Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1914-02-13
IOWA NEWS BRIEFS

John F. Ford, mayor of FIT. Dodge.
has announced himself a candidate for
state auditor on the republican ticket.
Lewis Iddings. for AZ years a resi-
dent Of Monona county, died at his
home near Mapleton. He was "A years
old.
Burned out, the First National bank
Of Imogene is transacting Its business
in the ]. L. Gwynn grain office at that
place.
A site is being sought at TT. Dodge
for the building OF big meter factory
for the International Telephone Meter
company. ~
The Let's Record, weekly paper
published at Let's, has been sold by
Robert F.. Barr to John Walenter OF
Waukegan, Ill.
Mrs. Jane Anderson, aged 60. OF An
gus. was instantly killed In crossing
accident at Perry. Her body was ter
ribly mutilated.
The Clinton militia company has re-
tired from the 53rd regiment OF In
fantry to form the 7th battery OF ar
tillery in the state. % B
T. s. Cartwright, of Marshalltown.
sold his 6SO-acre farm near Luray for
100000 to Mundy & Scott. a real
estate firm of that place.
The First Methodist church OF
Boone will open a nursery where chill
dren under the age Of six will be cared
for by volunteer nurses of the con-
gregation.
Three hundred carloads of stock
were shipped from Hancock during
the last year, as shown by the records
of the Rock Island railroad agent at
that place.
After reaching a depth Of 1000 feet,
we'll drillers employed to sink munt-
cipal we'll for the town of State
Center, completed their contract with
out finding water.
While swimming about 200 feet UNI
der water in contest In the Ames
gymnasium, Morrill, Marston. q fresh
man, was taken from the pool UNI
conscious, but was quickly revived.
The first batch of spring fries" re.
corded locally was made at the ]. G.
Hall home at Marshalltown. where q
bantam hen brought five chicks from
six common hens eggs set under her.
John Mcdonald. the Center juno:
ton capitalist. who died recently. left
an estate valued at between 100000
and S325,0OO in gilt edged securities.
His family Is generously remembered
In his will.
Dubuque's pioneer business man,
W. w. Wormood. who has conducted .
jewelry store on Main street for years.
has retired. There is no man in busf-
ness now who was In Dubuque when
Mr.. Wormood started.
Jane Anderson, resident of Angus,
was struck and instantly killed by 2
M. & st. L. train near here. She was
walking on the tracks and did not
hear the approach OF the train. She
was over sixty years old.
G. III. York, the Colfax grocer. has
filed with the federal referee .
schedule OF his assets and liabilities.
showing. that he owes the Citizens
State bank of Colfax and the estate OF
the late M. B. Wheelock $4,000.
An unknown man who rented q
horse and buggy from E. NJ. Cumming
ut TT. Dodge, to drive to Emmetsburg,
and never returned. has been located
at Hiawatha, Kan. and extradttion
papers will be sought for his return
to Iowa.
A favorable proposition was sub
mitted to the council at Richland by
Mr.. Van Meter Of the Sigourney
Transmission Co., relative to furnish
ing electricity for Richland. A fran
chise will have to be granted to get
the lights.
The second short course closed at
Nashua after q successful week. The
attendance in all departments was
large, and the interest good. More
than 800 persons were enrolled during
the course, and q surplus will remain
in the treasury after all expenses are
paid:
Three Iowa men filed suits against
the Standard Distributing Co., of New
York, agents for the Friedman "cure''
for amounts aggregating $4,000. al
leging they were sold stock through q
conspiracy to cheat them. The suits
were filed in the district court at Des
Moines.
r. M. Wilmot Of the Carnegie hero
fund commission has written the city
recorder Of Dubuque asking of the
circumstances surrounding the death
of Quincy w. Wylie. aged 16, who lost
his life while skating after success
fully rescuing q companion from the
Mississippi.
J. M. Pickney, the oldest business
man in Sioux City. died in q hospital
following an operation. He came from
Salem, Nd, with his father In 1851
driving across the prairie with an Oh
team to Sioux City. He was Is years
old. For many years he was engaged
in the book and stationery business.
"All around the world takes what
Muscatine makes was the slogan