Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1914-11-27
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The new $4,000 NJ e. church 1T
Terril was dedicated with appropriate
ceremonies. The church is free FROM
debt
Fire which destroyed the main bust
ness portion Of Hills, a town 10 miles
south Of Iowa CITY, caused $75,G@Q
damage. Aid was sent from other
towns.
Company ]. Fifty third regiment of
Waukon, has been disbanded by Ad-
jutant General Logan. Failure OF the
company to come up to requirements
is given as the cause.
Archie Alexander, OF Humboldt, Was
killed when his automobile turned
turtle. Two companions escaped VIII
minor injuries. Alexander was thirty
years old and a farmer.
The council and business men Of
Lake Park have decided to install a
system Of electroliers for the prin-
cipal streets. The lights will be ready
for service by February l.
Mrs Martin iiackett. of Usage, WHO
recently passed her S0th birthday an
niversary, lays claim to being tae
first white child born il Iowa. Tie
place of her birth being DubU.ue
county
Senator W. S. Kenyon is practis! i 3
law for few weeks il his Office III
Ft. Dodge, owing to tie sudden break
Gown of his FARTHER, Maurice OCoA-
nor, who was compelled to so west fJr
bis health.
Elmer Burket. Of keota. aged y
years, attempted suicide by shooting
himself with 22-caliber revole +
just above the heart. 1t is thou t
he will recover. Disappointment n
love is the supposed cause OF his rash
act
Missouri Valley officials found over
1900 in currency and gold on the
person OF Charles Schranski. a Pole
picked up in the railroad yards at that
place The man said he had earned
the money at day labor in the Da-
kotaS.
The new $4,000 Lamont high schoo,
building which was built last summer
was destroyed by fire. The fire when
discovered was practically beyond
control. The origin Of the tire is un-
known. The building was insured for
$4,000.
w. E. Reed, newly elected attorney
general of Nebraska, is another
former Iowan to achieve pr ominence
in another state. Mr. Reed formerly
was a citizen of Perry. but of recent
years has been practicing law in Mad
ison, Neb.
Land owners around keokuk see
wealth ahead of them from natural
gas. Vast deposit of the variety
found underground exist between Keo-
kuk and Burlington. declares L. *.
Davis, who claims 10 be an oil and
gas expert.
George w. Rogers. aged Il, of the
soldiers home at FIT Dodge. was found
in the Polish national alliance, an i'm
migrant home. with his head and face
caved in b. hammer that was found
lying near. He had had $500 which
we're missing.
A show card writing and advertise
ment club has been formed at Charles
City for any boys or young men who
wish to benefit themselves by this line
of work. Several of the Working
Boys club members and boys of the
high school will join
Mason City officials now have ac-
cepted the story of Johnnie and Da-
MEL shrimp that tramps set fire to the
barn on their fathers farm in which
their baby brother was burned to
death. Strange men were seen about
the place by neighbors.
The funeral of Miss Gladys Hollis
ter, who with six school children lost
her life in North Dakota prairie fire.
was held at Mapleton. The service
was largely attended. Teacher and
pupils lost. their lives willy trying to
ESCAPE to plowed ground.
The population of Dubuque is A.
45l. according to the census con-
Quoted by Postmaster Brede and his
assistants, an increase of 1879 in four
years. The carriers found there We're
1868 families residing in Dubuque.
COlupdIe u Will o,ooD Ill lJlU-
Mrs. G. c. Lowrey, aged 81 years.
died at Pomeroy. Her husband. who
survives, is 81 years old On the 30th
Of August they passed the siXty-fifth
anniversary of their marriage Mr..
and Mrs. Lowrey have been residents
here since the spring of 1863
The fourth man sentenced to hang
from Lee county may cheat the gal
lows, if gossip from the Fort Madison
penitentiary is true. Matthias O'Don-
nell, sentenced in this city last March
- be hanged for the murder of his
wife, is reported to be losing his mind.
Miss Edith Clark, formerly secre-
tary of the Associated Charities of Des
Moines, was chosen superintendent of
schools of Wyoming at the election
Just held. Miss Clark is closing her
third term as county superintendent
Of the schools of Sheridan county.
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