Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-07-22

NEWS
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Iowa will produce approximately
405.000.ooO bushels OF corn this year.
according to an estimate made In the
governments July crop report. The
average yield for the last five years
10 only 352.236, 900 bushels. or 52.764,-
900 bushels less. The winter wheat
crop in IowaN will reach 10,900,000
bushels, according to- the estimate
which is 1000, 900 more than the aver
age. The oat crop estimate for the
year is ;5l72. 900, 900 bushels.
Miss Buena Blim, aged u. daughter
OF JOHN Blim, q merchant OF Plym-
outh, died OF injuries she received
when the automobile in which they
we're riding was struck by q Rock Is
land train at Rock Falls. The auto
had become stalled on the track. The
mother died a short time after the ac-
cident in a hospital at Nora Springs.
Miss Bernice Blim. another daughter,
was seriously injured. % n
Amid betting ceremonies, ground
was broken at the corner OF Seventh
and Locust street at Dubuque for the
new home OF Dubuque lodge 297. 3. r.
o.. b., Grand Secretary F. G. Robin
son, chairman Of the building COM
mittee. turning the first spadeful Of
earth. Upwards OF two hundred mem
bers of-the: order were present. Work
on the new structure. which will be
erected at a cost OF more than $780,
600, is under way.
Articles OF incorporation have been
fled forythe Iowa Bank Stock company
OF Iowa City. capitalized at 100000.
Following are the charter officers:
President. ]. H. Rohret; vice.presi-
dent. ]. O. schulze; secretary 20. y.
Karsten: board OF directors. ". j.
Freeman, 8. T. Morrison, J.. O.
Schulze, o. Il. Karsten. j. H. Rohret.
The company is organized as a strict
ly bank stock holding company.
Charles c. Helmer OF Carroll was
nominated for state senator in the
Forty-eighth senatorial district at the
convention last week, defeating S. ].
Sayers OF Jefferson, the GreeneEcoun-
.ty candidate. Helmer was supported
by the delegations from Sac and Car
roll counties.
The new $4,000 Presbyterian
church which Is rapidly nearing COM
.pletion in Albion will be dedicated
Sunday, July 10. The Rev. Charles
II. Purmort OF Des Moines. superin-
.tendent OF the Iowa Presbyterian syn
cd. will preach the dedicatory ser
mon.
An attempt to save his barn from
destruction by hre caused the electro.
.cution OF John Helm. q farmer resid-
ing i've miles from Hedrick. Helm
attempted to shut on the current from
the transformer near HIS barn and
t25, 900 volts OF electricity passeo
through. his body.
The contract; for the construction
OF the new $75. 700 building OF the In.
ternational Harvester company in
Mason City has been let. The build
ing is TO be Ave stories high and al
900 square feet Of floor space Is to be
provided.
At a meeting OF the Central Base
ball association officials at Cedar
Rapids the Ottumwa franchise was
transferred TO Rock Island, effective
July II. The player list was. raised
to one man 10 each club and the sal
airy limit 10 500 to each player.
Mrs. Patrick Keenan,, aged q. one
ofSthe frst5resident OF Stanton town
ship. near LeMars, is dead. She was
a native Of Pennsylvania. With her
husband she settled In Jackson county
IN 1854. lnk1S73 they removed to the
family's present home.
Fay Burwell. 8.year-old son Of
Charles Burwell OF DIN, q run.
down and almost instantly killed by
an auto In which Julius Lorenzen was
riding. Lorenzen had turned the COR
'ner and was running slowlytwhen the
lad ran III front OF the car 4
Seymour Howard, q. farmer LIVING
one mile east OF Sidney made anew,
record in wheat harvesting, He de-
.livered this years crop of winter
wheat Ct the elevator July 4. He had.
100 acres and the yield was twenty
three bushels per acre.
Lyman Westcott. aged II, the son
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Westcott Of Cedar
Rapids. was smothered TO death when
he fell into a d%isinfectant vat in the
National Oats plsnt, It was the first
accident under the workmen's
compensation act.
The Farmers Cooperative society
at Sheffield held its annual meeting
recently. The secretary's report show.
ed that more than 3oO,0 900 bushels Of
grain had been handled during the
las. year. The volume OF business
totaled nearly 100000.
Sioux City has 15.S07 children OF
school age. an i~ncSease OF nearly 10
per cent over the number inf1913. The
increase IS indicated Ia the school
census which has Just been complet-
ed.
It cost Lee county ~s27.722.os to
prosecute all criminal cases in the
last fiscal year which closed June 80.
The construction Of a $4,000
church edifice was authorized at .
recent meeting OF the trustees and
officials OF the Christian church in
Mount Pleasant. The old church was
destroyed by Are recently.
While removing ~fumigating jars
from "a grain hin at a Cedar RAPIDS
cereal plant. lyman Wescott, promin-
ent in Eigh school athletic circles, fell
into the bin and died from suffoca-
ton. AZ
The Glen Richards lumber yard ct.
Wadena was burned to the ground
entailing a loss of nearly $1,000, part
OF which is covered by insurance.
GeorgelE. Patterson. owner Of the.
Spirit lake Herald. has disposed Of
his interests in the paper to w. H.
,Hassing.{ formerly of Carleton, MINI.
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