Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1914-08-28

Mrs. Sunday, mother, of the Rev.
Wn. A. Sunday, the noted evangelist,
is i'll at the home Of her cousin, Mrs.
D. G. Johnson of Maxwell. Mrs. Sum-
day was preparing to go to Hood
River, Ore, to join her son when she
was stricken. Relatives from Kansas
City, Mo-, were summoned.
Ct orge Dragnoff, Bulgarian Ia
bore at Johnson Brothers clay
works, is dead as the result of injuries
received in mine accident. His last
WORDS were for the safety of his wife
and children in Bulgaria. Dragnoff
was struck in the abdomen by the end
of board thrown down to him by a
fellow workman.
The second floor of the new Mason
building, 47x140 feet has been decided
upon by the Commercial club direct
ors of Ft. Dodge as their choice for
permanent headquarters for the club.
The rental agreement is for $135 q
month for five years, the owner of the
building to provide the permanent fix
lures and arrange the partitions at his
own expense.
Overcome with remorse when q
vision of his wife and children rose
before him from the waters of the
Mississippi, E. M. Bigger, a tailor OF
Des Moines, abandoned an attempt at
suicide by drowning and made his;
way to the police station where he
asked to be locked up until the desire
to die left him.
DR.. T. H. Mcbride, president Of the
Iowa university, is planning to unite
with the presidents of many other
state institutions in kindred educa-
tional institutions in order to make q
concentrated effort to open foreign
ports to university faculty members
and students who are spending the
summer abroad and who are maroon
ed because Of the war.
Leaving his home eight miles south
Of Adair, ostensibly to rent another
farm near Atlantic, Jack Foster, aged
%, disappeared on July 20. Recently
his wife received a postal card saying
that her husband had joined the navy
and would not return. 1t is feared
that the man has met with foul play
as he carried considerable money on
his person ut the time Of his de-
parture.
Harry C.. Mundhenk, for several
years miller for the Northern Roller
Milling company, and Frank Dodd, OF
Gilmore, son Of Charles Dodd, have
rented the Northern Roller Mills OF
Humboldt and assumed control. They
are both capable men and know their
business. Mr.. Mundhenk has had
practical control of the mills for sew
eral years and his partner is one .Of
the clean business men Of the west
side of the county. They will make
big success of their venture, and al
ready hold the confidence of the BUSH
ness world.
The Sherman township game pre-
serve was replenished with twenty
five pairs Of ring necked pheasants-
The birds were sent to j. F. Cavell OF
Newton by the state game commission
This has been the second consignment
of game birds that have been placed
in this preserve by Mr.. Cavell, and it
is believed that the experiment will
prove a great success. A stretch OF
land three miles square, comprising
nine sections. is included in the Sher-
man township preserve. All the.
farmers and land owners have signedi
up to protect the birds.
Matthias Fisch, of LIE Mars, one Of
the honored pioneer residents of Ply
mouth county, died at his home on
Sixth street, following an attack OF
pleurisy, at the advanced age Of so,
years. Mr. Fisch had been in failing:
health for the past two months, owing
to the increasing weight and intirmity
of years and his condition was not
such as to cause apprehension to his
family and friends. Matthias has been
a familiar figure on the streets Of Lee
Mars for the past thirty-fve years,
and he will be missed by scores Of old
friends and acquaintances.
Delaware county's first court house
at Delhi was destroyed by fire The
building was erected in 1888. and was
used for the county court house until
the county seat was changed to Man
chester. The fire started from an un--
known source, and though every eff
tort was made to save the building,
It had gained great Roadway and
he building was completely demol-
shed. The building for the last few
years had been used as a school house
Tor Delhi, and though it was Of frame
the equipment was modern
The loss Is estimated at between 3d.
100 and $4,000.
While Chris Suhr of Dow City with
his outfit was threshing for James
Henry. some one dropped handful
II matches on one of the wagons
oaded with bundles of grain. All OF
he matches that could be found were
picked up, but after they started to
hresh the load Of bundles it was dis
covered that the straw coming from
he machine was in a blaze. The
lanes soon spread ali over the straw
tack and it took some quick work to