Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1913-11-21

court began IN Abel yesterday W.T.
the case Of Flood Bros. against tn
board of supervisors, Judge w. Il
; Fahey presiding. A memorial servic
in honor of the late Judge John Short
ley will be held.
Men students at the University o
Iowa are in earnest to get a club
house. They purpose to organize 4
> the end that hoped for club hous'
becomes real. The club house is t,
> be social center for wholesale un
dergraduate activities.
Within the last week the Plymouth
Congregational playground of Del
Moines has been established on a per
manent basis and during the last few
days there has been an average o.
more than sixty downtown children
making use of the grounds daily.
Selling tickets for the moving pic
ture show to pay the expenses before.
hand of making the pictures is the
work of the goods of the State Uni,
versity of Iowa. Moving pictures OF
the Ames-Iowa game and the home.
coming celebration will be made.
Diphtheria, which broke out among
the families of miners at Numa, has
spread to such an extent that two
schools have been closed by the d.
rectors, namely those at Martins
burg, the mine camp near Numa, and
the one known as the Lincoln school
John Prister, of Bloomfield, is lying
very Ill at his home and it not ex-
| IN Sri, IN a
football game at Centerville jSatur-
day between the Bloomfield and Cen
terville high schools. His injuries are
internal and at first were not thought
| to be serious.
Mrs. Effie Todhunter-Heather of In
dianola was deprived of her new hus-
band, ]. B. Heather, and remarked to
her old husband, Cliff Todhunter, by
q decree in the district court. The
court annulled former decree giving
Mrs. TOdhunter a divorce and the
right to re-marry.
Rev. Father Joseph Fisch, who for
the past five years has been assistant
priest at St. Mary's Catholic church
at Remsen, left this week for Maurice
upon orders from Bishop Garrigan,
who last week gave Father Fisch no
tice. of. his appointment to the charge
at Maurice and Struble.
The annual meeting of the North
east Iowa Horticultural society will
be held in Waverly. This society last
met there twenty-four years ago.
Premiums will be offered for apples
corn and potatoes. E. Brakeman Of
DEBORAH is president. and G. d. Black
Of Independence secretary. q
Upon returning home from town the
]. A. Groves family, living two miles
south of Rockwell City, found their
house in flames. They succeeded in
extinguishing the fire after damage
amounting to about $1,000 had been
done to the house and contents. Moth
ing is known as to the origin of the
fire. vi
= Clarence Carlson, son of Charles
Carlson of Abba, was badly crushed
while riding a trip as driver in the
Abba Coal company's mine at Rizor-
vile. 1t seems that he fell from the
car he was riding. 1t is not thought
the injury will prove fatal but it will
be some time before he is able to get
around. .-.rs
Prof R. A. Cave for several years
one of the prominent workers in the !
agricultural extension department of
Iowa State college became manager of |
the Beaver Valley Stock farm, two
miles north of Cedar Falls. This |
farm is owned by DR.. Thos. Y. Kane |
Of Chicago, and nothing but blooded |
stock is raised there. ii
Eli Stenson, the man who shot and |
killed Jake Galish at Dallas, Marion
county, was given sentence of fifteen
years in the penitentiary at Fort Madi-
son. The grand jury returned an in
dictment charging first degree murder,
but Judge Fahey took into considera-
ton that the man had been an cpl
leptic since childhood.
Selling the present temple and
ground in one of the best locations in
Davenport, and purchase of site in
the residence district where a new
temple will be built, were discussed
by the Masonic orders at mass meet
ing. The present Masonic temple is
an Office building erected many years
ago. The property is valued at
$25O,O00. @,-
A badly decomposed body that has
been nearly positively identified as
that of W. J. Eichelberg, the Sioux
City contractor who disappeared from
his home August Goth, and was last
seen September LIST, Sunday afternoon
was found in shallow water on the
bank Of the Missouri river about four
miles below Dakota City, Neb. He
had committed suicide. l.
The new Fairview church in Bruce
township at La Porte is nearing COM
pletion and plans are being made for
Its dedication. This church is located
In very prosperous community and
Is one of the finest rural churches in
this section of the state. 1t is planned
to have some of the leading ministers
Of this denomination present to assist
IN the dedicatory services.