Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1914-03-20
mobiles were owned by Hatch & Fish

machines, most all were lew. having
recently been unloaded for the spring
rush. The insurance, it is said, will
not nearly cover the loss.
Governor Clarke today issued re-
QUESTION papers to bring back an Iowa
woman, giving the name of Jones, un-
der arrest at Missouri, charged with
obtaining jewelry under false pre-
lenses from e. H. Laffery, of Council
Bluffs, and then going to St. Louis.
Miss Maudine Jones was arrested in
st. Louis on a charge Of having un-
lawfully secured several pieces of
valuable jewelry from the Leffert
Jewelry company of Council Bluffs.
She was indicted, when brought to
Council Bluffs on a charge of larceny.
Judge Lee at Nevada raised from
$1,000 to $4,000 the bond of Clark Nc
Kee charged with breaking into a
building. Mckee escaped from the
sheriff by jumping from a moving
train and was later recaptured in
California where he had enlisted in
the army.
At the Visitation convent at Du-
buQue, with impressive ceremonies
Miss Berath McCann of Dubuque was
received into the order, being given
the name Of Sister Mary Lorentia.
Sister Mary Lorcas. formerly Miss
May Burk Of Barnard, Iowa, was pro-
fessed at the same time. H. .'...s
81 George Boardman. - founder OF
"Boardman's LANDING" near McGre-
gor, Who came tojths Iowa wilderness
and built log cabin in 1850, while .
boy ot Ii, 10 dead. He, enjoyed great
prosperity from the ysteamboAt bust
ness and 1t one. time Vas very
wealthy. but left q modest fortune of
shout $50, 600. l.1"h u" *r|@
The schools are closed at Kelley,
near Ames, and III public UatAsrings
and dances prohibited becaase Of 4
SMALLPOX scare. Many are being vac
emated and President Pearson, ~ the
state college. has issued Z vaccination
order and hundreds. Of the $500 Stu
dents and many citizens Of Ames have
been vaccinated. 40 4
While coasting down = steep hfl in
Dubuque, 8 year old Gregory Roth.
son Of Herbert Roth was thrown from
. bobsled under the feet OF Z team.
His skull was crushed and he will, de.
Ben Dietz, who Is in charge Of the
Kirkpatrick mill at Mt. Vernon, and
Mrs. Kirkpatrick, had narrow escape
from death when they were overcome
by fumes from an exhaust pipe. Mr..
Dietz has been assisting Mrs. Kirk
patrick, in operating the mill during
the illness Of Mr.. Kirkpatrick and Mr..
Dietz were unconscious for some time,
but are recovering. .*...: -n g
Forty families have been under
quarantine In Coin during the last
four months for scarlet fever, which
for weeks has been epidemic there.
Owing, it is claimed, to improper re-
gard for the quarantine laws and, be-
lated diagnosis Of the disease In some
cases, the disease spread rapidly. The
last quarantine card had just been re-
moved. ..| ..
: Charles o. Bailey, deputy game
warden for this district, was in Fair
field last week and arranged leases for
10000 acres of land for state game
preserves. He is now engaged in
signing up with several men In this
vicinity for 10000 acres in this coun-
ty on which to place game birds I'M
der the direction of the state game
warden. The plans will all be made
within short time.
A. petition to have the division Of
the estate Of John and James Hanley
made by District Judge McHenry set
aside was filed in the district court at
Des Moines by Attorney Hippee for
Mrs. Mary Lynch, Of Ireland, who
claims to be a cousin Of the mother
of the two men. John and James Han
ley were killed in an automobile acct
dent at Lake Geneva and left an estate
valued at 100000. This was divided
by the court, the stepmother, Mrs.
Hannah Hanley, getting 17.42 of the
total, the rest being distributed among
the other heirs.
Members of the Coe College Girls
Glee club at Cedar Rapids are highly
elated over the success of the tour
which they have completed. They left
here In special car on the Milwau'
kee, giving concerts at Springville,
Monticello, Onslow, Maquoketa and
Delmar. They were greeted by
crowded houses at each stop, and
were urged to book return engage
ments at all the towns visited. The
trip was highly successful financially.
Five hundred invitations have been
issued for the celebration of the
golden wedding anniversary of Mr..
and Mrs. C. F. Brown at Pythian tenn
pie at Waterloo. Mr.. Brown for many
years was manager of the local opera
house. He is II and his wife is 20.
They have two sons, Charles H., iden-
tilted with the Standard Oil company
at Great Falls, Mont, and Harry G.,
local trainmaster for the Illinois Cen
trail. The father is a native of Eng
land and the mother Of New York
state.
Sheriff Nelson of Webster City re-
turned from Stratford where he placed