Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1920-11-03
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Farmers Of Iowa have lost con.
| siderable stock this year due to
hunting on premises.
The Schumacher farm near Waiver.
ly, was destroyed by fire. The dam.
aged is estimated at $4,000.
Frank Spurrier OF Mount Ayr, Iowa,
died at Methodist hospital In -Des
Moines recently from heart trouble.
While section men were unloading
cinders from car at Gowrie, Anton
Bilstad fell from the car and was run
over. He died instantly.
Mrs. L. M. Cox Of Council Bluffs,
was reverely bruised when she was
struck by an automobile driven by
Paul Ryan Of Mitchellvilte at Des
Mofnes.
President Walter A. Jessup Of Iowa
University, made q plea to the Iowa
City Commercial Club recently for
more houses to meet the growth OF
the student body. Fl
Mrs. Joseph G. Watkins, OF Iowa
City, suffered broken wrist and Mrs.
Leo Files, a sprained ankle, when
their automobile collided on hill
near North Liberty.
R. L. Burke, 20, OF Burlington. was
crushed to death today and Fred
Hand and John Donlan, were injured
when the automobile in which they
were riding turned turtle after a tire
had blown out.
Charles Christman, 80 Of Dubuque,
shot and killed Miss Irene Grimm.
aged %, and then turned the gun on
himself, dying almost instantly. They
were riding in car owned by the
girl at the time OF the tragedy
Will Barney BydrA 13 years old,
confessed setting the Massena school
on fire the night of October 6. He
was mad at Miss Smith, his teacher,
and didn't want to go to school. The
fire damage was $4,000. He started
1t in two places in the basement.
Floyd Mccullough, well known far
mer, residing near Nichols. but who
spent all of his life in the vicinity Of
Columbus Junction until year ago,
was found dead in his wagon, from
which he had been unloading corn,
but few bushels being left in the
wagon.
Grim Gunder, who lives south Of
McCallsburg, does not worry half SO
much about someone breaking into
his house as he does about someone
breaking into his hoghouse and get
ting his prize winning hog. The hog
stolen had taken three third prizes
on, champion prizes and at the state
fair this year he took fifth on cham.
pion.
After a thorough and careful in
vestigation, Professor Macy Camp
bell, head of the rural department Of
the Iowa State Teachers College, re-
ported that more than 500 Iowa rural
schools are closed this fall on ac-
count of the state law requiring an
attendance CT at least, five pupils.
The closed schools are located in
every county in the state, the report
states. s.,S. !.
Gottfried Zierold, about go years
old, Of South Amana, while driving to
Marengo lost control Of his car as he
turned Haas corner, near Marengo.
and was killed Instantly. The corner
is sharp on an incline. It was said
that the immediate cause OF losing
control of the car was paralytic
stroke. Mr.. Zierold was o member OF
the Amana society and will be inter.
red in the Amana cemetery.
Lewis Dreissler, Is years old, was
accidently shot and killed onshis IA
TIERS farm near Carney, Iowa.
Sheriff Charles Saverude and Coroner
Guy Gift, who investigated the case,
learned that the lad in attempting
to pull shotgun from the bed OF
the wagon in which he was throwing
ears OF corn, pulled the trigger, the
load Of buck shot passing through
his heart.
Twenty thousand game fish. con-
sisting OF bass, pike. cropfies, sun
fish and yellow perch were dumped
into the Des Moines river by State
Game and Fish Warden w. E. AL
berts. The fish were brought from
lansing, Iowa, where they were TAX
en- from the locked-in ponds created
A. ~. r. l,ak ri
cinity. Most of the fish are year
old and. according to Alberts, many
are Of the legal size to be caught.
After four years OF waiting Earl
Melendy OF Waverly. is about to merit
the reward for his efforts in inventing
spark plug that has many advant-
ages over the spark plug now In use.
Melendy, who is only % years old, up
piled for patent on the spark plug.