Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-07-14
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z $3.50, OO0.f Funds for the erection OF
4 the building are being raised exclu-
siyely among the alumni and former.
4 students OF the college on a rather
unique plan. Each alumnus subscrib-
ier pledges himself. to pay $50. in five
B annual $40 N insta Inn ents. without in
( terest. No one is SLOWED to contri-
%fbute more. The class Of 1915 s7lbscrib-
ed as a body, pledging $4,000. / a.
The first farm tour through Ida
county by q party from Ames State
college was a great success. The
speakers were M: H. Hoffman, agri-
L cultural ngineering; Roy F. ODon-
nell, animal husbandry; J. w. Cover
dale, farm crops and soils; DR.. w. 3.
8Smonson veterinary, and Mrs. Kath-;
crime Miller, home economics.
{ssSi Prof. ". r. Christy. formerly d.
rector OF the university school Of mu-
sic at Iowa City, was drowned at
Spokane, Wash, while fishing, accord
Ing to a telegram received by his
:brother-in-law,, DR.. T. Z. Hazard Of the
Iowa university faculty. Mr.. Christy;
was supervisor Of music In the spo-
/. kane schools. IVA s.555; " "a.
Judge / Mullan Of Waterloo is hear
4 ing the issues in q suit involving a
claim Of 100000. Bryan & Co. Is
$plaintff and the M. & S.. Gear com
4 pany, auth orized capital OF $1,000, 600,
\ and others as defendants. The right
Ito a patent covering a differential au-
&tomo bile gear IS inv olved. u. 81 q 555
ssgSS AT their home In Winf ED, occurred
the golden wed ding anniversary OF
Mr. and Mrs. u. B. Pierce. The one
especially unique feature was the
4 quoting Of a piece OF poetry which
y had been written BY a classmate at
the Old Yellow Springs college In
1857. ;5:,y Il 55.s5 IS
The next convention OF group 4 8
Il OF the Iowa State Bankers associa-
( ton has been voted to Upton. This
\ is the first time in the history Of the
association that the annual meeting
\ has not gone Nj to " either Davenport,
Clinton or Muscatine. II. n! "
The motorcycle ridden by ROY
Marshall Of Shenandoah when he was
injured in II head-on collision had
already been In four accidents before
that one and changed owners after.
leach escapade. HI Z; 3:32 NJ 81
# Linden Sachau, aged four years, was
y killed IN an automobile accident about
n two miles west OF Casey when the
u car owned and driven by r. c. Win
{kelmann was crowded on the end OF q
cement culvert in passing team. N
x The. cornerstone OF the new Salem
Lutheran church was laid at Ludlow
Z A large number Of ministers were
4 present and large concourse OF peo-
4 pie witnessed the ceremony.
Harlan Sergeant, son Of B. D.. Sar-
geant, proprietor Of the Usage Green.
house, was drowned in the Cedar
river. Unable to swim, he stepped,
into hole. 5S;.s, IA b.
Fire, probably due to spontaneous
combustion, broke out IN the Hawk
eye Produce plant at Charlton and
the building and contents were al
most completely destroyed.
y IA fire, uncertain Of origin, destroy
y ed large elevator building at Oska-.
4 loosa The contents were owned and
operated by w. K. Neill and G. Y.
4 Momyer at New Sharon.
Lightning struck the Lutheran
church at Rake, instantly killing.
Martin Guam, seriously injuring the.
Others, and stunning a hundred or
more others 81 The church was crowd,
ed to capacity. S n $.t s.,ss5. tssgs
W. Clarion people were treated to a
o@1 ;r1a ~ oo%i ion, Iov,
Weeks OF Eagle Grove flew over Clar-'
II Ion IN a try out of his machine. It
was about 500 feet above the grbund
I and sailed very easily. II II
Carl Book Of Cedar Rapids had the
base Of his spine crushed and sus,
tanned other severe injuries when his
motorcycle collided with an automo-
/ bile. Book was riding behind an au-
n tomobile and attempted to pass. 4,
Constable Roy Chinn Of Davenport
was hurled to the ground, his chin
y broken, knee dislocated and ribs
caved in, when he tried to arrest
4 some speeding autoists. &;
Infection from sick COW on the
Paul Koontz farm nearly caused the
death of four men near Waterloo.
The animals sickness baffled the doc
tors. ss f.ssl s.,.5. n s5a:.5
II. M. Vawter of Knoxville will, in
partnership with others, open the
Security Savings bank with a CAPT
g tai OF $4,000 at Marshalltown.
Nine curators were chosen at the
last regular biennial meeting of the
iowa State Historical society held in
{ Iowa City. ~ j. ~"
DR.. Albert E. Graves, pastor Of the
First United Brethren church at Wa
terloo for five years, is dead after
long illness. I'LL r..
The mississippi river claimed two
more victims when Alvin" Sundeen
and John Vancencellious were drown
ed. Vancencellious dived out of a
boat and did not come to the sur
face again. He is believed to have
struck his head on a rock.
i Mrs. Guy Erickson Of Maple HILL
who was injured in a runaway, has
been stricken with paralysis and is
not expected to recover. Her spine
was injured in the accident.
% The young man killed in an auto
mobile wreck near Blencoe, has been
positively identified as being Leonard
9 Williams of Post Oak, Mo.
Attending the annual spiritual re-
treat of the priests of the Davenport
diocese of the Catholic church at St.
Ambrose college were los priests.
The retreat is under the direction OF
Very Rev. NJ. S. Ryan, c. M, of St.
Louis.
Valuing his peace of mind at $500
an unknown man sent draft for that
amount to City Treasurer 1gnatz Hid
of Davenport. The name A. r. Chris
tian was signed to the draft. City
officials don't know what it is for.
Warren LaFollette was drowned in