Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1914-05-29
IOWA NEWS n BRIEFS

Richard Hindle, born in England II
= 1885, is dead at LeMars. He leaves
Hrge family.
The old school building at Sanbor,
will be repaired and large new ad
dition built, the cost to be 100000.
Mrs. Mary Otkin, proprietress of tn
1reton at 1reton, was married to ]
j.. R. Bratcher, former business man
Dysart business men are working
, on the organization of a commercial
club and have secured over fit!
names. ,,Iu
The Baptists of LeMars will built
a new church this year on the site
now occupied by an old woode1
church. -s
A petition of the council at Deniso1
is being circulated, asking for the
paving Of eighteen blocks OF the city
streets.
J. H. Lepper of Mason City was
elected president of the Iowa State
Association of jewelers. at the conven.
tion held at Des Moines.
! Because he failed to attend the an.
nual encampment, John Organ, mi.
litia man of Company B of Davenport
will be court martialed.
A three story addition will be built
to the Item & Sons Biscuit factory at
Clinton. Approximately $4,000 feet OF
floor space will be added
The thirty-fourth session of the
Marshalltown district of the Upper
Iowa conference of the Methodist
church is to be held at Iowa Falls.
Charles Anderson of LeMars had
several ribs fractured when a team
of mules he was driving ran away
and he was thrown from wagon.
John Beck, aged 16, son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Carl Beck, of Audubon county,
was killed when team ran away,
pulling a disc pillow over his body.
Plainly made white dresses for the
girls and blue serge suits for the boys
have been decided upon for commence
ment by the seniors of the Clinton
high school.
Miss Mary Gavin, rs, housekeeper
for many years in the house of Bishop
Davis of Davenport, died after a few
hours illness. Three nieces in Iowa
City survive.
Henry H. Boone, a plastering con-
tractor of Des Moines, not only wants
a divorce from his wife, but asks the
court to give back her maiden name,
Louise Robinson. ~
Three horses and five hogs were
killed, while two men near them es-
capped unscathed, when lightning
struck on the farm Of Pat Callahan
near Gainesville.
Sister Mary Domitilla King, for
over sixty years Sister of Charity in
Dubuque, Is dead. She was native
of Galway, Ireland, coming to Amer
lea when a child.
Deputy Fire Marshal Tracy investi-
gated the fire which destroyed James
Brant's barn, five miles east of An
thon. Three horses and Is pigs were
burned with the. barn.
Clemens Stang, one of the Oldest
men in Plymouth county, died at the
advanced age of 80 at Remsen He
was a native of Baden, Germany, and
came to America in 1847. >,
The estimated honey output Of Iowa
for 1914 was compiled by Frank C.
Pellet, state bee inspector, at 5O,OOO,-
900 pounds. There are 100000 colo
MES of bees in the state. :
Fifty physicians will appear on the
program of the sixty-third annual
convention of the Iowa State Medical
society, which is to be held in Sioux
City at the Martin hotel, May Is, IA
and Is.
Fully five hundred people crowded
into the new Clear Lake high school
to attend the dedicatory excuses. Gov
ernor Clark was the principal speaker
The new school is one Of the finest in
the state.
Superintendent of Schools E. C.
Meredith of Boone was arrested for
assault on Loren Abel following
charges brought by Fred Abel, former
president of the school board and
father Of the boy.
The new Masonic temple at Iowa
City is completed and will be taken
HOoSeSoAOA VI SOOn NY tuc MdSOulC or
der. The dedication services will be
held In May. The building was erect
ed at cost Of $4,000.
N. P. Cronwall, prominent farmer
living near Nodaway, is in a serious
condition at his home, as the result OF
blood poisoning caused by scratch
he received while working in his ber-
ry patch a few days ago.
George Adler a 19-year-old youth
of LeMars, was precipitated from
barn roof when a scaffold broke while
he was engaged in painting. He
alighted feet first, and the ligaments
in his legs were badly torn and he
suffered internal injuries. ".,1
After Investigating the, death OF
John Williams. farmer living near
Redding, in Ringgold county, for ove1
q year.. John Fletcher, assistant at
torney general, of Ringgold county.
secured evidence which resulted in
the Indictment Of Elmer Williams IN,