Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-08-04

DeoA the strongest CONTENDER SO lar,
with an average OF s977 in bank de-
posits for, every man, woman and
child. with population of ITO (cen.
sus Of 1885," says J. A. Pardon, 'as-
sistant cashier OF the First National
bank of George, "and with bank de-
posts Of 1891. 1915. we have an aver
age of s1.1O6."
y At the celebration of the golden
wedding anniversary of Mr.. and Mrs.
George W. Earhart of Scranton, held
at Lohrville recently. there were pres
ent Mr.. and Mrs. r. B. Earhart Of
Scranton. Mr.. and Mrs. D. w. Ault Of
Farnhamville, Mr.. and Mrs. R. M. Ear
hart of Bagley, Mr.. and Mrs. John OK
enford Of Scranton, Mr.. and Mrs. s.
B. Earhart Of Lohrville, Mr.. and Mrs.
S. Robinson Of Lohrville, Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Ault of S1ifer. Mr.. and Mrs.
John Hennessey of Scranton.
Story City is experiencing remark
able building boom. Within the past
two years the following new struc-
lures have been erected: Central
Iowa sanatoriuln, American Evangeli-
cal church. Old Peoples home, opera
house, Grand hotel and the Story City
National bank building. During that
time forty new dwellings have been
constructed. &
The first case under the new law
providing free surgical treatment for
deforned children came up in the ju-
yenile court at Marshalltown when
Judge Cummings committed to the
hospital of the state university medi-
cal department at Iowa City Henry l..
Kassel, years old, of Melbourne. The
lad is victim Of infantile paralysis.
Myrtle Keeney of Mason City, aged
years, was perhaps fatally burned
at the family home in that city. She
threw kerosene on the fire in the
kitchen stove and an immediate ex-
plosion followed. Her face and hands
were burned to a crisp. ~
- Prof. Fred C. Eaton Of the Tangshan
Engineering college Of Tangshan,
north China, and Miss Olga Rose Ger
ny of Iowa City, the sweetheart of his
days as faculty member at S. U. l.
of which institution the bride is an
alumna-were married at Iowa City
recently. i.
Attorney General Cosson will ad-
dress the graduating exercises of the
eight grade graduates OF Cerro Gordo
county which will be held at the direc-
ton of Superintendent Benson In a
big tsnt at the North Iowa fair at Ma
son City. i. s
T.. ]. Garrison Of Denison received a
cable message from Panama saying
his son, Edgar. had died on July Is.
Mr.. Garrison has been located at Hor-
concitos, province Of Chiriqui, Repub-
lie Of Panama, where he was operat-
Ing cattle and horse ranch. 4 r
Fire OF unknown origin destroyed q
store, the postoffice, a residence and
small buildings belonging to Elmer
Smith and damaged other buildings
at California Junction. The loss is es-
timated at from three to five thousand
dollars. - o., T.. 49,
+ City commissioners Of Mason City
have finally decided to install a dis.
posal plant of the Imhoff type upon
the ten acre tract purchased a year
ago with a capacity for a city OF 36,-
600 people, double the present popula-
tion. 80 ~ ~ ~
A room in the garnet Of the school
building at Marcus 10 now being put
in readiness to install we'll equipped
r,nrroI tro;ptr1 dopo ~ m opf NTorc,ra
; has the only normal training depart
ment in the county excepting that in
Cherokee. ..g. i. 49,. -. -,
Following in the footsteps OF a num-
Der of churches in the east, the Con-
gregational society at Garner has. de-
cided to install billiard and pool
table in the basement of the new
church with other athletic sporting
equipment. $500 ~ ~.
Rev. G. w. Meyers, pastor Of the
Methodist church at Bassett, was
drowned while in bathing In the Ce'
dar river. Meyers had gone swimming
for recreation from the, strain Of re-
vival services he was conducting.
Diagonal is experiencing building
boom that threatens to place the
town on the map" to stay. Several
new houses, barns and granaries are
being constructed and many have
been completed. NJ. - Iss.y
r Isaac H. Sears OF Davenport. the
Oldest bank director In Iowa and for
many years known as "the dean of
Iowa bankers" who died at Davenport
recently, would have been 81 years
old had heNlived until next October.
The count at the state penitentiary
at Ft. Madison shows that 275 Of the
men sentenced to the institution and
credited to 1t are outside the prison
walls, comprising 40 per cent Of the
prison population. s9 ,'-. i -.
Fire destroyed the Interstate Manu-.
Featuring plant at Oskaloosa, makers
of the Marvel furnace with a loss OF
$40 900. The plant will be rebuilt i'm
mediately. e. T., . ~ a.. - r. 5g4 -
T. D. Foster died at Ottumwa after
an Illness of year. He was head OF
the Morrell Packing company of OF
tumwa, Sioux Falls and Liverpool,
Will DCduCuSo oil oSCA LAO ScuuSAys,
Thieves who made general raid on
the town of Weston stole the safe in
the Rock Island railroad station, load
ed 1t onto a handcar and conveyed 1t
one mile west of town, where the safe
was unloaded and opened with tools,
The safe was empty. - ~ a.,
After hard work on both sides the
question Of whether to sell bonds in
the sum of $4,000 for the erection OF
consolidated school at Luther car
ried by mere margin Of sixty-ons
votes. - sr 49,
Roy Neptune. % years old, was
drowned in the fair ground pond at
Charlton. His body was recovered.
A message to Paul Moorhead, .
farmer of West Branch, tells OF the
drowning of his son, Harold. high
school graduate. who left recently for
Kansas to assist q relative in harv-
esting. E. -. - 80.