Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1914-05-29
Eight blocks Of boulevard lights


Mrs. Rosa belong of Des Moines
aged 81, filed an application In the dis
trict court to have her husband, J. w
belong, aged IS, and her two sons, A
belong, aged 81, and Merrill, aged 2s
sent to the Knoxville inebriate asylum
She said all three of them wers drunl
most Of the time.
Good roads boosters of the towns o
Mitchellville and Altoona gave tn,
four mile stretch of the River to Rive
road between the two towns of sur
facing of gravel. Forty men worked
all day on the road and at night it wa!
| in perfect condition.
Aaron H. Guzeman of Washington
celebrated his ninety-sixth birthday
by working in his garden. He was the
youngest of family of twenty-one
children. His father, Abraham Guze
man, served in the revolutionary war
A sister lived to be 1O2.
Charged with having beaten Miss
Anna Bridal, aged 20, with club be.
cause the latter sent her small
daughter home, Mrs. Ivy Riley, is on
trial for assault at Mou1ton. Although
the assault took place six months ago.
the prosecuting witness had to be car
ried to the stand to testify.
Hans Hoelmer, former Davenport
saloonkeeper, offered the Walton town
council $500 year for the privilege
of running a saloon in Walton. This
is in addition to the mulct tax. The
city council did not act, but Is ex-
pected to grant the permit.
Geo. Keenhold, deputy state game
warden, was found guilty with Fred
Blackburn, former district court juror
of Des Moines, of contempt Of court
by Judge Dudley of the district court
Each was sentenced to one day in Jail
and to pay fine of $50 and costs.
About twenty farmers near Brooks
enjoyed a real fox hunt. After a
strenuous chase the riders closed in
on the crafty animals and at the end
of the hunt five brushes had been cap
tured. Foxes are unusually numerous
in western Iowa, especially along the
Missouri river bottom.
The 22-months-old daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Ray Smith of Davenport, will
die as the result of injuries which she
sustained when she fell from second
story window at the home of her
grandm other, Mrs. Kelley, III Third
avenue, Moline. The child is in the
Moline City hospital.
c. Barbour, prominent hardware
merchant of Fl. Madison, died sud-
denly at his place of business, death
resulting from valvular heart trouble.
He had been sitting at his desk and
was using typewriter when he sud-
denly fell forward unconscious, dying
a few minutes later.
Lyman Clark of Magnolia was the
victim of an attack by vicious hog.
The animal inflicted cash four inches
long on the left thigh, which required
several stitches to close Surgical aid
was summoned promptly and the
wound dressed. The wound, although
with some danger, is not very
painful and his speedy recovery is ex-
pected.
While engaged in pulling stumps
for Mr.. Hemphill, Fred Frederickson
of Buck Grove had the misfortune to
break leg. He was engaged In wind
ing the rope on the drum when the
rope slipped from the end Of the
sweep letting it slack It struck him
just below the kneA, breaking the
bone squarely of.
Four people were injured, but none
when an automobile sktdded
and overturned near Marshalltown.
The injured are Mrs. M. L. Smith, this
city; Velma Bridges, aged 3, Montour;;
Harold Bridges, aged Is, Montour, and
Milan Bridges. aged 16, Montour. Har-
old Bridges, who was driving, threw
on the brake when the wheels began
to slip in the mud. One Of the rear
axles broke, and the car overturned.
While fishing with party Of men
John Rausch of New Hampton was &C
shot in the leg with shot
gun and both bones shattered just
above the ankle. Surgeons are hope
full of being able to save the leg, but
The outcome is doubtful. The accident
occurred when one of the men pulled
out a fish pole from pile of them
lying on the bridge, and the shot gun,
which had been, standing against the
bridge, fell and accidentally dis
charged.
Edwin Kahl, famous in Scott county
a few years ago as the principal In q
big damage action the Linwood quar-
ries for personal injuries which he
sustained while working in the quar-
ries, died in st. Johns ward of Mercy
hospital. He was 20 years old. Death
was caused by heart failure. Kahl
has been totally blind since April 9,
1910, when he was injured in an ex-
plosion in the quarries. Since that
time his mind has been unbalanced.
Very Rev. J. T. A. Flanagan, pas
tor Of the Sacred Heart Catholic
church, of Davenport, announced that
q friend of the parish had offered do
nation of $4,000 provided the parish