Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-03-31

Fiala of Eagle Grove first, Judith
Sandren, second: humorous, Edith
Bloom OF Ackley first, Geneva Van
wood, Robert Cook of Clarksyille,
Ruth, Reemsten OF Charles City and
Roberta Castor of BOWS won first in
the respective classes and Harold
Thompson OF Dumont, Susan Baker
of Northwood and Mary Hood, OF
Green, second. At Waterloo first was
taken by Robert Eddington Of Waiver
~, Harriet Floyd of Grundy Center
and Jeannet Shearer Of Cedar Falls,
and the second by Simmons Town
send of Traer, Carrie Sadler of Water
loo and Florence Donacelske. The
winners meet ut Independence March
rs. s&3
At a business mems meeting of the
New Hampton Poultry Association, the
following officers were elected: Presi-
dent, T. B. Condor; secretary, c. B.
Phillips; treasurer; Tim Donavon.
Directors-A. H. Honeyman, S. T.
Whalen, J. c. Mueller, H. 2. 'Babcock
and D. w.. Dawson. Superintendent,
John Lew-schnurr and Kemman Lew
il. ,-' ~ y. ~
+ The Keokuk school board is sanc~
tioning for the first time in it's his
tory the reception of the junior class
to the seniors in building outside
OF the high school building. An at
tempt on the part Of the board men,
bers to have dancing forbidden at
this reception outside of the school
was voted down by the majority.
The Iowa Baptist convention Of ex-
tension under the auspices of the city
B.. Y. P. U. of Des Moines will be
held March 26 to % at Des Moines
college. DR.. w. E. Chambers will be
speaker and Miss Meme Brockway
of Philadelphia will have large part
on the program presented. 5s
Clarence Smith, who was arrested
in Boone on a charge of forgery and
who was sentenced; by Judge H. E.
Fry in the district court to fifteen
years in the reformatory, got hold OF
bottle of disinfectant used in the
county Jail and drank very nearly all
of it. = A.
Mrs. c: J. Lunberg, Of Fraser, died
as the result of burns received re.
Gently. She had started to kindle
the fire when in some way her shawl
caught fire and before she could ex.
tinguish the flames she was severely
burned. Mrs. Lundberg was 81 years
of age. ~ -9E III 49,. ~
William Suites Of Oakville was
bound over until the April term of
court his bond being fixed at $4,000.
Mr.. Suites Is accused of burning the
garage, auto, woodpiles and outbuild-
ings on the R. r. Sierly farm in De-
cember. -.
Mrs. Jene Arnold of Keokuk, IS
years old, drank carbolic acid and died
recently. She is said to have been
the victim of drugs, and, unable to get
dope under the Harrison act, killed
herself.
S. P. benson, aged IS, q farmer liv.
ing near New Hartford, was killed
while saving wood. He fell into the
saw which he was operating and q
leg and arm were cut of. He died al.
most Immediately.
The Smart & Co. general merchan-
disc store in Grant was totally de-
stroyed by fire. The postoffice. which
was in the building, was also burned.
The loss on the stock is estimated
at $4,000. H.
Sunday funerals are under the ban
at Muscatine. The Ministerial asso-
citation in session gave unanimous ap-
prevail to resolution asking that the
practice OF holding burial services on
the Sabbath be discontinued. -
e. Farmers living near and business
men of Larrabee have come together
and are planning the establishment
of a cooperative store at that place.
A $4,000 company has been organ
lied with S. s. Gilbert at the head.
After completing 45 years in the
service OF the c. & N. w. railroad
Engineer H. T. Herring Of Boone has
retired on a pension. He started to
work for the company June 8, 1868, ~
fireman. s
The Humboldt Farmers Co-opera.
tive association has declared SO per
cent cash dividend to its stockhold-
ers. Besides this the association has
| paid a good rate OF interest ever since
it organized some twelve years ago.
Patrick H. Doherty, foreman of the
sausage department of the Morrell
packing plant, fell to his death. The
unfortunate victim walked into space
on the sixth floor Of the building and
died without regaining consciousness.
The Hunting elevator at Akron, CON
tanning about 5000 bushels Of grain,
was destroyed by IRE, causing loss
of $4,000. The building was only
erected year ago.
The general store owned by. !. IL,
Nordaker at Dunlap was destroyed by
fire. The loss is estimated at $780,
900. There was insurance of $4,000
on the building and stock. -st:
James Duffy, car repairer on the
Northwestern, was killed by passenger
train No. 10 while walking the yards
in Carroll. He was 60 years old. =.
C. A. Johnson has purchased the
F. w. Kaskey eighty acre farm about
six miles southwest of Alta. The
price was $210 an acre.
DR.. J. l.. Reeves, well known
physician of lie Mars, shot his wife
inflicting three wounds, one bullet
striking her in the neck, another in
the chin and one in the stomach. Dom
estic trouble is the cause ascribed.
They have been married only about q
year. :
The Iowa State Association Of Reg.
istered Nurses will hold its annual
convention in Iowa City, April ~, "a
and 20. This is the first OF the or
carnations of state nurses In the
country to apply for membership in
the National Society for the Proven
| ton of Infant Mortality.
Seven hundred Crawford farmers
held a meeting to protest against
so per cent proposed increase in the