Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-06-17
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The state conference Of Iowa Sew
$enth Day Adventists in session at the
state fair grounds at Des Moines
elected the, following officers for next
year: President Of the Iowa confer
ence, Elder A. R. ogden of Nevada,
was reelected; secretary, Mrs. Flora
". Dorcas; executive committee, a.
p. Hansen, j. w. Dorcas, j.. w. McCo-
mas, o. J.. Nerlund, e. w. Wolfe and
J. l.. MCGEE for, trea surer, ]. w. Dor
cas-; secretary OF the Sabbath school
department, Mrs. Flora v. Dorcas;f
field missionary and Sabbath school
secretary, Meta x, Peterson; general
canyassing agent, y. L. MCGEE; young!
peoples and educational secretary, B.
"A. Wolcott; tract society secretary,
Roy Bowles. (; tzs i /.
More than $50 funeral directors
from all over the state finished their,
thirty-fourth annual d convention in
Iowa City with aElecture by President
Thomas H. Nj bride Of the state uni
versity on Ancient and Mod ern Bur-
4 ials. Z The talk was illustrated with
lantern slide views showing the burial
customs Of different peoples from the
times OF the ancient Egyptians with.
their mummies to the twentieth CEN
fury methods OF embalming Des
zMoines vas selected as the place for Tor
the next annual meeting. F.. D. Ker-:
rick Of Fairfield was elected president
and Charles Emerson OF Crest ton, sec
Rotary and treasurer.
4 Il: The first strike or natural gas in
western Iowa was made few days
ago on the Frank Gibson farm east
OF Log gan. While boring an extension
to q well ataa depth 81 SIS feet q strong
$fiow OF gas was struck. Rock 4 and
sand were thrown 60 feet into the air,
4 The drills were hastily drawn UP and
later the gas was accid entally lighted.
II continued to burn until the well
was blocked with sand u 5 5%3 I'd
II Bert Thomas s 1, ella, committed
%suicid on the highway nine miles
northwest Of Oska loosa He had SUI.
SSered from neuralgia for some time
4 and "a n ote said 1t was because of his
suffering that he decided to take his
life. This sis the fifth member OF sthe
Thomas family to meet q, violent
4 death. either by suicide or accident II
i the last few years. $sE.% 4 s:ss5
Joe Batcheldon OF tRiverton, age
about 80 years, was ground to pieces
lin the machinery or q dredge boat on
the Missouri bottom five miles west
of Sidney. He was caught In / the
cogs and died In most horrible way.
+ Clarence Dodson, an assistant, sue
Sceeded In stopping the machinery. but
was himself severely In jured, 83 s
he editor OF the Stacyville Moni-
J tor. H o & M Glashon, has permitted
I the paper to be taken up by the hold
FER OF a mortgage 3on the plant, Rev. ].
/ N. Schleuter, and left for his former
1 home In Morris, III. 8 Mr.. Mo Glashon
came to Stacyville shout q ear ago
and succeeded in getting out cred.
4 table paper for year. 5,535
Or. Cleworth Of the First Methodist
church of Burlington suffered = stroke
\ OF 3 3paraly Sis n after presiding at ~ .
church banquet. He has Allied the
Z pulpit 4 of the First M. E. church in
h that city only . brief time, having
come there from An derson, u Ind. sS
The cornerstone OF the new $780,.
900 gymnasium OF the Dubuque Ger
4 man college was laid with impressive
4 ceremonies. William Foulkes, D. D.,
president Of the college board Of d.
STectors Of Philadelphia, was master
of ceremonies. II III s ~ 4
85 Melva NIL Hodson, the two-year-old
daug Inter OF Mrs. Cora iHodson, Of
SAdel, f was ss drowned In the mill
&siough She wandered from home, Z
4 distance OF about three blocks The
J body was found where the water was
I nine feet deep. 81; \. . 32j
The Boone first aid team IN mine
y Fescue work took the prize, q hand
some cup. at the lbia meeting. The
towns Of Hiteman, Rathbun, Abba,
Mystic, Hooking. Buxton. and Ottum.
wa we're repres ented and tile contests
were spirited and interesting #
s One OF the top notch land sales OF
this season was that Of the Bernard
i Goldman farm near Manson ITO Julius
t@s'1eideman, at q price OF 1857 per
\ acre. The farm was owned by VIII
+ Ham Nimke, who bought It last year
for s l66 per. acre. Al n ss
The six sons OF Martin Hanson act
i ed as pallbearers at the funeral Of
their father which was held at Wash
I ington Prairie near Waukon. The de-
ceased was born in Norway and had
resided lin Glenwood township for ~
years. III .:l!a A. " Z Y
ss The 14.year-old son of John Smith,
living two miles north OF Meriden,
! was attacked by tramp while at
work at This home and severely cut
The boy was left In an unconscious
condition. es i &, i
Y The automobile was declared to be
an instrument Of the devil5and an en-
( envy of the. church by Rev. A.. c.
Woodward of Clarirda, in a sermon at
5Shambaugh. IS.
The state fair association has set
aside a fund Of $4,000 with which to
4 advertise the fair this year. About 500
4 daily and weekly papers OF the state
will be used and a month before the,
opening Of the fair, reels of moving
picture film showing attractive views
of the occasion will be exhibited in
picture shows over the state. II
d Arle Curtis, 80 years old. of Chart.
ton. was probably fatally hurt at
! Ridgeway. Mo-, when a Burlington
train on which he was brakeman.
broke. in two. His back was broken
and it was believed he sustained in