Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-03-08

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ersl interest of the new association
will be the holding OF an annual ban.
quet. There are thirty members VI
the bar in the county, of which F. D.
Thompson is the pioneer. having
practiced here for over half century
The Iowa Legion OF Honor. a fra
ternal insurance order, must pay +.
M. Fort of Clinton about $1,000. that
sum being the money he has paid into
the order for several years as prem
iums. with interest at 6 per cent. The
Iowa supreme court has afhrmed the
decision Of the Clinton district court
TO this effect. Fort brought suit in
the lower court alleging that his pol
icy had been reduced from $4,000 to
$1,000, while his premium had been
boosted" from year to year.
George ana Henry Belschner. two
farmer boys of Fayette county. who
bought q store at Allison about
year ago from e. L. Hill, to enter into
the mercantile field, recently made .
lrade with H. Folken, cashier OF the
Farmers Savings bank. whereby Fol
ken becomes posscssor OF the store
and they in turn possessors of farm
near Riceville, where they VIII en-
gage in farming.
The Iowa Esperanto association
has located headquarters at Cedar
Rapids. The association is organized
for the purpose of encouragingly the
Esperanto language. The oficers are
President, J. E. Cow. of Cedar Rap
ids; vice president, s. E. Carver Of
Leon; secretary and treasurer, Miss
Elsie Bagley of Cedar Rapids.
Mayor Robert johnson of Anamosa
has returned from Mechanicsville,
where he had been taking treatment
for q cancer on his hand. The can
Ger was entirely removed without the
use Of the knife. Mr.. johnson is the
man that made Jones county famous
rs one OF the principals in the world
renowned calf case.
Seed corn tests are being made at
m implement house In Fort Dodge
free OF charge for the benefit of the
farmers Of that community, one OF the
new Holden testers being used The
first test was not very favorable. II
showed only 40 per cent of the corn
good for seed.
Injunctions were granted against
three drug stores by the district court.
Kilner Drug company, Micael 4
Smith and DR.. G. C. Birney. These ara
the first Of the seven cases commenc'
ed by the Antl-Saloon league against
drug stores aud the Charles hotel at
Mason City.
Claiming she was deceived into
marriage in Council Bluffs August II,
1909, and that the marriage was
mock ceremony, Mrs. Mary e. Latin
of Lincoln, Neb., has brought suit
against C. w. Stout "a wealthy Alma,
Neb, stockman, for $4,000 damages
According to the preliminary report
Of the state geological survey, given
to the governor, the value of mineral
and soil products of Iowa, last year
amounted to over $15,00O,OO0. The
most valuable was coal, comprising
over Is per cent of the whole
Miss Blanche Hancock, daughter OF
the late j. T. Hancock, died at the
home of her mother in Dubuque. The
deceased had lived in Boston, Mass,
for the past four years and for two
years had been connected with the
Dana Hall, Wellesley college.
Mrs. Hannah Golden of .Jessup,
aged 70. died ut the Marshailtowu
soldiers home of congestion of the
lungs. She is survived by her hus
band, William Golden. who is mem
her Of the home. The body was sent
to Jessup for interment.
Conductor Lambert Of Mason City
had crowbar driven into his stom'
ach and may be fatally injured. He
was using the bar and threw MS
weight upon it. In some manner ne
slipped and the end of the bar entered
his abdomen.
William Dunn, an old resident Of
Marshall county and one OF the early
settlers Of Liberty township, is dead
at his home, six miles north OF Gle 4
mons, aged 70. Mr.. Dunn had lived
on the same farm since 1856.
Mrs. Sarah Gibbons. the oldest per;
son in Eddyville. and without doubt
one Of the oldest persons in this part
of the country, is dead at her home
here, aged SO years. She is survived
by several children.
J. H. Heron and G. H. Doty OF
Cedar Rapids charged with embezsle. \
ment of $3.50 from J. Roach & Son
Of Plainfeld, have been released by
the justice of the peace who heard
the case.
R. S. Davis died at Burlington at
ter prolonged illness. He was prin
cipal OF the North Hill school for
80 years and one of the most efficient
educators ever in the Burlington
schools.
Mrs. Augusta Emmert. a pioneer
resident OF Boone. was found uncon
scious in her room having been over
come by gas. She was taken to
hospital and recovered consciousness.
rriplet boys were born to George
Norton and wife, Fourth boy within
year. They weigh 5 and Az and =
pounds. The couple have been mar.
ried ten years; three other children.
Burglars rif1ed the Lafayette no
tel at Clinton some time during the
night and stole SAG from the, cash
drawer while the night clerk was mo-
msntarily absent from his desk.
Charles Nevatine. aged 20. commit