Manchester Democrat., 1921-10-19
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NEWSBFIEfS

| terloo, was killed when he fell thirty
feet from tree while squirrel hunt
ing.
John Grant & Son Of Creston, sold
| 60 Poland-China hogs to G. E. and
C. H. Williams of Charlotte at pric-
es running to S1S5.
World war veterans of Washington.
Louisa and Muscatine counties held
their annual Tri-county Veterans as
sociation meeting at Washington re-
Gently. sr.@
Miss Helen Desmond, kindergarten
teacher, was Slightly injured while
attending football game at Web
ster City recently. One of the play
ers accidentally ran into her. s.
Vernier Rasmussen, son OF Mr.. and
in a serious condition as the result of
injuries received when he was run
over by the high school truck.
Theodore Roy of Fayette was SEN
fenced to seven years at Fort Madi-
son following his plea OF guilty to
fraud in the sale of $4,000 worth of
blue sky stock to an Oelwen man.
Sylvester Lyman of Cherokee, one
of the pioneer residents of Iowa, will
be 100 this month. He came to this
state at the age of 21. He is still
active physically, but his memory is
poor.
Miss Daisy ISennison, who brought
suit against the keokuk Electric CO.
for damages sustained when the
street car she was operating jumped
the track two years ago, has COM
promised with the company for $1,000
Ralph Bennet, 5-year-old son of
Frank Bennett, was scalped at Ran.
dolph when thrown from a horse.
The horse ran over him, his hoof catch
ing the lads head in such way as
to tear off nearly the whole scalp.
Three hundred quarts of newly
made liquor have been confscated at
Centerville already this fall The
county authorities plan to make a
huge drive this year, and will open
their campaign on bootleggers full
blast soon.
Corn picking has started in the vi
cinity OF Green and quite little corn
is being cribbed. Corn is fairly good
but is down badly, and they are an.
xious to get 1t out before snow. Corn
pickers are getting from three to
four cents per bushel
Bruce Christensen narrowly es.
capped death at Audubon when a
Northwestern train hit the car he was
driving. 1t threw him on the COW.
catcher where he remained until the
train was stopped. The train back
ed UP and took him to a Carroll hos
pital. He will recover.
d Airline Higgins. 16, who left her
home at. Castle Hill to attend high
school in Cedar, Falls, has disappear
ed and search has failed to, locate
her. although It was learned that she
had attempted to purchase a ticket
to Chicago. but lacking the fare. took
one to Dubuque She cannot be To-
Gated in Dubuque, u,a .-,,,~, ss.
Arthur Kosek. of Wilton Junction.
was slightly wounded over seas but
he went through the whole war. Al.
ter the war was over. he nearly
Knocked ian ere out OF Its orbit in
an accident 10 It as replaced and his
vision was, but slightly impaired Res
Gently he was making a chicken coop?
A nail few into the eye, and he was
made totally blind. I.a =!
"Nobody's to blame but the par.
ents," chorused the IGity Council Of
Emmetsburg when it passed an ordi.
nance making effective again the cur
few regulation. Boys and girls, un.
der the terms Of the ordinance, are
forbidden to be on the streets later
than 8 o'clock In the evening In the
summertime and O'clock in the win
ter, unless they have a written per
mission from their parents.
The body of George Holland, a far
mer living in the northeast part Of
Palo Alto county, was found dead in
the yard Of his bachelor home. Au-
thorities believe he was murdered |
Physicians stated that Holland had |
been dead four days. Two cuts
were found in the back Of his head
and one in the forehead. believed to
have been made by some blunt in
strument Hollands cattle had torn
most Of his clothing from his body. |
Holland owned $50 acres of land. He
was not known to carry great |
amount of money.
Reports reaching Boone from var
ious parts of the county indicate that
hogs by the hundreds are dying. The
reports indicate that in many cases
the ailment closely resembles chol-
era. while others report different all
ments. Some OF the farmers who
have been caught by the tight money
market and low prices for crops have
found themselves strictly up against
it as the result OF the ravages OF
these hog diseases. The heaviest
losers seem to be in the vicinity OF
Jordan. Many reports come OF
heavy losses in that community, but
reports come in from other parts OF
the county also.
Lloyd Amundson Of LIE Grand, was
exonerated by the coroner's jury OF
blame for the death of Dora Hemp.
hill, 1S-months-old daughter of Joseph
Hemphill who was killed when pitch.
ed from wagon which was struck
by Amundson's car.
Damages to the extent of s7O05.5O
were granted Alices Barnett OF Barnes
City by the Rock Island Railroad in
fria IL. :ss