Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-01-09
INTERESTING ITEMS OF NEWS
FROM ALL PARTS OF IOWA.

Although he had no sons to 60 to
Of Knoxville did have a daughter, and
she asked permission to enlist in the
Red Cross, which he gladly gave.
Miss Mildred ellison enlisted in Ma
jor Donald MacRea's Red Cross hos
pital unit of Council Bluffs, and is
now somewhere on the Atlantic coast
preparing to sail for France She is
a graduate nurse of Methodist hos
pital, Des Moines. ~
The Iowa children's home is look
ing for two lost girls. Lillian Regan,
Is years old, and Hazel Crong, u
years old, escaped from the home
and have not been apprehended. The
girls secured their freedom by means
of a fire escape when they should
have been in bed, under the rules
Of the home. One of the girls for
merly lived at Newton, and It is be-
lieved they may have gone there.
When the stock and building Of.
the PorterTidrick Carriage company
Of Des Moines were destroyed by fire,
the loss was estimated at about $685.
900. Whipped by wind, and with
sub-zero weather prevailing, the blaze
approached the spectacular Two
families living in one story frame
residences adjacent to the carriage
works, were forced from their homes
when fire threatened the buildings.
Hundreds of workers in Sioux City
we're forced to walk all or part Of the
way to their work one morning re-.
Gently with the temperature % de-
greeS below zero. Street car service
was entirely suspended while fires
under the boilers at the power house
were drawn and better grade of
coal substituted. ID,
Maj. E. l.. Maiden, the son of Mr..
and Mrs. H. r. Maiden of Woodward,
10 in charge of the aviation service
of the American forces in Italy. 1t is
believed he is the youngest major
In the army. He is only % years Of
age. He Is graduate of West Point
and the aviation school at San Diego.
Mrs. Henderson was a member of
one of the pioneer families Of Indian
ola and Warren county. Her maiden
name was Harriet Spray. She was
married to Judge Henderson in 1908.
She was a sister of Mrs. Nancy Hen
derson, the first wife of Judge Hen
derson.- ,e..s
Privates w. T. Turner and o. G.
,Hedrick, both members of the S49th
Infantry, have been sentenced to
three and one months, respectively,
in the division guardhouse after be-
ing found guilty by general court
martial of being absent without
leave. 2,
The citizens of Avoca received the
following Christmas message from
the boys from that vicinity who are
now in France: Greetings from Pot
tawattamie boys. All through In fine
shape"
Fire discovered at g.. o'clock one
morning in the business section of |
Maquoketa recently caused damage
estimated at $4,000. Several fremen
were overcome by the extreme cold.
The flames were confined to one
building.
DR.. w. S. Lessenger, of. Mount
Pleasant has been deprived CT the
use of telephone by the phone COM
pany of that city because he habitu-
ally used profane language over the
phone.
Two big gray foxes were captured
by dogs on a farm near Lost Nation
recently.
A letter from Sid Bonnery OF Buck
Grove, who is in France, says that
rain is falling constantly. He men
tons that the leafs" are fine and
that he is enjoying life. He men
toned that the old style spiked Ger,
man helmets are so much sought as
war relics that they now sell at
about $14 each .-
The Iowa Lutheran hospital Of Des
Moines was made the defendant in
4 $1,000 damage suit filed in the dis
trict court recently by Edna McKin-
Eie, who claims she received severe
injuries while in the institution, due
ID the negligence Of the employees.