Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-05-12
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Aviator BILLY" Robinson Of Grin
nell and Mr.. Mcbride, Newton drug
gist, had a narrow escape from death
when at an altitude of 1000 feet a
cylinder on the Robinson monoplane
broke. MoBride's nose was cut by
flying glass and the heavy cylinder
tore loose from the machine and fell
into plowed field The accident oc-
Cured near Newburg. BY skilful
management, Robinson righted the
plane and lighted safely in field
near the town.: = E" 3 III. IS III,
!; Particulars OF the death Of Frank
Lutte, q Perry boy. who has been in
the west for number of years. were
received recently. Lutz, while on
his run few days ago as q brake
man, was attacked by q crowd OF
Mexican tramps in box car. He
went back to the caboose and asked
for. q revolver, later returning to the
front end Of the train. At the next
station he was missed and his badly
mutilated body was found nine miles
back on the line.
"A Are causing total loss Of $751;
900 occurred At Mason City. 1t orig
mated in the Ben Clark bakery owned
By ]. B. Youngblood and the building
was damaged S., 900 and the stock
$4,000. Other losses were: Christen-
sen grocery, building owned by c. r.
Patton, stock damage $1,000, build
ing damaged $1,000. Misses Snyder
and Buchanan millinery, building own
ed by R. E. Boyle, stock loss $1,000.
building loss; $4,000. 81. s
q Miss Iva Turner Of Nevada has filed
. suit for SO, 900 damages against l.
C. Welty, superintendent Of the
schools in Hardin county, which
promises to be sensational. Miss Tur-
ner alleges that Welty was respons-
fble for her discharge from the school
at Union, where she taught at the
time Of the trouble, and also charges
him with slanderous utterances
against her. .s. ;..s:S.% II s{st,. 4. sz{
ri Arson Tumulty, residing a few
miles west of Shellsburg, brought six
Duroc Jersey hogs to market that
were under two years OF age and
weighed $3.50 pounds, an average Of
over 64S each. The neat sum Of
$256.74 was paid to Mr.. Tumulty. A.
j. Budd, who has conducted the hog
market at Shellsburg for many years,
says these were the largest hogs he
ever purchased. "a 5, .i5,. II;
The first escape from the peniten-
tiary Of the Spring season was pulled
OF by Convict George de Morris at
Fort Madison. He was recaptured
within three hours, having been
found alongside the road, where he
had lain down to sleep. De Morris is
serving 25-year term for incest, and
has Just been placed on the Itrusty
list when he took French leave. ;;]%:
The Farmers First bank No6 Water
vile has increased Its capital stock
to SIS, 900 and has made application
for q state charter. It was started
as q private institution. When It
comes under, state control 1t will be
the third state bank in Waterville,
which is q town of only 200. 81 y /,
Chris Pomberg, OF West Point, was
badly injured when his car went over
an gembankment pinioning him be-
tween the steering wheel and q tree.
The force Of the car crushed Mr..
Pombergs chest, his lett lung was
filled with blood and hds heart press
ed to one side. ,i5 w ~ + "a III:
The annual banquet Of the Com
mercial association Of Boone was held
In the Lincoln armory and was one
Of the biggest ever given. United
States Senator Kenyon was the speak
er OF the evening.
While working in her parents home
Miss Pearl Flame Of Oskaloosa, a
prominent school girl, was stricken
totally blind and physicians are puz-
zled over the case as the girl en-
joyed the best OF health. Il a.
After being out rs hours the jury
in the $50, 900 kiss suit Of Mrs Edith
Hicks against AL Clark, Of Council
Bluffs, brought In verdict for the
plaintiff for s., 900. It is said that one
Juror wanted to make it $50 900.
With only about half OF Sioux City
checked up the enumerators had list
ed 1860 names. It is expected the
final returns will show the city to
have a population Of 10000. s IA.
I The body Of John Westmark, q
teamster OF Dubuque, was recovered
from the Mississippi river. Westmark
after an alteration with
friends. {, .3s :. s5 -1g,
D. E. Hart, manager of the ;Updike
Grain company at Audubon, caught
his clothing in the machinery Of the
elevator. His clothes were burned OF
and he was badly bruised. ss
Council Bluffs expects to make
many city improvements the coming
summer. It has already let contracts
totaling $4,000 for sewers and the
laying Of sidewalks. 5.s s
Engineer H. D. Crawford was kill
ed and Fireman L. E. Howell serious
" hurt when Milwaukee freight
train struck COW and. was derailed
near Stone City. 4.s 5v
The good roads committee Of the
Commercial club Of Fort Dodge acted
on a proposed loop to the
Lincoln highway suggested by Sioux
Falls road enthusiasts. The suggest
ed highway will leave the Lincoln
route at Beaver, in Boone county,
going west nine miles to Lanyon. Har-
court will be the next town on the
highway, and from that point the
highway leads direct to Fort Dodge.
Nels Frederickson, 80 years old, OF
Cedar Rapids, committed suicide by
He attached the rope to q
beam in his barn. Ill health is
thought to have occasioned the act
!. Crawford County has made q con-
tract for moving $4,000 cubic yards Of
dirt on the roads Of the county at
1858 per cubic yard. This is the low
est figure which has been obtained:
The principal work will be done on
the Lincoln Highway between West
Side and Dunlap. sEs,' e.
AS result of being thrown from a
manure sDreader the wheels Of which.