Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1914-02-27
IOWA NEWS BRIEFS

A new bank. known as the Farmers
and Merchants Bank, is to be opened
in Rembrandt.
Webster City hoyS inst orga nizcd a
is scout master
Mr.. and Mrs. Mathew MctcaIf. OF
Primghar. celebrated their 5Gth wed.
ding anniversary
painfully injured when he ran hay
fork through his foe,
A $4,000 loss WAS sustained when
the II G. Parker general store at
Hawkcye was destroyed hy fire &C.
Thirty one concrete bridges and two
steel bridges will he built hy the Ida
county board OF Supervisors this year
Mrs. II Niefcnhuise Soid 40 acres IF
land mile east Of Orange Citv at
public auction. tor $lO.4SD or S262 an
acre
Prof u G.. Hunt Of Amcs, opened a
short course At Mason City. lie is as
sisted by II corps OF expert agrlcul
! turiStS.
w. j Caskey. of Storm Lake. an old
| Milwaukee railroad conductor has in
vented an aCetylene lantern to lac used
by railroad men.
| Walter NisWandrr a farmer Of near
Brooklyn, was killed while attempting
| to drive in front of Rock Island
train His horses were both killed
also
Florence Dean. l2ycar-old daughter
| Of Mr.. and Mrs Geo Dean Of Boydcn.
decided to run away but WAS canght
by relatives when she arrived at San
born
| State Superintendent of Public In
struction Deyoe visited Kamrar and
delivered an address IN connection with
the movement to consolidate the
schools
Hastily attircd in a kimOno. shoes. a
coat and hat. Gertrude Case, OF West
Ft. Dodge, left her home after retir.
! ing Monday night and has not since
been seen.
| John s Warren. a farmer OF north
Lyons township. is dead Al his home
in Glenwood. Mr.. Warren was 20 years
old and had lived in Mills county forty
years
The Greene l'rnhurr C0InDanv Of
Greene is filling Ihc..oih storage plant
with ice this week rhr zee IS OF ex.
inches thick
With Y.9O0 children attending SrhOO!
in the county. Webster county has re.
reivoh notice from nrs MONIES mat its
share in the school fund this wear VIII
be S3l93 -
Frank II. Weber and MISS I'cien
Caroline RENTS we'll hnown young
people of lie Mars, slipped away tn i't
Dodge and were married unknown to
their friends
Richard Rhynshurger of Orange
City, resigned his job as county engi-
neer of Sioux county and Walter
Aardappel. OF Sioux Center. was ap.
pointed to take his place
The Kehoe Hotel. OF Cliuton. suffered
a fire loss of S1O.0On. The CLIFTON fire
department had Il hard time TO ex
tinguish the flames. The guests were
gotten out without mishap.
After laying ont IN he snow all
night John Stout, farmer Of near
Silver City was found by members Of
his family the next day 1t is feared
his feet may have to be amputated.
After being connected with the Mil
waukee railroad for twenty-five years.
]. P Madscn. of Nicola. has resigned to
take up farming. He will locate on a
quarter he purchased near Council
Bluffs
Following a mandate issued by the |
FIT. Dodge Trades and Labor Assembly |
all union men of this city are ordering
their phones removed The act fol |
lows the disc charge Of several union |
men by the company.
Joe Duffort. of Atlantic, was found |
by his family lying unconscious in the |
cellar of his home following an attack |
of brain trouble, When he revived he |
became violent and is IN critical con
dition
The state railroad commission will |
nOlu Il nearing rcDIldfN Ut, III az |
effort to reach compromise on eX
press rates On Iowa business. The |
schedule adopted 10y the interstate
commerce commission would mean an
additional charge 10 Iowa shippers OF
of $4,000 year
Mrs Godfrey Schwery. an aged |
woman. of near Panama. Iowa. suffered |
broken leg and a dislocated collar
bone when she was trodden under the
feet of some COWS she was trying to
milk Her husband was confined TO his
bed and it was necessary for her to
crawl to the house unasSisted
Becoming so deeply involved with a
loan shark agency that be was un-
able to keep up his payments and sup
port his family Leroy Burton. OF Co.
dar Rapids. teamstCr. is dead as The
result of swallowing tonr onuceS of
carbOlic acid in the presence OF his
wife and son. Burton was 81 years
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