Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1914-05-01

in the libel suit of Attorney Oma
! Herminghause against Brown. The al
I legged libelous statements were mad
in connection with the granting o
power privileges for the Cooper dam
Primghar will get new hospita
providing the citizens are willing t.
i guarantee perpetual maintenance
George Ward a wealthy man Of tina
place has promised to have the build
ing erected if this condition is com
piled with.
F. E. Teller, superintendent Of
schools at Onawa, has been elected tt
fill the vacancy caused by the resigna.
ton of Supt L. H. Maus, of Cherokee
| Maus, who has headed the Cherokee
schools for eight years plans to take
up chautauqua work.
Glenn Newport, Perry, Iowa, boy
and graduate of Ames, is exploring
! for diamond fields in the untouched
heart of Africa for the Guggenheim
Mining company. With one white
companion and band of natives,
Newport has been penetrating the
jungles for months.
The Sac City Y. M. c. A. promoted
farmers short course held on the
H. A. Baxter farm, three miles south
sast of the city The course lasted
three days and was conducted under
!, the direction of experts from the
Ames extension department.
AS Coy Stansberry, a farm hand,
was driven across the Burlington rail-
road tracks, at Charlton, westbound
passenger train struck the back of his
wagon, throwing him to the ground.
He was not seriously injured, though
the wagon was demolished.
Charged with having eloped with
the 17-year-old wife of Arthur Wo-
mack, of Fordyce, Ark, Charles
Schlecta, a prominent farmer and
large property owner of Marion coun-
ty, Iowa, has been lodged in Jail at
Knoxville. Pandering is the formal
charge upon which Schlecta is held.
Claiming his lower limbs were para
lyzed when he was struck on the back
by piece of falling steel, Geo. W..
Maccallum, carpenter employed on
the new courthouse at Rockwell City,
is suing the Falls City Construction
Co., the builders, for $4,000 damages.
Damages for $4,000 are asked by
the administrator of the estate Of the
late Martin Dugan, killed when his
automobile went off the side of
bridge in Crawford county. The coun-
ty is made defendant and the case is
being tried in Sac City. 1t is alleged
the barricade was insufficient.
An unsuccessful business venture
left Miles C. Parish, a farmer of Grin
nell, who retired with over $4,000,
practically penniless with only horse
and COW to call his own. Parish has
filed voluntary petition in bankrupt
cy. He has been an officer Of Grin.
nell vehicle company and is made IL
able for its debts.
I The Beaver Island Hunting club Of
Clinton, an organization numbering
400 members, most of them shooters,
has gone on record by adopting re-
solution favoring the federal regula-
tion Of game laws and promising CO.
operation with the authorities in ap-
pretending violators.
Charged with bigamy, G. F. Hoyt of
Mason City has been arrested on COM
plant Of Chicago woman who says
he married her three years ago. He
was married last fall to Miss Eta v.
Lopez, society girl of Mason City.
He says he thought he was divorced
from the other woman. His wife de-
clares she will stand by him.
F. p. Santem of Abba is in st. Paul
looking after the estate of his brother,
Charles Mitchell, who died recently.
His estate will run over 100000. He
left one-fourth to his wife and $4,000
TO his mother, who lives in Des
Moines. He divided the balance be-
tween his six brothers and the Ca
tholic church.
The Grande Implement company of
TT. Dodge, one of the oldest in the
state is soon to go out Of business.
The firm as the Granger and Mitchell
company did one of the largest job
bing businesses in northern Iowa. The
Mitchell stockholders withdrew some
years ago and began Independently.
Since then. the Granger company has
seen decline in profits and finally a
loss
The office of the Washington Press,
! local weekly newspaper, was badly
by fire. The fire started in
The front basement, the cause being
unknown. Machinery and fixtures
ii the rear of building occupied by
departments were only
by smoke and water The
loss to the publishers of the Press is
estimated at $1,000 and the loss to the
building, owned by H. w. Burrell, the
we'll known former Washington news
paper man, is estimated at the same
amount. Col. S. w. Brookhart is the
publisher of the Press.
The social club OF the Methodist
church of Keosauqua, held a museum
Df antiquity, Many interesting
things were on exhibition-articles
long since laid away but once used by
great grandmothers Many of the at