Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1913-10-17
IOWA NEWS BRIEFS

The Iowa City council has refused
to buy an automobile for the city Of
fcials. A# a-....
r. B. Richmond of Bancroft was
killed by the overturnihg Of an auto
mobile.
A Davenport peddler was given nine
days in Jail for selling short weight
potatoes:
Mrs. Mercy L. Starr, Tabor's old
est citizen, has died. She was in her
both year. 49,
The degree of Pocahontas of the
Redmen of Iowa are holding a three
days meeting a, Fort Dodge.
The trial Of Louis Prescott, charged
with the murder of his wife, has been
started in the district court at Mason
City.
Timothy Voelker, aged 81, a farmer
of Baldwin, had his neck broken when
he fell from a horse. He died in
stantly.
Howard Wychoff, 13-year-old o.
tumwa boy; suffered fracture of the
skull as result of being thrown from
q horse.
The thirty-sixth annual convention
of the grand chapter of the Order Of
the Eastern Star will be held in Coun-
Gil Bluffs.
Will Glenn lost parts of four fingers
when his hand was caught between
cog wheels of an asphalt machine at
Shenandoah.
A new rule passed by the state
pharmacy board is to the effect that
intoxicated pharmacists may lose
their membership.
New Hampton will have two notable
events, the third civic celebration and
the reunion of the Thirty-eighth regi-
ment of the G. A. r.
Fort Madison has contracted for the
purchase of a combination chemical
engine and hose cart, to be used by
the city fire department.
Louis Johnson, aged so, was found
dead with thirteen empty whisky bot
ties in his room in Sioux City. He
had been dead for thirty-six hours.
In rear end collision of trolley
cars on the suburban to Leeds score
of passengers were hurt. Amos J..
Cole and A. E. Prayer were, severely
injured.
Some miscreant scattered pound
of tacks on the paved streets in Cedar
Rapids. They were discovered before
much damage was done and were
picked up.
The state of Iowa lost several head
Of fine cows, that died from lead pois-
oning. The cows licked the paint
from empty paint cans left lying
around carclessly. .e
Joe Gerahty, a farmer living on
Pleasant Ridge, near McGregor, fell
while attempting to cross ditch and
bent his left leg in such way that it
was broken in two places.
E. I. Edison, one of the honor con-
victs working on the road work at
Ames, was caught in petty thievery
about the camp and was sent back to
Anamosa. His companion told on
him. ~a@....+
Men prominent in Iowa Methodism
are urging the appointment of Rev.
H. 0. Pratt of Toledo as chaplain of
the Iowa Soldiers Home at MARSHALL
town, to succeed the late Hon. Jesse
Cole.
The big 100000 gallon reservoir
built by Fort Dodge has proven water
tight by recent tests. The reservoir
cost more than $4,000 and is part of
the city water plant, which is valued
at 100000.
Peter Behrens of Lyons is dead. He
had been in somewhat feeble health
and the death of his wife proved to
be more than he could bear, and he
passed away as above stated. He was
aged about 70 years.
AS the result Of the disastrous
wreck of passenger train on the De-
corah branch of the Rock Island, Miss
Ida Wickham of Waterloo has CON-
menced an action in the Blackhawk
district court for $4,000 damages.
Carl Fisher and K. Dinlond, two
hunters, found the body of man,
supposed to have been murdered, in
a Iavlne near an old brick yard west
Of Keokuk. The coroner is Investigate
ing. The man has not yet been iden-
tilted. ..a-....a5 ..-
Wilson Prall, "a years of age, one
Of the venerated pioneers of Cass
county, and one of it's largest land
holders and most successful farmers,
died of pneumonia. The dead man
lived in this county for nearly sixty
years.
Brooklyn is erecting a fine modern
high school building that is expected
to cost $4,000 and to be strictly mod
ern. A new Presbyterian church is
also under way and this to be pat
termed after the up-to-date city
church.
William Hesse, on trial in the dis
trict court at Abba in connection with
tho death Of Mrs. John Carson of Lo-
villa, has been convicted of man.
slaughter. Reese Griffin, who was
jointly indicted with Hesse, will be
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