Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-04-09

Robbers broke the north show win
dow Of G. A. Waldin's jewelry store
at Burlington and made their getaway
with four revolvers, and a quantity Of
rings, watches and fraternity emblems.
James Hennessy, living near Scion.
breaks the record for raising pigs this
spring. From a Chester White SOW
he recently got twenty pigs and all are
now living and growing. 1t would not
take long to populate the earth with
pigs at this rate.
The business world of Iowa City
was largely represented at the funreal
of w. P. Coast, late merchant, capitalist
and father of w. o. Coast of the Iowa
legislature. Mr.. Coast has been pres
ident of the Carnegie library board:
and the Commercial club; an officer
.. in the Presbyterian church; and other
wise prominent in diversified ways.
The clothing stores of the city closed
during the funeral hour.
Iowa City people are especially in
. terested in the appointment of Rev.
: DR.. Harris Franklin Rail, president OF
the Eleff School of Theology, of Dem
! yer, Colo, to the chair of systematic
theology in the Garrett Biblical insti-
tute, at Evanston. Ill. DR.. Rail- is an
.lumnus of Iowa university, having
won his B. A. there in 1891, and hia
NJ A. in 1892. Yale gave him his d. D.
and Halle-Wittenberg his Phi. D.
The members of the Story county
grand jury panel for the year 1915 net
before Judge Mccall and organized for
the March term. Those selected to
serve for the term were o. L. McAuley.
Nevada, foreman; L. P. Herr. Lincoln:
T. H. Morrison, Colliss; Jake Solberg,
Richland; A. J. Bishop. Franklin: H.
w. Cole. Indian Creek. and G. H. Lud-
Wig. Warren. c. H. Dickey, of Cam
bridge, was chosen bailiff and Carl
Smedal, clerk.
Troubles are not coming singly for
the Sioux City Service company. On
the heels Of motor bus competition.
which has been springing up on many
routes of the city. has come the dis
appearance Of at least $1,000. mostly
in small coins. from the safe of the
company's West Third street car barp
and the coincidental disappearance Of
r. c. Hewes. q trusted cashier. He Ia
bonded. Hewes is about IS years old
and unmarried.
Clinton will probably have q chau-
tauqua this season. Plans are being
formulated whereby 1900 tickets are
to be sold to insure the bringing to the
city Of one of the best chautauquas
on the road. If this chautauqua is Sc
cured sixty attractions will be shown
in ten days. Among the attractions 10
John Bunny, in person. He will be
accompanied by a company and one Of
the days will be given over to shows
ing how movie films are produced.
After throwing the 5-year-old oc,.
cupant of the spring wagon, to the
curbing, a horse belonging to viii
Sanger of West Liberty. broke from
the vehicle and dashed across the
principal business street Of West Lib
erty, to hurl itself through the new
plate glass front Of the Gus Burkart
block, which had been completed only
. few minutes before. The child. the
son Of Ross Merriman, An employe OF
Mr.. Sanger. escaped uninjured. but the
largest piece Of glass left measured
only about six inches across.
Another case Of hydrophobia. re-
sulting from dog bites. inflicted In
Council Bluffs. where three victims
were attacked earlier in the month.
Is feared. The fourth Council Bluffs
lad is Robert Gray, son of Frank Gray.
Of that city. The dog was killed BY .
policeman and the head has been sent
to the Meteorological laboratories In
Iowa City. where State Bacteriologist
Henry Albert will make . thorough
test. If germs Of rabies are discovered
the boy will be sent to Iowa City to
receive the Pasteur treatment. The
three other Council Bluffs boys are do
ing finely.
Samuel Lee. who has been very Ill
near New London, has lived In Henry
county sixty-seven years. He was born
in 1927, but came to New London with
his father seventy-six years ago. and
Mr.. Lees father purchased . section
from the government. New London at
that time was settlement Of . few
houses, blacksmith shop and store
or two. All products were hauled to
and from Burlington, distance OF
twenty miles. Log houses were the
only ones, and the house his father
built in 1886, the first log house in that
part of the county, still stands.
An efficiency club has been formed
for the boys of Charles City and the
surrounding country, consisting Of
garden, poultry, baby pork, and corn
clubs. 1t is under the supervision OF
the boys department Of the Y. NJ. c. A.
and it will also receive cooperation
from the junior extension department
of the state agricultural college. In
the garden club each contestant is re-
sponsible for one or more gardens or
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