Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-07-28
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& lated many OF the towns. "a telephone
I; call to Farragut, Coin, and other
4 neigh boring towns to ask about the
vi water damages brought responses for
4 news Of the Bedford murder trial, the
war situation, and other topics that
the small towns have been unable to
Ri hear about when the morning papers
failed tojarrivs for several days. 4 j.s59
3As The town OF Conrad has been serv-
5:e cd notice that . suit for personal In
Njuries and damages to- the amount Of
$10,575s has been brought against It,,
&: the plaintiffs being Mr.. and Mrs. G..
3fs E. Pickard. On the night Of July 4
q the car belonging to these parties
ran OF the grad 8 and injured them to
n such an extent that they; demand
the above payment, The car upon
turning over pinned both Mr. and
Mrs. Piokard under It and injured
them quite severely. 3s1 Is NJ !:
SisS While trying to start a ,nre with
kerosene, Edna Christensen, q school
teacher living near Badger, suffered
fatal burns. with her clothing mass
of flames she rushed from the house
and jumped into . watering trough.
Although medical assistance was
t ia rushed to, her she died FIVE hours Ia
ter
Proposed paving amounting to 34S,.
900 worth rs involved In . " suit
brought by George Fessel to enjoin
III u n. Dodge from attempting to assess
in PAYNE for: the paving. Mr..
n. ~ Fessel alleges that, because . Chicago
sss Arm did not file samples before open
4 ing of bids on the work, it did not
Scompl " with spe fications. . 3
The stomach OF Mrs. Henry Zenta
I'M OF Luyerne, who died under mysteri.
Gus circumstances, has been sent to
IN Iowa City che naists for examination.
III Cries Of pain emanating from the
barn brought her distracted husband,
IL who was told before she was seized
with commissions that she had been
kicked by, a COW. 5.= n
The fight between the Iowa City
council and the city railway company
.s8over the right OF the latter to enter
the city park has not ended yet. X 1t
seems likely now that petition sign
led by hundreds Of citizens Of the city
will ask that the council grant the
privilege asked by the company. &2,j
Z sfss Mrs. Caroline B. Drake, formerly
III president OF the First National bank
a4ots Abba, died at her home there at
I the age Of S3 years. She is believed
4 to have been the frst woman bank
president On che United States. N
t Hal Fuller, editor of the Lehigh
Valley Argus, down in the picturesque
country south OF Fort Dodge, has
n started on a $500 mile automobile
y "trip to Denver. II the going is good,
The will continue to the coast.
b New London and sections in south
eastern Iowa which were struck by =
Il disastrous storm recently are recov-
ering from the effects Of the tWdster.
Later Developments show that only
one life was lost. 81; 5It.sEs
ohm Veidt OF Merrill was badly cut
On the, facesand breast, and George
Sspennler also suffered injuries when
aScar driven by Mike Klenk plunged
into a ditch and through barbed
wire fence. NJ 1. 4 II 3.; @ .s@.
:ssss Fred j. Cochran, q wealthy young
attorney Of Iowa City. charged with
striking with q revolver Prof. Uboi
Re1del. a, violinist and former State
University Of Iowa faculty member,
/ was acquitted. .3}s #. $t
u Two unknown Bandits and several
"a laborers exchanged shots near the
\ Dougherty depot after the men rob-
bed the bunk car of track laborers.
The workmen attempted to drive them
out OF the car, and shots followed. 81
t7Sf THE school board at Kellerton has
the contract for the erection
:of the NV $780, 900 school building.
Work on the new building will be.
begun at once and It is hoped to have
ut completed by Jan. l. 4
5ss5s IL M. Sears, former president of the
Scott County Savings bank at Daven-
port, OF which he was the organizer
Z isss dead Of old age. He just passed
his 93d birthday. ;%
Investigation Of the books by the
company's auditor revealed short
age Of $4,000 in the accounts Of Fred
$Somers, freight cashier of the Illinois
.% Central railroad office at Dubuque.
Gust Olson was drowned in a deep
hole in Dry Run, just west Of Decor.
ah. He had gone to the stream to
:, swim and got into this deep hole and
could not get out.
:#$3 One hundred Italian reservists will
leave Mason City for the east. where
4 they will embark for their native land
ITO join the Italian army.
8a Plans are being completed by the
!. Boone Ad club to entertain the State
Admen's convention there in October.
Five hundred will attend.
. ,.=. Francis. V. Hull, aged -, who re-
q sides at Blakesburg, is the youngest
applicant for hunters license. The
dad procured his permit to hunt game
from the county auditor, and thus far
S{is the youngest legal hunter. =
/ Elaborate preparations are being
made for the entertainment of the
Iowa Rural Letter Carriers assooia-
ton, which convenes at Atlantic for
"a three day session. 4
} Two large barns, a large corn crib,
\ eight head of horses, several sets OF
harness and considerable farm ma
chinery were destroyed by fire on the
q old Clay farm near Emmetsburg.
q Mrs. E. S. Bailey OF Percival, widow
! Of the man who was shot and killed
in their home recently, and who was
( herself shot in the arm, has had the
member amputated and is now recov-
-ering.. r.
Lloyd Wright of Sioux City, high
school graduate, was killed and w. W.
7 Hall and Walter Scott. former mayor
of Hawarden, seriously injured when
their auto was hit by a train at
grade crossing. L..
Willis Metcalf, a farmer living near
Marion. was, found dead in bed with
two gas Jets turned on at Davenport.
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