Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-01-27

caeo. Hundreds of letters and photo
graphs Of young women were found
among his effects. Lone Wapello
girl wrote him warning that a de-
tective was: on his, trail. This letter
fell into the hands Of the police. From
his letters it was found he was en-
gagged to ten different girls.
&c The new Calhoun court house build
ing at Rockwell City is declared to
be unsafe and liable to collapse The
building was erected six months ago
alta cost of 100000. The county vot-
ed ;$125,Q00 for. the construction Of the
court house, but. the supervisors got
economical and had a cheaper. build
ing erected, with the above result.
As may be supposed the supervisors
are being openly criticised for their
action. t.,.. 81 ~ a. p: =, ,r-
County Attorney George Wilson Of
Des Moines has declared war on the
issuing Of permits to- all druggists to
sell alcoholic liquors. There are at
the present time IS druggists who are
dispensing. bottled booze in that city.
This action pleases both the drys and
the saloonkeepers. The latter desire
in case permits are refused them that
the city be made as dry" as it is
possible to make It. -:
After % years in the ministry, dur
ing which time he presided at many
funerals, the Rev Lars O.. Wigdafl.
who was elected state representative
from Palo Alto county, has come to
Des Moines with bill which he will
introduce in the Legislature which
will prohibit the opening OF the cask-
cts in churches during funeral serv-
ices. lsz.f73 &',5% ist't
3 Edward Perkons, former student
Of Coe college, and a brother of Prof.
Perkins Of that institution, is pris-
oner at an Austrian detention camp
so miles from Vienna. Perkins, who
is British subject, visited Austria
last summer and was detained by
Austria to prevent his joining the
British forces. * ~ =,
s Robbers attempted to enter the
store at Raleigh, but were captured
after struggle and placed in the
jail at Estherville, where they i'm
mediately proceeded to break all the
furniture in the cell and destroy the
electric light fixtures. Sheriff Tom
Nivison was severely injured during
the struggle with, them. * - 81
Bal, While brandishing revolver and
telling what he would do ii he saw
a burglar, Mervin Stoll pulled the
trigger accidentally and sent bullet
into tAe brain OF Thomas Lohning. He
died an hour later. When Lohning
was shot. he fell into the arms OF his
bride OF a month. Stoll is II years
old and Looming was q. u..,-g@. ej..
That a new railway will tap the
rich agricultural country lying sur
rounding Muscatino before long Is
indicated by the fact that In con-
gress there is now pending a bill
which extends authority to the Inter
state Bridge company to build a
bridge over the Mississippi at that
point. ..:. /, ~ .--.l 's.-.,'sC -
Wireless telegraphy has taken q
hold on some of the younger genera
ton OF Lamont There are at pres
ent three powerful receiving stations
owned and erected by the high school
students. At 10 o'clock every evening
Arlington station can be distinctly
heard giving out the time. ~ s.
1. The $4,000 opera house left Cad
visum) by Jacob Hardacre for Upton
decreased nightly in bhlk-when,
after, the will had been contested sew
eral times, about 100000 is left. How
ever, this is sufficient to afford Tip
ton with town hall suitable for its
needs. @E - 81 III
The electric lighting plant owned
by the town of. Fayette, which gets
power from the old Larrabee mill.
has been sold by the town council to
the Turkey River Power company.
They will remodel the plant. r T, 5'.i
The state board Of control will Wis
it Oakdale this week to inspect and
accept the new hospital building
which has recently been completed.
The; structure will be ready for use
as soon as it is, furnished. s. p Y
The United Hebrew Charity ascot
alton of Sioux City held its $50 annu-
al ball. over $50 couples were In
attendance and 5000 was netted for
benevolent purposes. a,.% "
According to George NJ. Chapel,
government crop expert, rWinnesh1ek
county raised last year $685. 900 bush
els OF oats, 49,, 1000 bushels Of barley
and 1O,10O bushels of flaxseed. I
Group 10 Of the Iowa Bankers as
ISOLATION will meet in Abba on In-
coins birthday, Feb. II. The fplace
was decided upon by the executive
committee in session here. va ~ +S. e
Bonds aggregating more than $685.
900 are to be floated by the supervis-
ors of Muscatine and Louisa coun-
ties to finance the No. drainage dis
trict improvement.
Monroe Seymour, aged 70, commit
ted suicide at the home OF his daugh-
ter, Mrs. JEFF Bengston, near. Marine
by hanging himself. III health given
as cause. - = & 49,
An older boys conference for the
boys of the six counties organized for
Y. NJ. C. A. work and other interested
boys will be held at Rockwell City
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the last three days Of January.
No longer will the boys Of the high
school at Sioux City $who persist In
the use Of the cigarette be allowed IN
the company Of the young woman
whom he has been attending, as q re-
suit of a decision reached by the girls
at meeting held at the school. The
motion to put this decision into effect
was passed BY a unanimous rising
vote OF all the girls: Z II.
The body of F.. c. McMartin., who
met death on the Wabash tracks tat
Abba a month ago, has been inferred
in cemetery there at the request OF
his relatives in Canada. For weeks
his identity was unknown. -, D..
nEo.%Sp M;cha olson a vnl1np married