Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-02-01

He had been resident of Sioux City
for more than thirty years and had
been prominent in the professional
and business life of the town. DR.,
Mosher is survived by his wife and
six children, two of whom, DR. Gray
and Miss Mabel Mosher, live in Des
Moines. One of the peculiar instances
of Dr.. Mosher's life was that he was
once robbed by Jesse James, the no.
torious bandit
Postal is in no Deal.
The Postal people here, through
Manager Patten, vigorously deny the
truth of the statement that the change
of name of the Postal Telegraph-Ca-
BILE company to the Transcontiuenlaj
Telegraph company has any connec'
ton with any plan for merger with
the Bell Telephone company or the
Western Union Telegraph company.
Carpenters Raise Initiation Fees.
An increase of SIS in their initia.
ton fee was voted by the local Car.
penters' and Millmen's union. This
union has a membership of over
thousand and is one of the largest
in the city. Formerly the iniation fee
was $40, but with so great memb her
ship the union decided to boost the
price of admission to $25.
AHnoAS, Laar TalLe
Declaring that it is the duty Of
every newspaper editor to turn his
back on questionable advertising and
fay the man who says one thing edi.
torially and another in his advertise
ments, Hon. James Schemerhorn, ed
itor of the Detroit Times addressed
the Admen's club on the subject a
triet Penman, Publisher"
Or. George Royal Heads Association
DR.. George Royal will head the
board of directors for the proposed
children's hospital to be erected ant
equipped during the year. His assoc
iates on the board will be Mrs. vii
liam Yonkers as vice president, Mrs
NJ. L. Dudley secretary, and Simon
Casady as treasurer.
Licenses Reach 100000.
The hunters license fund has touch
the 100000 mark with two dollars t.
spare. AT the rate at which the iicens
es are being received, the fund vii
probably reach $4,000. The fund ir
dicates that at present over 10000
hunters have received permission
shoot game in Iowa
Father and Son Die at Same Hour.
A striking coincidence in the deaf
| of two men, father and son, came t
| light with the announcement of tn
| death of James Mckenzie at tn
Mercy hospital in Des Moines, for a
almost the same hour, his son die
| at his home in Baxter Ia, of tn
| same disease.
Badly Burned In Early Fire.
S. C. Brazelton, aged 70. was ser
ously injured as he leaped harefuot.,
| from the second story window of hi
daughters house, 1910 Twenty Mt
street, into a snow drift aud Mrs \
x. Flint was painfully burned abor
the arms and face in a fire at tn
Flint home.
Casadv Heads Pioneer Club.
Simon Casady was elected pres
| dent of the Pioneer club at the ann
al meeting Other officers electe
were: Charles l.. Gilcrest, vice pres
dent; W. B. Keffer, secretary an
treasurer; p j. Mills and W. H. NJ
Henry, mem bers of the executive con
mittee.
Escape From Fire in Night Clothes.
Fire from an overheated stove i
the residence of E. S. Jones, 221
School street made Mrs. Jones an
her children run to neigh boris hous
in their night clothes. The depar
ment put out the blaze before nue.
damage was done.
Water Case Postponed
Unavoidable delay in bringing tn
suit of the city against the Des Nome
Water company to trial on the It'll
caused postponement to Feb. z. Tn
company entered stipulation agree