Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1914-02-13


More than 100 memb srsso f The Com s
mercial club or Charles City sat down
to their annual banquet In the Ellis
auditorium. Speeches were made by
the president, A. o. Ruste. and others,
In which were prophesied great pros
poets for Charles City this year and
the many things enumerated that had
been accomplished during 1913.
William Crawford, who died at VIM
field, was the oldest resident Of the
community, being almost 80 years Of
age. He homesteaded his farm Ave
miles southeast of this place. The
patent by which It was conveyed to
him was signed by President Frank
lin Pierce. Mr.. Crawford lived on this
farm continuously from 1851 to 1912.
Inasmuch as the fire department Of
Atlantic was SO prompt and the loss
therefore small, the friends OF one OF
the Jacob brothers are poking con-
siderable fun at him. He left his
pipe in pocket Of his coat which he
left hanging in the Jacob brothers
foundry. and there was fire.
Action to overthrow the widows
pension law, passed by the last lesis-
lature, the board of supervisors OK
Polk county at Des i10ines resolved
to hold up payment of the next order
for money granted by District Judge
Brennan. who ia handling the widows
pension cases and test the constitu-
tionality OF the law in court.
1 GEORGE Green's bull dog went mad
ut Pacific Junction. and before be was
shot he bit the nose OF one Of the
mules. and tore the lips OF young
heifer. The dog met Carl Lincoln's
shepherd dog and bit It so badly that
it had to be killed. Mr.. Green escaped
being bitten by climbing into . wagon
and called for help and finally the dog
was killed.
Arthur Smalldridge heads the Iowa
Falls Poultry association the coming
year and extensive plans are already
being formulated for this years show.
The other newly elected officers OF
the association are: Vice-president, G.
A. Bryson; secretary and treasurer.
Fred r. Champlin; assistant secre-
tary, N. e. Brown; superintendent, A.
p. Reeder. This years show will be
held December to IL. H. s. Olson
and Thomas F. Rigg will act as judges
at the next show.
Ten years in the penitentfary for
the theft Of seven 12-cent railway
tickets and ten pennies was the sem
tence imposed In the district court at
TT. Madison on s. s. Robinson,
negro. Robinson took the tickets and
coppers from the Chicago, Burlington
& Quincy railroad office at Viele,
Iowa. The theft was not discovered
until he was arrested for vagrancy at
Marceline. Mo-, and the tickets were
found in his pocket.
BY turning small brass wheel Mrs.
C. A. Sears, wife of the superintendent
of power of the Mississippi River Com
pany at Keokuk, put into action the
fifteenth turbine in the, huge power
house. The first turbine was started
by Mrs. Hugh L. Cooper. wife OF the
dam builder, May IL, 1913. This tur-
bine was the last to be completed,
owing to the non-arrival of steel.
Fred Cook, alias Huffman. under in-g
dictment in Woodbury. county for
horse stealing, who was captured
near Glenwood, charged with break
ing and entering school houses, and
with his wife, whom he married at
Onawa, December 10. 1913. has been
confined in the Glenwood jail, was
taken, at his own request, before
Judge Woodruff, where he pleaded
guilty to breaking into school houses
and was sentenced to three years at
Fort Madison. His wife remains In
the Glenwood Jail and what disposi-
ton will be made of her case is I'M
known.
Curt Cocherel and Jody Drew Of
Keosauqua, charged with Turing
Katherine Wolf II years old. from the
home Of her grandmother, were SEN
fenced each to serve three years IN
the state reformatory by Judge
Hunter. According to testimony at
the trial the girl climbed down lad
der from the second floor OF her
nome ON JU0 cV0uAu8 " A>O's -
drove away with the two young men.
Later she was left at q keosauqua
hotel. according to the evidence. ana
still later was sent to New Sharon
where she was advised to return TO
her home.
The regular monthly meeting OF the
Washington county hospital auxiliary
at washington was held at the rest
room: there was very large attend
ance and 4 great deal of business was
transacted. The membership COM
mittee reported ninety new members
Id washington and Crawfordsville
and the affairs of the auxiliary are
considered in excellent shape. With
the $50 received from the new mem
hers there is In the treasury over $l7S
to be used as the auxiliary thinks best
for hospital purposes. Much sewing
has been done, and it is estimated that
the sewing done has saved the hos
pital board about $S5. .
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