Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-07-14

grounds and buildings, the institution
will be saved. The stock is being sold
at $40 a share. The coliseum, which
seats $500. is among the finest in
the middle west. I..
y The Presbyterian church at West
Point, the oldest of that ddhomina-
ton in the state of Iowa, dlased
three day session celebrating the sew
enty-eighth anniversary of it's organ
ization. Officers of the Iowa presby-
terry were present throughout the
services. West Point was first set
tied in 1884. Early in 1887 a small
together and on June "a of that year
the first Presbyterian church Of Iowa
was organized under the authority OF
the presbytery of Schuyler. ~. "
Andrew Madsen of Cedar Falls,
young tailor, is candidate for g
Carnegie hero medal, his friends say.
They have sent his name to the Car
negie hero commission as the result
OF his saving three girls from drown,
ing in the Cedar river after a score
OF other persons had refused to make
the attempt. 90
"The White Wings Squad" is now
"a reality in Mason City. Prisoners
dressed. in white, sixteen Of Them
were set to work on the streets. May
or Potter has boosted drunk fines
from $685. to $2S.s5, and he proposes
to make every mothers son Of them
work. G,SG&fs a, ILL.,, .-.. !. Fl ;s5i5s$
Word was received OF the sudden
death Of John McMiMen OF Bloomfield
at Moulton. He had just finished his
labor on the new opera house in.
process OF erection in that city, and
had descended from ladder when
he dropped dead. DIR !Hss Y, 4 ~; \: 4 I
Dean Mallery, wanted at Mason
City for embezzlement, has been
brought back from Kansas City, where
he was arrested. Il He was agent OF
the Chicago Great Western at Thorn.
ton and disappeared when a shortage
in his accounts was discovered.
One hundred and eighty delegates
attended the Modern Brotherhood
state convention held at Mason City
and the regulars were in control by
q vote OF 4 to I. Eighteen regular
delegates were chosen for the St.
Louis national convention. i! ii%5'
With his mind total blank OF all
the circumstances leading up to or
during the auto accident which nearly
cost his life, the condition Of Eugene
Cavanaugh of Fort Dodge who met
with an auto accident remains about
the same. Il n AZ Il, F32, a. sa. F n s5Y $.,s
IA motorcycle ridden by NJ. II. Rose
collided with an auto driven by, n.
Redeker and as a result the motor
cyclist is at the Park hospital at Ma
son City. He is in pretty bad shape
and his wheel so badly damaged as
to be worthless. r., " sItt
Work has been started on the new
Missouri Valley Oil company's. plant
lat Baskerville. J. A. Barrett is to
be the local representative of the
new company whose headquarters are
at Omaha. ,.#% X: &s& - s..
S Mike Scholtes OF Springbrook mar
srowly escaped death when he was
caught in a revolving shaft and sus.
tanned painful injuries. He was badly
cut about the head and his shoulders
bruised. gsf ! n. s & T.. a.. :.
The. city council Of Hamburg has
called a special election to decide
whether or not Hamburg shall have a
free library. The ladies of the city
had formed a library association a
year ago. s%a L III e 5a st 4
u James Travis, a prisoner released
from the Wapello county jail to raise
money to pay his fine, did not return.
For several days past the county au-
thorities and police have been on the
lookout for Travis. L ,4r
8Audolph Kluever, aged 80 years,
and a life long resident of Audubon
county, was found dead in a field near.
his home. Death was caused by ap-
oplexy. iiss5s.5 5es +. Z. IN IS " +, .;%+
Holding his youngest child in his
arms, trying to quiet her while his
sick wife secured rest, William Erie.
tag, residing near Fort Dodge, died
from heart failure. ssE=E Ii
The final contract for the building
Of the O'Brien county court house
has been let for s11S,302. The bid
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tract was s9,446.7S. 5,@s =.
| The dedication of the new Elks'
club house at Atlantic will take place
July 81 and rs. 'i]
The new town well at Tabor has
been completed and accepted. It will
furnish flow of thirty-five gallons
per minute. A street sprinkler has
been ordered and the streets will be
sprinkled this summer. +
There was a good attendance at
the Commercial club banquet held,
in the dining room of the Catholic
church lat Sheldon. The club has a
membership of 163.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. B. Ogden Of Will
liamsburg were thrown from their car
and badly shaken up. Mrs. Ogden
was cut on the face and head but no
bones were broken for either. a.,
The appointment of W. K. Currie
as postmaster at Centerville will re-
move from the Office one of the best
known old soldiers and republican
politicians of the state, Col. E. c..
Haynes. " s.t -
Authorities at Cedar Rapids began
search for the body of John U. Vavra,
the proprietor of an automobile tire
company who disappeared after leav-
ing notes to relatives that he intend
ed to end his life. #
Ed Crossley, JEWELS veteran poul.J
try and egg dealer, dropped dead at
Ellsworth. He had been in business
for the past twenty-five years.
Arnold B. Burnham, an attache Of
a show with a carnival company
| which showed at Atlantic, was cleo
| trocuted when handling live wire
| there while the carnival aggregation
was loading up.
| Earl Miller, aged IA years, of Dav-
export, was drowned while bathing
in the Mississippi river at that place.