Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-02-19
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front on the Mississippi.
The capital stock of the Magnolia
bank has been increased to $4,000.
| Mr.. and Mrs. James Collins of Unior
Prairie celebrated their sixty-firsI
wedding anniversary. a.
An estimated loss of $4,000 was
caused at Forest City by fire which
DESTROYED four two-story frame build.
ings. -''r.. S''t r
Charles P. Stewart, a former Siou,
City newspaper man, has been made
manager Of the United Press in Wash
ington.
The George NJ. Bechtel company OF
Davenport secured the $4,000 court
house bond issue at Primghar at H..
756 premium.
Belgian relief day in Keokuk was a
decided success, over $20S in cash be-
ing contributed, besides large quaint
ties of provisions.
The trial of C. J. Hansen at Harlan
for the killing of boy named Lloyd
Hamblin, Halloween night, resulted
in a disagreement Of the jury.
Two paroled convicts were returned
to the reformatory at AnaB osa last
week. This brings the total number OF
guests at the institution up to 667.
James L. Gaffy of Denison was
struck by train at the depot when
| he went to the Northwestern station
to meet sister coming in from the
east.
Mrs. E. c. Thatcher and A. E. Har-
rison have bought the Alta Adver-
possession of the property on the list
of March.
w. J. Anderson was selected by the
council at Ida Grove to fill out the un-
expired term of the late Mayor T. S.
Brannen, who passed away suddenly
last week.
Sheldon was the only town in north
western Iowa which was honored with
a Masonic school of instruction this
winter. The grand lodge put on the
school there last week.
Robbers forced an entrance into the
Milwaukee station at Ossian, shot
the night operator, Clyde Edgington.
through the shoulder and robbed the
money drawer of $57.70 and escaped.
John Hopkins, editor of the Hum
boldt Herald; D. A. Ray. once demo-
cratic candidate for governor, and
John Tour, all are candidates for ap-
pointment as postmaster of Humboldt.
Blood poisoning resulting from
frozen foot caused the death Of John
Koehrsen, prosperous farmer living at
Davenport. The foot was frozen a
week ago. Koehrsen was 70 years Of
age.
Elmer Chambers, Waterman at the
Acme Manufacturing company Of
Burlington, shot himself when he
dropped his revolver. The bullet
lodged in his shoulder. the missile
narrowly missing vital spot. .@~s
Hanford. McNider, son Of Charles HI.
McNider. president Of the F1kM Ma
tional bank at Mason City. has Joined
the Red Cross and will become q HEM
Der of the American motor ambulance
service with the French army.
Discharged as cured from the state
hospital for insane at Clarinda, Chas.
F. Davis. a well known negro Of Coun-
Gil Bluffs, shot and killed his wife,
MORALLY wounded his son. shot a
roomer in the house and then killed
himself. l..h.a
The Waverly Republican, one OF the
Oldest newspapers in Iowa, estab-
ence, w. H. Tyrell having disposed of
his business and equipment to the In
dependent, the Democrat and the
Phoenix.
Bruce Crosby, formerly a we'll
known Ames agricultural college in
spector, was fatally hurt at his farm
east Of Council Bluffs and died short
ly afterward. The accident occurred
while he was adjusting belt on q
gasoline engine.
Olin F. FELTON, Of Mason City, for
years one of the most prominent
horsemen in Iowa and invariably seen
at all the race courses of the middle
west, is dead. FELTON, made his start
in the Klondike gold fields in the days
of the first rush.
The trunk belonging to Mrs. l. La
Veil, q Grinnell woman. which was
stolen from the Rock Island depot,
Davenport, November %, 1914, and
which contained $500 worth of gowns
and jewels, was located by Sheriff
Louis Eckhardt in Bettendorf.
William Tiecke, Of Muscatine, aged
81, was crushed to death when he was
caught in the elevator shaft of the
Muscatfne hotel. His head was almost
severed from the body. He put his
head through the partially completed
guard and was hit by q descending
car.
The high school at Bonaparte was
burned to the ground by fire that
started in the roof. The building was
erected in 1870 at a cost of $4,000
and $4,000 insurance was carried.
School will be held in tailor shop
pending the reconstruction of the
building.
Officers for ensuing wear were