Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1914-12-11
IOWA NEWS BRIEFS


formally opened to the public.
Cholera has broken out in the hero
Of hogs at the state reformatory al
AnamOSa.
Fire destroyed the Wall Lake
creamery with loss of about $4,000
partly covered.
Council Bluffs people have donated
S1,1OO to the Belgian relief fund. One
man donated $500.
Petitions of consent to permit sa'
looms to operate in Plymouth county
are now being circulated at LeMars
The city improvements for Sioux
City for 1914 amounted to s3OS.024. ac-
cording to the report of City Engineer
Fred Smith.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. c. Peters OF Sioux
City celebrated their golden wedding
anniversary and hundreds attended
the reception in their honor.
A masked hold-up man slipped up
the stairs of the Volunteers hotel in
Des Moines and robbed Fred Gibson.
the clerk. of 1923 at the point of gun.
The packing firm of John Morrcll
and company of Ottumwa headed the
Belgian relief fund of the Sixth dis
trict with a donation of $1,000 in
packed meat.
The Postville Clay Products conn
pany which manufactures building
blocks, thing. etc. have decided to
branch out and will raise their cali
tai stock of $15O.OOO.
J. w. Richardson. . prominent
grocer of burlington. is In dying
condition at a local hospital as re-
suit of drinking insect poison which
he mistook for grape wine.
Diphtheria is rife at the Flagler
coal camp four miles east Of Knoxville
and is spreading to such an extent
that the health authorities are be-
coming considerably alarmed.
Fire of unknown origin caused q
loss of $4,000 at Plano. near Center
Vile. A livery barn and six head Of
horses, the Odd Fellows building. and
the Swan feed yard we're burned.
The nuptials Of Miss Anna Schnei-
der and Fred ii. Kehr occurred at the
German Presbyterian church at Lans-
ing, the Rev. A. Kegel officiating. They
will reside ON the Schneider farm near
Lansing.
Michael Riley. q resident Of Onawa.
was accidentally killed. While mn
loading freight in the yards his team
became frightened and lunged to one
side, throwing him between the wagon
and box car.
According to the will Of George F.
Kerby. late president OF the Fidelity
Savings bank Of Marshalltown. Mrs.
Hennie Reed Kerby. widow Of the de-
cedent. is left the entire estate worth
100000, or more.
Over fifty cases Of smallpox have
been discovered in Hooking and few
light cases have developed in Abba.
Physicians have ordered the public
buildings of Hooking closed and ex-
pect to stop the disease.
The 9-months old baby of Mrs. Earl
COnoway. Of Sanborn. was burned to
death when a can of kerosene ex-
ploded in the mothers hands. Mrs.
Conoway was burned so seriously 1t
is feared she cannot live.
A ring, which is said to have been
the wedding ring Of Martin Luther.
has just been received from Stock
holm, Sweden. by Reinheldt Johnson,
. domestic employed in the home OF
d. ]. Macdonald at Sioux City.
The corner stone of the new st.
Johns Catholic church at Andrews
has been laid. A large number Of
priests. from the surrounding parishes
were in attendance. 1t is hoped to
have the structure enclosed by Christ
mas.
Robert F.. Miller of Ottumwa has
filed q petition with the clerk Of the
court in which he claims $4,000 dam
ages against the Bidwell Coal COM
pany for injuries which he received
in the company's mines on June %.
1914.
Henry Mertz. bartender in the
Palace saloon at LeMars. was shot in
the side of the head by l.. J. Francis.
patron Of the bar. The bullet
glanced. An alteration ensued when
Francis refused to pay for some
drinks.
$4,000 damages Is the sum asked
of Iowa county by Mrs. Hugh r.
Owen Of Williamsburg for the acct
dental death of her husband last sum-
mer when his automobile plunged
into Hilton creek through an open
bridge.
Captain H. Mueller. son-in-law of
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Hueblinger OF Des
Moines, an officer in the German
army, has been given an iron cross
for bravery displayed while in action.
according 20 letter received by Mrs.
Hueblinger.
The formal interment Of a dog in
one Of the lots at Waterman cemetery
at Sutherland has aroused storm of
protests and it is probable that those
responsible for the act will be COM
PEELED to remove the animal to some
other location.