Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1914-04-17

IN edCn issue OF the local newspaper
One hundred and twenty-four per
sons protested conversion at reviva
meetings, just concluded, conducted
by the Rev. w. C. Cole, minister oil
the Christian church at Osceola. Dur
ing the Rev. Mr.. Coles passionate the
membership of the church has been
4early doubled. ....
Outside pupils attending the Onawa
schools pay a total Of $2,247 this year
The fourth chapter Of the Kappa
Alpha Nu,. negro mems college fra
ternity at Iowa City, has been organ
lied by officers of the national chap
ter. Delta chapter has eleven stu
dents of the university and three
alumni as its members.
Archbishop Keane of Dubuque while
conducting retreat for the students
of Divinity hall at the university in
Washington, D. c., received word of
the death Of his mother in the family
home in Pine Island, Neb.. and left i'm
mediately for that place.
Permission mas been granted for the
organization of the Sons of St. George
at Waterloo, believed to be the first in
the state. Four generations are eligi-
BILE. It is hoped to have the order. or
ganized in time for the celebration Of
St. Georges day on April %.
DR.. Scott Russell Of Mechanicsville,
for about thirty-five years q practicing
physician, died at his home. the result
Of general breakdown incidental TO
advanced age and close attention to
practice. He was widely known
among the members of his profession.
Slipping on the back steps Of his
home, Henry Knapp Of Schaller, SUI
fered bruise that resulted in infec-
ton necessitating amputation Of the
limb at the hip. Mr.. Knapp is the
father Of the Knapp midgets, well
known celebrities who have appeared
in "The Newlyweds."
w. w. Klein, proprietor Of the Econ
omy store in Cherokee, was awarded
verdict of $3.50 against Mr.. and Mrs.
James Lamont. : Klein alleges that
they pounded him with dustpan dur
ing controversy at his store. Mr..
tition for $500 damages. which was
dismisse by the jury.
Creditors would like to know the
whereabouts Of Frank De Lent or
manager Of the Colonial
theater at Clinton. He made deal
for the theater, avoiding payment, &C
quite sum of money, dis
posed of the theater to a Davenport
man and then skipped.
Prof o. w. Hedges, who has for the
past year occupied the chair OF Eng
lish literature in Parsons college at
Fairfield, has rendered his resignation.
Professor Hedges gives i'll health as
his reason for resigning and intends
leaving for his home in Columbus. O.,
as soon as his work here can be con-
cluded.
C. o Arendt, locomotive fireman,
was injured in the Milwaukee yards !,
at North McGregor while on duty. His !
engine was at the coal shutes taking |
coal and the unexpected starting of
the engine caused him to slip, throw
Ing him under the engine. One leg |
was cut off, and the other was so
badly injured that it may have to be /
The stork and the cradle roll ran
! close race in the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Clarence E. Briden of Waterloo. !
A boy was born at $3.50 o'clock, and
Jour and a half minutes later his
name. Creston Briden, was inscribed
IN the roll by Mrs. E. c. Stark, super
ntendent of the infants department
If the Walnut street Sunday school.
R. F.. Nordstrum, veterinary of
brought suit against the
H. X. Milford Co. of Pennsylvania for
1882. He claims that the company
through its Fort Dodge agent sold him
some hog cholera serum that was not
The strength represented and that six
ty-five per cent of the hogs inoculated
with it died. He wants 1892 he says
he paid for the serum and $4,000 dam
ages. i,
The little 3-year-old daughter of Mr..
md Mrs. Eugene Perry, 1907 Division
street, Fl. Madison, was the victim Of
peculiar accident She fell from a
stool to the floor, and in alighting had
Ter tongue between her teeth. The
orce of the fall almost caused the
'evering of the end of the tongue, and
t was made an injury so painful that
| physician was summoned.
md Mrs. Lamont had filed a cross pc
Dividends on the stock of Waterloo
:attle congress were declared and
laid by banquet Of the stockholders
It Elks hall. The stock was SUBJ
cribed, not for profit individuality
tut to boost one of the biggest shows
n the state. Manager Van Pelti did
lot wish to establish a precedent. W
aging cash dividends and Distributed,
he same in the form of luncheon.
Fred Snack is laid up at his home .
With fractured leg and bruises as a
esult of being struck by tree which
le was telling on the Hotop farm near /,
t. Madison. Snack must have laid on
he ground unconscious for an hour
r more before discovered and cared
or. His father-in-law, Peter knight,