Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1914-04-24
IOWA NEWS BRIEFS


cases of disease were qnarantined an
| 1879 released in Des Moines.
Jonathan Splom IN. aged two years
was probably fatally burned Will
! playing with matches at Qttumwa.
| At a meeting OF the new council a
Rockwell City preliminary steps wer'
taken for the establishment Of fire.
city delivery Of mail. sl&
( After .a,4cpntinuous residence in Al
lamakees county OF sixty,-four years
Samuel Smith, aged IS years. died q
his home in Rossv;lle. r.
| Cove oysters ore believed to have
caused the serious illness OF Mrs. FL
len Wallace of Ida Grove. who suffered
with ptod1aine poisoning.
While blowing Up stumps. Frank
Schiernbeck. q farmer near Ida Grove
received o charge OF powder IN the
face. His sight will be preserved.
Former Mayor Christens sen and NeJs
Holingard Of Coulter left for q visit
in Denmark and will visit. In other
countries abroad during tie hext few
months. ~
Attn whistle which had lodged IN
che throat OF the three year old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Jas. Phillip
son !fof Ottdmwa. was removed by
surgeons,
Ralph Ellis, newsboy Of Des
Moines, has secured patent on q mo-
torcycle wind shield. The invention
is said, to be the first OF the kind ever
brought out. -, ..
The infant son Of Mr.. and Mrs Will
liam Walgenbeck Of Hospers grabbed
q kettle, Of scalding water that was be-
ing taken from the kitchen stove and
was seriously burned.
An illness Of barely more than a
half hour proved fatal to Mrs. Cath
crime Binhuff Of Muscatine. She was
81 years of'age. Heart trouble is as
signed as the cause OF death.
Investigation into the mysterious
deaths OF ten cows owned by Alfred
Marolf Of Hopkinton revealed they had
died from eating white lead used to
paint q bridge over the Maquoketa
river.
Rev: J. D. Klooz, pastor Of the Zion
Evangelical church. at Fl Dodge has
closed his pastorate and will leave for
his new duties at Hubbard. Rev. E.
Schroeder Of Sumner succeeds Rev
Klooz.
Five vacancies remain to be filed
in the list Of teachers for next year at
Webster City. The school board elect
ed twenty-nine Instructors. Among
those wanted is q principal for the
high school.
The State Teachers college at Ce-
dar Falls has received check for $50
from Mrs. Ella DanskiD Shaw Of Vir-
ginia, an alumnus with the request
that it be spent for flowers to send to
sick students.
Through o business deal just closed
the. Western Grocer company Of Mar
shalIt0wn acquired the stock of the
ns1shall Grocery company. another
Wholesale concern, the consideration
being $4,000.
Ed Roberts. q proninsnt young
farmer near Ida Grove. was married
10 Miss Alice Cork. who came 5000
miles from England to become his
wife. They will live on farm north
east Of Ida Grove.
The city authorities OF Waterloo
have been holding series Of confer
ences with view to lowering the cost
Of the city health department. 1t is
to have the work Of, the
health officers done by the city medi.
cal society ;''1ss
Nick sokolor. defeated candidate
for the city council Of Sioux City.
takes the prize 1ss economy in con-
Quoting his campaign. Sokoloff's be-
lated report, filed with the county
shows q total expense CT 81 SO
spent for bills and car fare.
Mrs. Peter Holmquist of TT. Dodge
lost a $4,000 damage suit against the
Western Union Telegraph company.
started for alleged non-transmission
Of . message to her husband. The jury
decided the message never had been
delivered to agents Of the com pany.
Commissioners Of Ottumwa nearly
In row over the proposed
purchase Of additional FIRE equipment
Mayor I.eeny and Commissioners Brem-
horst of the police and fire depart.
sents are at odds VIM Csaissioaer
Mcdaniel Of the 6paaes 6spnslnent
The city council Of keokuh has de-
cided to tax saloons on THAR stock and
fixtures in ADDITION to the regular lSs ]
cense fes;. Of $1,000. saloonkeepers
will not protest the move. 1t il nnder-
stood. This is the first time such an
has been ordered In Keo-
kuf.s;< Il 49, :; Il
II has bAe1 discovered that the cleo
ten held carly II March At Waucoms
On tho qaestion Of purchasing the mill
site ana dais, erecting and operating
an electric hgAt plant and issuing $l2,-
600 bonds, WIS not legal, and the mat
ter Is to ali be gone over with Sec
Ond time.
William Eagle Eye, an Indian who
was two years ago taken into custody
by the police on charges Of larceny
n Ia A.