Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1913-05-02
iowa NEWS BRIEFS

open May aC BRANDON. r...
jeremiah Killmer, u, died after
suffering two strokes Of paralysis at
Camanche.
Sylvester. Dye of Council Bluffs, a
pioneer, passed away following six
weeks illness.
The Harrison county normal insti-
tute, in session. at Logan, had an en-
rollment Of 207.
An amateur play will be given at
Prescott and at Williamson for the
benefit Of the M. w. A. band.
!. Striking painters have been grant
ed As cents per hour at Waterloo. The
former schedule was 40 cents.
| Prof. Leslie l. Reed has been re-
elected superintendent of the Missouri
Valley schools at salary of $4,000.
M. Ballinger, aged "a, skilled me-
chanic of Council Bluffs, inherits $4O,-
900 in case hsis married by June Is,
1918.
/ Superintendent Karl Hanson has
been reelected head of the Roland
| schools for next year at a salary Of
$1,000,
The fwenty-frst annual convention
Of the Iowa State Federation of La
Dor will be held June 10th at Des
Moines.
A cloudburst in the vicinity Of Es-
sex is reported to have washed out
600 feet of Burlington track on the
Red Oak branch.
Burning kerosene scattered over the
clothing Of Hazel Kirby of Monte.
yuma, 16 years old, caused injuries
from which she died.
The Ladies Auxiliary has had
landscape architect at Marengo from
Des Moines to help the members plan
to beautify the city park.
St. Joseph's hospital at Waverly
will be enlarged this summer. The
addition will add about thirty-two
rooms and will cost about $4,000.
Articles for the Iowa Statdcank at
Hazleton have been filed. The Off
Gals are: President, R. G. Swan; vice
president, Henry Suhr; cashier, w. E.
Balm.
The elegant new home of S. H.
Watkins at Libertyville and the great
er part of it's contents were destroyed
by fire, resulting from defective
chimney. \
Antoine George, the eigh,-year-old
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Val Sitsman of
LeMars, hanged himself while play
ing in a barn. His body was found
by his brother. .
Word came to Russell that Elmer
Thomas, who formerly lived there,
was killed in the recent storm at
Omaha. He went to Omaha last fall
to secure work.
Victor P. Numety, provincial horti-
culturist of Khorkoff, Russia, recently
visited Iowa state college at Ames.
looking into plant breeding and ORCH
ard management.
The Rev. Alva w. McNeal, formerly
pastor Of several Congregational
churches in central Iowa, died at Ell
bert, Colo. The body was brought to
Gilman for burial.
The Sioux City assessment figures
filed with the board Of equalization
indicate that Assessor ]. w. Gray has
raised the total over last year by ap-
proximately $4.OOO.OO0.
Attorney L. L. Duke. graduate Of
Drake university, has been appointed
city solicitor as the first appointment
Of the commission torn y. govern
ment officials at Ottumwa.
After appointing ministers for the
various churches of Iowa, Minnesota
and Dakota, the northwest conference
Of the United Evangelical churches
adjourned at Nora Springs.
Ed Hanan of Williamstown blew
his head off with shotgun and was
found in corn crib twenty-four
hours later. He was ii years old. No
|.cause is known for the deed
The lifeless body of Albert Meyers.
prominent farmer near Shenandoah.
was found in his barn. The cause of
death is believed to have been heart
failure. He was SO years old.
One hundred carpenters and masons
of Council Bluffs worked ten hours
without pay rebuilding the homes of
families in Council Bluffs which were
destroyed in the recent tornado.
Thieves entered the Clawson tin
shop at New London, getting tools
with which they battered the safe of
the Miller grocery and meat market
and secured loot amounting to $25.
The fifty-sixth spring meeting of
the presbytery of Council Bluffs was
held at Casey. The program included
the retiring moderator's sermon by
the Rev. R. S. Weinkand of Bellevue,
Neb.
Charles Blakey sold fifteen acres on
the outskirts Of Estherville for $4,000.
or at the rate of 5000 an acre. This
land is entirely bare of improvements
and the above price sets new mark
in land values.
The officers Of the Croker brigade
have issued . call for . reunion of