Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1914-01-02

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The Jasper Co,IAy Medical society
is holding its tw<.ty- annual
meeting at Newton
Suit for $4,000 damages was
brought against Clarence Fay, one of
the publishers of the Clinton Adver-
tiser, by Mrs. Chris Dithmar OF Clin-
ton. The plaintiff alleges in her petit
tion that on October 80 Fay, in at
tempting to collect bill, drew re-
volver. She ordered him to leave the
premises.
Mayor Baughn, of Harlan, removed
for intoxication by a decision of the
supreme court, reversing the lower
court, and who resigned Immediately
on learning the decision, finds that he
is unable by his resignation to escape
payments of the costs in the case
amounting to 1892.
James Gardner, of Brownsville, a
stock buyer who was convicted by
jury Of resOrting to a house OF Ill
fame, was sentenced in court by Judge
Boies to five years in the penitentiary
after motion for a new trial had
and furnished bonds.
Cedar Rapids is the second city in
Iowa to announce that it will have a
municipal Christmas tree. The city
council has authorized Park Commits
sioner Lazell to erect an immense
evergreen in George Greene square,
which will be illuminated with hun
dreds of electric lights and loaded
with presents Christmas eve. .2.-
A million chickens have been
shipped out of northwest Iowa during
the last two weeks to supply the holi-
day demand from Chicago and the
east Two cars were shipped out of
Ida Grove last week and two more
this week, while similar reports come
from every town along the line. Two
cars also went out of Mapleton.
Cracksmen "blew" the safe at Dave
Bloomberg's pawnshop in Des Moines
and secured 5000 in cash, 80 revolvers,
| IS gold rings, 20 gold watches and sew
eral suits Of clothes. Nitro-glycerine
| was used. The robbers gained en-
trance through rear door. They
compounded the explosive in an old
pan, which was found in the alley by
| the police.
Consolidation of banks seem to be
the order of the day in Mason City.
A few days ago the Security National
bank took over the Iowa State bank
| and now the City National bank has
secured the Peoples State bank, and
| the business of the two will be con-
| solidated. Cashier NJ. j. Nolan, of the
Peoples State bank, is now with the
City National bank.
Stabbed in the throat and face, her
clothing badly torn and having es-
capped only by desperate fighting, Mrs.
| Roderick Hendrix, wife of the former
Three-1 pitcher, was attacked in her
home at Davenport by the same mys-
terious man who has assaulted three
other women during the past week
and escaped each time.
Two negroes and white "pa" as
saulted an Italian in box car be-
tween Vail and Westside and robbed
him of $50 in money. After robbing
and beating him they threw him off
| the moving train where he was later
picked up and taken to Vail and now
lies in a precarious condition. Two
| suspects were later arrested at Ar
cadia, one of the negroes escaping.
Julia Grant-Cameron of Sioux City,
the future matron of the Eastern Star
| Masonic home at Boone, arrived to re-
main a few days. The work Of furn-
| ishing the new institution Is going on
rapidly. The inmates Of the home,
who are being cared for in the Swed-
ish Old Peoples home and the Old
Peoples home of the Boone Biblical
college, will be removed in a few
weeks.
A new style of thieving has been
brought to the attention of the Mil
waukee officials at Perry. Twice
recently the telephone communication
between Perry and the Council Bluffs
yards have been broken, and when the
found that thieves had stolen large
amount of the copper wire. The three
copper wires were found to have been
cut for distance of several poles and
carried away.
DR.. w. w. Kerlin, for thirty years
practicing physician in Storm Lake,
died at his home. He was 70 years OF
age. Five years ago DR.. Kerlin SUI
fered fracture of the hip joint and
since that time he has been out of
active practice. He came to Storm
Lake in 1884 from Lena, Ill. He was
surgeon in the army during the
civil war. The, body was taken to
Lena for interment. ".
Hugh Napier has been appointed
postmaster at Kenwood Park to sue
coed J. r. Easterly the first of the
year. Mr.. Napier is employed at the
J. A. Oxley grocery store at Kenwood
Park and his appointment will change
the postoffice from the Easterly to the
Oxley store. Mr.. Napier recently took
the examination and qualified for the
postmastership at Kenwood and had
no opposition for the appointment.
| movement was started by the