Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-09-04
Iowa State
IN IN LEWIS
+ Late Incidents
49, Gathered from
Over the State

Blair ThaW, the noted American
airman who was killed in France ne.
Gently, is nephew OF Col. w. &.
Dows of Cedar Rapids, his mother
being sister of Colonel BOWS.
Following a conference, striking
street car men Of Dubuque, agreed
to return to work pending the adjust
ment Of. their differences with the
Dubuque Electric company. The op.
GRAFTON Of cars was resumed.
Again good fortune has como to the
Hart,Parr company of Charles City,
and the hundreds Of workmen employ
cd there, by reason of an additional
order for gun mounts, amounting to In
excess Of $4,000 received recently.
Marion county boys and girls had
the largest exhibit Of club work at
the girls and boys building this year.
c. w. Bond, the county club leader,
has brought exhibits Of sewing, can
ming, manual training, garden pro-
duce and cooking.
Fire originating from coal stored in
the basement of the Booster Lunch
in Des Moines recently, practically
Quilted the entire building with to-
tai loss Of 100000. ~Detachments
from all tho FIRE departments in the
city were required to keep the blaze
under control.
Charles H. Carpenter went to the
rescue of his son. who was swimming
in the Iowa river, near Long Point,
recently, and got beyond his depth.
Earl Petit went to the rescue of Dorn
and all three were drowned. The bod
les were recovered. The men lived
at Marshalltown. ~
Black Hawk county has gone over
the top in the enrolment OF student
nurses. When the books were closed
forty-three had been enrolled in Wa
terloo and seventeen in the county
outside, q total of sixty While the
county had not been assigned o def
mite quota, it is believed this Is a
larger number than would be expected.
Miss Katherine Ewing, who ror the
last two years has been superintend-
snt Of the Social Welfare league in
Cedar Rapids, has rendered her resig-
nation to take effect at once, to &C.
cept a position in Chicago. She will
become field supervisor in the home
service department for the central d.
vision of the American Red Cross.
A $1,100,0OO sugar beet factory will
be built at Belmond in the near fu-
ture. This assurance was given to
the chamber of commerce, at re-
cent meeting, by G. T. Fenton, of
Chaska, MINI. The new corporation
will be known as the Iowa Valley
Sugar company, and is incorporated
under the laws of New York. Its cap
italization is $1,10O,0O0.
Whale meat may be on the market
in Des Moines within the next few
weeks. Local butchers have had it
ordered for several months, but the
supply is uncertain and the demand
in the East is big. Hence it is hard
for the Middle West to secure. Meat
of the whale is similar to that Of the
sword.fish, and the prices range from
80 to SO cents a pound.
While Mrs. w. o. Furman, Mrs. A.
L. Schultz and Miss Sybol Ralston
were driving about two miles north
Of Pocahontas, Mrs. Furman lost con-
troll of the car and il turned over.
Miss Ralston apparently tried to
Jump out and was instantly killed. The
others were pinned under the car. A
threshing crew nearby lifted the car
and got them out Miss Ralston vas
about 81 years old
Iowa City has its first full hedged
female taxi driver in the person of