Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1914-12-11
Fred Loean committed suicide at a


was suffering from tuberculosis and
! when he grew too weak to work hast
ened his end with shot. He had a
wife living in Cleveland. O., to whom
lie wrote pathetic note.
The bandit gang which has infested
Des Moines for several weeks past, is
again getting busy Two men in Diff
ferent parts of the city were knocked
down. beaten and then robbed III all
in their possession. A workman's
badge was taken from one of the vic
Tins
John Eschertskie. Polish stranger
arrested and given ten days by JUS
tice o. l.. Case at Logan for the Of
Tense of being a tramp. notwithstand-
ing that he had in his pockets $2,208,
has deposited his money with the Saw
ings bank of Logan and gone out to
work.
1t may interest Iowans to know that
Governor Frank NJ. Byrne, reelected
governor of South Dakota. is former
lOwan. whose early life was spent in
following the pillow through the fertile
fields of Allamakee county. He is u
cousin of Hon. William S. Hart. OF
WaukOn.
or the 1888 applicants who took the
teachers examination in October,
1857 received passing grades and will
be issued certificates. The report of
the examiners follow: 355 first grade
certificates issued; 1.44l second grade
and 79l third grade. There were
1905 who failed.
A. W. Colladay. aged about 20. died
suddenly while in church from a
stroke of paralysis. which was his
second. He was retired business
man of Nortliwood. where he had
made his home for a number Of years.
He was a prominent Mason and
member of other local lodges.
Blair T. Punch, colored, about 3S
years old. shot and killed himself in
his room at 212 Oneida street. Water
loo. He moved into the house. owned
by Alphon Atkins. about three weeks
ago. For the past three years he has
been employed as porter in Vogts
barber shop. 525 Commercial street.
The Westminster Presbyterian
church of Gibson, Keokuk county. has
been dedicated. Gibson is village
with population of some l25. This
dedicatOry service was unique in that
no money was asked for. The small
debt. now remaining. has been pledged
by the members and friends of the
church.
Thursday was declared an open
season for booze by Chief OF Police
Grillis of Dubuque when he dumped
several hundred bottles of whisky
and other liquors In the gutter. The
stuff was seized in raids on bootleg
ger joints, and vas destroyed on the
courts order. 1t was sad spectacle
for many to witness.
Mrs. Charles Mackey. step-mother
of Mayor Charles J. Mackey, of West
Liberty, is dead at Iowa City. where
She had been in critical condition
for several weeks, an occupant Of the
hospital. She was IS years OF age
and for several years made her home
on South Prairie, a farming commun-
ity near West Liberty.
That the life OF a platform lecturer
is too strenuous for him and that
when this, his first lecture trip is
ended. he will probably not repeat the
experience-despite the fact that he
gets $500 night and entertainment
for himself and wife-was contided by
Vice President Marshall to Rev. y. w.
Fahs, of Cedar Falls, following Mar
shall's lecture there as the big num-
Der on the Citizens Lyceum course.
Lawrence Moore. who has been a
professor in Robert college at Con-
and who has been con-
nected with the Boston Bureau of
Universal Travel which has its head
quarters in Italy, has returned to his
mothers home at Essex after spend
ing four years in Europe. He and his
party had little difficulty getting out
of Europe and finding safe passage
home
Marvin Ellsworth. the 14-year-ol
son Of Mrs. Blanche Ellsworth Of Per-
ry is at the Kings Daughters hospital
suffering with gun shot wounds in
both his legs below the knees, some
thing lige 60 shot having struck him
when a gun was accidentally dis
charged. Unless infection sets In the
lad will recover but at this time his
condition is considered serious.
E. H. Ralston, the 'Strahan banker
who has been in the county Jail at
Glenwood since the first of the month
awaiting trial on charge of receiv-
ing deposits while knowing his bank
was insolvent has been released ON
bond. Fourteen OF Ralston's friends
from various parts Of Missouri gave
an indemnifying bond after which
four residents of this county appeared
as sureties for his appearance In
court for trial.
Police were compelled to stop
riot which broke out at the Coliseum
at Davenport when three Mormon
elders broke I'D a meeting at which