Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-07-21

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81 L. H. Saveride, a boot and shoe
maker Of Estherville who recently
purchased q business in that city, ar
rived from. the east with his family,
whom he went to meet on their ar
rival from Norway. Mrs. Saveride
and children left Bergen on June 16
] and should have reached their new
. country some time ago, but because
the ship on which they sailed, the
Christfan-tJord was captured by the
English war ships and taken back to
4 StoneWall, England, they were delay
3 ed. While the ship was Norwegian
there were four Germans on board
bound for this country. In some man
ner or other, the English learned OF
Y their sailing and the ship was halted
in midsea and taken back to England.
The German passengers were taken
d of and kept IN England. Ri ;i Al
H In all pro liability the annual mill.
Al stary tourney Of the Iowa national
guard will be held at Cedar. Rapids
/ in September. Brigadier General H.
4 A. Allen has extended an invitation to
the engineering corps of the State
q university at Iowa City to participate
in the maneuvers which will bring to
u that city q large number Of military
\ experts. 5ss45.isS N s5 ~
" w. C. Brown, former president of
Il the New York a Central lines, H and
Parker X. Holbrook <, member; Of the
& board OF education, were elected to
life membership in the Iowa State
Historical society at the last meet
ling OF the board Sof curators held at
Iowa City. M
IN an endeavor TO escape ian APP
preaching rain storm, Mrs. Olga Dill
4 Ter OF Marsha ltown got into q boat
& near h where she and her husband
were fishing and attempted to cross
/; the Iowa river. She lost control OF
the craft In the swift water and fell
from the boat, drowning before her
husband knew what had happened.
Il Harley Thompson was fatally injur-
B ed lat Glidden by falling from q scat
fold while at work on the roof OF the
! First National bank bull ding. He
alighted on the concrete pavement,
crushing his skull and breaking one
leg. u
ii Seized with cramps while bathing
n In the lake at Clear Lake, Louis Roe
B buck OF Missouri went down for the
third time. Other swimmers got him
III out and doctors revived him thin
half an hour but during the night he
grew worse and was soon dead.
Flourishing q linen buster In his
face und er the pretense OF wanting
to buy it, five gypsy women are said
I, to have held up G. g. Deppe in his
y harness store at Shenandoah and talk
"a en- aTpocket book containing $11.1O.
Diphtheria no longer imper1ls Iowa
Fl CITY, The third and last death was
Ssst the child OF Robert Fackler, at whose
II home the quarantine has been lifted.
u The health department. states that all
MI danger of an Sepid emic is past. E$5
Mrs. Louise SAUCER Of :Keokuk, one
Of the few survivors Of the 1cartan
community, which was estab lished in
& following 81 the exodus OF the Nor:
mons, died at the Lee county home
there. v ...I Al Ilr
The Hassian ny is again causing
much damage to wheat in southern
I. and south westen Iowa, even as far
1 north as Grundy county, according to-
Il reports to Acting State HEntomolog
r. u. Webster. Il: ;Es .y i
SF3 Two more victims OF mad dogs were
A taken to Iowa City for the purpose OF
4 receiving the Pasteur treatment. They
are T. IL Eaton OF Des Moines and his
$fson, G. g. Eaton. III. .;$ II. AZ 5.z
B. &C. Cole, a farmer. and milkman,
was killed at Hampton BY q refractory
team attached ITO a load OF hay. He
/, was q member Of the firm OF Kra.s &.
+ Cole. II, ssiz {. 5:s N Al: a
Paul w. Beardsley, a driver for the
S Sinclair Packing company at Cedar
IL Rapids, was killed by a Northwestern
passenger train while walking across
n the Northwestern railroad bridge.
B. Barsby and Mrs. n. Clark OF
Logan were injured when two auto
4 mobiles collided near that city. Two
other occupants OF the cars escaped
unhurt. i: +: II M
"a heavy downpour OF rain about
q two miles northwest OF Mapleton rails
cd Wilsey creek, a branch OF the Ma
4. pie river, so suddenly that the Lamp
bridge was carried away. "a; W. \
The total receipts Of the chautauQua
at Lanesboro, which just closed, was
s519. The Mothers club, which. man
aged it, received nearly 800 as their
share OF the profits. 5s<ia q #@.as -: i
i. Mrs John Adcock of Charlton, who
about ten days ago swallowed three
or four bichloride of mercury tablets,
thinking they were headache tablets,
died from the effects of the poison.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paer Bengston of Alta
recently celebrated their golden we'd
ding, They were married in Sweden.
Eight Of their twelve children are liv-
ing and there are rs grand children.'
al Chris Jensen OF Waukon bought
h rocket and thereby hangs tale. He
\ set a match unto it and thought Nov
watch Ter SAIL" 1t did sail, right
through a plate glass window and
Jensen had to pay $50 for damages.
D Under the new laws regarding coun-
ty officials salaries, the treasurer and
auditor of Wapello county are given
raise Of $500 per annum. The sher-
itf's compensation is cut slightly, be-
3 ing placed at the fiat figure OF $1,000:
Under the direction Of State High
way Engineer T. n. Mcdonald, work
was started on the oiling OF the roads
on the Iowa State college campus.
.y Waukon people. point with pride to
the handsome hew $4,000 opera house
which has Just been practically COM
pleted. 1t marks a distinct epoch in
the theatrical business of Allamakee