Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-02-24
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court by A. F. Callison, a wealthy
farmer, OF Redf1eld. John w. McDo1-
a nell and Jacob Conrad, bankers and
I, residents of Jefferson county. Neb..
\ are defendants in the trade for about
N 1850 acres of land in Cherry county,
! Neb., Callison, gave farm Of 480
acres In Dallas county and $40 acres
IA In Aurora county S.. D. BESIDES the
{, land he gave about $4,000 in notes.
u 1t was represented to him, he states
in his petition that the Nebraska land
WAS worth about 100000. Callison
4 in his petition further states the land
covered by the deed was not the land
shown him. "a ..~s
a About 100 publishers representing
various newspapers of Iowa were in
1 attendance at the joint meeting OF
u the editorial associations :, of Iowa
i which held two days session In
4 Des Moines. A short program OF
talks by members was listened to1with
! interest on Thursday afternoon. the
speakers being Lars Bladine Of the
+ Cedar Falls Record, O. e. Hull Of the
& Leon Reporter and A. w. Peterson Of
i the Waterloo Courier, who made ad-
dresses showing what the editorial
association of the state are doing.
CT Duncombe, editor of the Daily
4 Chronicle, has been appointed az post,
master at Fl. Dodge to succeed Ed
u ward j. Robertson. Mr.. Dunconbe
served as postmaster from 1884 to
b 1898 under the Cleveland administra-
ton Wv. Hare and Edward COL
Inns were candidates for the position.
Postmaster Robertson expects to sur
render the duties OF: his office on Feb.
20, when he will go west for a vaca-
ton. The office pays . salary OF So,
200 asyear. j. "a. 81 * ~ - 2, .S. y.
The executive committee Of the
Iowa Retail Druggists association In
meeting with the Commercial club OF,
. Clear Lake. arranged for the state
meeting to be held there this sum-
mer The committee is composed OF
3 A. ]. tKillmer, president, Mason City;
I AL. Falkenheiner OF Algona: Charles
Clark of st. Louis, a traveller, and Ed.
Wick and Joe Gaults, both OF Des
A Aoines. 8. s:. {. s.sE? ~
C. L. Smith, who is we'll known in
the mining circles OF Iowa and who
at one time was district president OF
the Iowa division of the United Mine
Workers of Am erica, was killed by q
shot explosion in his mine near VIII
Z liston. N. D., q few days ago. The,
body was shipped back to the old
family home in Madrid, Iowa, for
burial. Fa
Charles Broom was found guilty Of
murder in second degree for killing
Sam Palaazi Of Dess Moines. He MUIR
dered Palaazi while the latter slept
and forced the dead mans wife to say
tramp came to the house and COM
( mitted the crime. Broom was attentive
to Mrs. Palaazi and was jealous of her
husband. S,#g 81 :, a. T.. ~ ~ .-s,. )
Henry Sahin, one OF the pioneer
educators of Iowa and state superin-.
tendent of instruction many years Is
Ill in Paradise Valley sanitarium at
National City, Cal. He was recently
removed from the home Of his son.
Edwin Sab:n, the writer, to the sani-
/: tarium because OF his weakened c N.
dition. III l$s.> n I'LL
The Wapello County Farmers In
stftute and Live Stock Show asso-t
citation has decided upon the time for
this years exhibit, and will double
the number and quality Of the prizes.
The dual exhibit will be held the
second week in October in Ottumwa.
Ruth Fleek OF Greene has won for
herself fourth place In the state as
q grower Of tomatoes. She has also
won a free trip to Washington. D.
c., given by the Iowa State college
at Ames for. bread baking. and other
exhibitions of domestic art.
Use of tobacco in the public schools
in Shenandoah seems to be increas-1
ing. An investigation shows nearly
20 per cent Of the boys attending the
schools in that city are smokers. One
girl pupil was found to be a user of
the weed. &$ s.s ,5 iz%s s.s ~ s
George Lehman, proprietor Of the
City: bakery, at 3Villisca, has receiv-f
ed bad news from Germany. His
mother wrote him one brother John
had been killed in the trenches on
the Aisne, and that another brother
had been wounded. ~ 55s n .a&
William Pierce, q miner living at
Keb,ta small town west Of Ottumwa,
was instantly killed by fall Of
slate at the Brown Coal company's
mine. p PRO- 81 h.2s
E. E. Beck sold his farm of 100
acres four miles southeast of Logan
to Simon Ashcraft last week for
4$162.50 an acre, or $19,500 cash. The
Beck farm is we'll improved! MS
= Evangelist Lowry opened four
weeks campaign at Cedar Falls be-
ginning last Sunday. The huge tab.
ernacle to house the revival was
erected by volunteers. g., 5...I
Lumber and coal dealers from
many points in Iowa and adjoining
states will come to Cedar Rapids
February % and % to attend the an
nual convention of the Central Iowa
Retail Lumbermen's Association. Be-
tween 400 and 500 guests .5are ex-
pected. -
L. J.esW. Howe OF Creston. attempted
suicide by the poison route in his
wife's home at Conway, but the pois-
on was knocked from his hand after
) he had taken only enough to make
him deadly sick. Refusal Of his wife
/ OF proposal fora reconciliation
prompted his rash act.
When Mrs. o. S. King, fiat dwell
Ter in Sioux City, thrust her head
into the hall to inquire why a man
was choking a woman on the stair
landing above, flying beer. bottle
struck her head. Sight of her right
eye was destroyed and her skull was
fractured. ID, :jjssSsr.5.
The European war has put a crimp
on the business of trapping fur bear
ing animals in Iowa. Prices have
dropped all the way from so to Is
cant Muskrats that in, 1913 sold