Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-07-08

l I'LL N0kIIOl CIV ! tVvU Osy4s AtAS VI WV III
/. Representatives Of the corn canning
industry OF Iowa met in Des Moines
to discuss crop and market prospects.
with a view to determining the ap-
proximate pack OF the thirty-seven
canning plants in Iowa this fall. G.
w. Drake. secretary, declared that the
pack probably would be double that
OF last year. when 1t was unusually
small due to overproductlon in 1911
and 1912. He said that approximately
26, 900 acres OF Iowa land now we're
planted to sweet corn and that pres.
ent indications were for = bumper
crop. g .+5$s,
J. H. Daley, a banked OF Sanborn.
Iowa. has unexpectedly increased his
fortune during the last few days. A
number of years ago he loaned $50 to
a man named John Quillish. q black
smith, who invented q check rein A
tachment for a harness. He secured
q patent on 1t, but was never able to
turn it to any account. Finally he
gave 1t to Mr.. Daley to pay the $50.
Later MI. Daley traded the patenttfor
piece OF land In Kentucky that was
considered worthless. AEfew days ago
he received an offer Of $1,000 600 for the
land. He finds that he has one Of the
best coal mines in the state.
Persistent rumors are in circulation
to the effect that Grinnell college Is
to lose President, j. H. T. Main. He
is at present In the east and 1t is said
that the trip vas made with the In
tentton of in vestigating an offer to &C
cept the leadership or some large edu-
cational institution, According to
Grinnell friends OF President Main he
has been offered a position by the gov
erning board Of a New York institu.
ton and the salary mentioned Is $l2,,
900 a year.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Tanker, who
claim the distinction OF being the old
est married couple in the northwest,
have lust observed their seventy
eighth wedding anniversary at their
home in Sioux City. Mr.. Tanker is
r. past U1Sy C1lo hOLu dAu hlS W n"
reach her ninety.eighths milestone next
November. 81
Smaller loss from hog cholera this
year thar last among Scott county
stock raisers is reported by G.. r.
Bliss. county agriculturalist, Use OF
the vaccine manufactured by the state
laboratory at AInes is becoming more
general and results have been crafty
ing.
Postmasters recently appointed for
Iowa are: Talmage, Union county,
Bert 3. White, vice Frank 3D. Thomp.
son, resigned; Wrightman. Calhoun
county, Julia NJ. Gofney. vice William
C. Ferguson, removed. William F. Els,
ner reappointed postmaster at Nash.
Vile, Jackson, county,
The building committee OF the state
board OF education decided upon a site
for the new woman's building to be
erected at Iowa City. The building
will be placed back of the old science
hall on the hillside. The plans. are
already dra wn and work will start
this summer. The cost will be $4,000
Secretary C. F. Rauscher at Ottum.
walls receiving applications for entry
to the state golf tournament that
opens on the Country club course near
that city July 6 and continues for the
week. Marshalltown was the twenti.
eth club to enter and three or four
more are expected.
The big fill leading to the Milwaukee
vtaAuct over the Des Moines river
west Of Madrid has suffered from the
effects Of recent rains. slide Of
considerable proportion occurred on
the north side @of the I'LL and the en-
tire fill was thought for a time to be
in danger.
"A scloudburst at Muscatine flooded
the streets to aEdepth OF, two feet and
caused the Mississippi, already at flood
tide, to jump four inches. Easements
In I. the downtown area were flooded
with heavy losses.
The college inspection board Of the
war department at Washington has
made its report to President Thomas
HI: Macbride, and commends the work
OF the military department OF the Uni
versity or Iowa in high terms.
Johnnie Long.I12 years old, the only
child OF Mr.: and Mrs. Sidney Long
OF. Mount Pleasant. died from burns
sustained in starting fire by using coal
OIL.
George T. Mcfarland, an old settler
OF Story county near Gilbert and State
Center, recently passed away at the
age of So years at the home of q
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Fire. thought to have been started
by spontaneous combustion. destroyed
the Clarence Blackman sawmill locat'
ed near Coalport.
Six new rural school houses are to
be built in north Tama county this
summer. All are to be constructed oil
brick, costing around $500 each.
William G. Clark. a well known at
torney of Cedar Rapids. was served
with notice there that he had been
made defendant in a breach of prom.
Use suit for $685. 900. The plaintiff is
Miss Theresa O'Connell.
Mrs. Edith Horn, aged 81. a bride
OF six months. committed suicide by
taking poison at Melbourne. Despond.
ency was given as the cause of the
act. She was the wife OF John T,
Horn, alarm laborerl
Johnnie Wenger of Highland town
ship near Elkader was found dead un'
der his auto, which had turned turtle
and Killed him. Is .@S
John Hunter. aged AZ. and single.
| of Durango, Dubuque county, while at
tendins a barn dance at a farm near
his home, lost his balance and fell to
the ground from a window. His neck
vas broken.
Victor Minella. aged So, a mine
worker at Lovilia, was shot and in
stantly killed during a qua-ra; with his
wife at their home. The m was