing room
OF the Cedar Ra pids Evening Gazette,
has Just become a large stockholder
in the plant, having purchased the
major portion Of the Faulkes hold
ings. Mr.. Marshalls son, Verne, for
merly Of the Sioux City Journal. will
return from the Minneapolis Tribune,
where he now holds an editorial desk,
to become associated with his father.
N Madison county first annual short
course. was held under the most prom
Using conditions. More than 800
farmers were in attendance. Three
separate departments were maintain.
ed during the week grain and fruit,
domestic science and animal hus-
bandry. Nearly 200 farmers entered
In the animal husbandry course.
~ One Of the most successful church
oo ~, fupe 9orar cnp I'D - TorDo
small town was that just closed at
woodward. Three weeks ago the
young mems class Of the M. e. church
consisted OF 81 twelve members. now
there are F157 members enrolled. \:
BY order Of Mayor H. M. Miller the
skating rink at t.Ayr, which was
under the management OF Robert
,Halet, was closed. The decision was
handed down following the trial Of al.
|Hleged disturbers at the rink.
The total improvements for the
last year in Cedar Falls are estimat-
ed at SIT 800, divided as follows:
Municipal, $141 1000, private improve
ments, including the completion Of
thirty-three new residences, $4S5,000.
M. Fl Jackman, a farmer living
near Estherville, was instantly killed
in an automobile accident. His car
skidded on a newly graveled stretch
OF road. He lost control and the car
overturned. nj a,.5 Il Il y 4 III 4 "a
For sixteen years Judge Franklin
C. Plat Of Waterloo has presided at
sessions OF court in the Tenth district
and he considers he has occupied the
bench long enough. He will not be q
candidate for reelection. s ~
Amos Cameron, farmer living
near Otteryille, placed the butt OF
his shotgun In a vice, aimed the gun
to- "a nicely, tied a string to the trig-
ger, stood in front Of the gun, and
pulled the string. Tx +. ~
An Iowa City Travelling Mems fas:-
asociation has been formed. "A. w. Gif-
ford was elected temp orary president
at a banquet rendered the travelling
men by the proprietors Of the new
Hotel Jefferson sF{
Between three and four hundred
statesmen vert in Shenandoah at the
annual conventio Of the stock powder
me The assemblies closed with ban:
5Quets. TAI
II Frank Dickerson pleaded guilty at
Newton to- uttering forged instru-
ment and was sentenced to serve not
to exceed fifteen years at hard labor
in the Anamosa reformatory.
The Methodist congregation at Web
ster City celebrated the first anniver-
sary Of the dedication OF the new.
$4,000 church. The Rev. 9. W..
Southwell preached.
More candidates are trying out for
the Iowa City High school rife team
than were out for football. Forty-two
aspirants are practicing regularly In
the new high school shooting gallery.
q Michael NIalaney, 83 years old and
one of the Oldest residents OF the town
OF Humeston is dead. He was a Civil
war veteran and a member OF the
Masonic and l. O. F. lodges.
Flick Marchmoa, a Russian. is I'M
der arrest at Mason City charged with
sending an obscene letter to young
woman. It was written in Russian
and sent by a messenger.
Mrs. Elizabeth w. Healey, mother
Of the late Captain Healey, has cele-
brated her Goth birthday. She has liy-
ed in Dubuque eighty years.
{ Vern Holmes paid $3.50 per acre for
eighty acres of the c. F. McClenahan
farm south of Shenandoah. The sale
has just been closed. 5
i With three state poultry associa-
ton cups to be awarded and more
than forty other valuable prizes, the
Cedar Falls and Waterloo Poultry as
ISOLATION opened its seventh annual
show. This association is one of the
largest in northern Iowa and there
were more than $500 pens Of birds
on display. -e
Z Travelling men forced to kill time
in the labbies of hotedS at Iowa towns