Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-06-30
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Henry R. Baker, Grinnell 'S2. who
lives at Penacook. N. D., and IS
spending a few days renewing old col
lege acquaintances at Grinnell, dur
Ing the, commencement week at his
alma mater, told how he tried to es-
cape from the upper floor OF the old
west college, but was carried into
the basement when the building col
lapsed and buried there head down In
the ruins. A heavy stone window Sill
fell across+lis chest and nearly crush.
ed it,.iss#S prevented the other wreck
age Il II falling on his body and thus
probably saved his life. Three and
one-half hours passed. with Baker IN
an unconsciou condition and buried
head down In the ruins before he was
rescued. s&fE4, e a.. =. y. RI
DR.. G. E. Birney, one Of Esther
ville's most prominent physicians, is
near death as the result of lockjaw.
DR.. Birney performed an operation
on Irwin Calkins OF Emmetsburg. The
lad had fallen from q tree and fractur-
ed his arm. Lockjaw set in and 1t
BET came necessary to amputate the
arm at the shoulder. From this OPP
Grafton DR.. Birney was infected. Doc
tors claim that he : has only one
chance in a thousand to recover.
George Page a retired farmer, at
tempted suicide by electrocution at
sLenox. He went to the electric power
OF xvfr
screen about the dynamo with the idea
OF transmitting the power to his body.
He received shock which threw him
to the floor, but not sufficient to kill
tact with the dynamo direct, and
him, as the wire did not come in con-
transmitted only 8 small portion OF
the full current. s45 :$
s %: William Jones Of McGregor was
electrocuted BY live wire which,
had fallen during the storm there.
He was on his way to his blacksmith
shop. Charles Kleinow, a contractor.
who was with him and attempted to
remove the wire with wood folding
rule when Mr.. Jones kicked the wire
and tried to throw /, 1t of with his
hand, receiving shock Of 1000 volts.
Mason City may not have her $780,,
900 high school after all although a
bond issue was recently authorized at
popular election. Opposition has de-
veloped and a proposition for S15O,-
900 structure has been advanced.
Should this be. defeated, 1t is probable
that the legality Of the election will
be attacked in the courts by some OF
the heaviest taxpayers. V 81:
~ "Billy" Robinson, the Iowa aviator,
hew from Grinnell to Iowa City and
delivered a packet Of (. pope orn-the
first air route delivery ever made in
Iowa. The trip from Grinnell to Iowa
City took just 43 minutes. or 46 to the
moment of landing at the fairgrounds
quarter stretch. The flight was I'M
eventful. ls 1. 7. L. i. e. 4,s5
Z The Industrial association OF Keo-
kuk has announced that the Rivers
Refining and Smelling company would
begin at once the erection Of a plant
400 feet by 400 feet for handling re-
fractory ore. The plant will employ
400 men to start with, and with al
lied industries to be developed will
employ 2 1000. q! S. 3sAs. y. /
n Two young girls. members Of q fam
lily that is travelling across the state
in a covered wagon bound for Me-
braska, were killed by lightning strik-:
ing there tent when in camp near
5Adair. The other members Of the
family were stunned. People in the
neighborhood raised purse Of $50
to aid the people. 4 s,:.z (; a. ss<
The official program for the meet
ting of the county attorneys Of Iowa
which will be held in Fort Dodge
has been issued from the office Of E.
W. McManus, county attorney for Lee
county. Mr.. McManus Is secretary
OF the association. .:jS5s,
Harley E. Smith, q former resident
OF Iowa Falls, now a salesman with.
headquarters at Fort Dodge, is said
TO have gotten into something OF a
mixup with a Kossuth county farmer
and as result is quite badly in
jured. s ..$ &
$8 Miss Mabel Newquist, who gradu-
ated from the Essex High school,
holds a remarkable record. During
the tie nyears which she attended the
Essex schools she was never absent
or tardy. Her general average was
9311a. :.E 5,s. n. I.
Lee Blair Of Mason City was cleo
.trocuted when he came in contact
with a wire carrying 1900 volts OF
electricity. 4. Respiration was restored
with a pulmoter, but circulation could
not be started. t..S 9.:8 ...g. Ri III.
Assessor H. c. Short has Just COM
pleted the census of Lansing. The
figures follow: First ward, 100; sec
ond ward, 437; third ward, 430; to-
tai of 1857. This is a gain Of 115
over the last government census.
Charles Albert McCune, for twelve
years head Of a wholesale shoe COM
pany at Des Moines, died at his home
there after a long illness. He. was
born in Ohio in 1851. B, 5:...52
NJ. A.. Leight OF the prison guard
force at Fort Madison, has left for
Johnston City, H., in response to a
telegram announcing the murder
there OF his brother-in-law, who was
killed by, an unknown man who en-
tered the room and shot him and his
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It has been definitely decided that
Emmett county is to hold a picnic on
July 8. M. j. Erb has donated the
use Of his fine grove near Ryan lake
for the picnic and it is expected that
this will be the largest gathering Of
the sturdy yeomanry ever held in En-
met county. S. ~. Il
James P. Kennedy, one of the old
est and best known citizens Of EN-
met county, who was operated upon
at his home in Estherville, is recov-
erlng rapidly from the effects Of the
operation and the prospects are that
he will entirely recover his normal
health. h. sa y
s Waukon has again been honored by
the board of curators Of Iowa City IN