Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-02-24


tette at the meeting OF the national
association Of fair men in Chicago
and were impressed with the high
quality Of their work. The band Is
the one which has been selected for
the opening and closing Of the Pan
ama-Paciflc exposition. sgty al.
y, A muster was taken at the Soldiers
home In Marshalltown last wee& Of
members eligible to 'sthe support
fund. The government pays the state
500 per year for the care of each
veteran In the home who has served
in either the civil, Spanish-American
or other wars. At present there are
SIS eligible for the fund. There, are
812 men and women In the institution
at the, present time. OF this number
1874 are in the hospital. Il Ss'S8t FE
The Iowa Sheep Breeders and Wool
Growers association at the annual
convention held at Ottumwa Christ
mas week decided to leave the date
Of their 1915 meeting open until the
local farmers fixed the date OF the
institute and stock show and it Is
expected to hold the convention in
Ottumwa at the same time, which
has been fixed for the second week
in October. = s. Il .s.v-a ~
The farm land OF the Andrew Reed
estate near Springyille, consisting Of
240 acres, was sold at public auction.
1t was purchased by the Reed broth
sers at an average OF S144 per acre.
The Alice Mann estate was also sold
at auction. =, The eighty acres with
the buildings on brought 1927 per
acre. The remainder sold at $3.50
per acre. i, # fE.. ss3& w ~ r.
One cent weighed so heavily on the
conscience Of Rockwell City man
that he sent Postmaster Risely the
penny with information he had re-
ceived one cent too much a year ago
In change. The Rockwell City post
master started conscience fund with
the penny. T,&f 5As-sa; 49, ?: .:Sl q. ~
$. Broken hearts are not valued high
in Marshall county. The jury in the
district court awarded Miss Minnie
Kuhlman 800 damages in her breach
OF promise suit against Warren HUM
Gilman, young farmer living near St.
Anthony. She sued for $4,000.
, Three brothers, Anthony, Will and
George Jackson, Des Moines boys, are
under arrest in st. Joseph, Mo-, for
the murder of saloonkeeper In q
daring daylight holdup and the rob-
berry Of the paSmaster lof a milling
company in that city Of $40. 60
Mrs. James Thompson, aged So.
wife Of prominent farmer living
three miles from Clarinda, was in
stantly killed when her dress caught
in the machineryqtof wood saw.
She was thrown almost directly
across the saw and her body severed
in an instant ,7. -.,.,a, t. ~ - 4
The president has nominated the
following Iowa postmasters: George
W. McKeehan,, Cincinnati; H. II.
Richards, Churdan; Thomas P. Wat
son. Bows; c. F. Duncombe, Fort
Dodge: j. E. Spence, Milton, and
Earl Patton, Danbury. =.
{ st. Patrick's church at Imogene,
valued at $4,000, was entirely de-
stroyed by fire which caught from
furnace pipes in the basement. The
academy and parsonage adjoining
were saved. " >@s.zs : Ss,,-..
II The state has collected more than
100000 In revenue from insurance
companies during the last year. En-
DRY H. English, state insurance COM
missioner, believes the figure will go
much higher this year. .%l 49,, !.
a William Lewis, Boston pioneer,
died last week, death being due to
the infirmities OF old age. Mr.. Ben.
ton was one OF the early California
gold diggers and was quite success
full as a miner. - *; q III
The barn on the George Merrill
farm near Clear Lake was destroyed
by fire. twenty-five animals two
horses, three cows, ten head OF young
stock and ten brood sows, were burn.
ed to death. The loss was $4,000.
Everett Thompson, II years old, Of
Abba, accused Of assaulting Mrs. Mol.
ly Wilson recently, blew out his
brains with a revolver at his home.
His father had bailed him out OF jail.
Iowa university's rife team has lost
another match, having been defeated
by the Massachusetts s"Aggies'' and
now ranks fourth in the 'intsrccllegi-
ate race. Ia,
At Story City there is a Jersey cow
Of the Rooseveltian type. During the
past eleven months she has given
birth to four calves, two sets Of
twins. mt 'Sas $,. ~ ~. -. ". E
4 Maurice Jones, the s-year-old son
Of DR.. NJ. A. H. Jones OF Iowa City,
was seriously injured, perhaps fatal
ly, In a coasting accident down the
east Davenport street hill. In
Il The John Thiessen quart ter section
farm near Rock Rapids was sold to
Nick Kerkvleit, of Alyord, Tor $141.25
per acre. Es ~ go s;55 y 81 .s g
q T. B. Harlan's eighty acre farm
near Essex has been sold to Pearl
Hizer at $3.50 an acre. Mr. lIizer adds
1t to his present farm. e.. - .
Seventeen carloads of hogs were
shipped from Monticello in one day
recently, the price being in most
cases $500 per hundred. y,
4 Muscatine's new 100000 armory is
now assured. The. structure will be
so arranged as to accommodate q
battery of artillery should the state
decide favorably as to the plan pro-
posed by Adjutant General Logan.
I! The Fifty-sixth infantry l. N. g..
will camp at Clear Lake tor ten days
beginning July 10. The orders have
been received at the regiments head
quarters at Fort Dodge. "a
Mrs. Lee Kirton of Melcher died
from the result OF runaway few
days ago. She is survived by three
little children and her husband. who
was slightly injured. 80
4 Wolves abound in many parts OF
Lee county and are! giving the farm