Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-03-10
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IOWA
NEWS
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The annual encampment of the q.
"A. r. Of Iowa will be held at Sioux
City, June $40. B. C. Ward, depart
ment, commander, and George New
man, adjutant general, were in Sioux
City, where they met with q commit
tee to. fix the dates and plan for, the
sessions. The dates selected are one
week earlier than it is usual for the
state encampment.t This is necessary
in order that, Col. D. ]. Palmer. com
OF the G. A. R., may
be present. His tour is arranged SO
that the dates selected are the only
ones he can conveniently give to
Iowa. u e - III y 3 Far Nj 7 I!
! BY: throwing Wall lake into mon.
strous drainage district, drainage ad'
herents hope to defeat the object OF
the sportsmen of the state to allow
the lake to remain in its natural
state. A hearing on the project will
be held before the Wright county
board Of supervisors on March 18th.
TO accomplish. the drainage project
would require $4,000. s y s$.. ~, f.
William l.. NJ. Weusel, a highly re
spected resident of Marshal county
and the oldest Mason in the state
died at Marshalltown suddenly. Mr.
Weusel was born in Pennsylvania
Feb. rs, 1928, where he lived until
after the war, when he came to Iowa
settling on farm in Logan county
He joined the Masonic order in Penn
sylvania in 1852. =, (; %, Nous +
e Plans are under way for the organ
ization of q mid-continent baseball
league, class D association. Promot
ers from Aberdeen, Mitchell, Sioux
Falls, Yankton, Bookings, s. D.,
Pipestone and Luverne Mimi, and
Rock Rapids, Ia, will meet at Sioux
City March IA and perfect an organ
ization Of the new circuit. !, The sal
airy limit viii be $1,000 per month. i
Ri Mrs. Lillian Graham, widow Of DR.
Graham, Of lie Porte City. has been
made the defendant in. a $4,000 suit
brought by Mrs. Elizabeth North
Mrs. North accuses Mrs. Graham Of
having alienated the affections Of hel
husband, and she asks Judgment on
two accounts for $12,500 each. Mrs
Graham is past, so years. and is re
puted to be quite wealthy. B NJ
The agitation which has been un
der way, for some time past to com
bine Iowa Wesleyan college of Mt
Pleasant with Simpson college at In
dianola received another blow wher
In a recent meeting Of the Wesleyan
board Of trustees that body refused
to hold q conference with the Simp
son board relative to the consolida
ton. Sss75z *: q, = ~ f.. i. 4. LII s,,G.
The closing session Of the Central
Iowa Lumbermen's association con
vention held at Cedar Rapids, elected
officers as follows: President, Steph
en- Brown of Waterloo; vice-president
William Schoefield of Eldora; direc
tors, O. T. Cleveland Of Jewell, J. p
Jepson of Centralia, and A. jeffrey
Of Cedar Rapids. yn, .es.,,
Al Cedar Rapids is confronted by d
dep problem by the repeal OF the
mulc. law, Either: the, city will be
compelled to cut down headed i'm
rrovements or increase the taxes t
d big figure. The city loses nearly
$4,000 by the repeal, and there II
no way of replacing that sum except
by increasing the taxes. s. s s5:., .gss.
Andrew Benson, Z pioneer farmer
Of Richland township, Delaware coun
ty, butfwho few years ago removed
to Strawberry Point to make his
home, was instantly killed by q Nil
waukee train at Strawberry Point
Mr.. Benson was past 70 years. T.
q! Frank 2 McKibben, of Macksburs
died at his home there as the result
Of q fight with another man in thai
place. He is reported to have beer
kicked in the. stomach during thu
fracas. ss.,s 6lsY&i ~ 3 III .nF
Robbers blew the safe in the post
office at Kamrar. Only SIS in money
was secured, though a quantity O
stamps were taken. The robbers es
capped on a hand-car either to Jewel
or Webster City. "a r. +. e. s !, S+ti
4 Frank ;Ramacotti, proprietor OF Al
Italian candy store at Boone, and
who is charged with being the receiv
er Of the Burns igang loot, tried to emf
his life by the poison route whils OF
the way to jail. ,..g44... = n 2 E
A journeyman tailor who gave hi
name as "A. H. Krahn, about 80 year.
old, committed suicide at the Hokart
hotel in Sheldon by hanging himsel
to the bed post by a fire escape rope
Tie revival at the Broadway Meth
odist church infCouncil Bluffs is grow
ing in interest and attendance. 81
far over 100 persons have hit the saw
dust trail. IT, IL.
4 A census OF Spencer just takel
shows a gain from 5000 to 4,022 il
FIVE years. A new $4,000 Masonic
temple is being planned ipr the town
y The plant of the Iowa Hog Remed!
company at Jefferson was destroyed
by fire. The loss was $4,000, witt
$40 900 Insurance; i
!. John McDonough, manager OF
garage at Williamsburg, attempted tt
end his life by taking hydro-chlori'
acid. His cries Of agony were heart
and medical aid summoned He ma.
recover '&J ~ , '@l$5.5St 3z<s'.@5
The farmers and stock raisers IL
the vicinity of Delhi have formed tn
Farmers ]. Shipping association
Through this organization it Is plan
ned to dispose Of all stock and prod
uce raised by the members.
Three hundred citizens Of Dunlal
have signed a petition protesting
against allowing the railroads an in
crease in passenger rates. :
4, The Fort Dodge, Des Moines an
Southern railroad is fitting itself t
handle any probable increase of busi
ness that may come by June 18th
Two 75-ton electric locomotives hav'
been ordered.
The city Of Manning is to have it
first chautauqua this summer.
will be held under the auspices o
the Women's club and the CONNER
cial club in July or early in August
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