Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-07-09
franchise with view to purchase of

franchise with view to purchase of
the Reynolds Electric property.
George Baker, convicted of man.
slaughter and sentenced for eight
years for the killing of Claude Grice
at Red Oak, Iowa, will serve out his
sentence, as the supreme court affirm.
ed the verdict of the lower court in
an opinion written by Judge McClain.
The extension of the Council Bluffs
& Omaha Street Railway company's
lines to the school for the deaf, now
about completed, will run for a short
distance over the historic Lewis &
Clark road.
The council Of Mason City has let
the contract for a mile of cement
paving.
Miss Julian Norskog found $500 on
the seat of a Des Moines street car and
turned the money over to the com.
pany. The owner, Miss Mary B. How.
ell of Hull avenue. reported her loss
and was refunded the money.
Miss Helen Hoffman has brought
suit in district court in Des Moines
against George Agee for $4,000 dapr
ages alleging breach of promise.
Mrs Susie M. Sinner died at
Mercy hospital in Des Moines at the
age of 50 years, following a serious
operation. Mrs. Sinner was the wife
! of Rev. A. M. Sinner residing at 1874
Maple street. She has resided In
Des Moines for the past twenty-five
years.
With the acceptance of the sub
committees reports the board of trus
tees of the Iowa State Teachers col
lege ended its duties at Cedar Falls
and the new finance committee of the
state board of education took active
charge Of the business management.
The city council of Marshalltown
opened bids for six miles of concrete
paving, and found the best bid to be
| $1.65.5 per square yard.
Important improvements for the
Iowa state fair grounds were assured
/ when Secretary j. c. Simpson an
nounced the letting of contracts for
amounts aggregating $14,1S9 P. A.
Callen got the contract for building a
new cattle barn. His bid was $1,000.
Charles Weitz's Sons company Of Des
Moines will complete the swine judg-
ing pavilion for 1910; the Des
Moines Bridge and Iron works was
awarded the contract for the steel
work in the new balcony in Agricul-
tural hall for $1,S00; and ]. E. Love
JOY will build two permanent stages
In front of the grandstand for $2,155.
James Watt, Jerry b. Sullivan and
j. C. O'Connell, of Des Moines, are
interested in the new bank at Nor
walk, which will be known as the
First Savings bank of Norwalk
For the first time in the history
of the state. national workers for the
Prohibition party will be sent to Iowa
this fall to organize every county In
the state for prohibition.
Everybody needs a vacation" said
the Rev. o. A. Luce in his sermon at
the North Des Moines Methodist
church. ut is boon they owe to
themselves. Man is so constituted that
it is necessary that he withdraw from
the world for rest and recreation. Any
machine wears out and needs repair
F. e. Lyman, age &C. resident OF
Des Moines for twenty years. died
at his home, after an illness of sew.
erai months.
e. j. Bliss of Boston, head Of the
Regal Shoe company, one of the larg
est advertisers in this country and
lecturer on Advertising and Selling
at Harvard university, will be the
principal speaker at a booster dinner
which the Greater Des Moines com
mittee Is arranging to hold in Sep
tember.
AS result of gentle tap on the
part of Mat Simmer of Lenox
Shorty" Wilson. happy bride
groom of several days, sustained q
broken jaw bone and is minus severa
teeth. The trouble arose over Sim
mer's refusal to smoke one of viii
sons wedding cigars
The barn of William Scott was
struck by lightning during the storm
at Dallas Center and burned to the
ground. A large quantity of hay ant
some grain was burned. The loss
will be about $1,000. His horses anl
buggies were saved.
James R. Clark died at his HON.
near Lebanon after lingering Hines!
OF several years of stomach trouble
Mr.. Clark was II years of age ant
was pioneer citizen of Van Burel
county, coming here in 1889 whel
a lad of z years.
Charles Deemeck, aged IS years
employed as coal driver was drowned
while swimming with several other
in pond southwest of Oskaloosa. HI
was overcome by cramps.
Empson Bird, son of the Rev
Thompson Bird, founder of the FRS
Presbyterian church in Des Moines
died at the sanitarium at Brattleborc
N. H. His death was not unexpected
as he has been an invalid for fort