Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-04-14
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Philo Stephens is q free man once
more. Two months ago the sheriff Of
Aberdeen, 8. d., went to Mason City
and with the assistance of Sheriff
Marsh soon, located Stephens. He
was arrested on q warrant accusing
him Of shooting q Russian. 1t was
also told that Stephens had stolen =
load of wheat. Stephens didn't seem
to care SO much for the charge Of
shooting a Russian but he protested
against the wheat. He said that he
owned the load of wheat and some
fellows tried to get it from him and
in the mixup there was some shoot
ing He has. just had his trial at
Aberdeen, and the jury after consider
ing the evidence, acquitted him.
Some two hundred ladies' living in
rural districts were guests at BAN
quet given by the officers Of the Fair
Association at the K. Of P. hall at
Mason City. Betterment Of condi-
lions for North Iowa Fair were thor
oughly discussed and the ladies show
ed a great deal Of interest in it. As
a result the managers will broaden
out perceptibly in the conduct of the
coming fair.
Quite a good many oats have been
sown the past week near New Lon
don, Notwithstanding the cold wealth
ed. If the weather warns up. hun
dreds and hundreds of acres will be
sown in that section of the state the
coming week. The acreage will be
larger than former years. Fruit has
been held back to no little extent by
the cool weather, which is taken as
Z good omen for . larger fruit crop.
The receiver of the Iowa Falls eiec-
trio, company, which was sold to the
highest bidder, has gone into the fed
eral court at Cedar Rapids and asked
for an injunction restraining the city
from enforcing the new and lower
electric light ordinance. He says it
Is conhscatory. The municipal owa-
ership idea Is growing and bonds to
build a plant may be sold.
Large improvements for railways
this year are improbable, according
to officials Of lines at Sioux City.
Should the fight tor higher rates be
successful it will result in more lib
eral spending. Expense OF fighting
the heavy SHOWS and the possibility
Of. serious water damage this spring
have depleted the improvement
S,v~A ~ ct@ko oNiniaYc anv
Burlington is to enjoy the unpre-
cedentsd privilege OF building pub
lie bridge across the Mississippi river
without thus far having received q
franchise from the government A
bill was introduced at Washington
several months age for this bridge and
1t had the approval OF government en-
cheering authorities along the upper
river. ~ ~ EG%E&t ..
1. Benedict Troe1dle Of Waukon cele;
brated his sAh birthday surrounded
by his children, grandchildren and
great grandchildren. Mr.. Troendle
was born in Baden, Germany, and
came to America in. 1885,, coming di-
rect to Allamakee county. He was
the organizer Of the first Independent
school Of sYeurgus and donated the
ground where the school was built.
Z. NJ G.. E. Bower, alias Richard Vain
wright, was arrested In q hotel at
Ottumwa on . charge Of forging
vouchers Tor $500 each on the First
National and Fairfield National banks
of Fairfield. When taken he had the
dresser drawer in his room stuffed
with $3.50 in bills Of big dsnomina-
ten. At $z. ss;i 3. I
Walter Niebert Of Muscatine is held
under arrest At Detroit, Mich. chars-
&c with being a member Of gang Of
white slavers who transported more
than thirty girls from Peoria, ILL.,, to
Detroit. Niebert is charged with
having taken several inmates Of Pc
oria disorderly houses to Detroit os-
tensibly as his wife. N 4 III
Mrs. Theo Winneka Of. Nicola de-
serves honors for having the best lay
ing hens in her surrounding territory.
She gathered ESQ eggs one evening
recently and filled a 30 dozen sized
crate in two days. She has about 400
hens. Her 4friends doubt il this rec.
ord can be eQualled. Nh.
John Confer, aged 25,$ q deaf mute,
faced charge Of double murder fol-
lswing his confession, said ito have
been. made to the police at MARSHALL
town that he killed Bonnie Milan and
Mrs. Minnie Milan, at their homo near
Green Mountain. Milan and his wife
were also deaf, mutes. y.
81 Louis Carlis, secretary Of the in
surgents Of the Modern Brotherhood
of America, may be in serious trou-
Bile. He resides in Cedar Rapids and
Is charged with criminally libelling
the present officers of the regular or
der. !E NS@t u ., @sg5.
& Mrs. Michael Hogan OF Monticello
was taken to the sanitarium at Ana
mosa,, where the Caesarean operation
was performed upon her. At present
account both mother and child are
doing well: n-n
The high school cadet company Of
Council Bluffs now, numbers 81 men,
bers. The lads have been armed with
rides discarded by
the army IL years ago. Six thousand
rounds of ,ammunition-12O to each
gun-was received with the guns for
target practice. ! '.+
The most bitter contest has devel-
oped in the election for president Of
the Sioux City Women's club, the
fight being alon: religious lines. The
are Mrs. Milton P. Smith
and Mrs. Burton, A. Morrow and $40
women, members Of the club, are al
most equally diyided. w.
Sioux City seems to be having a
crime wave in its midst. Scarcely
day passes that one or more burglar
les or hold ups are not reported to
the police. The home Of o. w. ,Har-
vey was looted Of $10e worth Of
jewelry and $50. Part Of the jewell
ry was considered almost priceless
as heir looms.
Sioux City has declared war on
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