Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-12-31
When an extra stock train Of the

| northwestern railway was travelling
out of Kingsley, it struck on a trestle
a farm wagon and team of horses,
driven by John Roberts, farm hand.
| Both horses were killed. while Rob
erts was slightly injured.
The Chris H. Doe & Co., feed store
| 1t Elk Horn, has bought some old yell
low corn at Is cents per bushel for
the feeder trade, believing that it was
cheap at that price and that the new
| corn will not keep nor will it answer
the purpose for which it is intended.
The Iowa Telephone company has
been ordered by the supreme court to
pay $4,000 damages for the death at
New Hampton of Fred Bonjour, ST.,
who was thrown from hay wagon
by a telephone wire which hung too
low
The Iowa Housemoving Contractors
association has elected the following
officers: w. E. LaPlant of Cedar Rap
ids, president; Grave Brown of Mis-
souri, Valley, vice president; B. S.
Naples of Ackley, secretary; and JOS
eph Kist of Eagle Grove, treasurer.
Benjamin Jenkins, travelling
salesman for Newton ditcher COM
pany, was instantly killed by fast
express train in that city. In COM
pany with three children he was on
his way to mission church. He was
killed after having gotten the children
off the track.
Complete plans for his burial had
been made by Phil Hamilton, negro
at Dow City, who ended his life here
by shooting himself in the neck. He
had bought a lot in the cemetery,
casket and steel envelope and re-
quested the Methodist church to look
after his funeral.
The Tama building, one of the larg-
est office structures in Burlington,
was almost completely wrecked by fire
with an estimated loss Of about $780,
900, which is said to be largely COW
cred by insurance. The fire was of
unknown origin and started in store
of drug company.
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait, president
of the National Suffrage association,
formerly resided in Iowa. She is
graduate of the Iowa State college at
Ames and was admitted to the bar.
Mrs Gait was afterward superintend-
ent of schools at Mason City. She is
a woman Of great wealth.
Pensions granted: Mary j. Fisher,
Allison, $12; Julia A. Mendenhall,
Leighton, SIP; Mary I. Simmer. Lib
ertyville, SIP; Cynthia A. Walton,
Belle PLANE, s12; Rebecca Baker, Me-
Gainesville, $12; Mary Gabriel, Well
man, $12; Ellen Meyers, Hudson, S12;
Cornelia V. Miller, Mitchellville, $12.
Joseph Sloniker, IS years old, OF
near Marshield, while hunting with
dog, accidentally shot himself in the
thigh and could not rise. He per-
suaded the dog to leave him and the
animal went home. The father was
then alarmed and following the dog
found the boy unconscious. Sloniker
was so badly wounded that he died.
]. H. Strict, president of the Iowa
Federation of Labor, withdrew his
protest against the broom factory at
the Fort Madison penitentiary when he
above the average market price in
stead Of lower. The union men COM
plain when prison goods are sold |
cheaply to compete with union made |
articles.
The endowment of Grinnell college |
was raised $4,000 when President j. |
H. T. Main announced the receipt of |
check for that amount. The donor |
wishes to remain anonymous. This is |
the second large donation within
short time. Kansas City real estate
valued at $15O,O0O was recently do
mated to the college to be sold and the |
money used to start construction on
the mems dormitory.
Mullen Brothers of LaPorte City,
who have bought up large amount or
walnut timber in the vicinity OF Fair
fax, have large force of men at work
under William McClintock and Dave
Donahue getting out the logs. Already
twelve carloads of $4,000 feet of the
logs have been shipped to the eastern
markets. 1t is understood that the
walnut is being shipped to Europe for
gunstock material.
The prayer chain letter has been
started anew in Keokuk, and officials
of the local postoffice have been wait
ing a chance to head off the practice.
One of the prayer chain letters were
Intercepted and sent to the postoffice
department. The department has
ruling against such matter and be-
cause of the implied threat in case
the chain is broken these letters are
not considered mailable matter.
Frank G. Kramer and l.. G. White,
employees of the Iowa Gas company at
Iowa Fails. were asphyXiated in a
gas tank. White entered the
empty tank to make some
renairs and was almost Immediately