Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1921-12-28
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Emanuel Brandt. 50, farmer near
DEBORAH was recently burned to death
lin his home.
Paul Beardsley, newly elected sher.
liz OF Woodbury. county, is a veteran
Of the world war.
The jury disagreed in the case OF
2. b. Wells charged with fraudulent
banking at Marathon.
Delos Whiteman, of Northwood ar.
rested for attempted blackhanding,
has been discharged, L. A. Heiny not
prosecuting him.
Frank Degler, convicted Of the muir.
der Of his father twelve years ago,
says he will kill himself before he
goes to prison for life.
Elmer VanBrockland OF DEBORAH is
being held for the murder Of his old.
er brother. Charles. 81 years old, and
the latter's wife. Is years old.
President w. w. Young and Cash.
fer Sam E. Lehnen have been vindi.
Gated in connection viii the failure
OF the North Liberty Savings Bank.
James Lee who died recently at
Newton left $4,000 to be divided to
various sections Of the Christian
church. The estate amounts to $685.
900.
A seven-mile drainage project, stu.
ated near Griswold. has been com
pleted at a cost Of $4,000. 1t Is ten
miles long and required eight months
to construct.
The state can collect inheritance
tax from an adopted child the Iowa
Supreme court decided. Decision was
in the case Of the state versus Philip
Goettelman Of Winneshiek county.
The Independent Telephone com.
pany exchanges at Nevada, Story
City, Roland, Cambridge and Max.
well will take corn from farmers for
phone rental at cents over tile mar.
ket.
Iowa will have good part of $780,
900 for the lighting Of tuberculosis in
cattle which has been appropriated
by the Senate. The appropriations
committee favored $4,000 but Sen.
ator Kenyon got the amount raised.
Secretary Of Agriculture. Henry Wal.
lace wanted 100000.
Another big drainage project, the
Indian Greek. has been completed In
Cass County. Formal acceptance was
made recently by the board Of super
visors The project cost $4,000. It
10 fifteen miles long and straightens
the course of Indian Creek, incident
ally retaining thousands of acres Of
valuable farm land.
The Delaware County fair, unlike
almost every other fair in Iowa, made
money this year. The receipts for
the year were s35,222.1O and the dis
bursements $34,835.7O, leaving bal
ance OF $3SO.70 as well as a large In
crease in the permanent improve.
ments on the grounds.
Paul Roberts OF Lamont was badly
burned while over hauling his car.
A torch which he was using set fire
to the gasoline in the engine, and in
endeavoring to smother it with sacks
the blaze was transmitted to his
clothing. In his frenzy he ran across
the street. the breeze tanning the
flames all the way. His clothing was
ruined and his body badly burned.
Earl Throst. Is years old confessed
to the staying Of Miss Inga Magnusen
a school teacher near Dorchester
recently. Throst had been an atten-
tive sutton and was to have married
Miss Magnusen Dec. 18th. Throst ad-
mitted her ardor for him had cooled
and that they had quarrelcd after
finding her in the school alone, and
at that time he struck her over tho
head with stick.
Senator'S Cummins and Kenyon and
Representative Dowell recently called
ON the public health service with
committee from Knoxville headed by
M. L. Curtis, to urge that the gov.
eminent buy the hospital now leased
there for disqualification Of veterans.
1t is proposed to make 1t a permanent
institution for the treatment Of ment-
al and nervous diseases OF former
soldiers. and to have it enlarged and
i'm proved.
Black Hawk county banks won
victory in the District court in deci-
sion handed down by Judge George
Wood, overruling the action of the
board Of supervisors in increasing the
valuation and taxes on bank stocks.
After the banks had paid the first
lalf OF their assessment in 1919, the
county auditor, acting under instruc-
ions from the board Of supervisors,
increased the value OF the stock Is
Ter cent.
Judge George w. GULF ION sentenc-
ID "BlP Bulls to TWENTY-FIVE years
n Fort Madison prison, after overul-
ng motion for new trial. He was
entenced under the habitual GRIMM
il act Bulls was arrested in room
With Mrs Eva King, so-called bandit
lueen," the night after the gun bat
lie near Council Bluffs IN which her
husband and Officer Murray were
titled. He was tried on charges OF
stolen property
Clarence Hanson, 80, OF Sioux City,
.lleged to have been playing the
'Peeping Tom" at windows Of women
living near his home, was shot and
probably fatally wounded by police
nan who was called to chase him a.
way. Hanson ran when ordered to
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