Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-02-03
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]. On the application Of Mrs. Carrie C..
Rutledge, daughter of the late L. 8.
Coffin of Fl Dodge, Judge Mccall
has appointed G. w. Findlay special
administrator to have charge OF the
estate until the will is probated March
II. Findlay was appointed Collins
guardian April 10, 1912, The will
was made May 2, 1913 More careful
checking over Of the will and codicils
shows the requests totaled $7S,2o0.
The estate was invoiced at more than
t$100; 000ta year ago.9.i Whether or not
an attempt to break the will is to be
made is yetSunknown. @Sa f:ssfEs{i;;ss
+ r. The new wireless set recently IN
stalled in the Engineering building at
the State University, has already prov.
ed to be very efficient. Messages can
he received from almost any part Of
the United States Every morning
they receive the time from the gov
eminent station at Arlington. The re-
,ceiving apparatus is of the most deli
cate kind which accounts for its effici-
,ency. The sending apparatus is OF
the two kilowatts capacity and is cap
able of sending messages anywhere in
the upper Mississippi valley and over
the great lakes.
i After being out an hour and fifteen
minutes, the jury in the trial of Ernest
Wiedner in the district court at Wau-
kon was charged with the death OF
-Cyprian Martel. The body Of Martel,
aged Sc years, a Frenchman, follow
Ing the occupation Of trappert and
fisherman, residing on an island in
the Mississippi river near Harper
Ferry, was found drifting in his boat
in a slough near his island home on
the morning OF April 10, 1914, with
two gun shot wounds in his body. sa
Cedar Rapids is to, have genuine
.skyscraper It will be built by. the
Merchants National bank, and viii be
IL stories in height. The ground for
the structure has been purchased, It
costing the bank $210,o0o. The build:
: ing is to cost $3.50 900, and. its erec.
ton will be begun as soon a. certain
short term leases expire. ss, s n H. ~.
Policemen's and flremen's pensions
were made effective at q meeting Of
the city solicitor with the chiefs Of
the fire andgpolice departments OF OF.
tumwa. The fund is to be made up
by tax levy by the city and dues
not, exceeding pei, cent Of the salary
Of the members. 2sI5 4 4, 5s@s:
The churches OF Sioux City are or
ganizing for go-to-church.sunday
campaign. Business methods are to
de employed in the movement News
paper advertising and other. publicity
schemes are to be employed to stimu
late greater attendance at the
churches on the Sabbath. $1,000 z "A; Z
The following have received com
missions as postmasters: Henry G
Hastings, Eldon; Stephen T. Jordan
Fonda: Ira L.. Brefle, Lake Park;
Breenup c. Boston, Malvern; James
j., Glenn, Marengo; Emma Nicolay
Postville; Joseph Peters, Preston, and
Albert F.. Jenkins, Russell. .z:s
$5 w. F. Decker of Delphi was accord
ed an agreeable surprise when hi
took four wolfe hides to the county
auditors office and was paid $50 eact
sfor them thought they were
worth only IS Or S4Heacf." he said
twho the clerk informed him tina
he had $50 coming to him. 4
Thirty thousand dollars was sub
tscrfbed In a few minutes at For'
Dodge for the new Sacred Heart Cath
olic church which. is to be built in the
spring. Sixteen men agreed to- give
$1,000 each and the same number
$500 each. The sdifce viii cost
100000. 4. NJ ~
Sensational disclosures were made
In the drug traffic Investigation a
Muscatine when Harold Kuechthsfl
OF large quantities Of cocaine from
his fathers drug store and Of it, sail
to youths. Grand jury Investigation.
have revealed wide traffic in drug
among boys Of that city. .5i:S
John Hopkins, editor Of the Hun
boldt Herald: D. A. Ray, once demo
cratic candidate for governo, and
John Tour, all are candidates. for ap
3pofntment as postmaster Of Humboldt
The term Of the present incumbent
expires April 1. $500 {, /: MS
Ssl The northern Iowa fair manager.
are to meet in Mason City for a two
day session Of Feb. 1917, at which
time number OF business matters
pertaining I'd dates attractions, con
ressions are to be taken for. discus
sion. h r 4, g;s5f ~ Z 4 IS q.
Mysterious disappearance OF trunk
at Davenport s;be longing to Mrs A. Ls
Velle@ of Grinnell, Ia, and containing
gowns and Jewels to the value o.
$500, was cleared up when one Of the
gang Of four Armenians that had stol
en- the trunk turned states evidence
II Henry p. Lewis, aged IS, is dead al
his home in Loveland recently. He
was a pioneer of Iowa and had lived
near Loveland since. 1860. Death wal
caused by al fall; sustained about {
week ago. 2Ss5slSSi% 1,,E.sN'' p =,
Mrs. William Maxwell, mother O.
Sheriff Maxwell, died at her home IL
Kingsley, aged "a. She was a ma
tive of Ireland. She had been resi-
dent Of Kingsley and vicinity fol-
sthirty-five years. ~ s'is'-'s .s-a9 y
Chris Peters, a Greek, was killed al
Manly. He was under a coal car work
ing when the bottom of, the car gave
way striking Peters on the, neck ant
breaking it. 80 = "a, .s.[ *! 9,
The picked team; Of the Chinese uni
versitys sofs Hawaii, which Z annually
tour the United States, has beer
booked for q game with the Cyclone
nine at .Ames April q. ,z:rv
The Methodist church in Masor
City is to start an innovation Jan. q
and will make a break into wha'
might be called an Institutions
church. A gymnasium. is to be. in
stalled in the basement. ~
Mrs. Ben Ludwig of Marble Rocl
was burned to death In the home o
her father Postmaster Willard Buck
lin. She used gasoline to start thu
fire. y y,. 49,.