Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1913-09-19
Grandma" Sarah Hawley died in

College Springs at the age Of 101.
Mr.. and Mrs. I. w. Abbott just eel
ebrated their fiftieth wedding ami
versary. They were married in LIE,
county.
Seventeen head of hogs recently
disappeared from the Furry farm ir
Buckingham and no trace of them car
be found.
A. E. Bicknell of Cedar Falls re-
ceived a watermelon weighing III
pounds, sent to him by his son from
Charlotte, N. C.
Voters decided at an election just
held at Knoxville to bond the city fol
$4,000 for the entire remodeling Of
the water system.
The third lost girl for the last ten
days was reported in Des Moines to
the police when the mother of Minnie
Adams, aged 16, appealed for aid to
find her. ....
On recommendation of a postoffice
inspector the postmaster at New
Sharon is to be removed. Tracy Os-
born has been recommended to fill the
vacancy.
The family of L. L. Olson, who dis
appeared from Creston suddenly on
August 20, have located him in Salt
Lake City. No reason is given for
his disappearance.
Paul Nassau, aged Is, of Des
Moines, saved the lives Of Ethel and
Edith Coffman, aged z and 10, who
went beyond their depth while wading
in the Des Moines river.
The case of Hobbs against the ILL
nois Central Railroad company, in
which he is suing the company for
$4,000 for being elected from train,
is being tried at Cherokee.
The Corning public schools opened
Monday with the largest enrolment
in history. There is an initial enroll
ment Of 1873 in the high school. Sixty
eight are from rural districts.
The Flick-Ziepprect Box company,
of Dubuque, manufacturers Of wood
boxes, will go out of business as soon
as the orders for goods on hand for
the present time are filled.
The Western Union Telegraph COM
pany has ordered special agent into
the territory near Remsen to appre-
bend young boys who are in the habit
of breaking glasses on the top of tel
egraph poles. H..
Miss Lena Taylor, 8-year-old
daughter of Frank Taylor Of Shenan-
doah, had the unusual experience
of awakening and finding that one of
her two braids of hair had been cut
off during the night.
County Superintendent E. F. Snow
of Webster City is sounding a cry for
more teachers in Hamilton county.
Unless ten new teachers can be found
there are ten rural schools in that
county that will not open.
A boiler explosion in the Linwood
quarries at Davenport resulted in the
instant death Of Charles Carson, aged
80 years, fireman. Carson's body
was torn to pieces. The cause is be-
ing investigated by the coroner.
A number of citizens Of Cedar Falls
are in bad with the game warden for
taking fish from the mill race. 1t is
said the warden has the names of
large number of citizens and will
start prosecutions against them. !
During an electric storm, lightning
struck a barn and cattle shed on the
farm of A. Leonard, mile and a
quarter east Of Battle Creek. The
buildings were destroyed and also :
twenty tons of hay. Fred Wescott, a.
Of Mr.. Leonard, rents the
farm. The loss on the buildings was
partly covered by insurance.
Charged with larceny by embezzle-
ment, in that he collected funds for
of St. Pauls African
Methodist Episcopal church and used
the money for his own purposes, Rev.
S. w. Stansbury, the colored pastor,
is in Jail at Dubuque, awaiting hear
ing. He claims he took out only an
agreed 20 per cent of the total.
After a day spent in securing the
aid of the legal machinery of the
county, the Rev. C. o. Stafford and
Attorney Stillman Of Clear Lake sue
ceeded in throttling the alleged gam
bling devices, which they said were
the chief feature of the carnival there.
They succeeded in getting an order
from J. C. Robinson, county attorney,
closing the games.
The S. r. Day estate at Otto, one of
the oldest and most widely known
farms in Woodbury. county, was sold
by Mrs. J. M. Hodges, daughter of
the deceased, for $30,375, or $195 per
acre. The farm, which consists of
225 acres adjoining Otto, was pur-
chased by H. C. P. Madison of An
thon. Mr.. Day, deceased, purchased
the land in 1855 when he settled up
on it.
During an electrical storm at
N,ehu, considerable damage was |