Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-08-07

the Sioux City district of the Metho
dist Episcopal church, has been nam
ed to head Morningside college a.
Sioux City.
Harold l. Post, an employe in tht
military division of the postoffice II
Des Moines was arrested recently by
federal authorities for rit1ing mail ad
dressed to soldiers at Camp Dodge
Basil Lynch, member of the 15Sth
infantry. in France, writes his broth
er in Atlantic that he and eleven
companions we're cut off in a raid
and surrounded by 80 Germans, 80 OF
whom they killed.
Iowa's prize baby is dead. Beulah
Margaret kaufman, 2-year.old daugh
ter Of Mr.. and Mrs. F. A. Kaufman
of Stanhope, who won the sweepstakes
prize at the state fair last year and
was awarded loving cup. Fdied re-
Gently Of tubercular meningitis.
For the month of June, Iowa rank
ed in third place among all states for
total sales Of War Savings Stamps.
Total sales in the state were $4,672,-
8s9.07. Minnesota and Indiana were
the only states having larger sales in
proportion to their population.
The principal crossings in the bus
mess district Of Des Moines have
been marked of with white paint to
guide the pedestrians. 1t is now a
misdemeanor to cut corners and one
man has been arrested for this Of
Tense.
A majority of the men discharged
for physical disability at Camp Pike
are Iowans, with Arkansas second
numerically in the list Of five states
represented on the discharge lists.
Most OF the men are placed in class
B and class c and will be returned to
their local boards for Redistribution.
Three persons were drowned in the
Skunk river northwest of Fremont re-
Gently. Claude Millikin, IA, was swim
ming and got beyond his depth. His
cries of distress brought DR.. L. A.
Osborne, who plunged in to save him.
Osborne got caught in snag and his
calls for help brought the Rev. w. E.
Bruner, who was dragged underneath
the water by the other two.
With two aviators, two sailors and
two soldiers as pail bearers, the body
Of Lieut. Richard Ristine, aviator of
Cedar Rapids, who was killed by
fall at Gerstner Field Lake Charles,
La, recently was consigned to the
grave at Cedar Rapids. The funeral
was military one and was attended
by men representing all branches OF
the service who are home on leave.
Rev. Cyrus Albertson, pastor of the
Methodist Episcopal church at Rock
Branch, has resigned his pastorate to
90 into the army as private. The
Rock Branch community gathered
several hundred strong in great |
sendoff for him and several other
young men who are entering the serv |!
ice.
One hundred soldiers from Camp |
Dodge who will fight for democracy
over there, trod the hot sands of the
desert when Za-Ga-Zig temple of Des
Moines, held special ceremonial at |
the Auditorium. A special session for
the khaki clad novices was arranged
by ]. Jolly Jones, recorder, and Po-
tentate William Koch. Several civil
ian ndVices made the journey also.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Longstreet
of Red Oak, have received letter
from their son. Lieutenant Jack Y.
Longstreet, who is in the aviation
service, and is now in camp at Min
cola, L. l., in which he states that
he has volunteered with forty other
aviators in his squadron to fly the
first fleet of bombing machines across
the Atlantic to Europe.
A force of men, in charge of County
Agent Ben H. Walker, went to farms
near Eldora, one evening recently,
and for three hours gave of their
time to the shocking of farmers oats,
wheat and barley. Most OF these men
had in years gone by lived on farms
and the work was not necessarily
new to them. About forty acres of
grain was put in shock in short
time.
Rev. E. P. Kimball, the oldest man
in Waterloo and one of the Oldest in
Iowa, celebrated his nirety.ninth birth
day recently. He is still in good health
and works every morning in his "war
garden" Rev. Mr. Kimball founded
two OF the first Congregational
churches in Iowa-one at Newton and
the other at Valley Junction. While
q minister of the gospel in New
he served in the state leg
[slature.
The Sailing Day" plan for the con-
solidation of freight shipments, and
the short routing Of carloads Of
freight, the first Of which will save
cars and the second distances, went
into effect in the state recently. Lloyd
Jordan of the Chicago Great Western,
formerly district freight agent in Des
Moines, has been appointed supervis-
Or of short routing freight. A separ-
ate circular for each road giving the
days on which goods will be shipped
to certain points have been made out
and distributed to every jobber. The {
time of shipment in most cases Is
every other day.
ny person who cares to avail him ,
elf of the advantages offered. Cath {
lie services are held on Sundays and
OlidaYS a1fd Holy DAYS of the church,