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ijwks, iNcrtn Dakota-•\ I * • •The yard force at the Perry yards 3ms been busy the last few weeks .weighing grain.' The. scales at the Manilla yard have been temporarily abandoned. and • it is now necessary for the Perry yard to weigh, all the St^ih moving from points south of .Sioux. City and points on. Hie Bes Mciries division as well as everything billed from east cf Council Bluffs. The. .time of one switch engine on one shift is pretty well. taken up with the Work. The grain is assembled and weighed during the day time. - .The location of the scale track ih; the yard is such that' it v abcur four ininutes' to- cut off and spot a oar 'and remove it from the. scale--.tracks and when from sixty •to .a hundred cars of grain arrive inotner women ana go uirougn nerhusband’s pcckots regularly, (-.specially on wash day.Conductor Ban Keel’s wife was in Des Moines Friday .attending to business matters.- .. Conductor Fred Bolender is run-i nihg the way freight' between • Perry j t! and Manilla*-with the. Sunday lay irfi:w,tvclriover at Manilla in place of conductor J. S. Evans who is taking a va-a:Ircation. Mr. and Mrs. Evans will hspend part of • the time visiting in Manley. Iowa. -. ..Boilermaker Edward Burns, who has been off-duty. on account. of sickness' is worse-J His' friend^ hopefor a speedy 'recovery. 1. - . .Machinist-Levi Swanson* seems to be having- ia long run of hard iuck.Fridav night he Was caminir' tiompa-P-li:r:h0lt;Ir^tare-^c^usually^gets; off: the car. fierlcaded the overload-can'often be ■transferred to avoid -'the cars running; not and this procedure alsoup; onto the* tracks. ; Being unable to guide'- it across xthe ; r.envcrk ofsaves-Congestion in the big yards, {tracks he told Heinzleman to jump • Where the elevators arfe located;v;.-Mrs.-A.. L. Ririey and daughter;Josephine :were in-.Des Moines Friday . to ' spend tire dav;. -.' ' ;A: .(general. Superintc-nde.nt W. M. Weidenhamer’s business', car was on JSoi 7 this morning enroute to Den-jveri.;• - • • .**♦' * ’ • ‘ .• ^Engineer- foreman.'Charles Field • lt;k » * • • lt;* TbvV1 and attempted to gnf off himself. Gerald got off safely but Levi fell. j dislocating one arm / at the. elbow/ • “ • *V. • ■ - / A • ' #. .-and badly . bruising his' . ankle. He was -taken to the home of his father who lives cn West Second street ar.d the famila physician called.* It was necessary for ’the doctors to admin-ister an anaesthetic' before, the arm. *77 . ’ ------.---- —^ ^ i.has been laying off for ..the last'few bould.'be set.;, Levi will, be laid up 'days , attending to business matters a long time.-witH the injurs*..arid fixing'up around his place.J;.: Miss Ruth Crihnegan leaves - to-'night fcr. .Koche^brr-Miriri.;-' where . she. will remain, for a week with herrrtpiher who .is in a hospital there. -It.;is expected that Mrs.- Criniicgan' Will bevable-to come home with Ruth• v i ^ •* • - *. ••the;.;:latter part of next week.* . •- -• .;fe. There is one Perry woman' who •bas 'evidence, that she does-not go through her husband’s pockets, at l^tft she hasn't up to this week but . now.;thinks it a - wise plan. Thursday Charles Martin drew'his payGeorge Connor who. has been at his home in Coon Rapids whilb business has been, light'.-oii the read isexpected ftd return to work Sunday or Monday. '.'- — . ;Fireman Lewis Miliet* has beencalled to'Milwaukee to-take the mechanical examination Lor promotion to en^.neer. - Lewis is not needed as an engineer bub according to the fireman’s schedule the men must be given the examination after .they have been in the service of the. company the required length of time.
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Perry Daily Chief
Perry, Iowa, US
Sat, Aug 20, 1921
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