Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-09-16

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building of the school were let recent.
~. The cost of general contract,
heating, plumbing and lighting total
s11,74s.46, s250.54 under the estimate
Of $4,000. for which? the taxpayers
voted q bond issue.
An %interurban car struck an auto
mobile at, UhIs crossing, nea Mitch.
'ellville, and killed a mother and her
8 year. old son and injured two other
persons seriously. The dead: Mrs.
George Clark, wife Of the postmaster
at Newton; George Clark, Js.,S years
old, her son. The iniured:ssTom Blu
chanan, wealthy farmer living near
Newton, arm crushed and internal in
%juries; Mrs. Tom Buchanan, skull
fractured, internal injuries and
jbruises-likely to die; Mrs. Simon
Gates of Newton, slightly injured.
Mrs. Con Jacobson, Of Ottumwa, re.
ported to the police and sheriff the
finding OF a suitcase believed to be-
long to the man found in q cornfield
near shaul cemetery. The travelling
bag contained little else than some
mems wearing apparel and a few let
tiers written in a foreign language.
Coroner Ellerick received information
from a Chicago employment agency
giving the name Of the murdered man
as Ben Mikovitch, a Russian. s$
Plans are being formulated by the
commercial club at Abel and the coun-
3ty officials for the dedication of the
monument recently erected east Of
Adel, on the River-to-Rive road. The
monument marks the location of the
school. house where the organization
of Dallas occurred and the first cleo
ton was held In the spring of 1S47.
The monument will be dedicated about
the first of October. yF y
Hunters representing every section
OF Iowa in session at the game farm
at the state fair grounds urged a re-
vision of the state game laws. A
committee OF five to be made up Of one
delegate from each of the four state
districts, the four to choose . nth
member, was directed to study the
present laws and redraft them, making
recommendations of needed changes
to the legislature.
Word has just been received OF the
violent death Of Charles Holland, Q
former we'll known citizen of Max
well, in an automobile accident which
occurred near Cody, Wyo. MI. Hol-
land had disposed of his business at
Billings, Mont, and was about to re-
turn to Iowa, where he had taken
over a business at MI. Ayr, Ringgold
county. i KS
F. a.. Corey, of Algona, has sold his
"Plainview" farm, ia acres, near
Wesley to Frank l.. Smith Of Dwight,
Ill. at $3.50 per acre MI. Corey
bought this farm about ten years ago
for $50 per acre, and has received in
rents from i've to seven dollars per
acre each year besides the 500 raise.
Lansing will have a corn carnival
and farm festival, Sept. 1890 and
Oct. l. A splendid program will be
carried out and the various commit
tees which have been appointed are
busy arranging the details Of the cels-
bration. {
One man killed and another bellev.
ed to be fatally injured is the result
Of q collision at Chelsea between .
Northwestern train and an automo-
bile. George Stattlemyre and DR.. BY.
ron Benedict, a practicing physician,
were the victims of the accident.
The Danish Young Peoples societies
of the state OF Iowa met In convention
at Clinton during Friday, Saturday
and Sunday. On Saturday the Ger
man Lutheran young people OF the
Synod Won Iowa und anderen Stat
en- convened.
During the month OF August 1923 cars
Of corn, ten OF which were popcorn.
seven cars Of barley. six of oats, ten
Of hogs, two Of cattle and one OF
horses were shipped out Of Odebolt.
The receipts Of the freight department
were S22. 900.
Following an electrical storm which.
aroused members Of the household the
lifeless body Of Mrs. John Rahbehn
was found in q stock tank on the farm
near Atalissa. It is believed that the
woman was 80 terrified that she be-
came insane and committed suicide.
Because Of dependency over i'll
health. Mrs. Fred Steiner committed
suicide at her home in Mason City.
After writing a short note to her hus-
band she shut the doors OF the kitch-
and turned on the gas.
The Keokuk city council is. consid-,
erinE the purchase OF ar automobile
IRE truck. Tie matter will be decid,
ed within a short time. The various
civic and Industrial bodies are urging
the purchase. 7.
Farmers Of near Tabor, parts Of
whose lands are included within the
city limits, have started action to be-
come separated from the incorpora-
tton. PA E%5
Fire originating from a bolt OF
lightning totally destroyed the alfalfa
barn and sixty tons OF alfalfa belong.
ing to Frank Hill on his farm between
and Magnolia.
]. "A. Plummer, proprietor Of the
Farmers bank at Forest City. one OF
the most prominent residents of that
section Of the state, is dead. His death
was sudden.
Walter Norleet, the young man who
was stabbed at Nemaha Aug. % by
'"''Tink" Clifton, is still in a precarious
condition in the Swallum hospital at
Storm Lake. It was thought that he
was wounded fatally but since a sec
ond operation there is some chance
for his recovery.
Afted turning out about 10000 cans
Of corn each day, since It's opening on
August 49,, the Iowa City Canning
company has closed down its plant for
the season. The run for the season
has been approximately $50, 900 cans.
force of 100 persons have been
given steady work.
Joseph Kloubeo, a wealthy Bohem.
Ian farmer living about eight miles
north Of North Liberty, between Iowa
City and Cedar Rapids, committed sui
side by shooting himself through the
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