Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1921-07-13
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NEWS BRIEFS
Godfrey Herring, young farmer
Of Iowa City, received severe injuries
and a broken leg, when his foot slip
ped and was thrown into a corn shell
Ter.
The home of Frank Dyches. OF
Iowa City, was raided by Deputy
Sheriff julie Tudor, recently. A still
and three gallons of moonshine were
seized.
William ]. Meade, Of Iowa City, de-
clared to be insane, after threat
ening nurses at Oakdale sanitarium,
has been sent to independence Asy-
lrm for treatment.
Thomas Matthes, of Iowa City, was
severely injured recently, when a
truck which he was driving plunged
of bridge down q 12-foot embank-
ment. He is under care of two sur
geons.
The aviation field at Iowa City is
to be improved by wireless station
outfit which is being sent by Uncle
Sam to enable the Iowa City field to
communicate with lightning speed
with other government centers.
E. r. Herman was instantly killed
when he fell 80 feet through hole
in a viaduct floor at Sioux City.
Heroman was attempting to aid a
motorist who drove his car onto the
viaduct which was undergoing re-
pairs.
George H. Anderson, a retired mer-
chant, has recovered at the home OF
Former Attorney General Milton
Remley Of Iowa City. after being
stricken down by the intense heat,
at the Baptist convention in Des
Moines.
Reuben Anderson, 81 years old,
was killed at Lucas when a boulder
fell on him while he was working In
coal nine The victim was mar
ried last September Besides the
widow he is survived by his mother,
two brothers and three sisters.
Dave Masters was arrested at Lake
Benton, Mimi, by men from the office
OF Sheriff w. E. Robb, Polk county
in connection with the Stuart bank
robbery. Robb claims he has the
goods on Masters. The latter, the
sheriff alleges, drove the car which
carried the robbers to Stuart
Allison Bochane and Joseph Dole
sal Of Cedar Rapids were instantly
killed when an automobile in which
they were riding was run down by
fast passenger train Harry b.
chane and Fred Harden were seri-
ously injured. The accident occur
red on a Milwaukee crossing near
Gladstone. The bodies we're mangl-
ed
To escape twenty men he dreamed
were assailing him, Emil Gehler, 10
years old, barber, jumped from a
second story window Of his home in
Mason City and. fell on the lawn,
where he broke his wrist and prob
ably his spinal column Doctors
hold out little hope for him. He is
a sleep walker and weighs 1877
pounds.
Mr.. and Mrs. p M. Sheffield, Ce-
dar Falls, were instantly killed, and
their granddaughter, Alice, 9 years
old, sustained broken arm and pos
sible internal injuries, when Shelf
field drove his automobile against the
side of an engine on an Illinois Cen
trail passenger train. There was
nothing to obstruct his view of the
approaching train. observers say.
Estherville has the gold fever now.
Graettinger and Wallingford have.
nothing on her as she has real
honest-to-goodness gold mine in her
midst, and there is considerable ex-
'citement in the community. A re-
port from the Thomas J. Dee & Co.,
of Chicago gives an analysis of sam
pies submitted There is $5.97 in
gold and cents in silver to the ton
according to the report.
Two hundred two dollars and fifty
cents for the top bull at the first
annual consignment cattle sale put on
by the breeders of Grundy county.
The twenty-five bulls sold on an aver
age of ST.. The four females sold
for $50 each, making an average Of
$74 for the twenty-six head. The top
bull was consigned by j. B. Huisman
& Son of Wellsburg and sold to Ha-
rold B. Brown of Grundy Center.
Paul Heminger, 4 years old, Cedar
Rapids is dead as the result of burns
suffered this morning when gaso-
lene stove exploded His body is a
mass of deep burns. R. B. Heminger
and his wife, parents of the boy,
We're seriously burned when the
burning oil fell on them. The child
was sitting close to the stove and a
great deal Of the burning gasolene
fell on him, completely enveloping
his body.
A robbery of general merchan.
disc store and postoffice at Com
merce was frustrated by the local vi.
glance. Three men, driving a Ford
sedan, pulled UP alongside the store
little after midnight. They had
succeeded in piling considerable mer-
chandise in the automobile when they
were discovered Armed with shot.
guns the, citizens surrounded the
store. The robbers, broke through
the Gordon and made their escape
Crawford county thrashers and
grain growers have agreed on uni.
form prices on the basis of the far.