Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-01-21
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Undaunted by their recent failure
to get the adult smokers Of Cedar
Falls to stop smoking on the streets,
the w. CIT. U. ladies Of that city
have launched q a new anti-smoke
crusade. Instead offappealing to the
confirmed smoker to retire to some
secluded spot to indulge his habit,
they have started with the boy smok-
.er Of cigarettes, evidently with a view
of decreasing the number Of smokers
IN the next generation. vi
"a record breaking land deal was
consummated at Mount Pleasant re-
Gently. p. Hurley purchased the
eighty acre farm Of John McKinnon,
located one mile north Of that city,
for $4,000 or $275 per acre. Now Mr..
Hurley has disposed Of the same piece
of property to u. A.. Courtner Of Marsh
for $4,000, or a fiat $500 an acre. Mr..
Hurley cleaned up $4,000 after holding
the property less than a week. e
S Fire at Dewar, near w aterloo, de-
stroyed the railroad station, elevator
and grain. The loss was over $11 900.
4 y G. Durant Jones has started a! motor
bus service in Perry which 1t Is be
lieyed will relieve conditions. Perry
HAS grown so fast in the last two
or three years and the newer add Il,
tions are so far. out the service OF
some kind was imperative, \
Anamosa churches have just finish
ed religious census Of the city which
has revealed most interesting figures.
The total number OF families in town,
as shown by the census lis $50. 81 The
total number Of people In these fam
flies is 2.O36. The total number hav-
Ing memb ership In: some church or
showing preference to some local
church is 945. 2i a M 5;li Il u
Bloodh rounds tracked three men
men suspected Of burning the barn OF
the sLodwick Brothers Coal company,
near Mystic in which seven head OF
mules and ponies. were destroyed The
dogs took up the trail at the burned
stable and led the officers to the home
of the suspects In Mystic. The men
are nowfSin jail ia 4 32f l1 ,5s
Two @highwaymen held up and rob
bed eli fford Milton Of -Ackley on the
Illinois Central railway track about I
mile east Of. Ackley, and, after bind
ing his legs and arms with a cartridge
belt and a strap, left him lying on the
track. He mana geds to roll off the
right OF way, where he was found by
"a passing farmer. Is
Cedar Falls will vote on bond is
sue Of $4,000 with which to complete
the municipal electric light and power
project. "A bond issue of $4,000 for
the erection of the new plant was vot-
ed last spring. Advances in cost Of
materials and labor disclosed the fact
that more money would be need ss
II a good roads program that con.
templates the erection Of another
$50, OOo bridge across the Cedar river
and the construction of a new high.
way entering the city from the north
west across a long stretch of river
bottom, has Just been outlined at Ce
dar Falls. 4, ],
Edith Wills, who has been missing
from her home for the last light days
has been heard from through two post
cards received BY her mother. Though
the post marks are almost illegt ble. ~
IS believed III y were mailed at PEGS eos
I t., Iowa. .53. n. $
ss.{{ A Scotch collie dog saved the life
of Charles n Kirby near GrisWold aftei
m angry bull ii ad thrown Mr.. Kirby
to the ground and was goring him
with his horns. The dog ward ed Oh
the attacking animal until help came
and rescued Mr.. Kirby. " sSs s.las
BY a vote Of twoAto one the city OF
Hampton voted to erect a new school
building next summer alta cost Of
$4,000. About 100000 Of this will 60
into the construction Of the high
school building and the remainder in
Ats equipment. 1.
" Sixty years Of married life was
celebrated recently by MI. and Mrs.
j John, ]. Welsh, residents Of Marshall
town since 500. Mr. Welsh is "a, his
wife. 81, and both are in excellent
health. Il Il a Il
3. +. Richardson, who is at the head
sof the Richardson Shoe company in
Dubuque, has filed a voluntary peti-
ition In bankruptcy. He lists his as.
sets at $24, o2O and his liabilities at
$26,676. MAJ. I. 5!
Because OF Ill health, Albert Olson.
aged .65, committed suicide at Musca-
tine. He has been in a paralytic con-
sdition for two years and had been de-
2spondent. He fired a bullet into his
brain and was dead when found.
Nathan simkins, aged 80, for fifty
years resident OF LeGrand, Marshall
county, is dead Of old age. One of his
sons, w. "A. Simkins. was until re.
Gently editor Of the Britt, Ia, News,
and postmaster at that place.
q Mrs. Anna Christina, SO years, old,
relieved to be the oldest resident Of
Scott county, has passed away. Among
the survivors are: nine great grand.
children. u f=2,.. S..$ a5.s!| ,s5.,'
Under the impet's Of the parcel
post the receipts of the Waterloo
.postoffice in 1918 were s23s,610, or a
gain OF $21, 409 over the previous year.
The receipts for last December were
s20,935. III s{
5&s The Jackson county agricultural
short course opened at Bellevue with
81 people. enrolled. This breaks all
records for the opening day enroll
ment during the eight years Of short
course work in Iowa. t
At The Theodore Thomas orchestra Of
Chicago will be the special feature of
the spring musical festival to be held;
in Iowa City May %.
I For the first time in years, the
doors Of Iowa Wesleyan at Mt. Pleas
ant will be thrown open this summer
for the benefit of all students that
wish to make up conditions or to take
normal training. Practically all the
members of the teaching staff have
been signed up for the six weeks ses-
sion. h5 Ut,
Iowa postmasters recently appointed
are Dillon, Marshall county, Herman
po a cnE vico G IT Hapen. Tundpren