Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-07-07

tUOu6 0tCEy SuAL1uCA AOA.+ LILO AAoS lila S0
years through the energies OF local
automobile owners, but the present
soiling will he more extensive than
any previous. .li ~, Is.. II ltj
4 The contract for the $4,000 Cath.
olio cathedral that will be built at
Imogene has been awarded. The
J structure will take the place Of the
one that recently burned and will re-
quire 500, 900 bricks to lay the founda.
ton alone. u. Y 5t$ d. III IA
"A special effort is being made by
the Comm rcial club OF Atlantic which
has in charge the arrangements Tor
the entertainment OF the state rural
carriers meeting there July 2O-22, to
provide for decorations such as have
never been seen there before.
The State association Of county ~
torney's closed q two. days session at
Fort Dodge with the election Of fol.
lowing officers: e. w. McManus. Ke-
okuk, president; J. ]. Sharpe, Hamp-
ton, vice president; E. J. Wenner.
Waterloo, secretary. 4. b r.,
The home OF Rush Morris at Wash.
ington was badly damaged by q gaso-
lire explosion. The house was 1T
orally blown in two. An umbrella
was driven through the wall. The
fire was extinguished and no one was
hurt. sy.&s! Fs,,32. r. $5 q 81 t5$
:. Prison in the county Jail at Ke-
okuk are at work on the Lake Shore
boulevard drive between Keokuk and
Montrose. Sheriff John Scott suggest
ed to the board Of supervisors that
the prisoners might as well work for
their board. FILA Is, 225ss.,.s r T.: T..
Rev. A. A. Cavanagh has been trans
ferred from Murray county, Minneso-
ia to Denison as assistant to Father
Farrelly of the Catholic church, who
has been granted leave Of absence.
!, John McCarten Of Council Bluns
waived to the grand jury and was
held in $500 bonds on charge of rob
bing Mr., and Mrs. James Mcclure OF
Sanborn, Mimi, an elderly couple who
were en- route home from the Pan.
ama-Pacifc exposition, when 1t Is
alleged Mccartney stole their three
suit cases and contents from them.
= There is to be revival this sum-
mer of agitation favorable to the con-
struction Of Boone-Webster City in
terurban. Judge Dyer Of Boone has
gone over the matter thoroughly with
President Loring Of the Fort Dodge,
Des Moines & Southern. -ss:..5
Mrs. George Bond Of Fort Madison
was killed by lightning during q
storm there. She was seated on tho
porch at her home. A little girl on
the same porch escaped uninjured.
fenced in the past few years. The fire
started when a bolt of lightning fol-
lowed the electric light wires into the
building. .'".,
George W. Van Aatten, publisher Of
the Banner at Royal, whose automo-
bile accident near Spencer resulted in
the fracture of his skull, which Is con-
sidered likely to prove fatal injury,
was formerly publisher of the Union
at West Union. H., 81 ~
Walter Hoover, a retired farmer
of Harlan, was killed in an auto acci-
dent about eight miles south OF that
city. A shock absorber on the front
of the car broke, letting it drop and
causing it to turn turtle with Hoover
and his wife, who were caught under
meath. Mrs. Hoover was slightly in
iured. s.,...,.
The new 100000 hospital for Cen
terville is now assured. OF the $751;
900 required by the Catholic church
before the work. is started $4,000 is
subscribed and the rest in sight. When
this $4,000 Is raised the church will
furnish the remainder. ~ "