Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-05-06
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Capt G. ~. Bent, inspector Of pas pas
4Ssenger equipment, uniforms IS and de-.
pots for the Illinois Contra at Water ate I
4 loo, stated that, he had rendered his
services TO the war department. After
three years in the Philippines, he is
h anxious 10 take hand inf affairs in
Mexico Captain Bent. who Is A
years old, would recruit a reg iment
" from Illinois Central employees, with:
the special purpose Of being OF assist,
N ance in the rehabilitationSof the rail-
4 roads in Mexico, II hostilities extend
Il that far. l ss s.y! 4
SszA dead horse carried across the
pilot Or a locomotive on a fast North
western train was Ia sight witnessed
by residents OF stations along. the road
E between Mount Vernon and Boone.
q The horse was carried on the engine
1 pilot i SO miles after the train ran into
i ! herd near Mount Vernon The ami
4 mails bod j. picked up by the pilot,
was 8wedged so tightly that it, could
7 not be budged without the use of =
derrick. isSs., 81 q @
sss AZ lynching was narrowly prevented
mt Clear Lake GLOWING the alleged
I assault Of & Clarence Gilmore upon
4 Mrs. Frank Vernon. Gilmore fed and
was captured by officers at Swale-
Z dale, asleep in the railroad station. He
was lodged IN the city jail at Clear
II Lake. Then \ the mob gathered and
4 while they were preparing to rush the
structure X and get Gilmore. Officers
"a too him out back door and rushed
4 him in an auto to Mason City.
William BID Richards. convicted
y at Dess Moines 5Sof carrying concealed
y YEA pons, was sentenced to the Fort
\ Madison penitentiary for an in deter
Il inmate period OF not to exceed two
L years Richards for many years 2
deputy U. S.fmarshal in Iowa, is a par
oiled convict. He was given his re.
lease from the state prison. after servs
ing seven and a half years Of a TWEEN,
ty year sentence for burglary.
.8 One Of the greatest public sales Of
live stock ever held in Iowa was at the
Il. "a. Cooks Brookmont farm. just
(; north Of Odebolt recently at which
time 1876 head Of Hereiords passed
4und er the hammer. Five hundred
breeders from every, section OF the
United States were in attendance at
\ the sale and bidding was spirited. One
bull brought 1920. The aggregate
amount Of the sale totaled $32,620.
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was given udgment OF 81 Q ,000! against
u the Inter. Urban Railway company by
D "a district court Jury at Desf M Dimes for
J injuries received when struck by one
4 Of the company's cars. The accident
I occurred on July Il. \ Il III 8, near Al.
toona. :s, I.
With an ation on World Peace"
Sterling Richard won the gold medal
& given BY Hannah Caldwell $Chaper, D.
U "a. r.. at annual orat orical contest held
Eat the high chool at Davenport. Fle
will represent tina. city at the middle
west oratorical contest to be held in
ZIG alesburg in May. 5a.
Owners of the tract Of land accept
h ed for the site sof the epileptic coicny
4 near woodward; have been notified by
4; the state board Of control u hat the
options were accepted The transfer
IL of the cash and fling Of deeds will
Z. follow. The. state gets 952 acres ut
4. an average price OF $194 an acre.
The discovery lof q case OF smallpox
. In the Iowa soldiers orph ans home
at Davenpo has caused the board Of
!. health to take string gent measures to
L prevent the spread Of the epidemic
among 600 children at the home.
There are now twelve cases of small
( pox in Davenport. & VI.
Committees have been appointed by
the. Fort Madison Launch club and
\ the city council to act jointly towards
\ the securing, OF a launch harbor in
that city. The raising of the stage OF
water In the Mississippi BY the Keo-
4. kuk dam has rendered useless hun
dreds Of boat houses.
4 Editor E. "A. Pierce Of Belmonc
II makes q formal announcement that
{ he will sever his connection with the
h Herald at Belmond, about May j, and
! thatythe Herald and Press will be con-
solidated. Mr.. Pierce has published
the Herald thirty years or more.
81 The August Fritz farm Of 200 acres
4 near Holstein, Ida county, sold recent
y ly$ to@ Ed HaWn for $240 per acre. The
& seller then bought the Ross Pattison
place Of j 16 acres a mile west Of II OF
stein and paid $500 per acre for it.
NJ r.. .Cronwall, prominent farmer
& living near NodaWay,Sis in a DANGER
4 GUS condition from blood poisoning re-
sulting from a scratch received while
/ trimming fruit vines. :
s5s A. runaway horse drawing a deliv-
4 cry wac on5 crashed through the front
3 of the Kidd drug store at Ottumwa
demolishing the doors and smashing
z show cases.
Matthias O'Donnell Of Keokuk is on
q trial at Fort Madison on the charge
h Of wife murder. The case went there
II on a change Of venue from the lower
4 district. -s S N s3 II 5i$ &.
George Douglas is in Jail at Mason
City charged with arson. Mrs. Alice
I Bright filed & the charge. She says
George made love TO her and that
4 when she refused to marry him he
tried to burn her house. #4 re
The annual meeting Of the Iowa
& Congregational association will be
held May 10 at Marshalltown. Among
\ the speakers OF note. according to the
I program issued will beS Or. Washing
II ton GLADDEN. OF Columbus, o.
Bruce L. Baldwin. who wrote for
newspapers under the name OF Cir
q GUS Baldwin. died recently in one Of
the hospitals at st. Joseph, Mo-. .
The state railroad commission has
granted franchise to the Iowa Rail
K way & Light.company Of Cedar Rap
\ ids to build a transmission line from
4 Cedar Rapids to lama as part OF q