Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-03-24
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A Kansas City detective was at F.
( Dodge investigating the case Of the
mysterious, nameless woman found
Il sitting on the railroad track waiting
4 for train to run over her. She Is
nearly six feet tall, weighs ITO, has
i mole on her neck and no front teeth.
Her hair is dark and her eyes brown.
Her diary discloses that she has been
& In Omaha, Glenwood, Davenport and
Rock Island recently. An envelope in
which there was no railroad ticket
was found on her. g,s
Mrs. Clarissa A. Bider Is the only
woman who has come In with wolf
pelt to the county auditors Office at
Linn county, and claimed the bounty
on wolf which she shot, within. the
3 memory OF the present county offi-
cials. Mrs. Bidder said that the ami
/ NAL got into a field that was fenced
a hog tight and that her dog worried
It until it was pretty we'll worn out,
Is after which she was able to shoot 1t
dead. ~
B. F. Dickinson OF Estherville. an
# M. & st. l. freight conductor. was
4 knocked from his train at Twin
Bridges. between the M. & st. l..
4 junction and Valley Junction. and
thrown into Walnut creek. from where
Ibis dead body was taken, three hours
Il later. He had been killed instantane-
4 ously when his body struck the iron
\ Orders Of the bridges as he leaned out
q to watch for the block signals. d.
John Greeley OF Gravity has breed
& of ducks that are causing quite q
lot OF comment and creating no end
Of curiosity by their habits Of life.
The ducks fly upon the fence with
i the chickens and other poultry Of the
4 farmyard.a at roosting time they
B fY5up into the trees with the chick
ems instead OF roosting on the ground
4 as is customary with the duck fam
lily, ,.s ;*5E Il. :.; Z,
The board Of supervisors Of Greene
n county have unanimously adopted a
resolution to submit q proposition to
the people to issue bonds in the sum
OF $150000 to erect I new county
\ building. The present court house
h was built in the year 1871 and is now
\ IN very bad condition and entirely
z Inadequate in size to meet the pres
emit needs OF the people. H..
Free text books in Sioux City
\ schools will be the rule hereafter, Or
& ganized labor has been waging cam
{ paign for the idea for a long time.
N and triumphed at the election. The
{ imposition carried by vote OF L.
$50 to *S59. s. 5=.. { sssz,
It is believed to have been estab-
n lished that the foot and mouth dis
ease was transmitted to Linn county
Il from Michigan on apples from an or
chard In which q COW had been pas
tured. The Feelings were fed to the.
hogs. near Springville.
"A widow at twenty with two chill.
dren, Mrs. Bernice Babcock, Of Coun.
Gil Bluffs. was granted q Widows PEN
& sion at 81 per week. by Judge Camp.
ell In superior court. Mrs. gabcock's
husband was q Spanish. American war
( veteran. r u aS:ss
IN G. w. Willett, who has been su-
\ perintendent OF the schools in Abba.
& the past two years, has resigned and
will 90 to northern Minnesota at an
5 advance Of $500 q year. His position
has not as yet been filed.
Fred i A. Koechling prominent.
4 citizen OF Keokuk, shot himself at his
3 home. Worry over Ill health and the
{ fact that his eyesight was becoming
4 impaired Is supposed to have caused
) his rash act. He was 81 years OF age.
Women's clubs Of the state are
\, back OF the measure introduced by
4 Senator Larrabee which would pro-
vide for the appointment Of q woman
4 by the state board of control to Wis
! Il insane hospitals. Is, NJ In
The heaviest fine, ever imposed on
a:a Mason City druggist for violation
" OF liquor laws. was when Judge JOS.
! enh j.. Clark imposed fine of 5000
and costs upon Charles Bergman of
II the Bergman Drug company.
The $4,000 five per cent Cherokee
& school bonds have been sold for ST.
Z 954.92 premiums. The site for the
\ improvement will be selected by the
board y, ~ u "a Oh
::5s+ Mrs. Lewis Kronkright OF Birming-.
! ham shot herself in the head, dying
H Instantly. She is supposed to have
been temporarily deranged. She was
about SIS years Of age. .4t ..t'.tl
The gospel team which went from
s Des Moines to Swan last Sunday for
a days meeting made a great record.
OF the towns $50 inhabitants, the
4 ronVorsf0ns numbered az ~, rtt 49,. W.
Thirty.four hoboes who had been
quarantined at the Elkader county
{ jail because of the outbreak Of small
4 pox, were given their liberty. All
made a hasty exit from the city.
Plans for the new 1925 900 court
n house to be built in Rock Rapids have
Il been let by the Lyon county board
OF. supervisors to contractors of Des
Moines &
Heirs have filed contest OF the
Will of John Mcdonald. Of Monticello,
worth 100000. who left 100000 in
4 trust for distribution among the
poor, needy and deserving people Of
Jones county or to such deserving
people as might come to that county
seeking aid, treatment or care" :r
@ That 1t pays to advertise has been
4 demonstrated in the "goto-church"
{ campaign in Council Bluffs. The pub
b licity committee states that as a re-
suit Of their work going to church has
become fad in Sioux. City. For the
past two Sundays the attendance has
4 averaged over 10000. s:<{s. z. .z55
Mrs. Dorcas Brazell Of Dubuque was
discharged on motion Of the county,
attorney, her conviction for the muir
der Of her husband having been re-
versed by the supreme court and it
+ being impossible to secure the addi-
tional evidence outlined by 1t.
Mrs. Ella johnson sued Mills coun-
~ for $4,000 for the death OF her
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