Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-12-10
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NEWS BRIEFS J :! ] T

Has UeSil 1OIIucu DIT Kingsley. II VIII
boost for better roads and an electri,
light plant.
Professor Wiley, of Waterloo, ha!
been named principal of the Uniol
township consolidated school in plac.
Of Professor Belknap.
Loss of blood nearly caused the
death of Amel A. Stroebele, farmer
of near Hancock who caught his hanG
in the gearing of an elevator.
Jenette, 2-year-old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Honeyman, of nea,
Emerson, died of burns received when
she became overbalanced and fell IN
pail of boiling hot water.
Keosauqua is to install twenty-five
electroliers to be placed along First
street to take the place of the arc
lights Each electrolier will be q
cluster of five on top Of standard.
Plans to build a new lodge structure
are being worked out by Eden lodge
1. o. o. F., of Gilman. The building
will replace one destroyed by fire a
few months ago and will cost over
| $4,000.
Cerro Gordo county authorities are
investigating and endeavoring to To-
! cate forgers. Sheffield business men
have been the victims Of large sums
Of money in drafts and checks forged
/, upon them.
While shooting rats in . barn at
! Fredericksburg. Wendell Phillips.
, aged II. accidentally shot and killed
Clifford Muir, aged II. Muir entered
the barn just as Phillips fired. Muir
died instantly.
The contractors are rushing work
on the fine new $4,000 Catholic club
house and hall at Scion. and hope to
have 1t finished at an early date. The
time for the dedication has not yet
been announced.
Raymond Saxton, son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. L. F. Saxton, Of Calhoun county.
was killed by a stroke of lightning.
The lad was on his way to school
when hit and was found lying dead by
the side of the road.
Frank Toomer. of near Early. made
q mistake which cost him sixty tons
of timothy hay. He was burning some
rubbish about the farm and allowed
the fire to communicate with the hay
stack, through neglect.
The board of directors Of New Sha-
ron independent school district or
dered sixteen benches and the neces-
sary tools for manual training work.
Three large sewing tables were also
bought for use in the sewing class.
A suggestion for the holding Of an
interstate firemen's tournament met
with approval Of the Iowa Firemen's
association in session at Council
Bluffs, and committee was named to
confer with the Nebraska Firemen's
association.
While on the way to town prepare
tory to going to Sioux City to hos
pital, Albert Christensen, . young
man employed on the Herman Thfel-
man farm north of Newell, died sud-
denly. He was kicked in the abdomen
by horse.
Lanfear Knapp, justice Of the peace
and clerk Of Cedar Falls township for
A years, the Oldest Office holder in
the middle west, was stricken with
apoplexy in his office and taken home
in an unconscious condition. He 10
80 years old.
Lew T. Genung, . prominent attor-
ney Of Glenwood. aged II. died from .
stroke of apoplexy. Mr.. Genung. -
q democrat, was prominent in Iowa
politics. He was the party candidate
in congress In the Ninth district on
two occasions.
Caleb Bum, civil war veteran and
Cherokee county pioneer, died at his
home at Cherokee following stroke
Of paralysis. He settled at Washta in
1871 and for many years was . sue
cessful farmer. He retired II years
ago and moved to town.
Hiup Breuklander Of Pella was pain
fully injured in a gasoline explosion
some time ago. The skin on his lower
limbs was severely burned and 1t was
necessary to resort to skin grating
to save his legs from being amputated.
One hundred persons gave skin.
A toy. balloon sent up about month
ago by a Kingsley merchant, with q
note attached requesting the finder to
communicate with the sender. was
found nine days later in cornfield
in Blue Earth county, Mimi, . dis
lance of Is miles from Kingsley.
Dick Sullivan and family of Abba
met with an automobile accident as
they drove into town. They ran into
ditch and the machine turned over
onto them. Mrs. Sullivan was badly
bruised and E. N. Hankins, who was
with them. had his eye injured and his
head hurt.
DR.. Frank Huizenga, who operated
q hospital at Rock Valley and was
popular in his profession in northwest
Iowa, died at the hospital from injuries
received in an automobile accident
November 2. DR.. Huizenga was 42
years of age. He leaves wife and