Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-03-17

/ college, took first honors In the lows
collegiate oratorical contest held a
Mt. Vernon, winning the prize Of 500
The title OF his Grafton was "Venge
ance Is Nine" 1t was plea for
prison reform. Charley Bloomquist
i OF Iowa Wesleyan, was second, and
James Dolliver, of Morningside, Z
nephew Of the late Senator Dolliver
was third. The eight competing ora
tors were: Campbell OF Ames, Ker.
n shaw OF Des Moines, Rimel Of Simp
son, Deliver. OF Morningside, Bloom
quist Of Iowa Wesleyan, Dexter OF
v Penn, James Of Coe and Anderson OF
Cornell. These men have been pick.
ed from the best orators In the col.
leges Of the state. ~ IS 70 I %t ;
Minors will be unable to get their
i hair cut in Iowa barber shops that
4 have pool room annexes IL ruling
made by County Attorney J.>J. Sharpe
$of Franklin county holds good. TAX
inE this position. Mr.. Sharpe Is caus-
Il ing the arrest of BARRIERS who are rum
i ming pool or billiard halls In conjunc-
ION with their shops and who admit
{ minors for tonsorial purposes. Sever
! al Of the BARRIERS in his home county,
\ especially in the smaller towns, have
\ felt the force Of this ruling and have
paid small fines: #t5
! Mrs. Friederike Lohmann, mother
N Of editor Lohmann of Burlington, has
& passed away. Mrs. Lohmanny was
4 born in Weser, in the Duchy OF
Brunswick, Germany. May ~, 1919.
consequently was nearing her 96th
X anniversary. She came to this coun.
a try in 1865 settling in. that city. She
Is survived by 73 descendants-5 chill
dren. 30 grand children, "a great
grandchildren and four great-great.
grandchildren. zas .s- S.. asst
The national encampment OF the
Grand Army will be held the week
of Sept. 81 in Washington. has been
announced from headquarters by
Adjt. Gen. George c. Newman. Head
quarters will be established during
j. the week ct the Raleigh hotel. Gen.
eral Newman announced also that the
Iowa department encampment would
4 be held in Sioux City June g., and
4 10. The Hotel Martin will beahead-
4 quarters. as st:., 5.tt : ts, .z ss
Iowa Is free OF the hoof and mouth
disease so far as the state and federal
veterinarians in charge Of y fighting
the plague know. All told, "A herds
were infected with the disease, and
these herds we're on 80 farms. The
Infection was confined to Jackson,
Clinton. Cedar, Iowa, Jones and John
son counties. tyl3
Ralph Mcmillan, the well known
aviator. Of Council Bluffs, has been
selected as the pilot Of one OF the
biggest aeroplanes ever. made for a
flight across the continent. It was
manufactured by Cnrtiss. The flight
L Is to be from New York to San Fran,
cisco in connection with the Panama
exposition in a race fol-. a prize Of
$25, 1000. 5,S:. - ~ Z; .s J !, &.
"A temporary infant welfare station
will be opened March Is at Sioux
City by the City Federation Of Clubs.
\ Exhibits OF all modern appliances and
methods for the betterment Of chill
( dren will be shown. s szs s.s
James Stuart. the first white child
born in humboldt county, who for
many years has lived at Humboldt
alone, all close relatives being dead.
was killed under the wheels of an
M. ~ st. L. train in Fort Dodge.
E The finest court house in north
western Iowa will be erected the COM
ing summerg ut Primghar The build
ing is to be of Bedford stone and will
I. be modelled after the state historical
building at Des Moines. 4: ,Ss
Davenport is greatly disturbed over
1 smallpox epidemic. A total of IS
cases have been reported to the health
department during the past thirty
days and the list is steadily increas-
ing. -
The old Crist Hagen place near
Berlin, six miles from Gladbrook, was
sold last week to J. Furgesen for
1925 per acre and the owner, Hans
Boege, bought quarter section near
Reinbeck and paid $3.50.
Il The $4,000 bond issue for new
high school building carried at Mis-
souri, Valley ITO for and 255 against.
Three hundred ffty-three women vot-
i ed for The issuance of the bonds and
seventy.eight were opposed.
According to figures compiled by
the Cerro Gordo county recorder for
the state department OF agriculture.
farm land in that district has an av-
erage value Of 3145 per acre. f.
The eighty acres known as the Dell
Gates farm, two miles southwest OF
Sheldon, sold last week to Theodore
! DeHoog for a consideration of S215
per acre or $4,000.
The town Of Dysart is to have a
new Methodist church. Plans for the
new building are completed and work
! Of tearing down the old structure
has begun. 49,,
n Farmers in the district between
J Harlan and Red Oak look with much
interest to the forthcoming decision
OF the supreme court in the matter OF
DISCRIMINATING ave or six hundred deer
roaming in that territory. The case
I is that of the state against VIM. s.
Cuppy, . pioneer, arrested and fined
for killing one OF these animals If
/ Teen years ago. ~. SO. A53a ,ss
t& The MASONIC Or0eT mas 0ecldeo TO
join the Clear Lake Boomers Associ-
alton and have purchased a desirable
site on Fourth street and will very
soon commence the construction Of a
building all their own. ~; 4tss!la
Jitneys are proving immensely pop.
ular in tDes Moines.t Since the Install
ment Of the first one a month ago
their number has increased to 50.
The average daily receipts of the jit-
neys is about SO each.
Nicholas Cute Of Bows was bound
over to the federal grand jury at Fort
Dodge on charge OF selling intoxi-
eating liquors Illegally. Bond was
fixed at 5000. ,s ;,ez.. 49, tx.
A lively political campaign is on
at LIE Mars, where five men are seek !
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