Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-01-22
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Mrs. w. 5. Aldrlch, or Denver, COLO.
| formerly pioneer resident of Sac
county was buried in Sac City, heI
| former home. Her death occurred in
Denver.
Frank Williamson, aged 25, of Mar.
| Shalltown, was badly burned from an
explosion caused when he tried tC
build a fire in the kitchen stove with
kerosene.
Following trouble between himself
and his wife, George Smothers, aged
IS years, shot and killed himself at the
Seabury restaurant at Logan. A widow
and two children survive.
Only four pieces of property were
found to place value on when the
capitol extension jury met at Des
Moines. The state fixed value OF
$4,000 on the property in question.
The "drys" of Ida county have just
filed one hundred Withdrawals from
the saloon petition Of consent. There
were only tifty-eight signatures to the
good before the Withdrawals were
| made.
Informations were filed against six
milliners at keokuk by Harry Bar
meister, federal game inspector,
charging them with having in their
possession aigrette plumes, contrary
| to the state law.
Six thousand dollars will be split
among sixty-tive newspapers of the
state for the printing of the four con-
stitutional amendments which will be
up for the consideration of the legis-
lature this winter.
Prison labor has been found sue
cessful in Iowa. according to annual
reports of prison wardens filed with
the State Board of Control. The earn
ings Of two camps from Anamosa last
summer was $9,7994O.
Five men were thrown from an au-
tomobile running thirty-tive miles an
hour near Marshalltown. when the
car turned turtle and all escaped SER
iOuS injury. A. L. Hensen, OF Peoria,
ILL.,, was driving the car.
Hans Slifsgard. appointed by Gov
ernor Clarke as special agent for the
penitentiary at FIT. Madison, returned
from Terre Haute, Ind, with James G..
Canes, the trusty inmate who escaped
the fore part Of last month.
H. H. Hainline of Orient lost five
horses in his field. The death of the
horses was caused. 1t was claimed, by
the poison contained In cornstalks
and of which it is said the stalks con-
tain a large amount this year.
The dwelling house on the James
Supple farm on the county line east
Of Coggon. was destroyed by fire. The
house was occupied by Flower An
drews and family and very little Of
their household goods were saved.
Albert Ruba of LIE Mars, aged Is.
while rabbit hunting. was shot in the
breast when his shotgun accidentally
discharged. His injuries probably will
prove fatal. The gun was DISCHARGED
while Ruba was riding in . buggy.
A dog saved the life of Mrs. Myers
of Wiota. She was about to board one
train and did not notice one coming
from the other direction until the dog
caught her skirt. The dog was killed
as the woman jumped clear of the
track.
Mrs. Maggie Warden. aged Is. was
fatally burned at Council Bluffs. She
was trying to rekindle fire with oil
when an explosion resulted, setting
fire to her clothing. The woman's
father was painfully burned trying to
save her.
The business streets of Burlington
have been lined with Christmas trees
for the holiday season. The snow fell
over the trees and they are now white
and glistening. Candles and trim
mings we're placed on the trees for
Christmas eve.
Evangelist LATE Hoff with Rev. G.
LOlin Eaton as singer. conducted q
most successful union revival cam
paign at Alburnett, with forty-one
conversions and greater interest in
church work. Attendance was good
from the beginning.
The Elks lodge of Sioux City is to
have . new clubhouse. The site
bought for the house 10 100 by $50
feet in dimensions and cost 1000.
The new structure is to cost $4,000
and will be the equal Of any similar
building in the west.
La Verne Noyes, Of Chicago,
graduate Of Iowa State college. class
of 1872. win spend part of his Inn
mense fortune in identifying the
campus of his alma mater. He visited
the school with one Of the best archi-
tects in the country recently. IN
Fourteen horses were burned in the
fire which totally destroyed the barns
Of the Iowa Falls bus and transfer
line owned by NJ. Hogan at Iowa Falls.
entailing loss Of over $4,000. The
loss was partially covered by insur-
ance. The origin Of the fire is un-
known.
DR.. James B. Cox, a pioneer physi-
clan of Belle PLANE, dropped dead in
his garage where he had gone to fix
hiS machine for wintor rotiromopt