Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1914-02-06

democratic nomination for governor
! Of Iowa.
The body OF Mrs. 1nez O'Donnell was
found at the base Of the cellar steps
, at her home in Keokuk. Her body was
4 covered with bruises with deep cash
. on her head, showing signs Of a hard
struggle. Matthew O'Donnell, her
, husband, was arrested on murder
charge. x VI Isl VI.
In itssfeport the grand jury at Wau-
I, kon commends the work OF o. A. Dixon
on the county farm. Among the rec
omme da&ions made by the body was
, one to the effect that all buildings Of
\ 9 public character must have their
!, doors arranged to open outward in
order to comply with the state law. II
! Clark s. Pelt. Of 1925 High street.,
Des Moines, was seriously injured
| when the motorcycle he was riding
collided with an automobile driven by
Assistant Superintendent Of Streets
O'Leary. Pelt was thrown from the
machine and alighted on the pave
ment. suffering injury to his left leg
and his side. #
The Tama Commercial club held It's.
second annual banquet. The follow
ing officers were elected for the en-
suing year: President, DR.. III. B. Hasel-
ton; vice president, NJ. w. Hyland;
secretary, James H. Willett, More
than ole hundred of the business men
Of TAnAa were present and the affair
| was one sof the most successful get
/ together meetings ever held in Tan1a.
"A 1ayxe number of Ice companies at
Mason City, Clear Lake and Spirit
Lake have started harvesting ice The
Milwaukee railroad has a force Of men
at work at Spirit Lake and the Peck
Ice Co. has started work at Lake Oko-.
boil. The ice is reported to be be-
tween IL and Is inches thick. Several
hundred men have been given employ
ment.
Fifty-two years in Des Moines and
never inside the Polk county court
house until recently. This is the rec
ord Of William Fox, who lives at First
and Ascension streets. and who was
born IN Des M0ines fifty-two years
ago. Fox entered the building for the
first time, when drawn for jury serv-
ice. Nice building, isn't it?' he vol
unteered.
The smallpox situation at Ft. Madi-
son seems; to have been turned the
proper direction. No new cases were
reported and it seems that all patients
are getting along as well as can be
expected. One OF the family Of ]. N.
T. Meyers, north Of town, stated that
the supposed case Of smallpox there
turned out to be simply matter Of
Indigestion.
In the case OF Leuelal Martin vs..
George Frazier at Logan, an action to
establish the boundary lines between
the two contestants, Judge Arthur de-
cided that the boundary line between
the respective land owners to be in
the middle of the abandoned channel
Of the Boyer river. That fixed monu-
ments control where distances and
monuments disagree is the controlling
feature Of the decision.
At a meeting Of the Commercial club
at Washington it was decided that the
largo lessons which are to be taught
here coon must not be given in the
Commercial club. This is the first
step which has been taken against
tango in this town, and comes as
great surprise to the young people
who have engaged q teacher. The
class will be held in Phoenix hall.
Another change has taken place In |
the head Office Of the Fort Dodge, DEG
Moines & Southern at Boone, in ths |
resignation of Chief Dispatcher G. w I
Kenworthy, who with his wife will 60
to Houston, Tex, to spend the winter.
Clarence Kelly who has been with the
company for q number OF years, was
given the position vacated by Mr.. KEN
worthy.
Burglars secured SO in money and
candy, cigars and tobacco valued at
SIS in 4 raid on the pool hall Of Fl. II. t
Francis, Third and Division streets. at I
Davenport. The back door was broken
1en BY the robbers by means Of q
crowbar. The money was in show
Case 4 4uS IUUUCIy was ACPOASCO " /
Chief Schramm. There are no clews,
the police say.
Harvey Thompson, the Milledgeville
man arrested at Clinton recently, has
been taken to his home city to face
the charge Of assault with intent to
kill, preferred by his wife. Marshal
Hawkins. Of Milledgeyille, came to
Clinton and took Thompson back. It |
is claimed that Thompson knocked his
wife down and kicked her, and thatI
she shows bruises on her body to bear
out her statement.
Valuable machinery was literally
demolished with sledge hammers,
broken into small bits Of scrap iron
and carted away to the amount Of
$500 pounds, at the Thompson quarry
near Bettendorf, by thieves. The rob- .
berry was reported to the Davenport
police AZ soon as It was discovered,
and city detectives have been assigned
to the case. It 10 believed the thieves