Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1913-10-24

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Miss Lulu Everett was badly injured
When two stories from the ground she
became frightened and let go, injurin 6
her hip and spine.
Fish in large numbers were being
killed at Mason City by a substance
| floating in the water which resembled
| creosote. The matter was called to
the state fish commissioner and an
| immediate remedy applied.
Hal Wells, of Des Moines, when al
most in sight ii Council Bluffs, the
goal in his auto race across the state,
! was forced to give up on account of
rain. Wells returned to Des Moines
| and will make another try
The program for the annual Baptist
state convention, to be held at Water
loo, has been issued. Five hundred
ministers and lay members will at
tend. J. r. Vaughan, of Waterloo, will
give the presidents address.
The mayor of Manchester and the
secretary of carnival company were
called on the carpet at that place by
the grand jury for allowing gambling
and naughty side shows to operate.
Manchester has had her last carnival.
John Crosby, of Humboldt, created
disturbance in that city recently when
he struck at Bob Spear with an ak
because the latter refused to let him
drink" up an entire bottle of whisky.
Spears arm was broken and badly
lacerated.
Maggie Moomaw, of Newton, 60
years of age, was granted a divorce
from her husband, Amos Moomaw
The case is remarkable because of the
age of the plaintiff and the fact she
had not lived with her husband for
twenty years.
A number of Cedar Falls high
school boys found quantity of elder
berry wine in a barn and proceeded
to imbibe too freely. The young mems
appearance in the school was such as
to bring forth severe reprimand
from the superintendent.
One of seven hobos was killed and
his companions more or less injured
when a double header Milwaukee
freight train was wrecked at Manning.
Section hands had taken up rail and
the engineer failed to see the flags in
time to stop the heavy train.
Mayor Clayton Baker, of Manila,
has been busy cleaning up the town.
He succeeded in getting four bootleg
gers and gave each one stiff fine.
The mayor led the officers in a raid
on the gamblers and caught seven.
Five of them pleaded guilty and were
fined from $50 to 5000.
Declaring that the Pullman COM
pany is using its power and wealth to
prevent him from obtaining justice
through the courts, Frank J. Laugh
lin, conductor, filed his answer in
federal court at Council Bluffs to the
action brought by him to recover $780,
900 for personal injuries.
Perry's new federal building, for
which an appropriation Of $3.50 was
made by congress two years ago, will
be built next year. Plans have ar
rived from the government architects
and will be submitted by the post
master to the contractors. Bids for
the building will be opened.
Clarence, the 13-year-old son of Mr.
and Mrs. Andrew Tinkhom, of Rick
ardsville, had his left leg broken.
Clarence and two other boys were
driving down hill and when over a
gutter he fell off the seat. surgeon
was called who set the limb and the
young man is getting along nicely at
present.
What proved to be the best cattle
sale held in Jones county for many
years was that of Miller & Northey,
at Moreley, who sold at public sale
tifty-six head of Shorthorn cattle at
of the sale went to J. G. Westrope, of
Harlan, when he purchased Roam
Lady 1O9467 for $50.
George bunker, of Muscatine, was
badly injured at his home when he
fell from a tree and the ladder on
which he was standing fell on him. He
was not injured by his fall from the
ladder but while lying PROSTATE on
the ground the ladder fell on him. He
suffered the fracture of three ribs and
other severe injuries.
Because 14-year-old Sabina Orucci,
of Des Moines, did not want to leave
home and mother and did want to con-
tinue her studies in the public schools, |
she refused to marry Frank Mears. |
Even the gift of white silk wedding |
dress and jewels could not bride her |
into matrimony. The license was re-
turned to the county clerk.
Rev. w. w. Smith, of Hastings, Neb., !
has been secured to aid in raising the
additional endowment fund for Par
sons College of Fairfield. He is on
the ground now and will probably re-
move his family to that city within
short time. Mr.. Smith has been en-
gagged in like work at Hastings, where
100000 was recently raised.
big panther has made his appear
ance down in the forest about three
miles east of Rickardsville and some
think it is the same one that was near
Dubuque in Mosleam township a few
weeks ago. The panther was seen the
firoo h1y t,vo 20 w, or, <l;, ,oa II