Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-05-14
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~ Hartley at salary OF $l,4oO.
Mrs. E. P. Keith, aged 3d. died at hel
home in Ida Grove. She has been 8
resident of Ida county since 1884.
Assessor ]. H. Gritty, who has just
completed census of Tabor. reports
the population of the place as 1,210.
The new Security National bank OF
Cherokee has opened its doors. The
institution is capitalized at $4,000.
F. N. Olry Was reelected county
y superintendent OF, schools at q meet
ing Of the county school presidents at
y Denison.
The Sheldon chapter of the P. E. o.
society has brought its yearly work
10 IN end with "a domestic science
short course. a.
Matthias Hoffman, aged n, pioneer
Of Plymouth county, died at his home
. In lie Mars. He was native Of Lux
emburg, Germany.
The boys and girls of the Congrega-
tional and Methodist Sunday schools
gave over 5000 for missions at their
Z Easter services at Sheldon.
Injuries received by Martin B. Fluff
man, engineer OF the Iowa City Light
and Power company, when he fell into
. power Wheel proved fatal.
James D. Grandpa" Sinclair, a pio-
heer settler and the oldest man of
Humboldt county. is dead, aged 80
years. z months and Is days.
Miss Erna Plath. of LeMars, was
elected county school superintendent
~ hv1 hN ho1 hnl
the Office since January l, 1911.
Hon. George w. Koontz, mayor OF
Iowa City, has received from his son,
. civil engineer in South America, the
4 skin of a giant boa constructor.
!. A. Murphy, of Sioux City, was
awarded the contract for moving
O'Brien county's old courthouse to
make way for the new one. at $3.50.
w. A. Pincent. aged so, a stock
buyer of Algona. ended his life by
hanging himself in his barn. III health
% assigned as the reason for the deed.
George Phillips, aged 16, son Of Joe
Phillips of near Onawa, lost all the
toes of his left foot from the acct
dental discharge Of shotgun while
riding in boat.
The d. ]. Button Elevator company
will rebuild the elevator which burned
Ut Sioux Rapids December Is. There
WAS some talk of farmers elevator
but 1t did not materialize.
J. C. EngeIbert sold an S0-acre farm
near Conroy to- Albert Mas for $245
IN acre. He bought the land in 1882
yoh {0t
- high price at that time.
The Baptistsco of Mount Ayr have
contracted for the erection Of church
building the Gaming summer. The
structure is to cost $4,000 and 10 to
~ . thoroughly up-to-date edifice.
Electrical workers Of Marshalltown
returned to WORK sitter having been on
: :e: ns 81. aPs re:s IL
getting - per da1.snd want $3.50.
Bishop U. f. sevengel presided over
the sixteenth annual session of the
United Evangelical church conference
which was held, in LIE Mars. About
one hundred ministers were present
Red Oak is to make many city i'm
provements during the coming sum-
mer. Among them will be the laying
Of thirty-three blocks of paving, con-
tracts for which have already been
let.
Judge Fahey, presiding in the dis
trict court at Abel, decided to relieve
. tension among the jurors by hating
the proceedings long enough to an
nounce the outcome Of the Willard
8 Johnson fight.
The ]. w. Hall shoe store at Chari-
ton was totally destroyed when flames
attacked the building. The loss on
the stock was $4,000, while the build
ing was valued at $4,000. The loss is
fully covered by insurance.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Nelson Of Extra
have received notice Of the death of
their nephew, Fred Hansen, killed
while fighting for his country, Ger
many, in the trenches on the French
! boundary. He was 20 years old.
William Huttig., pioneer lumberman
and founder of sash and door factories
In many cities, died at his home in
Nuscatine. He organized the first
fegtmental band west OF the MissiS-
Oippi river at the outbreak of the civil
war. ~
The body Of VIM. Bishop, an aged
veteran of Council. Bluffs, was found
I'm the woods near there in standing
position against . tree. He had cut
IAN artery in his left arm. Bishop was
Respondent over the death Of an army
comrade. va
. Flames, which originated in . de-
tective chimney in the Elkader Jail
building, totally destroyed the struc-
ture. Sixteen prisoners, mostly ho-
boes, we're confined in the building at
the time. 1t is covered by insurance
to $1,000.
Leslie Lincoln of Mason City won
first place in the Clinton typewriting