Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-07-29
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Held a prisoner In her home with
her baby girl, by = house dog thatshad
suddenly gone mad. was the terrify-
ing experience OF Mrs. William Mich
olson Of Council Bluffs. The dog fore.
ed Mrs. Nicholson into q corner, baby
in her arms, and held her there until
she was nearly exhausted. when she
managed to fight the animal or and
take refuge in another room, where
she barricaded herself. In her fight
with the mad dog, hoWever,SMr
Nicholson was bitten on the hand
Although the saloons were closed
vt Waterloo Noy.l20, 1917, three sal
oonmen have ever since been pay.
ing rent on buildings In which they
will reopen for business il the su-
preme court reverses the decision
holding the petition insufficient. In
case the high court affiirms Judge
Durham. no effort will be made to
procure a new petition until there L
q change in the personnelfof the
county board.
The Rev. Henry w. futile OF Grin
nell, secretary in Iowa for the Con-
Sgregational Sunday School society,
and Euclid 3. RogerssSa lecturer upon
sociological subjects, will, be the
speakers on Thursday OF. this week at
the Iowa Epworth league assembly at
sColfax. Among the features for the
succeeding days OF the assembly will
be Edward Brush, magician, and JOS
.ephine H. Dominick. story teller and
interpreter. &EE$ ss Il
The Knights Of Pythias' golden iu-
'hilee celebration will be held In Web
ster City Sept. 6. The daySsha been
set aside as Fraternity day. Fratern;-
;Salism Is to be the theme discussed In
the churches, lodges. clubs and other
organizations. DR.. Frank Porterield,
Benjamin II. Salinger Of. Carroll, Der;
nard Murphy Of Svinton and Cassius
c: Dowell Of Des Moines. will deliver
addresses.
The Patriarch Militant army Of
Iowa will go into camp Aug, lat Oak.
wood and Bayside parks, near Clear
Lake. The camp will be named In
bonor: Of John C. Underwood, and
Lieut.. Col ]. C. Miller will be adju-
$tant. Representatives from J. 90.
=. lodges over the state are expected
to attend. III \
Professor Getthemans who was for
merly connected with the Charles
City college has accepted a. position
as state secretary Of the 7: m. Ca.
for the state Of Illinois. Mr.. Getthe-
will make his headquarters II
Chicago nc sBs
Fire destroyed the Terminal eleva-
tor at Sioux City, causing loss OF
1920, 600. The telegraph wires of the
Press and both CONNER
companies were destroyed, cutting
them of from balance Of the country
for several hours.
Alfred4W Vessels, aged q, was In.
stantly killed WREN an empty gaso-
line tank exploded after he lit q
match to find a puncture in which to,
replace IA faucet. He was the son OF
a general merchant at Bryant, L.,
and an athlete.
"A suit for $4,000 has been started
against the Iowa & Illinois Railway
company at Davenport for the death
OF Almeda Martin of Princeton, whom
It Is claimed was killed by 9 volt from
live wire while she was turning on
q light In her home.
A2white band has been painted
across the telephone poles Gong the
route OF the Great White Way In
Mahaska county. This will greatly
facilitate the travelling public; and
tourists. ID
The new fair grounds at Humboldt
is rapidly nearing completion and the
fair will be held from August 18 to
Fl. A track Is being laid out. and
thu, purses for the last three days Of
the race meet viii total : 2 100.
I. r. McMahan, Z prominent retir.
ed hardware dealer OF LaWler, was
drowned while teaching two boys to
swim in4ECrane creek. Cramps got
the better Of him and he sank before
aid could reach him.
While shocking oats near MARSHALL
town RayW. Anson, aged 23, was
killed by . bolt Of lightning. Edward
Carson, who was working near him.
was SbsdlYa stunned but not fatally
injured. 3&
Thirty-eightS young men and women
Of the state were successful in the
recent state board examinations for
pharmacy students. held A. Iowa
City. aS
The president has nominated the
following Iowa postmasters: 6. p.
Scoles, Nashua; HarryAE Chichester,
New London, and Francis A Call
agher, Walnut.
"A p1owingm match will be held Aug.
"a at the home Of Ora COPYRIGHT, near
Cherokee. "A number Of contestants
have signined their intention Of en-
tering the match.
W. F. Loupee has sold his farm Of
81 acres, five miles northeast Of New
ton to A. H. Bergman at $3.50 an
acre I
Unless the fans Of Keokuk come to
rescue at once the baseball. directors
served notice that they would turn
the Keokuk franchise over to- Presi-
dent Justice. They declare the finan-
.cial condition Of the club is not such
as to warrant carrying It further un-
less fans will agree to help in bearing
the burden.
So great has been the success en-
joyed by the cooperative creamery Of
Ayr, which was established last
spring for the manufacture of dairy
and ice cream, that a butter and
egg buying station is to be operated
In connection with the creamery.
An international summer school of
missions will be conducted at Arnold
Park, Lake 3Okoboji, July Is to Aug.
2. under the auspices Of the women's
missionary society Of the Protestant
churches OF Iowa. Governor Clarke
will give the opening address Satur-
day, July 20.
] The new electric light plant at
Macedonia which workmen have been
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