Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-12-10
George J. Fischer must pay his sub

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scription of $1,000 to the Grace Evan
gelical church Of Mason City, or he
must defend his action in the district
court. The church needs the money.
The building was erected year ago
and the trustees have been banking
on the collection o: this subscription,
but it does not seem to come in. Suit
has been filed on the part Of the
church by J. ]. Stauffer.
Chloroform was found sprinkled
about the house of A. M. Wood, 2014
George street, when the police went
to investigate burglar call. L. E.
Anderson, a lodger, was awakened
suddenly to find prowler just leaving
the place. The chloroform was strong
in the room and is believed to have
been spilled by the intruder in his
haste to escape when Anderson
showed signs of awakening.
Lee Harrington, a prominent farm
er of Magnolia, is in dangerous con-
dition from blood poisoning resulting
from an injury sustained while riding
in his automobile. He was thrown
against the top of his car while driv-
ing to Council Bluffs and bad cut
made in his chin, which became in
fected. Relatives called to his home
from Council Bluffs were told Mr..
Harrington's life was despaired of.
The deadly shotgun claimed another
victim in the person of Leon Rooney,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Owen Rooney. of
DEBORAH. While out hunting rabbits,
the victim climbed tree with gun.
His companion was to circle around
and scare rabbits toward the tree. On
| hearing the shot the companion called
to Rooney to know If he had shot a
rabbit, but no answer came. Rooney
was found with his head practically
shot off.
| Word was received in Des Moines Of
the death in St. Louis of w. H. Rookie
Teller, former assistant general secre-
tary of the Iowa Sunday School asso-
citation. Death was due to heart fail
ure. Mr.. Rockefeller concluded his
work at Des Moines last July and
went to St. Louis as superintendent OF
the Sunday school work in the Pres
byterian synod Of st. Louis. He Is
survived by his wife, two daughters
and son.
George Lovejoy. a pioneer of Coun-
Gil Bluffs, and formerly one OF the
noted horsemen in that part Of the
state, was found dead in his bed at the
! Creston hotel. He was discovered by
hotel employees, who notified the po-
lice department. When Officer Becker
and City Physician Moth reached the
hotel they found him dead. He had
long been suffering from heart dis
ease and for the last three weeks had
been seriously i'll.
To become bricklayers. carpenters,
fathers, roofers and fnishers would
Dresent an insurmountable obstacle to
some people, but not to Martin Wise.
u, and his wife, 20, Of Mason City.
who after two years. work are ready
TO occupy their own home, built en-
tirely by their own labor. Even the
material was furnished BY their own
efforts. % they sold $500 bottles Of
horseradish to purchase lumber ana
other building material.
During the past year an insurance
company in Des Moines wrote about
500 policies on losses by hail in Craw-
ford and Shelby counties. On receipt
Of assessments for losses the policy
holders are contending that they are
being asked to pay more than Is need
ed. They claim that there was q
guarantee of not over SIS per thous-
and. The policy-holders about Deni-
son are organizing to resist payments
and compel the company to make
court showing.
Mrs. Kuntz, wife of we'll known
farmer living south of Burlington. was
robbed of $25 by we'll dressed young
man who came into her home and de-
manded she give him the money or
suffer harm. She gave him $25, all
she had in the house. The thief then
made his getaway, leaving no clue. Mr..
and Mrs. Kuntz are pioneer farmers
Of Des Moines county and live alone.
Mr.. kuntz is cripple from rheuma-
tism, and was unable to render his
wife aid when she was threatened by
the miscreant.
A clever forger got in his work at
Keokuk. leading merchants being his
victims. One dealer admits he paid
out good money for the swindler's
worthless checks. The forger repre-
scented himself as being an ordinary
workman and explained he had been
doing government work in the city.
He used the local weather forecaster's
name on the checks. He was an eX- |
pert penman and initiated the weather
mans handwriting perfectly. which |
leads the police to believe he was an |
experienced operator.
Keokuk will give work to its unem- |
ployed this winter and next spring by |
starting again on the levee fill as soon ,
as the last scheduled city improve /