Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1914-01-30

Over thirty informations charging
violations of the Iowa pure food AMI
sanitary laws were fled against Mus
catine dealers by Deputy Food In
spector NJ r. Finn. Some OF tht
candy sold might poison q sickly child
the inspector said. z
The purchase. of the Flynn fsrm o.
| 1000 acres, three miles west ot Def
Moines, as q colony for epileptics at
| cost Of $500, 900 was voted by the state
board Of control upon the condition
that the present owners comply with
certain requirements.
The town OF Pilot Mound is In q
serious dilemma because Of the preva-
lence of smallpox In the community
and because of it the mayor Of that
place has thought it prudent to close
every place where people gather to-
gether in numbers.
The Weekly Independent, 'newspa-
per started at Perry about q year ago,
has suspended publication, the own
ers announcing that it was 9 losing
venture. u The paper was started by
Allen Harvey, but was recently pur-
chased by Dutton Brothers.
IA team belonging to G. W. Saunders,
an aged resident OF Lost Nation, be-
came frightened and ran away, throw
ing him to the road. His collar bone
was fractured and he received serious
internal injuries. He is in a very crit
ical condition at the present time.
Ralph Bolton, secretary OF the
Greater Des Moines committee, will be
principal speaker at banquet OF the
bureau Of commerce to be given at the
Hotel Pattee at Perry. New officers
OF the local booster organization will
take up their work at that time.
The ffty-second annual meeting OF
the Clayton County Fair association,
composed OF eighty men who held life
membership In the socitey, was held at
Farmersburg. Among those present at
the meeting was John Everall, one Of
the founders of the society in 1861.
While coasting, Delbert De Vol, son
Of Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. De Vol OF Low
ell, on his sled ran under q wagon and
his head struck the gear Of the wagon,
tearing his scalp for about four inches.
DR.. De Vilbiss sewed up the wound and
the boy Ia getting along nicely, but
probably will not coast for few days.
Only the quick action of q Scotch
collie dog saved the life Of Charles
Kirby. near 'Griswold, when Kirby was
Knocked down and would have been
gored by ana angry bull. The dog
grabbed the animal by the leg, dis
tracing its attention until help ar
rived AZ.
II B. +. Richardson, as manager OF the
Richardson Shoe Co, Of Dubuque, filed
q petition in voluntary bankruptcy.
The liabilities are $26,676. assets $24.-
O2O. Among the liabilities is q judg-
ment for. $1,000 in favor Of Gale !.
Perry, an employe, who suffered q per-
sonal injury.
The death OF Mrs. a. =. Bartholo-
new, wife of prominent Preston
banker, occurred very suddenly. Death
was caused by heart failure. Mrs.
Bartholomew had not been in the best
Of health for. several weeks but had
been feeling fairly we'll, and her death
came as shock to many friends and
relatives. s1ass s. WE.
In order to protect her and aid her
In making arrests while on duty at
night on the streets and in dance halls,
Mrs. Martha Scott, police rnatron Of
Waterloo, has been granted permit
to carry revolver. While looking
after girls Mrs. Scott has encountered
number of would be Washers.
Suffering fearful pains, the result of
internal injuries sustained five years
ago, when he fell downstairs, and de-
spondent because physicians had pro-
nounced him incurable, Friedrich
Scheel, an aged resident Of Davenport,
shot himself through the head and died
instantly. The suicide was committed
at the home, 6l0 Harris street.
Jim Krowl, elected from Salvation
Army service at l251s East Third st.
at Davenport, it is claimed, went down
stairs and smashed the glass in the
door to the barracks, for which he was
sent to Jail for ten days by Police Mag
istrate Louis E. Roddewig. Krowl de-
clared in police court that he had no
knowledge of the way In which the
glass was broken. He was convicted,
however, of disturbing the peace.
William Zeigler, aged 10, q Lyons
youth, was arrested by Officer Primer
at Lyons, charged. with the theft Of
clothing and tobacco from the store Of
X. Reiter, corner OF Sixth and Illinois
streets, the night Of December 81.
Zeigler has confessed, according to the
police, and has turned over to them
his loot, valued at about $25. He will
be given hearing and probably will
be bound over to the grand jury. The
police say he is unbalanced mentally
Judge F. o. Ellison, of Anamosa. en-.
tered his decree in the divorce case Of
| Mrs. Rebecca McDenmott against Gus
P. McDermott, the wealthy Indianapo.
lis rat poison manufacturer, which was
on trial here for several weeks. Mrs
McDermott, who claimed to be the lie.
gal wife despite the fact that McDer.
/ mott had married Katie Viola Shay, II