Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1913-12-12
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. l.. Abel Of Meservey

auto, met tICn near tuIU Ill Iuc
road. Both were thrown from their
conveyance and seriously bruised. Mr.
Koenen was not hurt.
The firm Of Harger & Blish at Du-
buQue celebrated the tiftieth anniver-
sary of the founding of the institu-
ton. B. M. Harger, senior member Of
the firm, opened a small music store
in Dubuque in November, 1863. A
large branch of the concern now is
operated in Des Moines.
The public school Of Holy Cross,
twenty miles hGrthwest of Dubuque,
was dismissed following an epidemic
of measles. Thirty-seven of the fifty
children attending school we're at
tackled by the disease. 1t will prob
ably be week or ten days before
classes will again begin.
E. B. Weeks, prominent farmer of
Johnson county, was badly hurt when
his hand was caught by a circular
wood saw. Two fingers, part of the
palm, and a thumb, were mangled,
and were necessarily amputated when
the man was brought to the hospital
|
E. w: Weeks, Of Guthrie Center.
Henry Coombs of Cedar Falls was
arrested, charged with striking Andy
Knudson, fellow workman. The as
sault, it is alleged, occurred follow
ing an alteration at the new garage
on First street. ,Gnudson sustained
broken shoulder blade and two frac-
kr rih he hall in
bail for a hearing before Mayor Mer-
ner.
The Iowa Gate company of Cedar
Falls has completed plans for a new
factory building to cover 10000 square
feet of ground. 1t will be the largest
structure in this part of the country.
With this addition the company will
double its output. 1t now sells to
every state in the union and many
foreign countries.
Conrad NJ Butts, who has lived on
the same farm near Farmersburg for
sixty-three years, was buried. Mr..
Butts came to Clayton county in 1850.
He was IS years old at the time of
death In 1864 ne enlisted in Com
pany B, Fourth Iowa infantry, and
was in Sherman's army when it
marched to the sea.
firing Of supporting her husband
after thirty-tWo years of married life.
Elphretta Robinson secured divorce
| from Joshua Robinson at Des Moines.
The woman declared on the witness
stand that during the greater part of
her life she had supported her chill
dren by taking in washing. -.
The fire drill in Britt proved valu-
able asset to the schools when every
one of the children in the public
school were moved from the building
| without injury of one. Fire was dis
covered in the, basement and had
| made good Roadway when discovered.
The students are enjoying vacation
while the building is being repaired.
"a &representative of Swift & Co.,
cleared up the fat cattle in the neigh
borhood of Hamburg recently, pur-
chasing 1900 head to be shipped
direct to Boston. The price paid was
$S75. W. P. Carpenter sold 1900
head, Raymond Carpenter 800, Bert
Morgan IT'S, John Finnell, Jr, 100,
Alex Crabtree 1870, and Chris Brown
IS. ..
q Rev. V. W. Bondo, for the last six
years pastor of the Danish Lutheran
church at Davenport, has accepted a
call to the Gethsemane church in Ra-
cine, Wis, and at meeting OF the
congregation of the Davenport church
call was extended to Fred Hansen,
who early next spring will complete
his,acourse at the Danish Lutheran
Theological seminary at Blair. Neb.
While walking the Northwestern
railroad track between Gilbert Sta
ton and Story City, B. J. Svedy, a
farmer near Randall, was struck by
the pilot of the engine of train No. 63,
receiving a broken right arm and
numerous cuts and bruises. He was
put aboard the train and brought back
to Ames, where he was taken to the
office of DR.. Bulge who set the frac-
ture and attended to his other bruises.
Six pupils in two of the largest
schools of Council Bluffs, Bloomer
and Washington avenue, where 1,40O
children attend, have been discovered
to be suffering from some rare form
of skin disease. They were all or
dered home, their books were de-
stroyed and strong efforts made to
prevent spread of the disease.
Physicians declared the disease to be
highly infective.
Petitions are being circulated for a
special election to vote on issuing
bonds for the improvement Of the
water works system at Valley juno
ton. The proposed amount is $4,000,
and some opposition is developing.
The last of the concrete work on
this years paving contract was fin
ished at Eagle Grove and the asphalt
crews are working overtime. About
one and one-half miles of paving have
been put in this year.
An entire little family wiped out
within ten months-that is the fate of
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Fitzpatrick and
their babe. The wife and mother died