Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-08-26
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NEWS
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e Two men were killed and two SER
tously injured when an automobile
turned turtle in the ditch at New VI
emma, thirty miles west Of Dubuque.
The dead are Adam ]. Hofer, Henry
Gerken, and the injured Henry Boggi.
and DR.. j. L. Abehm. The machine
was going down hill when the driv-
er lost control. 1t ran into the ditch
and pinned the two men who lost
their lives under it. l' A
e Hearing the screams OF his 6-year-
old daughter, Andrew Meisky, farm
Or living near Iowa City, ran to his
hog lot just in time to save the life
OF his wife, who had been attacked
by the Infatuated animals. Mrs. Meis-
ky was knocked down and badly bitten
and tramp1ed, and the little girls arm
was lacerated before they were res
5Cued. fiji -, ". E#
The resignation Of A. A. Slade, for
the past two years superintendent OF
schools at Iowa City, has been receive
Cd by the school board. Mr.. Slade
has been compelled to resign because
of Ill health. L. F. Meade, who came
there last year from Mason City to
take the position Of principal Of the
high school, was elected as superin-
tendent to succeed him. sls
& Manchester has had its first case Of
injury under the new workmen's COM
pensation and liability act. Isaac
Hammond, while at work on the third
floor, Of the new First National Bank
building lost a thumb In an. iron pull
~. According to the new law Mr..
hammond will receive for the loss Of
his thumb the sum Of 5000. and all doc
tors bills in addition. X II
a Ground is being broken for the mann
moth new factory building Of the
Iowa Gate company in East Cedar
Falls. From appearances the new
building viii cover a Large area. Cedar
Falls is becoming known as the center
OF gate manufacturing In the United
States. Il. .Es. IS. & l }.s
NJ OF the seventy-nine Sac county ba-
bies between the ages Of 1 and 3
years entered in the Sac county fair
health contest, prizes were awarded
to twenty-five following an auto par
.ade on the race track OF the winners
and their mothers. Sixty OF the babies
entered scored over 80 per cent.
4 An old settlers picnic will be held
at Maxwell September 10th. Old set
tiers far and near are cordially invit-
ed to come and bring their friends.
Jesse Bowen is president Of the asso-
cation and Martin Troup secretary.
Former Senator E. G. Moon OF OF
tumwa received a telegram from Con-
gresham Maurice Connolly stating
that Mr.. Moon had been appointed as
sistant United States district attor.
sney. z. .5s., 3. E. 5.5 !.
W. p. Adams. OF Fair View farm,
near Odebolt, has finished threshing
and marketing 900 acres OF, barley.
The yield was close to thirty-hye
bushels per acre, or about 1880
bushels ss.s..$a
An ordinance has been passed by
the city council Of Des Moines which
prohibits circuses. carnivals or other
outdoor attractions from giving per
formances in Des Moines during state
fair time. IS &. 4, IS. y 81
u The postofice employees At Denison
are much elated over the prospect Of
moving into the new federal building
this week. Denison's new postoffice
building cost $4,000,
"a new cement bridge is being Com
structed near Sioux Rapids on the Air
Line, a well known automobile road:
The old wooden bridge was becoming
unsafe. ,s5 35s
The German-American bank Of
Sioux City, small private Institution
having }23 900 deposits. has suspended
business. Officers say depositors will
be paid in full. ri 81 ss s3. 7: N
Is a match dropped upon q floor satu-,
rated with Il gasoline which escaped
from q kitchen stove. resulted in the
death Of James Moore, aged 5 years.
at Muscatine. II
Walter D. Dlney. aged IS, head Of
the boy scouts Of Iowa, WIS married
last week at Des Moines to Maude E.
"A. Geton. aged 50. Of Black Hills. 8.
q. 100 t5s4
81 John Robertson has sold two hun
dred and forty acres of farm land
southeast Of Iowa Falls in Jackson
township to Morris Frisbie and Walter
Fuller at $500 per acre. !. s8 n 7.
Il The board OF directors Of the Sac
City school district has decided to
open this fall the new department Of
manual training, Offering instruction
70 pupils Of the high school and OF
the seventh and eighth grades. Dom
Sstic science and agriculture were in
troduced last year.
The Lake View Commercial club
and city council have taken steps to
Improve Wall Lake Immediately. 1t
has been practically decided to pump
the water OF Indian creek through
pipes into the lake and put in dam.
assuring plenty Of water the year
around. .52..5. n r.
4 During the month Of July, 1914,
there were 1858 industrial accidents In
Iowa. For some reason July is not q
heavy accident month, although the:
weather is hot and the workers are
under heavy strain. August, howev-
or, is 4 disastrous month. and the Sac-
cidents will run much higher than in
July, according to the officials.
+ After being in . crippled condition
for moro than ten years. Frederick
Techau, aged 70 years. committed
suicide at Muscatine by hanging.
"A meeting of the Kossuth County
Editorial association VII be held ct
Friday. Ausnst "a. \
& Postmasters appointed for Iowa Of
recent date are: .Ainswofth, Washing
ton county, William W. Moore, vice
william It. Trotter; Kenwood Park,
Linn county, Jacob A. Oxley, vice
Hugh Napier; Oakyille, Louisa coun-'
". Fern F.. Conield, vice George R.
Hall. *;
i An auto driven by William Pull and
containing his wife and small child