Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1914-09-11
IOWA NEWS BRIEFS

been q success financially. The at
tendance was good.
DR.. E. H. Crane, progressive candi-
tate in the Eleventh district, delivered
i'm address at Linn Grove.
Otto Deerenfeldt has purchased the
Gustin johnson quarter section OF land
near Odebolt for 5000 an acre. .
Peter Wobena, of Orange City, Yves
killed in runaway two miles north
of Ireton when he fell from a rig.
George G. Ostling. aged u. war vet
eran and pioneer photographer OF
LeMars, died at his home in Westfield.
Crushed under slide of slate In q
coal mine near Melcher, William
Thomas, aged so, was killed instantly.
Jens Kenser, of Storm Lake, was
held up by four men near the union
station in LeMars and robbed OF 1865.
Joseph Emery. farmer near Sic
nandoah, suffered crushed chest and
the loss Of an ear in runaway acci-
dent.
A large Homecoming and reunion
meeting was held at the village of
Competine, eight miles northwest OF
Ottumwa.
The rains in southern Iowa have
come too late to save the corn crcp,
according to the bulletin of Director
Geo. M. Chapel.
A foreman and crew will be on the
ground by the middle of September 20
break ground for the new government
building in LeMars.
The dormitory Of the Sac City in5ti-
tute and grounds were sold to Oryille
Lee, who will erect three modern
dwellings on the site.
Great destruction was wrought dur
ing cloudburst in Dubuque. Over
three inches Of rain fell in 40 minutes.
Pavements were torn up.
Charged with kidnapping Marie
johnson, aged 10, from her home In
Delaware, Ohio, Samuel Clarke, aged
IS, was arrested in Muscatine.
Government officials are busily en-
gagged in rescuing fish from land
locked ponds and creeks and placing
them in the Mississippi river. -
G. T. Bowen, at present assistant
engineer of Des Moines county, has
been appointed athletic coach at Par
sons college for the ensuing year.
AnamOsa is soon to have a rest room
for the convenience of out of town
shoppers and it will be something long
needed. Mrs. Louis Ellis has been
elected matron.
Ludwig Martin, aged Is, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Martin Martin, we'll known
residents of Ida county, has been miss
ing since Sunday and his parents have
Instituted search.
The 14-year old son of w. I. Clarke
of Shenandoah broke both bones in his
ankle when he rode bicycle into
tourists car at the business intersec-
ton of a main street.
Thomas Smith, of Sioux Rapids, who
sailed for England just before the war
broke out, has written his son, George
Smith, that thirteen English warships
met them in midocean.
Delward Kohlstedt and Miss Lola
Grandsberry, Estherville young peo-
pie, sprang surprise on their friends
by announcing that they were mar
ried in Garner, August IL.
DR.. Henry J. Altfillisch and DR.. judi
son Packard, of the university college
of dentistry at Iowa City, have re-
turned from Europe, after being ma
rooned in Paris for week.
Germans of Denison raised more
than $3.50 for the National Red Cross
society to be used in the aid Of the
widows and orphans Of German sols
diers killed in the European war. lE
The Civic league. OF LIE Mars. organ
ICED two years ago by women of that
place for the improvement Of condi-
tons, has disbanded because of lack
Of interest shown by the members.
When his motorcycle hit a soft dirt
pile in the center of road drag,
James Eskew Of Shenandoah was
thrown off the wheel breaking his COL
lar bone and knocking him uncon-
scious.
R. X. Bliss, who has been secured
from the University Of Nebraska as
the new director of the agricultural
extension department Of Iowa state
college will take up his new duties in
September.
Joseph A. Lynch, aged sc, farmer
of Green Mountain, was killed and his
son, Joseph A. Lynch. aged 40. was
fatally hurt, when their automobile
was hit by a train mile south Of
Green Mountain.
Henry Brown, farmer of near Con-
rad, was pinned beneath his car when
the machine skidded and overturned.
Geo. Hall, who was riding with Brown
procured help, but Brown was not ex-
tricated for half an hour.
When Deputy Sheriff Myers, Of Lo-
gan, responded to an alarm that two
aged Germans were engaging in duel
in the woods, he found two Franco
Prussian war veterans merely review
ing the manual of arms extant in that
day.
Rafeal Davila, a Mexican. has been
indicted by the Wapello county grand
S,rv IN tho CHARGE NJ murder In fho