Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1914-11-06
IOWA NEWS BRIEFS

WU n III UO UatgLl y
While gathering walnuts in the
grove Mr.. and Mrs. j. A. Morris Of Lo-
gan discovered wild Strawberries and
violets in bloom.
At least 10000 bushels of apples will
be picked. packed and sold from Grey
heath orchard, the property Of Mrs. J.
s. Moore at Bonaparte.
A Jersey heifer valued at $1,000 died
at the cattle barn in Dairy park at
Waterloo. The animal belonged to the
Nellie Fabyn herd of Geneva, Ill.
e. d. Goodwin of Emmetsburg was
caught in a belt in the electric light
plant here and his arm was broken in
two places and he was otherwise in
jured.
J. Meyer, aged 50, wholesale and re-
tail meat dealer of Des Moines, shot
himself through the heart above his
store. Poor health is attributed as
the cause.
The adjutant general has issued an
order for the converting Of military
examining board at the capitol Oct
1890 Thirty-nine officers are to ap'
pear for examination.
A tax of $4,000 has been voted III
Blackhawk county for the erection OF
q suitable memorial to all soldiers OF
the county and place to preserve
war records and relics.
The Presbyterian Women's Home
and Foreign Missionary societies met
at Council Bluffs for the thirty-third
convention. A large number of min
listers and laymen were in attendance.
Infantile paralysis has made, its ap-
pearance near Ida Grove, and fear OF
an epidemic is felt. Several deaths
have occurred and number Of chill
dren are afflicted with the dread dis
ease.
One year ago occurred the first snow
of the season, with the ground we'll
covered following a heavy rain. A
cold wave ensued that took the tenn
perature down to % above, decided
freeze.
Five-year- Leon Euziere, son OF
Mrs. Alta Euziere of Marshalltown,
fell into the Iowa river while fishing
and was drowned. The bank caved in
beneath his feet. The body has not
been recovered
Alleging that Mrs. B. Miasavage car
ried butcher knife with her to bed
every night. with the intention of kill
ing him at convenient opportunity,
John Miasavage of Sioux City filed
suit for divorce.
Instead of complying with demand
of two footpads to give up his valu-
ables County Attorney Guy P. Linville
of Cedar Rapids knocked one Of the
thugs down and pummeled him while
the other one fed.
J The gallon can of cylinder oil in the
repair department of the Crawford
Bros. Automobile company OF Wood
ward caused the destruction Of the
building and the loss of twelve auto
mobiles when it exploded.
C. A. Stewart of Sioux City, arrested
in LIE Mars on a charge of melting
riot, has been released. The charge
was placed against him by members
of the Roman Catholic faith after he
had delivered lecture on "The Papal
Menace"
The G. A. r. of Iowa has contributed
$345.3S to the Red Cross fund for the
sufferers in the conflict now raging in
Europe. This amount represents the
balance in the fund raised for the 4Oth
annual encampment held at Burling-
ton last June.
Many of the merchants of Burling-
tsuo hII11
stores prohibiting war talk on the
premises. Frequent fisticuffs follow
ing arguments are given as the reason
similar action is being taken by the
stores in the east.
Ducks are holding high carnival
along Skunk river bottoms. The high
water provided exceptionally favor
able feeding grounds and the birds fly
up from the Mississippi bottom lands
seeming to be in no hurry to continue
their journey south.
The Glenwood Canning factory sea-
son just closed has been the most sue
cessful since it was started here. The
output FOR the year was 100000 cans.
Besides using the product Of 40 acres
OF tomatoes Of it's own it bought 10000
bushels from farmers.
Charges made by Rev. w. F. Simp-
son. pastor of church in Shenandoah.
that there were eight houses OF pros
titution in the city, startled the people
Of the town. The address was made
before the Federated Foreign Mis-
sionary society at Shenandoah.
The G.. A. II. monument which ar
rived at Marion has been erected on
its concrete base in the northeast
corner of the city park. 1t is now
complete except the bronze tablets
which are to be placed on each Of the
four sides of the granite shaft.
The Young Peoples society Of the
Presbyterian church at Vinton gave a
christmas Ship Carnival" recently.
Tho entertainment was for the pur-
pose Of raising money to send box
of Christmas toys to the children Of