Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1914-06-12
IOWA NEWS BRIEFS

xQ0 S0u1OES VI wv COllcSS are u
make their debut in the coined!
sketch, Love in Deed"
G. G. Roth, switchman; was strucl
by an engine in the yards at Council
Bluffs. A shoulder and three ribs were
fractured.
VIM. A. Tourette, we'll known resi-
dent Of Muscatine, has died at the age
Of 70 years. He has resided at Mus
catine since 1S47.
J. W. Jones Of Fargo, N. D., was the
victim of a gang of wire tappers al
Sioux City, and is today short ST. 900
by their operations upon him.
The Chicago stock farm near Grundy
Center has been sold for $125,0O0. The
farm is one of the best improved in
the state. 1t contains 666 acres:s
George Pleehn, of Davenport, aged
81, who was resuscitated by means Of
a pulmotor after being under water fol
five minutes, died from pneumonia.
VIM. Sayles has been held by q
Council Bluffs coroner's jury for the
murder of John Runyon of Perry
whom Sayles struck during an alter
cation.
A little daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
VIII Dickey was rescued from drown
ing at Mystic. She had fallen into q
we'll. A neighbor rescued her from
the water.
Farmers near Coin are blowing up
their wheat fields, and planting them
to corn, due to the fact that the Hes
sian fly has destroyed nearly all the
wheat crops. g..
Robert Harding and John Keever,
lads about IS years old, have been ar
rested at State Center for breaking
and entering a farm house five miles
north of there.
J. H. Allen has won the nomination
for state senator at Storm Lake over
S. c. Bradford with majority of 300.
Allen carried Buena Vista and Poca-
hontas counties.
Robbers entered the W. E. Reeves
jewelry store at Newton and escaped
with number of watches, pins, silver
and few diamonds. No clue has been
found as to the thieves.
The station of the United States Ex-
press company at Rock Falls, was en-
tered by five men who stole five money
order blanks. Two of the men were
captured near Plymouth.
A site has been secured for the erec-
ton Of the new federal $4,000 post
office at Charlton. The location is on
the main street of the town and is
considered the best in town.
Lewis Curzen, aged 70, and Amos L.
Shangle. aged SO, two Of the Oldest
pioneers Of Mahaska county, died.
Shangle was one of the pioneer
schoolmasters Of that county.
Serious damage by fire to the town
Of Royal was averted by citizens when
q gasoline pumping engine exploded,
setting fire to blacksmith shop. A
large lumber yard was in danger. "
Four scions of prominent Ida county
families are under surveillance Of
Sheriff McLeond, for the attempted
holdup Of Prof. Massey of Ida Grove.
AS yet no arrests have been made.
Over $1,000 worth of stock has been
killed this spring near Mason City by
dogs. At present the county SUPER
vtsors have claim of $425 for one
lot that were bitten by mad dogs.
The diphtheria epidemic that has
been going In Newton, for several days
has greatly improved. The disease
seems to have been checked as only
one case has been reported lately. vi
Miss Laura Zumwalt of Mason City
is near death as the result of being
thrown several feet and rendered un-
conscious by the explosion of gasoline.
She attempted to light a gasoline
stove. #
Miss Evelyn Force, member of the
graduating class of the Sac City
school, has been awarded a scholar
ship for four years to any of the state
schools, for excellence in classes. Her
average was IS Cpl.
A part of the real estate of the Sac
City institute is to be given to Sac
City for park purposes. The institute
has been closed for over a year. Des
Moines college was given the library
and part of the real estate, valued
at $4,000.
Frank P. Clarkson has sold his in
terest in the Pioneer at Ida Grove for
$4,000 to John H. Mosit of Alliance,
Neb. Mr.. Clarkson has been with the
Pioneer for eleven years. He was
forced to quit the paper on account of
Ill health. 1-
The Iowa State Funeral Directors
association in session at Iowa City Sc
lected Des Moines as the place for the
next annual meeting F. D. Kerrick
Of Fairfield was elected president and
Charles Emerson of Creston, secretary
md treasurer.
The first strike of natural gas in
western Iowa, was made on the Frank
Gibson farm east of Logan. While Dor
Ing an extension to a we'll at depth
IF flfty-five feet a strong flow of gas
was struck. Rock and sand were
thrown sixty feet into the air. 60
Orleen Wallace, a 14-year-old girl,
ran away from her home at Fairmont,
MIMI, and was found in Mason City.
She said her parents wanted her to 20