Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1913-02-28

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killed when he fell from the roof Of
the new high school building at Al
coma. He was 81 years old and
leaves q wife in St. Paul. His neck
and arm were broken and his skull
was crushed. @
The Paullina school board has
checkmated the high cost Of gradual
ing attire. At q recent meeting Of
the board it was decreed that the
graduating class of 1913 must q Ira:
to receive the diplomas in sim. Zap
and gown. The board will fursisi
the caps and gowns. &
Irving Weiner, aged II, died at
Dubuque from the effects of injuries
received while playing crack-the-whip
at one of the municipal ice Kinks. He,
with several men and boys, were
playing the game, and he was cracked
off the end of the line with so mach
force that he was fatally injured.
Efficiency engineers who will in
vestigate all the activities ofnthe
state, especially that part connected
with the state house and the state
fair, have started work at Des
Moines. The first move Of the men
was to familiarize themselves with
the states methods Of payments. !,
E. E. Lantz, farmer near Manson,
, was seriously lurt when he fell un-
Ger 4 wagon load Of oats and was run
over. He was walking by the side OK
the load with the reins tied behind
his back and close to the wagon when
he stumbled, falling in front Of the
wagon wheels. Several ribs were
broken.
The city health officer Of Denison,
DR.. Wright, has sent specimens Of
the water supplied by the city to the
state board of health for examination
and the result has been an order for
consumers to boil we'll the water be-
fore using. Typhoid fever is feared.
Further Investigations are on foot by
the city council. Sc
While cutting timber near his
home, Daniel Barber, 81 years old, a
farmer living near Liscomb, was
struck by falling tree, sustaining
injuries which resulted in his death
two hours later. The body was ter
ribly crushed. Barber leaves wife,
four children and a brother, VICTOR
Of Cedar Rapids. FIN
An independent general hospital,
open to all alike, is the aim Of
number of Council Bluffs club women,
who have taken the matter up. The
promise of the promoters is that the
new institution shall be a charity
hospital, though managed as pay
ing institution for patients that are
able to pay for it's services.
R. NJ. Riggs of Harris has new
device whereby his mail is delivered
to the house from his rural mail box
quarters of mile away A
carriage runs on bail bearing pulleys
over a wire by means of crank, and
when the mail is in place the people
at the house quickly pull it home.
The device cost about $50 to install.
John Bangs, wealthy retired
farmer and one of the earliest pio-s
neers of that section, died at New
London. He was 81 years old. He
Is direct descendant Of the people
who came over from England in the
ship "Anna" that landed at Plymouth
Rock in June, 1921. He came to Iowa
in 1886. Iowa then was part Of the
territory of Wisconsin.
Although Ed Pager was given life
Imprisonment by jury in the dis
trict court at Dubuque for assaulting
Miss Cecilia Lewis hero several
months ago, his two companions from
Rockford, ILL.,, Charles Erlanderson
and Arthur Rec, were given but fifty
days in Jail when found guilty. There
is much indignation because Of tho
lightness of the sentences.
Burton C. Atwater narrowly es-
capped death under q switch engine in
the north yards Of the Rock Island
road at Iowa Falls. Mr.. Atwater had
driven over the tracks, when = switch
engine struck one Of the horses,
throwing it against its mate. The
horse that was struck was killed and
the other one was injured, but the
buggy was not even upset.
Temperance workers, to celebrate
the defeat of the saloon consent Pc
tition, are planning the largest ban
quet ever held in Waterloo. Two
thousand men and women will gather
about the banquet tables in the base
ment of the new Grace Methodist
Episcopal church on the evening of
February Fl. Addresses will be
given.
Irwin Launspach, the 3-year-old
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Launs-
pach Of Des Moines, was fatally
burned by fire, which totally de-
stroyed the interior of the home. It
is believed that the boy set fire to
his clothing by matches, which he had
secured by much effort in climbing
upon q chair to reach the box on Z
shelf which had been hid from him
the day before.