Manchester Democrat., 1920-12-29
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NEWS !; Y BRIEFS ) / J I:

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proposal to vote bonds to the
amount OF 100000 for a new Keokuh
high school, was defeated by ma
jority Of 2O1.
Arthur w. Cheney Of Rockford, 25
years old, former soldier, died al
a result OF q gasoline explosion q
number Of weeks ago.
Dates OF the next Dairy Cattle Con-
gress and International Horse Show
at Waterloo, have been set for Sep.
| tember 26 to October O.
The Bankers Finance Company, at
Sioux City, went into the hands
, OF receiver recently. The company
| is capitalized at $4,000, 900.
Smashing down the front door with
q crow bar, robbers entered the Oak
vile State bank, blew open the vault
and escaped with bag Of money and
bonds.
Margaret Krayenhagen has brought
suit in the District Court OF Sac coun-
ty for $500 In wages for homework
upon the farm OF John Krayenhagen,
Sr.. Of Herring.
Blind, despondent and worried over
his wife's health, D. A. Rupp, Sr.,
committed suicide at the home Of his
daughter, Mrs. William Magel, near
Sidney by shooting himself.
Nine boxes OF tobacco, consigned
to the Hampton, Mercantile Company
and F. C. Holmes restaurant, valued
at $500. were stolen from car on
the M. & st. L. tracks at Hampton.
T. W. Daughty, banker Of Arm
strong, Iowa, was suffocated or burn
ed to death in a room at the st. Paul
Athletic club. The fire was confined
to Daughty's room. Its origin was
not established.
Women teachers as drivers Of con.
solidated school busses are not un-
common in Iowa, it was reported at
the fourth annual Iowa consolidated
school conference at Iowa State
Teachers College.
Charles r. Hall, artist Of Council
Bluffs, recently painted picture OF
Perfection Fairfax, championship
bull owned by Governor-elect Warren
McGray, of Indiana, for which he re-
ceiyed $500 For portrait OF IA
nous Angus bull owned by w. H,
Cooper of Hedrick he received ST.
600.
Telling his friends that he had bur-
led several jugs Of fermented wine in
his fields and had forgotten their To-
cation, Ernest Fox, a farmer near
Woodbine, had all of his plowing done
gratis by friends who were promised
half Of what they found The plow-
ing is finished but the wine is still
missing,
Hog cholera has made It's appear
ance in the herd of Durocs owned by
Otto Ney near Waukon. An importa-
tion Of these animals from Illinois
recently are thought to be the cause.
Seventeen have succumbed to date
and every precaution has been taken
to prevent spread of the disease.
His loss is estimated at from $1,000
to $500.
Herman Schleusner, we'll known
farmer of Hancock county, is being
heraided as the champion beet grow
er Of the state He recently harvest
ed 81 tons from four and one-quarter
acres OF land. He received for his
beets $1O50. The beets weighed on
an averaged of 10 pounds each or bet
ter. The beets were grown on land
that had been used for some years as
a hog pasture. intensive cultivation
was given the ground.
The "Stockyards Retail Meat and
Provision company" organized by
prominent dealers at the Sioux City
stockyards "for the purpose Of in
creasing consumption, thereby assist
ling in stabilizing the present demora-
lized livestock market and not for
any pecuniary reason" has $4,000 in
cash to start on. It has engaged H.
w. McMunn, manager Of one of the
largest retail meat establishments in
Chicago, to be manager.
Friends and neighbors to the num-
Der OF IS or more of E. c. Dant, near
Denton, visited him recently and help
ed him husk his corn. Besides TAX
ing care Of the corn crop they chop
ped enough timber to supply the fam
lily with wood all winter. Besides
this donation of over 500 was left
with the family. 1t was an expression
Of good which shows to marked ex.
tent what people will do when an oc-
casion of this kind arises.
g. M. Shraudemier of Thayer, Ia,
has started action In court asking
that the decision of Superintendent
OF Public Instruction P. E. McClene-
han, who refused to grant permission
to hold consolidated school cleo.
tion in Union county recently, be set
aside. The plaintiff says he with
seventy-eight other electors residing
in the independent consolidated
school district OF Thayer signed a
petition asking for an election to vote
upon the dissolution of the consoli.
dated school district. The plaintiff
further states that the state superin.
tendent ignored the will OF the elec.
tors and refused the election.
Twenty-nine per cent OF the land
in the Maquoketa school district was
planted to corn this year, and the
acreage averaged fifty-eight bushels
to the acre. according to recent sur.
vey.