Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1914-04-10
Half Of the new h~ilding OF the Mar
TrOwel Co was DESTROYED

Half Of the new h,ilding Of the Mar
shalltown Trowel Co., was destroyed
by fire, the damage amounting to $751;
600. The plant is owned by Williams
Brothers. This is the largest plant
in the world manufacturing trowels
exclusively.
The senior class of the high school
at Hawarden gave their annual play
at the opera house, playing TO capa-
city houses on both occasions. The
title of the play was AT the College
Frat" 1t was pronounced one Of the
very best productions ever given by
local talent. G
For the first time in Waterloo the
workers will have a complete ticket
in the field at the coming election. 1t
will be called the social-democratic
ticket, and will be headed by Roy R.
Beed, a plumber, for mayor. The la
Dor unions. are quite solidly back of
the movement. .." ,...
Nick Pancino, who stabbed William
Ward at Mason City, was placed on
trial for assault with intent to kill.
When the state is finished with him
he will be depOrted. Mike Sherer and
Mike Dozil, two Austrians implicated
in the murder of Veto Radonovich
last January, will also be deported.
John Hines, a farmer residing near
Dewar, sustained a fractured arm at
his home and was removed to the St.
Francis hospital in Waterloo. Mr..
| attempting to carry the dead animal
to the basement. He slipped on the
stairs and sustained the injured arm.
The police of Des Moines have
started campaign to chase out the
army of beggars that now infest the
city. The action follows the robbery
in which John Maloney of Newton
,, lost $780, Maloney took one of the
"moochers," bought him his supper
and then allowed the man to share his
lodging.
Harvey, the year old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Howard Strouse, 1OS Earl avenue
in Washington, was seriously burned
while crawling near a hot stove. The
child fell on the stove, seriously burn
ing the left side Of his face and his
left hand. The burns are not as deep
as first thought, but they are very
painful. The condition Of the child
is regarded as serious.
NJ. Feathers, one of the pioneer un-
dertakers and furniture dealers OF
Iowa died at his home in Prairie City
aged GO years. Mr.. Feathers was
born in Sand Lake, N. Y, October 16,
1916. He had lived in Prairie City
since 1870, and had been engaged in
the undertaking and furniture bust
ness for over thirty years. He is sur.
vived by the widow only.
Ernest Groneberg, farmer who
mysteriously disappeared two months
ago, returned, saying he had been in
a Kansas City hospital. The story
was discredited by his wife, who said
she had received letters from Ger
many that he had been there. He
brought back the bulk of the money
he had taken away, strapped about
his leg.
Miss May Rhine, aged 20, is dead at
Abba from the effects Of burns re-
ceived when she tried to light q fire
with coal oil. There was fire in the
stove when she poured the oil in, some
of which fell on her dress. When the
explosion came, her dress was mass
of flames. She was daughter of Lou
Rhine, employed at the mining camp
at Ward.
Miss Ethel Simpson Of Hamburg
came to Council Bluffs early in the
week and was operated upon at a
hospital for appendicitis, was recov-
ering nicely from the operation, but
was found by physicians to be devel-
oping case of smallpox. There were
cases of the disease in the family. She
was Immediately removed to the iso-
lation hospital. ..
The Standard Oil company has pur-
chased ground near Logan and will
put in tanks for kerosene, gasoline
and lubricating oil. The tanks will
be located on the Lincoln highway.
According to the present arrange
ments the company will make Logan
a distributing point, supplying Reed
ers Mills, Woodbine and Magnolia.
Six registered Holstein calves were
shipped from Waterloo to Thurber,
Tex, after being purchased by S. H.
Haden of that place. The calves were
bred by H. A. Smucker and were just
what the southern breeder was look
ing for. Mr.. Haden represents the
Manufacturing Company, concern
with unlimited means and one which
desires to have the best in the coun-
try.
Two prominent farmers, Jacob Kies
and John Glass, who reside near De-
war, became involved in a contro-
versy over a COW and Kies attacked
Glass with q buggy whip during the
argument. Mr.. Glass came to Water
loo and filed information against his
charging him with assault
and battery. He was arraigned be-
fore Justice Knapp and entered q