Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-07-30
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NEWSBPIEfS

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O. O. Roe, state fire marshal, says
that Iowa has had a low fire record
for July so far. The most disastrous
fire was a $4,000 blaze at Belle
PLANE.
D. E. Keller OF Davenport was
awarded the contract for big new paw
ing improvements at Centerville. A.
Peatman, of Centerville, gets the
sewer contract.
Postage stamps totaling $3.50 and
merchandise of the value of $3.50 were
stolen from the general store Of O..
A. Olson, at Astor. The postoftice is
located in the store.
The use of bloodhounds to trail the
missing North Liberty bank robbers
proved unavailing. The robbers en-
tered the North Liberty Farmers Saw
ings bank and procured $1,0O3.5O.
Justin Barry, representative in the
general assembly from Linn county,
has announced his resignation Of that
position. He expects to locate in
Cherokee, and his interests in the
Walker News have been taken over by
c. o. Barry.
After footing the place Of 500
worth of jewels and other valuables,
robbers at the home of Jack Thode at
Blackhawk remained long enough to
enjoy luncheon secured from an ice
box in the home.
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triarchs Militant, l. o. o. F., of Iowa,
will hold its 22d annual session at the
departmental camp grounds at Clear
Lake beginning July 20. The session
will last ten days.
Emmett Lehman, a former Clarion
lad, has been selected as professor Of
elocution, dramatics and oratory at
the university of Notre Dame for the
school year which will commence this
coming September.
A message to Paul Moorhead, a
farmer of West Branch, a village near
Iowa City, tells of the drowning of his
son, Harold, a high school student,
who left for Kansas to assist rela-
tive in harvesting.
John Hagensick, widely known in
Iowa wrestling circles, sustained a
badly fractured skull when gasoline
engine grindstone burst, a piece OF
which struck him. The accident oc-
Cured at Elkader.
An unknown man, about 30 years
old, was killed at Missouri Valley. He
was we'll dressed but had nothing
upon him to identify him. The body
had been ground to pieces in the
Northwestern yards.
The city council at Jefferson, after
hearing objections to the paving prop
osition, passed a resolution unani-
mously providing for twenty-eight
blocks of pavement. The district in
cludes the business section.
A severe storm, which swept over
Iowa City and Johnson county re-
Gently, is estimated to have done $780,
900 worth of damage to crops. Many
farmers report that their wheat and
oat crops are entirely ruined.
Complaint that many cities of the
state are permitting automobile own
ers to operate their cars with 1914
numbers has been made to the at
torney general. 1t is probable that
the county attorneys will be notified
to prosecute all persons violating the
law.
The lifeless body of William E.
Poole, bachelor farmer residing near
West Liberty, was found in kneeling
position beside the bed. Heart trouble
is believed to have caused his death.
The remains were discovered by the
neighbors.
AS the climax of his college career,
Ed c. Sauerby, of Strawberry Point,
was elected superintendent Of schools
at Elwood. He was graduated from
Iowa University in the class of 1915,
after working his way through the
university, as the waiter in local
cafe.
Henry Hardy, aged SO, of Waterloo,
who was serving a short sentence in
the city Jail. was found dying in his
cell. Acid. mixed with whisky, which
was struggled into the Jail, is said to
have been the weapon with which he
ended his life. Dependency was the
cause.
\ peculiar disease is going the
rounds among the hog herds near
Remsen. Several farmers have suf-
fered losses. There is breaking out
on the ears and legs which such men
as Mr.. Wendt, Henry Dorr and A. ..
West, of Paullina. have not been able
to diagnose.
An ordinance passed unanimously
by the city council forbias taEicab
Operators 20 stalu their machines Oh
the streets except at places designated.
All taxicabs must keep moving when
away from the space allotted to them
except when taking on or discharSins
passengers.
The Arlington News is now estab-
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