Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1913-12-26
IOWA NEWS BRIEFS

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lieved to be at work at Clinton.
A third bar probably will be opened
at Valley Junction if the present dry
conditions continue in Des Moines.
Patrick Curran for tensyears agent
for the Milwaukee railroad at Ports
mouth shot and killed himself because
Of ill health.
The Burlington depot at Hastings
was robbed of $1,000 by masked man
who pointed gun at R. c. Cook, the
night agent.
Atlantic is putting up a strong bat
tie as the site for the epileptic colony.
The place is to be decided upon by the
state board of control.
The John Merritt >arm, about one
half mile south of Dunlap, was sold to
Pete Barrett for $1S5 per acre. This
is fine farm Of 1877 acres.
| John Keller, a civil war veteran liv-
ing north of Cedar Rapids, died of
paralysis caused by his coming in con-
tact with circular saw blade.
| Over 100 delegates are expected at
the missionary meeting at MARSHALL
town. This is part of nation wide
movement bv ministers and laymen.
Persons of prominence in historical
matters at Knoxville are endeavoring
| to locate the graves of all veterans Of
| the war of 1912, buried in Marion
county.
Lorenza D. Evans, formerly of Win
! terset, and Joseph w. Latta, of Wi
mona, Mimi, civil war veterans, are
dead at the Soldiers home at Mar
>shalltown.
The "Padrone System is alleged to
| be in practice in Mason City by both
! railroad and roundhouse foremen. The
foremen are accused Of extorting from
the men.
The county Jail at Grinnell is in
such bad state of repair that the
| board Of supervisors were advised it
| would cost too much money to make it
fit for use.
United States customs collectors at
Des Moines joined with the police in
a campaign against opium. Two joints
were raided and a half dozen arrests
| were made.
Alice Murphy. the ~ year old
daughter of Mrs. T. j. Murphy of New
Hampton, died as the result of burns
received from starting furnace fire
with kerosene.
Dan Knapp, age So. Northwestern
railroad conductor Of Clinton. was
killed at Ellsworth. Ill. He was we'll
known and exceedingly popular
among his friends.
Burglars Sunday night entered the
kirkwood & Richards clothing store
at Des Moines and got away with
$500 worth of clothing. The loot made
half wagon load.
The home of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. p.
Swartz Of Thurman. is again quaran-
tined for scarlet fever, their little son,
Bern, having it for the second time
within a few weeks.
Twelve thousand signers have been
obtained to a saloon consent petition
in Des Moines preparatory to it's be-
ing submitted to the Polk county
board of supervisors.
Miss Emma Ricord, indicted for per-
jury in connection with the attorney,
F. B. Kimball, disbarment proceedings
has gone on hunger strike" in the
county Jail at Iowa City.
C. II. Smith, postmaster at Rock
Rapids since 1905, has forwarded his
resignation to Washington and asks to
leave for Crockett, Calf, December 25.
Mayor Louis Roth, Of Cedar Rapids,
addressing a convention of moving
picture men of Iowa, declared the pro-
ducing of indecent plays should be
made a grave offense punishable by
fine.
Leonard Sorenson, age 16, of Ossian,
was accidentally killed by the dis
charge of a gun which he and a COM
panion were handling. The boys were
at Oelwein when the accident &C.
Cured. T.
The common law freed Judy Mosely
of Centerville, who shot Schrumm, a
coal operator. Schrumm who died of
his wounds was found in the company
of Mosely's wife after being warned
to stay away.
According to advance information
furnished by the Polk company, pub
fishers of the local directory, Sioux
City has population Of 6O,2S4, an in
crease of 12.406 since the census was
taken in 1910. -.a.
August Kluss, proprietor of hotel
at Postville, took his life by shooting
himself He went to a nearby barn
and with a revolver shot himself
through the head. He leaves a wife
and grown family.
A tri-city district fair to be located
between Waterloo and Cedar Falls is
being planned by number of citizens
of Waterloo. 1t is proposed to supply
stock at $40 per share for grounds and
necessary buildings. #
Louise, the 3-year-old daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. w. Albright of Birm- !
ingham, Iowa. was fatally burned
when her clothing caught fire while
playing with some matches and
candle in a neighbours yard.
M, J, Wragg, of DeS MOines. nresi- |