Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-07-07
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Figures provided w the county en-
eineers ii the thirteen counties OF
Iowa through viii ch the Lincoln high,
way passes show that during the year
1914 there was spent on this road
the sum Of 81 46,179 ( OF. ss It Is est.
mated that 81, s71 VIII he spent this
year making 4 total 81 32o4. 10 ~ two
years. 81 d. {
Audo1ph Kluever, resident Of An.
dubon county practf cally all his life,
was found lead III . field about q
quarter Of, a milo from his home. He
had gone out to- cut weeds and his
parents s who lived with him, becom.
ing alarmed u at his "a continued alb.
3sence, started out to hunt him and
found him lying dead in the heM:
Sheriff NJ. D. Myers and %. o. Rock
55of Logan were informed by the many
sheritfs and town Officers of Iowa, Ne
braska and Dakota, where they were
In search Of the stolen Stafford team
OF Modale, that horse stealing had
become very active since the horse
1 markets had opened In large towns
] for the European war use. f31:.
Glenn Hutc hinsons I OF u Sioux City,
aged Is, IS the first Fourth Of July
victim in Iowa this year. With 9th
ser boys, he was making q cannon
/ cracker out of 8 tin can and powder,
and the explo sion sent q piece 81 the
can into his eye.
Motorcycle Policeman Jas. Flack-
hart Of Boone, while trying his new
100 miles an hour motorcycle at the
North Side driving park was serious,
3ly injured. "a COW jumped onto the
track and Flockhart turned out to
avoid a ollision. Il ;S} + s 81
Captain w. N. Greeley, president
/ OF the Union National bank Of $Ames,
has contracted for q $40, 900 mauso-
3leum to- be built ON his i lot ini the
Ames cemetery. The mausol eum VIII
be- built Of the finest quality Barry
granite \ and lined with marb La !, /; &.
" Louis DeVries,, in struct0r IN Z mod
;tern3 langlage at Iowa State college;
has been unable to get into Germany
for : sum mer's study at the Univer-
tsity of GreissWald, as he had plan,
net, and will return to Ames. ,ss
p B. Hillman, owner Of the Ham
burg electric plant, has secured the
passage OF. a franc hise and contract
for street lighting by the Riverton
town council and q special election
has been called. .;j E5sit5. !.
Charley Myers OF Logan is exhibit.
ing q petrifed tooth Of a mastodon.
The tooth was uncovered by work
men sixty-fiye feet down In the Cox
sand pit near Missouri Valley, and is
10 fine specimen. sli \. III
The new Elks' building at Atlantic,
costing 81. 900 and recently complet-
! ed, will be dedicated early IN July.
The Atlantic lodge was organized u
years ago and has membership OF
400. "a q Es,..5 M
4 Harry Cowles, son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
~. 3. Cowles Of West Union, writes
to his parents from Bethune, France,
where he is motorcycle messenger in
the Canadian contingent. He enlisted
$in Canada. III 4. I'll.
5.{i The contract for the new Phi Delta
Theta fraternity house at .Ames was
let by the officers Of the fraternity.
The house, when completed this fall,
will he the finest fraternity home on
the campus. U II. Z. n. g 4
Walter Hoover, son OF a prominent
retired farmer of Harlan, was killed
near that place when a shock absorb
er on the front of his auto broke
causing the machine to turn turtle.
tn Henry Wilson OF Ames, aged seven
ty-four, who has occupied every posi-
!. ton In the municipal life of Ames
that it was possible to bestow upon
him, died at his home there. 81
Earl Riddle of Denison sustained a
broken leg when the motorcycle he
was riding collided with an auto
driven by Mart Meade. nd, f
81 Adam Walker, who forty years ago
began work for the Burlington rail
road at Ottumwa and who had been
continuously in the service, died as
the result OF an accident in which ne
lost both legs in the Creston yards.
Andrew Danielson; a wealthy retir-
ed farmer Of DEBORAH, committed sui
eide on. his farm about ten miles
north OF /. that city. He was about
town in the morning and about noon
went out to the farm. 35st
+ Robert Wharton, So, the Oldest &C
tive Mason in Iowa, died at his home
at Bussey. He was a pioneer and
widely known. i. Il VI 5ts:$l E. /: II 4.
I Al loyal spirit brought together
about 1000 citizens Of Buena Vista
county and vicinity at Alta in the
great annual farmers elevator picnic,
at the fair grounds. The grounds
were well filled with autos and bug
gies and the grandstand could only
seat portion Of the merry throng.
Assistant Deputy Warden Ben
Skyles of Fort Madison was compell-
ed to shoot William Hall, a negro con-
Wet who attacked him with an axe.
Hall, who is serving five year sen.
tence for larceny, broke from his
guard while being taken to solitary
confinement. -, ,..e T.. .
Burglars entered the hardware
store of Gaennen G. Forkenbrack at
New Hampton through rear window
and escaped with several revolvers
and knives. There is no clue to the
theft. .
After residence in .Denison of If
ty-two years Mr.. A. J. Bond, together
with his wife, will soon leave for Cal
ifornia, their future home. Both are
active members of the G.. A. R. and
w. r. C. -.7 -.-- ...s
: Charles Briggs, an elderly farmer
near Rockford, committed suicide ov-
er his wife's grave by shooting himself
in the right temple with a revolver.