Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-12-17

Miss Hulda Hanson, 20 years old,
slipped while descending the city
steps at Dubuque. and fell headlong
down twenty-five steps to the bottom.
She was unconscious when picked up.
The examination showed no bones
were broken, but she was badly cut
about the head and had many bruises
On her body.
The European war has made a rich
man of Tom Robinson, junk dealer
OF Slater, who for number of years
other material. He piled up the iron
and other metals until it covered three
acres. He has just sold his collection
to eastern manufacturers for over one
hundred thousand dollars.
DR.. E. E. Hastings, pastor of the
First Presbyterian church in Fl. Dodge
for seven years has received a call
from Joliet, Ill.,, which he has ac-
copied. A joint revival meeting which
was to have been held in Fl. Dodge
in the near future, and in which DR..
Hastings was one Of the chief pro-
The total number of cars Of live
stock shipped from DEBORAH in No
vember makes a fairly good showing.
There has been seventy-seven cars of
cattle and forty-seven cars Of hogs
shipped, most Of them double-decked
cars. The Farmers Society of Equity
shipped a large portion of the stock
Independent of the local buyers.
Miss Ruby M. Hall. daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. w. J. Hall, OF Cherokee. has
won $225 chest of 1OS pieces Of sill
yer offered by Sag Harbor. N. Y.
manufacturing concern for the best
answer to the query. "Guess What
They Are Saying" The contest was
nationwide and Miss HalpS achieve
ment is considered noteworthy.
Miss Edna Welch, II years old. sus-
tanned a fractured skull in a fall as
she alighted from a train from Nash
Vile. The train had not come to a full
stop, and as she stepped down she
tripped and fell on the concrete walk.
She was taken to the home Of DR.. Nc
Kenzie at Elwood and will remain
there until able to be removed to her
home.
DR.. Freeman Hornibrook, . we'll
known physician and surgeon, was
found dead in his bed at Cherokee. He
had returned from long drive and
was feeling ill when he retired. Cere-
bral hemorrhage was the cause of
death. He was SO years old and had
won considerable fame as practi-
toner in few years. He leaves his
wife and one child.
Mrs. Frank Dodson Of Des Moines
was in Upton recently engaged in Or
ganizing for the coming campaign for
equal suffrage in Iowa. Mrs. Dodson
was for ten years county recorder OF
Polk county and is a woman Of un-
usual force and ability. She stated
that number of the leading suffrage
workers of the country would come to
Iowa for the campaign.
The Missouri Iron company Of Wau-
kon has contract to supply 100000
tons Of iron ore and the mines pre-
sent . busy scene. A new sixty-ton
steam shovel has been installed and
10, 900 tons of ore will be treated and
be ready for shipment in short order.
A big crew of men is on the job. It
is expected it will require over six
months to get out the specified amount
of ore.
Ray Wickham of Scion is the cham
pion hard luck auto driver. While re-
turning from = picture show he strip
ped the gear on his Buick car. Then,
when attempting to push it out Of the
road, the rear axle broke. The next
day he went after It with team,
hitching them to the car. The horses
were frightened and jerked Wickham
through the Windshield. He then
lowed the car home behind a wagon.
w. w. Jolley, Of Abba. has served
notice on the city council that he is
preparing to start suit against the city
for $1,000 as damages sustained last
October when his auto which he was
driving ran into hole in the road at
the corner of Van Buren, and Locust
streets. The notice AYERS that the car
was badly damaged and that members
of the Jolley family were injured. The
matter was referred to City Solicitor
NJ. G.. Gilmore.
BY vote of 447 to "a, the city of
Gutenberg voted for municipality
owned electric lights. The election
was the elimination of an exciting
camnaign and the result was sur
prise to even the most hopeful sup
porter Of the proposition. The revenue
from the lights is expected to take the
place Of the mulct tax, which will be
lost to the city January 1st The pres
ent electric light company threatens
to shut down and leave the city in
darkness until the new system is in
stalled.
Mrs. H. l., Hendrick of Algona had