Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1914-11-20

for bringing relief to the sufferers il
| the present European war, the Red
| Cross fund being raised by the D. A
r. in Clinton and the Christmas ship
fund. 1t is expected that similar &C
ton will be taken by other Clinton
lodges.
Farmers in the vicinity Of Man
chester are in the midst of the corn
huslling, and Judging from the yield OF
corn in most sections, the crop will
average equally as well as it did in
1918. A few of the farmers will COM
plete their husking in a few days,
but the larger fields have not been
touched.
James Sawyer of 415 West College
avenue, Vinton, committed suicide.
Mr.. Sawyer has been in poor health
for several years and it is supposed
that worry over his condition caused
him to commit the rash act He is
survived by one daughter, Mrs c. S.
Gerbereck with whom he had been
making his home.
Honking the horn on their auto
mobile until the occupants of the
home came out to investigate, un-
known parties made off as a baby
they had abandoned upon the door
step of the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
George Hepl of Council Bluffs was
found and picked up by Mrs. Hepl.
The babe, boy, 10 days old, was
wrapped only in newspapers.
What is perhaps the record break
ing yield of potatoes in Humboldt
county has just been harvested by w.
Johnston near Humboldt. In one
small field the tubers turned out by
actual measurement $50 bushels to
the acre, 100 bushels more than
Johnston has ever got before. This
is 355 bushels more than the states
average yield.
D. S. Chamberlain of Des Moines,
who makes medicine and travels all
over the world is back from London
with story of hard luck this fairly
appalling. He says there are millions
of refugees in London who are going
to be at the point of starvation the
next few months while their homes on
the continent are being ravaged by
the war lords.
Two weeks ago while washing some
sash curtains on a board Mrs. L. A.
Mathers of Newton run a needle into
her thumb. 1t got pretty sore and
when the piece was taken out it
an inch. The wounded
thumb is very sore but seemingly is
doing nicely, although Mrs. Mather
for some time will not have the full
use of her left hand.
What will probably result in a
double tragedy occurred near Victor,
Ia, when a young 12-year-old lad in
a frenzied family quarrel shot and
killed an elder brother and shot his
father through the abdomen piercing
the intestines. The shooting occurred
on the Smith farm six miles from
town. Mr.. Smith will probably die.
1t is thought. that the boy is mentally
rs Westerfeld, Iowa, was arrested in
Des Moines as a bad check worker.
He is charged with passing a large
number of spurious checks on local
merchants the past two months, and
has been sought by the Iowa Banker
for weeks. 1t is estimated
he checks which he has passed in
Iowa towns, each of which
we're drawn for SIS, will aggregate
several hundred dollars.
A bad fire occurred on the Oscar
Brown place, four miles southeast of
elk Horn, occupied by Martin Brown,
when it is supposed a spark from a
passing engine set fire to the build
ngs and they were burned to the
ground. The barn, corn crib and hog
rouse were burned. Men at work
With a steam saw nearby discovered
he blaze and got the horses and stock
tut, but the grain was burned.
Mrs. Fred Pulver Of Oakville has
'eceived telegram telling of the
leath of Dudley Gathrop, third child
# Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Gathrop, who
vas killed in football game in Texas.
Ir. Gathrop for years conducted a +
general store in Oakville. He went
rom here to Des Moines and later to
Texas. His wife was Miss Sallie
Thomas, formerly of Morning Sun and
in this community.
The state board of parole yester-
ay returned Dave Jacobson to the
Anamosa penitentiary for breaking
arole in Chicago. jacobson was sent
o prison in this state for breaking
nd entering at Washington. He was
aroled to the Volunteers of America
n Chicago. He was sent to Jail for
tx months for violating q law in
illinois. This constituted violation of
is parole in Iowa and he has been
eturned to serve the remainder Of his
Joe Remington, farmer and stock
ian, residing north of the river in the I
rairie Creek neighborhood near
hellsburg is feeding GAS spring lambs
,r market. Their average weight is 4
ow 81 pounds and Mr.. Remington
as arranged to feed them until the