Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-05-27
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| Marshall county is about to inaugu
rate unique movement in which II
will bond future generations to pay
for permanent improvements that
they will enjoy. The action contem
plated is in the way of permanent con.
crete bridges. The supervisors want
to renew all wooden bridges, as they
have to be repaired, with concrete
structures, and to provide funds con.
template a bond issue of between
100000 and 100000. The amount
spent each year for repairs to present
wooden structures will pay the inter
est on the bonds, and as they mature,
In years to- come, the supervisors fig
ure that the future generations should
help pay for improvements that they
will enjoy. 49, ,:@e.f,. --.-
H. C.. McNeal of Sioux City was
elected commander of the Iowa chap
ter OF the Loyal Legion at the meeting
Eheld in Des Moines Other officers
elected were: j. D. Patrick of Des
Moines, senior vice commander; J. F.
Merry of Manchester, junior vice com.
mander; E. D. Hadley OF Des Noines.
recorder; L. w. Harwood Of Cedar
Rapids, registrar; Craig E. Wright OF
Des Moines, treasurer; Charles W.
Fracker OF 'Des Moines. chancellor:
Byron c. Ward of Des Moiles, chap
lain; Dr.. Lewis Schooler, J. r. Prime,
Jacob sLichty, W. T. Clark and J. B.
Weaver, members Of council. gSsE :.
The Fort Dodge Des Moines &
Southern Interurban company is max
Ing a strong bid for electric light
franchises in the smaller towns ada
cent to its lines, which hava no plants
OF their own. They are just now con-
sidering the matter Of the extension
of high tension power line from their
big plant at Frazier to Jewell dis.
lance OF some forty miles. Residents
In Jewell, Stanhope, Stratford aid
Dayton are behind the movement for
an extension Of the line. # III
IN Up to the present time all efforts
to locate X. B. Russell, editor of the
Mystic Register, have proven futile
and no Information has been received
concerning him since his mysterious
disappearance on May g. The Rev. r.
c. Russell, pastor Of the NJ. +. church
at Mystic, and father; of the editor.
has expressed the belief that his son
has become mentally deranged, and all
efforts are being made to place him in
communication with his son. II
The seizure at Ottumwa OF $40 gal.
Ions OF whisky consigned to number
OF persons in Ottumwa is believed to
be one OF the biggest ever made in
the state under the Webb-Kenyon
law. The consignment consisted of
seventy crates of three boxes each and
two large moving vans were needed
to move the liquor from the Burling-
ton freight house to the cburt house.
William Campbell, farmer living
near Sidney. was badly hurt In a run
away. Mr.. Campbell. accompanied by
his wife. and daughter, was riding
In carriage. when his team became !
The carriage was demolished. Mr..
Campbell was severely bruised and
his face was badly cut in a barb wire
fence. '', .@.s, ~ ~ ~. &a%> Il
F. L. Bullion Of Charlotte was
elected chairman Of, Group 8, Iowa
Bankers association, at the annual
convention at Davenport Resolutions
were adopted indors:ng Lyman J.tEd-
wards of Burlington, as president Of /
the Iowa Bankers association, and B.
II. 5Furrow Of Cedar Rapids. as treas
urer. Nh Il a t$s$ Al ..;B *.
General orders for the observation
Of May 80 as memorial day have been
sent out from the G.. "A. r. headquar-
ters at the state capitol, by George A.
assistant adjutant general.
Attention Is also being called to June
IA, flag day. Ss, $S5 ,Ess9e3 .t.5}l l5.
u Albert Kuchinka, an employe Of the
Rock Island, is dead at Oxford after
falling from a speeding gas car on the
railroad between Oxford and THIN.
Death was caused by 3hemorrhage OF
the brain. 5s:S m H
Judge Kintzinger at Dubuque sem
fenced Mrs, Dorcas Brazzel, convicted
Of the murder last January OF her
husband, Charles Brazzell, street car
man. to twenty years in the peniten-
tiary. ,s \. ss n. Il i SD * /
Carl Bair, who was principal Of the
high school at lie Mars for two years
before accepting a position at Ames,
has been elected principal OF the high +
school at Aberdeen, s. D. Y E
Two thousand FIVE hundred dollars
have been raised among the business
men Of Lake City the last week to
install electroliers on all the business
streets Of that city:
i; Hoboes set fire to two carloads OF
lay stored at Cherry Bros. pressed
,rick plant at Correctionville burning
he entire plant. The property loss. |
will be $4,000. O +,
Charlton has captain at Vera Cruz ]
n the person Of Capt. George Stuart
Il the Seventh United States infantry,
ion Of Hon. and Mrs. t. M. Stuart of ]
hat city. 81 5sg ts' II
Mrs. John Whitmer, so years old, a
resident of Blairsburg, com. I
nitted suicide at her home by strang-.
ing herself with number OF cord
trings tied to a nail. .ss%s II {
Frank Blood, 40 years old,a member {
+ the railroad signal crew from Man
hester, s. D., was killed by a" North
western; train at Clinton. - t#s< IT
+ The Independent, a weekly newspa- I
er formerly owned by Attorney l.. w. (,
'aughlin OF Mt. Ayr, has been leased {
> Sheriff H.iW. Terrell, who will pub
sh It, Mr.. Terrell is now in the race q
Or sheriff OF Ringgold county for the G
fth time. ..1.5 y !, ~ 5y4 r. ss S
When the tire Of his automobile ,ex-
loded while going down grade near t
aurel, Marshall county, DR.. C. o. Cal {
son, physician of Laurel, was pain Q
lilly injured. The car turned turtle S
nd was damaged extensively. DR.. O
allison was picked up unconscious,
Iken to Laurel and later was removed 8
, his mothers home in Kellogg. His s
ljuries include q fractured nose. - g