Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1914-05-22
IOWA NEWS BRIEFS

The town council of Ute has place.
a ban on all Sunday shows hereafter
The town OF Rock Rapids has in
stalled eight blocks of boulevard
lights.
The 100000 opera house at Denison
,SSs been finished and will be formally
'Iyened.
A box car is being used for a pas
senger station at Herndon, a station
west Of Perry. 49,.
A list of 1872 prospective graduates
Of the state university of Iowa has
been announced. >.' - ,.-sr'' !
The district convention of the Ladies
of the Knights of Maccabees. will be
held at Iowa City, .s., >:.,1
The congregation Of st. Ambrose in
Des' Moines viii erect a Catholic day
school aid convent: t'' ' =
~n,The IOWA state Aeric of the Fra
ternal Order o. Eagles will hold its
ninth annual convention at Keokpk
Failing to turn of the gas resulted
in, the death Of Mrs.. N. L. Gardner. ~
years old, a pioneer Of Webster City.
Caught between two cars. Bert Bar
ton, Of Muscatine. was seriously in
jured while switching at Montezu1na.
For the flrst time in thirty years a
rattlesnske was. found and killed at
Storm Lake. The reptile had six rat
tiers. - $685..
Extensions Of the city water system
and heat and light plants Of Alta are
being made to meet the demands OF q
rapid growth offthat town. go "" ~
State Sunday school asso-
citation, will hold, its annual tconven-
ton at Shenandoah. From 400 to 500
delegates are to be entertained.
Rev. Peter Brewer. who was oper-
ated upon by physicians of Cedar Rap
ids seems no better. The surgeons
found cancerous growth of the bow
els.
Bert F. Sacks, aged 70, Of the state
soldiers home, was married to Mrs.
Mary J. Knowles, aged 81. 1t was the
brides third trip and the groom's
second.
Pilot Mound, which was almost de-
stroyed by fire recently, is being rap
idly rebuilt. Modern brick business
structures are replacing the old frame
ones destroyed.
President Goodwin Of Missouri VAL
ley was seriously cut about the body
when a team of horses hitched to a
disc ran away, pulling the edge Of the
disc over his body.
Miss Geneva Dye Schell, a sopho-
more of Iowa Wesleyan, has been
chosen to take charge of the Red
-Vawter Chautauqua system for
the coming summer.
The Maplewood hotel at Alton own
ed by H. B. Groves, of Sioux City. was
destroyed by fire of unknown origin.
The loss on the building is $4,000;
on the contents, 5000.
Mrs. Rastus Jorgensen, a bride OF
two weeks, died Of diphtheria at her
home in Alta Vista. She was the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Otto Masa-
man OF New Hampton. =,
The New Hampton board Of educa-
ton has authorized a special election
to sell the old school building at auc-
ton to help defray expenses for the
construction of the new one.
Mrs. Martha Van Ayken of Daven-
port has brought suit, against the c.
A. Workman Carnival company for
5000, alleging that the snake charm
or, threw a boa constructor at her.
County Supervisor Ingram has a
large force of men employed hauling
sand. rock and tile from Treynor to
points near Treynor In his district for
cuivert and road making construction.
i One woman was among the twenty
six persons who drove road drags into
Perry from distances of from five to
ten miles in celebration of road day
at that place. Many prizes were given
out.
Caught by the coat in gasoline
engine used for grinding feed. George
Hayes, 12-year-old son Of a wealthy
farmer living near Manila. was killed
when his head struck against an iron
pipe.
Muscatine and vicinity suffered
much damage from a tornado. Farm
buildings we're blown down. stock
killed and orchards were uprooted.
Thousands Of dollars loss was sus-
tanned.
BY permission of Governor Clarke
Convict Arthur Scott at Ft. Madison
was permitted to 60 to Des Moines to
visit his brother, who is not expected
to live. He returned in custody OF
Guard Thomas.
After being out twenty minutes. the
Jury that heard the testimony in the
case of the state against d. 8. Reed,
OF 3I.ennox. charged with incest.
brought verdict finding the defend
ant not guilty.
DR.. w. M. Hamilton and Rev. J. j.
DePress, of the First and Knox Pres
byterian churches of Sioux City. will
assist in installing Rev. John G. Tour
tellet as pastor of the Presbyterian
church of Denison.
Struck in the throat by the fist OF