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

ming for the Office or state representa-
tive on the democratic ticket.
w. B. Barney, state food and dadT,
commissioner, has been reappointe'
for third term by Governor Clarke
Yeggmen blew the safe in the low;
Falls postoffice, procuring about 500
in money and an equal amount ii
stamps. l...ss4
The name Of the Ames college pape,
has been changed from the I. S. c
Student to the Iowa State College
Student. fs@4ls f 3asssR
Rufus Coleman, aged 4S, a farmer
was dragged to death by q team neal
Fort Dodge. He leaves q wife anG
four children.
The state board Of health is going
after the cities in Iowa in an effort tt
clean up the cities without proper
sewage systems. 'g.l,
Salem G. Pattison, president Of
Westminster university at Denver, has
resigned to accept professorship q
Coe college, Cedar Rapids #5
Editor Burton, of the Pilot Mound
Monitor, lost all his household furnf-
ture in fire which destroyed his
plant. He lived above the newspaper
office.
The designations Of Dean f. c. Ans
ley, Of the fine arts college Of the state
university, and Dean Dunn, of the law
school, are now impending, according
to rumor.
A. C. Smith is candidate for mayor
Of Correctionville on the peoples
ticket made up of voters dissatisfied
with the persons nominated under the
citizens ticket.
The dining room table was blown
through the roof and the home OF
Frank Richman Of Brooklyn was COM
pletely demolished, when an acetylene
lighting plant exploded.
DR.. F.. T. Breene, dean of the Iowa
dental college, was elected vice pres
ident of the Dental Faculty Associa-
ton of American universities at the
convention in Minneapolis.
The timely coughing of baby saved
the family Of l.. G. Frank, living on a
farm four miles southwest of Cum-
berland, when the house caught fire
at / o'clock in the morning.
Boone held special election to de-
eide whether a park commission
should be established and also on
proposed bond issue of $4,000 for the
extension of the water mains.
Miss Arbelle Woods of Des Moines
has been named to take charge OF the
Charlton public library to succeed
Miss Katherine Terrill, who has ac-
copied library position in Burling-
ton.
The Fort Dodge high school won the
debating championship of northwest
ern Iowa by defeating Marshalltown
and Mason City Compulsory arbitra-
ton Of labor disputes was the ques-
ton.
On the allegation of undue influ-
ence, o. B. COPYRIGHT, Of Waterloo,
lawyer and former state senator, was
deprived by jury Of $4,000 bequest
left him by the will of Miss Bessie
Graham.
Remarking that he was suffering a
living death" because of asthma,
Hile, aged ~, Of Jesup, ended
his life by taking poison. Mr.. Hils
recently celebrated his 5Oth wedding
A. r. Barnes, ex-editor and old SOL T.,
der, of Monroe county, who Is run
ming for state representative in pub
lished announcement states that he
doesn't want the office if he has to
beg it or buy it," II
The long and short of matrimony ,
was explained rather uniquely from a
florists standpoint Of view by a Sioux
City florist, who advised certain kinds
of bouquets for tall Brides and other .
kinds for short brides.
With fitting ceremonies ground was
broken in Des Moines for the erection
Of the new $15O,OOO addition to the
North Des M6iaes high school, The
work on th1 new building will start
when the ground thaws.
The Big Jim mine Of Seymour (
hoisted 65s tons Of coal in eight hours
the other day. This is the record !,
breaker LOT tudI lAAAC ouO ~ 10 Uc-
lieved this is the largest output Of coal |
ever hoisted from any mine in the dis :
trict.
Henry Osborne, employed on the :,
Rock Island, Southern railroad as
was so badly. burned by a,
live wire that he died in Davenport
hospital. He was twenty-thre years
old and leaves a wife and two chill ,
dren. -s
8. C. Bradford of Storm Lake has
that he will be candidate
before the republican primaries in
June for the nomination for the state !
senatorship of the Fifteenth district .
to succeed Joseph H. Allen of Poca-
hOntas.
John Mccartney president Of the !
First National bank Of Williams, will .
be candidate for the republican nomi-
nation for representative from Hamil-
ton county. He was one Of northern
[owas best known bankers and real
estate men. 5stf
Fred Blackburn, q member of the |