Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1914-05-22
IOWA NEWS BRIEFS

Claudius Levson of Davenport, age
II, is missing and the police are trying
to locate him.
The St. Ambrose congregation OF
Des Moines will erect Catholic day
, school and convent.
Fifteen girls and eight boys Of the
high school at Sibley will receive d.:
plOmas on June 5.
w. H. Webb of Spencer, state rep.
resentative from Clay county, died Of
acute Bright's disease.
Charged with selling cider contain.
ing alcohol two pool hall proprietors
of Rock Rapids were arrested.
w. w. Morrow, former state treas.
ursr. was badly injured by falling, Oh
a bpggy, At his farm near Alton.
Mrs. Sally Ogden, q pioneer Of Ne.
vada, died In the home fof her son, E.
NJ. Ogden. Pneumonia was the cause
of her death.
Entering plea OF guilty to using
thema lis to Aefraud.a P.. J. Smithharf
was fined $500 by Judge Reed In the
federal court at Dubuque. A
Failing to- turn of the gas resulted
in death to Mrs.. N. l.. Gardner, 50. Q,
pioneer of Webster City who was,
found qasphyxiated in her bed. ~,
Snap" Anderson, a town character.
in TT. Madison took q small American
nag and . shot gun and compelled q
gang of Mexican section hands to sa-'
lutte. go - IF" "+ So "a
Mrs. John Pastle of Glidden died.
suddenly. She was; the mother lof W.
R. Orchard, editor of the. CounciH
Bluffs Nonpareil and John Orchard Of
Des MONIES. IA
As result of second school elec-1
ton at Grant. a $4,000 building will
be erected. The first election was de-
clared illegal on account Of INSULT
cient notice. 4
Bert Bloom of Norwich captured al
pelican. The bird was on the wire
clothes line when captured. 1t meas
ured nine feet one inch from tip to tipl
of its wings. j.. !
Miss Geneva Dye Schell, a sopho-i
more at Iowa Wesleyan, has been
chosen to take charge Of the Redpath-
Vawter Chautauqua system for the
coming summer. -..
At largely attended meeting of the
Commercial club of Mapleton it was
decided to observe Decoration day and
celebrate July 4. Committees were ar
ranged for both days.
The fiftieth reunion Of Company D,
Forty-fourth Iowa infantry, enlisted
be held as part Of the regular COM
mencement program, June 14-17.
After being in operation for fifteen
years the private bank at Sully was
to close it's doors. It is de-
clared depositors will be secured by
the property of officials which will be
sold.
Abby, the twenty-months-old son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. T. C. Lueth of Atlantic,
is dead from burns received when he
pulled a cup of hot coffee from the
table, spilling the contents over his
face and neck.
"A committee of the law and order |
league of Ottumwa raided negro re-
sort, arresting five men on the charge |
Of shooting craps. Bootlegging joints
also were raided and several barrels
Of beer were seized.
Attorney General Cosson has issued
an opinion that the state board of con-
troll is empowered to send prisoners
from the penitentiary and reformatory
to work upon the public highways
without armed guards.
Members of the First Congregational
church at Sioux City adopted a reso-
luton declaring the attitude of their
pastor, the Rev. Wallace NJ Shirt, on
the temperance question, was not the
attitude of the church. !
Clara Hanna of Rickardsville, Cath
arine Rockford of Sumner, and Mary
O'Rourke of Clinton, novices. pro-
nounced the formal vows making them
Sisters of Mercy. The ceremony was
held at Mercy hospital chapel.
Father Patrick Fitzpatrick, aged Sc,
for IS years member of the Trappist
order, residing at the monastery near
Dubuque, died at the Mercy hospital of
trouble. The deceased was a
native Of Mount Mellery, ireland.
Haken (HOkey) Nelson, of Ottumwa,
q laborer who is mentally unbalanced,
attempted to end his life. He slashed
his throat with razor but the cut was
not deep and there seems to be no
grave danger of the wound proving
fatal.
There was heavy downfall OF rain
and hail, with no wind, at Williams
burg. Nearly an inch of rain fell and !
the ground was thickly covered with
large hail stones, many of them the
size of walnuts. A few window lights
were broken.
Mrs. Johanna Farris and Robert
residing southeast of LIE
Mars, eloped. Ernest Farris, the hus-
band Of the woman, swore out a war
rant, and Sheriff Maxwell arrested
the couple at Sioux City. They were
held to the grand jury in default Of
$500 bonds.