Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-12-30

To tide over and minimize the SUI a
fering and want OF the needy persons
in Shenandoah during the extreme
cold weather, the Commercial club has
arranged an employment bureau.
Work will be given the poor that call
the secretary of the association. Peo-
pie wanting helpers leave their appli-
cations with the secretary and are
provided with them. There are: nu-
merous families there that have ask
ed for aid. since the cold weather
came. %S a..-g ~ ss
Leon suffered another loss by fire.
the barns owned by ]. CESAR were
burned. One barn was occupied by
the Aaron Poultry company as tenn
porary quarters. The poultry COM
pany lost about 1000 chickens and
similar number Of turkeys. Mr.. Ces-
lar lost large amount Of feed. NO
stock was burned. The loss Is be-
tween $1,000 and $4,000 with some
insurance. y $s aiss s
Lee Belmont Of Sioux City claims
he carries the banner for ill-luck. Five
years ago he broke his leg and the
bones healed badly, necessitating him
using crutch. Since then he has
broken the leg five different times, be-
ing laid up in the hospital at the pres.
ent time with broken bones. In ad.
! dition he is carrying q broken arm
around with him. E2e-g.s ~.
. A monster pine tree go years old
will serve as the community Christ
mas tree for Keokuk this year. The
old pine was soon to be cut down
along with other trees to clear space
for the playground for the new Gar
| field school which is being erected.
It was decided that no better use
could be found for it than for the Ke-
okuk celebration. ~ e. =
To cling to the vestibule Of fast
train with the mercury II below zero.
was the experience OF Arthur Krebs.
He boarded Rock Island train at
Cedar Falls, clinging r. to the rear
brass rail. He was unable to rouse
anyone inside and rode In the frig1d
wind until the train reached Greene.
when he fell to the platform.
| Z. d. W. 11OAuCl, o6Ou 6Ct y ~ 40 1890.
ried and has four children at Del.
vein, is held in jail awaiting action
by the federal grand jury on charge
Of having brought a Miss Quicken OF
Blue Earth, Mimi, across the state
border in violation OF the white slave
act. ,t$ ~ ~ 81 ,.+'1 r. IEiis
Former President J. B. Holtz, of the
Boone Commercial association, was
given a banquet by the directors OF
the association at the Hotel Crazy.
Mr.. Holtz will move his firm, the
Black Label Grove company, to Water
loo, in short time and for that rea-
son resigned the presidency. %on17E..'
BENJAMIN Fetr, a Rock Island en-
gineer who served for many years at
Eldon, died at Cleveland, o., and will
be buried in Pennsylvania. He was
aged II years and served In Penn
sylvania regiment during the war OF
the rebellion. r., 4 q i :. a
John NJ. Tickle and wife who have
spent the last three months in Alas
ka and Washington state with their
sons, returned to Lake City. Mr..
Tickle has been secretary of the
school board and city clerk at Lake
City for twenty years. This Is his
first real vacation. -, : r
A former Keokuk woman Is going
to the front in the European war.
Mrs. Arthur Orr, formerly Miss Alice
Neigs, daughter of Major Meigs, Is
to join the Red Cross service in
France along with other American
women. Her husband is secretary to
the American embassy. in Paris.
One Of the smallest. tax sales ever
held in Ringgold county was held
by County Treasurer R. A. Lawhead.
Several pieces of land were advertis-
ed but the tax was paid on all but
forty.four and there being eight bid
ders present the sale was concluded
! in few minutes. ~, I. l&
Both stores and the postonice at
Bentley, several miles east OF Council
| Bluffs, were robbed, probably by three
men who felt so secure in their de.
partures that they even built a fire IN
the 5ppostoffice stove and made them
selves comfortable. v \
Mrs. Frank Perkins Of Corwith
was badly burned and the house set
on fire by the explosion Of q gasoline
sad iron. The iron exploded In her
hand, throwing the burning fluid over
her right side and face, making very
painful II not dangerous burns.
| John Lawrence, a paroled convict
who has been held in the county jail
at Mason City for investigation IN
connection with the stealing Of the
Quimby automobile on Thanksgiving
day, lis to be returned to the Ana
mosa reiormatory.
Mr.. H. A. Gnagy had well drilled
on his farm near Shellsburg that cost
$3.50. It was necessary to drill 473
feet before good flow OF water was
secured.
Figu, es compiled by members OF the
board OF supervisors show that tho
last election cost Polk county 3d.
1854. OF this amount $1,000 was
for. the rental of twenty-five extra
voting machines. &, j. =! .s1..
More than ton of turtles Of the
Swapping variety" have been shipped
from. Alta to Chicago by one man.
Large numbers ane being shipped
eastward at the present time.
BY special election held in the
city OF Urbana, the town voted to
bond itself for $4,000 for the purpose
Of installing an electric light system.
There are three additional cases OF
dtphtheria in Shenandoah. Two chill
dren Of Swain Scion have the disease
and are under quarantine at their
home. One Of the girls is IL years
old and the other is 6. Howard
Holmes, son OF Mrs. Alice Holmes,
woe folon sick with tho disease