Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-07-15
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D0SelilAAlcT VI MOudiC 40 IL Aous
condition and may die as 4 result oi
an accident. The lad secured = dyna.
mite capswhich he carried to the hay
NOV and exploded. the force Of the
explosion tearing a hole in his breast
damaging his eyes so that he may
be blind, tearing of one finger ana
one thumb and intlicting other injur,
les Of a less serious nature.
Every man In the four regiments OF
the Iowa National Guard is to be vac
cinated for typhoid fever before he
reports for duty August 40 for the
maneuver camp, according to Adj
Gen. Guy Logan. The lull in the ar
my's activities in Mexico apparently
has made no difference in the plans oil
the war department for immunizini
the Iowa soldiers to this disease.
Ross s. Marshall, superintendent OF
the eastern division of the Minneap
oils & st. Louis railway, has resigned
his position TO accept the general su
perintendency Of the Seaboard ant
Airline route with headquarters al
Richmond, Va. He will be succeeded
by J. p. Houston, superintendent o.
the Des Moines line, with headquarters
at Fort Dodge.
The corner stone of the new First
Methodist Episcopal church In For,
Dodge, the structure to cost $S5, 200
was sla:d with appropriate ceremonies
Mrs. Margaret Garmos. . member o
the Methodist church for three quar-
tiers OF q century and donor OF $4,000
for the new building, was selected fol
the most prominent part in the serv
ices. "
Suit Is now pending, with Sister
Kerr as plaintiff, In the federal court
in Dubuque. In which she asks $175,
900 from the Sisters OF Mercy. wht
control the st; Joseph's Mercy hos
pital, where she alleged she was con
fined from March until July, 1912
against her will.
Sunday baseball games IN Wood
,bine are q thing OF the past, as the
result of an Injunction secured BY
the Good Citizens league Of that
place. Owners OF grounds suitable
for baseball. games received notice Of
the court order.
Abody was found at the Decatur
landing of the Missouri river and wal
identified a. that Of J.#Bs Reed; aged
80, plumber who resided with hit
mother in Sioux City. While at Riv
erside he fell out OF q launch IL
which. he was riding.
Hardin county farm land touched q
new ngure In the transfer Of the John
Laird farm north Of Alden. At 4 sale
price 81 1892. 80 an acre the indications
are that farm land in that county II
fast nearing the 5000 mark. K
Jacob sRoinang. an old time resident
OF Adams county. was found dead II
his corn field BY. neighbors. He hai
been q resident Of that section fol
many years and was about so year.
OF age. 81
g. M Barnt has sold Q forty acre
farm IN Clinton township near Sat
City for $l75 per acre He purchased
the tract thirty.eight years ago fo,
$3.50 an acre. The nearest town
Early, Is six miles distant.
Pulling the plug from . washing
machine Just filed with boiling water
the infant son Of William Stump. .
prominent Clear Lake farmer, was
so badly scalded he died. ,
Christian Brobst, aged 10. son Of
n. E. Brobst, a jeweler at Knoxville
Ia, died at the Methodist hospital q
}DesS Moines from injuries resulting
from the explosion Of aitoy cannon.
The Sac City council awarded to thu
tHawkeye Construction company
Waterloo a contract for $500 feet ol
sanitary sewer. and another for 1920
feet OF four inch water mains.
Beulah, the 1S-month-olds daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. John Murphy, living
four miles west OF Coin, was drowned
in y water tank.
Burglars entered the jewelry store
of Philip Kleber at West. Point ant
escaped with watches, rings and 9th
er iewelry valued at $1,000.
Iowa City's beautiful new Masonic
temple is to be dedicated July %. The
dedication ceremonies will be in the
afternoon and will be in charge Of
the Grand Lodge Of Iowa with Grand
Master Charles w. Walton Of Du.
ibuqus presiding. Judge Hutchinson Of
Alton will deliver the principal ad'
dress. Many other prominent Masons
have promised to be present.
The girl members Of the graduating
class at Rock Rapids made their own
graduation gowns at a cost OF about
$500 each. The work was done in the
domestic science department of the
high school.
Annie Moize, eighteen years old.
who was taken from the Des Moines
Children's Home, thirteen years age
by the C. A. Dutton family OF the vi.
cinity OF Hartley. recently died from
. self-administered dose OF strych-
nine. No reason can be given for
the act.
The ninth annual tournament OF the
Central lows Tennis association will
be held in Toledo this week. The
tournament will be under the rules
Of the United States National Lawn
Tennis association. Dr.. L. C. Hens.
worth OF Waterloo will act as official
referee OF the tournament.
Webster county's total wealth in.
GLIDING both real and personal prop
erty amounts to $51, 713. 069. 90. so the
assessors have learned. OF this sum
the real estate is worth ~forty-six mil
lion dollars. ~.
The Milwaukee railroad officials
have notified the town of Sanborn
that the company has no intentions
of removing the roundhouse to anoth-
er town.
! The following pensions wers grant
ed recently 10 Iowans: Ida Kelly, Vim
ton, SIP; Hannah P. Kelsey, Smith
land, $12; Mary A. oake, sabula, s12;
Martha N. Riggs. Lacona, ~.
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