Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1913-12-19
IOWA NEWS BRIEFS


Fifty-two blocks of paving will be
laid next year in AlgOna.
Thieves stole eighty turkeys from
various places in Upton.
The water works plant of Perry will
be rebuilt at cost of $4,000.
Mrs. Stevens, rs, of Red Oak, fell
down stairs and broke her neck.
Joe Barnard, is years old, of An
thon, husked and shoveled 795 bushels
of corn in six days.
Petty gambling must stop, accord
ing to instructions from the chief OF
police at Davenport.
A large pipe organ will be pur-
chased by the members of the German
Lutheran church at Yorktown.
Congressman Connolly of Dubuque
has been selected to give the Elks'
memorial address in Waterloo.
C. NJ. Butts, who lived near Farm
ersburg for sixty-three years on the
same farm, died at the age of IS.
A receiver is asked for the Male
able Iron Works of Waterloo by F. ].
Eighmey, trustee of the company.
Mrs. John Feser of Earling, while
standing on the porch, in some way
slipped and fell, breaking her arm.
County Recorder C. H. Plummer of
Cedar Falls is very i'll from blood
poison and is in a critical condition.
Two school houses were entirely de-
stroyed by fire at Perry and another
partly burned. The origin is unknown.
The warehouse of the Porter Hard
ware company at Altoona was de-
stroyed by fire, causing loss OF
$4,000.
Hazel Punches, colored, won first in
the humorous class and first over all
the high school declamatory contests
at Glenwood.
The contract was let this week by
the University Church Brotherhood at
Des Moines for the erection OF a
church to cost $500.
Mrs. Adolph Schaub of Sioux City
was made beneficiary in the will of her
grandfather living in Blankenburg,
ILL.,, Of land valued at $125,O0O.
James Heiney, wealthy farmer of
Plymouth, died suddenly after few
hours illness. He is survived by a
wife, four sons and one daughter.
A general celebration was held
when the west end residence section
of Burlington was joined to the BUSH
ness district by a new interurban.
The council at Abba has been so
impressed with the idea of municipal
lighting plant that they have decided
to submit the matter to a vote of the
people. ,
Albert Alley, accused of sending
"black hand letters to banker, de-
handing large sum of money under
penalty of death, has been indicted by
the grand jury at Knoxville.
Carl Schnoor OF Perry, a student in
the two-year agricultural division Of
the state college at Ames died in the
college hospital from pneumonia. The
body was taken to Perry for burial.
The sentiment is growing in favor
of consolidated schools at Kiron. 1t
is proposed to include twenty-seven
sections with the town. The plan calls
for an $4,000 building with eight
rooms.
An ordinance to regulate dry clean
ing establishments in Des Moines has
been drafted and in the future these
places will be required to provide
proper storage for gasoline and also
good ventilation in the working rooms.
Odebolt's sewer system, which has
been under construction since August
/, has been accepted by the council.
There are more than four miles of
sewer pipes, with a modern septic
disposal plant, built at a cost Of $22,-
122. ..
The Dowden Manufacturing COM
pany at Prairie City was damaged by
fire caused by an explosion in the
paint room. Prompt work of the VOL
unteer ire department saved the
building, and the loss will be about
$4,000. ~..
Mrs. Anna Lavelle,, who was injured
q couple Of years ago, when she
slipped on an icy sidewalk at Perry,
was awarded $4,000 damages by a jury
in the district court. Mrs. Lavelle
sued for $4,000. The case will be ap-
pealed. ...r ....-~ Fl
A new four-story business house
will be erected in Perry, the entire
structure to be occupied by the Phil
lips, O'Malley & Herman Furniture
company. A 50-foot lot has been pur-
chased by the firm and the xcavating
has been started. .". ....
The contract has been drafted for
the employment of golf professional
to manage the country club grounds
at Ottumwa, beginning March l, 1914.
J. w. WEIGH, of Des Moines, we'll
versed in matters pertaining to golf
courses, has been secured. ...s,.
David Scott of Hynes was arrested
end put in Jail at Abba to await the
grand jury. He is charged with being
one of the men who tied a Mexican up
end whipped him numerically, then
robbed him and left him tied up on
November 9. Other arrests are ex-
I ected.
Mrs, Walter Temple, wife of a rail-
road man who is at present in Dakota,
{ ave her two children fly poison at
and then took some herself.