Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1914-12-18
IOWA NEWS BRIEFS

places.
Sixteen young women appointed b,
Mayor Miiiiman, OF Logan. collected
5000 for the Belgian relief fund, to bt
sent from that place.
H. B. Glover. aged 70. head of the
H. B. Glover overall factory of Du
buque, died in hospital in that city
after long illness. He leaves {
nephew and niece.
The newly organized Parent-Teach
er association just formed in Iowa
City, will have for its first aim the
procuring OF medical inspection in the
public schools of the city.
An effort is being made to reorgan-
lie the national guard company al
Waukon. Lieutenant Carlson. Of that
place. is trying to get an enlistment Of
IS men for the new company.
DR.. H. T. Walker, aged 40. promi-
nent physician of Dubuque for many
years. passed away suddenly of Kid
ney trouble. He had been i'll but a
few days. His widow survives.
Sheriff Mcleod, of Ida county. filed
an expense account of $2.75 for board
ing one prisoner three days during
the last fiscal year. This was the Only
man who had occupied the Jail.
The wedding of Edwin Roman. a
former Waukon boy. to Miss Jarvis.
occurred at Seattle. Wash. where tie
groom has good position and where
they will make their future home.
County Superintendent H. Miller
sent draft for s2O4.37 as the con
tribution of the school children nf
Winneshiek county to the little ones
Of Belgium as Christmas offering.
Mrs. William Hendricks was in
stantly killed and her husband badly
injured in runaway at Audubon.
They were driving to see sick friend
when the reach broke and their team
bolted.
DR.. E. l.. Brownwell died at his
home in Spirit Lake after years ILL
ness. Death was caused by sciatic
rheumatism and other complications.
He was a pioneer physician of north
ern Iowa.
Everett E. Vanwerts. formerly Sc
cret man in the Indian service. now
Of Montana, pleaded guilty before
Judge Reed in Dubuque to charge Of
having accepted money from defend
ants in a saloon case.
Gene Commers, aged 9. and William
Tharpe. IA. were detained by the au-
thorities at Sidney, after having
driven from Shenandoah with stolen
horse and buggy. The youngsters
were bound for Oklahoma.
About $4,000 has been raised in a
campaign to obtain subscriptions with
which to build $4,000 Presbyterian
church at the west edge of the State
college campus near the gymnasium.
The campaign closed December 3.
Thomas Mullharkey. a member of
the Waterloo High school football
team is in the hospital, the victim Of
a football accident. His right leg was
the Marshalltown High school team.
The funeral of Milton Heavlin. who
died at AnamOsa was held at Center
vile. He was sentenced to the re-
formatory from Des Moines. for alb
Quoting Margaret Dukka from the
state fair ground about year ago.
Endeavoring to influence appoint
ments for the senate committee on the
suppression of intemperance, a COM
mittee representing the temperance
organizations Of the state was in con-
ference with Lieut. Gov. w. L. Hard
ing.
Pending word from Washington as
to whether the war revenue law re-
quires stamps on insurance certifi-
Gates, the issuance of the latter has
been practically suspended in the Of
flee of the secretary Of state in Des
Moines.
James l.. Howard OF Jefferson was
injured, probably fatally. when an
automobile in which he was riding
with Jesse Luke, also of Jefferson,
turned turtle near Sac City. The men
were driving to Storm Lake by way
of Carroll.
Cred Gephardt, farmer living
seven miles northeast of Toledo, was
severely injured when the corn ele-
vator which he was operating fell un-
expectedly. Both bones Of the right
arm were broken and he sustained
other painful injuries.
A consignment of game fish was
dumped into Lake Cooper near Keo-
kuk. The fish are from the govern
ment hatcheries at Bellevue. They
were shipped in tanks in the baggage
car of the Rock Island train which ar
rived from Des Moines
A vote of the democratic patrons
in Iowa City to submit the ten appli-
cants for postmaster to vote. re-
suited in a tie. Frank Turner. chair
man, then cast his vote in the affirma-
tive and the results will be submitted
to Congressman Vollmer.
A large land deal was closed at Will
ton when A. Friend of Cedar county
became the owner Of 1926 acres of land
lying near Gladwin and belonging to
Win Blanchard Of Wilton and James
EeiSler ~ MuScatioe The cOns1dera-