Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-03-31
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At the meeting of seventy.fve Iowa
editors attending the short course in
country journalism, . resolution op-
posing the Johnston highway bill was
adopted unanimously and without dis
cussion by rising vote. The reso-
luton was formulated by D. w.
Shockley of the Oskaloosa Globe. Ses-
sions of the short course were held.
Speeches were made by President r.
A. Pearson OF Ames, Dean c. F. Cur
tiss, Harvey Ingham and Herbert M.
HARDWOOD.
DR.. Margaret Clarke of Waterloo,
who drafted the score card used in
the baby health contest at the Iowa
state fair, has been asked by the ma
tional children's bureau to demon
strate the Iowa methods at the ex-,
hibit at X tn ePanama-Pacific exposi-
hibit at the Panama-Pacific exposi-
assisted by a number Of Iowa women
who were instrumental in building up
the health contest department of the;
Iowa fair. = ri.
The annual monthly banquet Of the
Humboldt Is Mems Get-together club
was another, decided success. The
principal speaker was the Rev. How
land Hanson, OF Des Moines, who
| spoke on "The New Meaning of Old
Glory" The annual election of Off.
GERS followed, the club putting Frank
Gotch in for president for the ensuing
year, with I. N. Clarke as secretary.
Hans Howall, 90 years old, who
conducted a grocery store at Hinton,
committed suicide in q At of despond-
ency caused by III health. He told his
wife he was going to see a doctor,
but went to drug store and bought
strychnine. He returned home and
swallowed the poison, dying shortly
after. y,s ~ 2zTs
Hog cholera has been put SO thor
oughly under control in Dallas coun-
ty, through the work OF the United
States department Of animal industry,
the state veterinarian and Iowa
State college that the loss from this
disease was reduced to 81 per cent
in 1914, as against 23.4 per cent In
1912. .,r, -
1 Jacob Gittins, a farmer residing
near Elliott, shot and perhaps fatally
wounded Joseph Woods, farmshand,
following a quarrel. After rough
and tumble fight in which several
blows were exchanged. Gittins went
into the house and secured shot
gun. Woods was shot twice in the
back. -. o.
George Pierce, chief of police of
Sioux City, is cited in three separate
indictments on q charge of having
accepted brides. A fourth indictment
charges Pierce with having conspir-
ed with George Ford. saloonist, with
the intent Of overlooking bootleggers
in police campaigns and permitting
houses of prostitution to run openly.
Bootleggers in Dallas county are
finding that the business IL tar from
profitable and there is noticeable
decrease in the illegal sale of liquor
since the various district court judges
started filming the men heavily. At the
last term of the district court total
of more than $4,000 was paid in fines.
Forty acres Of farm land near Ft.
Dodge was sold recently by M. j. Hare
for 1925 an acre. Three years ago
Mr.. Hare bought it for $125 an acre.
Another profitable land deal just COM
pleted netted L. W! Schaffner $50 an
acre profit on an 80 acre farm near
Barnum. WI, lt; rss r, aIEt
I Allamakee county's financial
strength is illustrated in the healthy
condition OF her banks. The recently
published reports of the condition Of
the fourteen savings, state and nation
al banks in the county show that the
capital, surplus and deposits total over
81, 00O, 900. ~;
! Additional gains in the census fig.
ures of Shenandoah with the work un'
completed has brought the number
past the $500 mark. This is gain
of 1924 in population over that of 1910
The total is expected to reach about
Z $500. -
BY vote Of 3oS to "a the PROPOSE.
ton to bond the town of Marcus for
SIS, 900 to establish an adequate wa
terworks system was approved at
special election at which one hundred
and ten women voted, all casting at
firmative ballots.
Jacob King, a German farmer, liv'
ing near Bloomfield, committed sui
eide by hanging. Unhappy family
relations are given as the cause. A
neawly married second wife left him
taking with her a large sum of mon
ey recently.
As a result of fall of slate in the
mines at Sewers, J. R. Rice, miner
was so injured that he died within
an hour. His head was crushed and
his neck broken. Mr.. Rice was about
40 years of age and leaves wife and
4 four small children.
Peter Swenson, representative from
Primghar, has offered clock costing
$1,000 for the new courthouse at
Primghar.
John ]. McGarvey and wife sold 240
acres in sections IA and %, Eagle
township, Bremen county, to Peter
Beck for $4,000, or an average Of $275
an acre. The deed carried $64 in
revenue stamps.
Sixty-eight men have been paroled
from the state. penitentiaries since
JAN /, according to an announcement
made by the board of parole. EN-
ployment has been secured for more
than half OF them.
The Storm Lake Electric Light and
Power company has been purchased
by the Federal Light and Power com
pany of Boston.
Because it is considered unsafe the
Lincoln school building at Fl. Dodge
will be condemned. The voters re-
Gently denied authority to issue $3.50,
600 in bonds for a new school build
ing.
F.. A. Slocum has taken over the
Massena Echo. R. J. Cornell, who has