Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-08-20
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The new Sheridan Methodist church
cost $1O,50O, and is said to be the
finest strictly country church in Iowa.
Frank Dorr, of Sioux City, won the
20 mile free-for-all motorcycle race at
the Sac county fair, getting $100
purse.
The Sioux City Elks are to have a
costly new home in the near future.
The cornerstone for the building has
been laid.
The children of Nevada are raising
popcorn and flowers as summer vo-
cation. They are getting prizes for
the best beds.
Deborah Shea Mother Catherine)
mother superior of Catholic order in
the western Iowa district died at Coun-
Gil Bluffs, aged 81 years.
Oscar Snyder, ten years old, OF Cen
terville, was painfully burned at his
home there when his clothes caught
fire while he was playing with
matches. He will recover.
George Staffard, of Hamburg, says
his orchard was badly damaged by
hail. Luckily for him he was carry
ing $4,000 insurance on it, and drew
half the value of the policy.
Work has commenced on the new
addition to the west side school at
Greene. Although the improvement
cannot be completed before school
opens, the work is being pushed.
Two hundred new members were
initiated at two days session Of the
Brotherhood Of American Yeomen at
Arnolds park. The Castle degree team
of Des Moines assisted in the mystic
rites.
Mrs. William Myers, wife of a
farmer near Council Bluffs, died in
the hospital from injuries sustained
when run over on the street at Coun-
Gil Bluffs by runaway express de-
livery horse.
Mayor Hanna of Des Moines has
been requested by the Iowa League of
Municipalities, which holds its annual
meeting at Council Bluffs in Septem-
Der, to deliver an address on NUM-
cipal home rule.
Glen Furnham has been arrested on
the charge of child desertion in Mason
City, and has been taken to Fit. Dodge,
where he will stand trial. Two years
ago Furnham was arrested on the
charge of wife desertion.
Frank Morrison of Bellevue was in
jured internally when porch in the
rear of his store collapsed, hurting
him with great force to the ground.
1t was believed at first that his in
juries would prove fatal.
The l:,-'e town of keystone in Ben
ton couA,.' has population of 494 and
its bank deposits amount to $51S,701.
This gives every man, woman and
child in the town $1,054, and is proof
of a prosperous community.
Supt. F. M. Hammitt, Of Mason City,
favors the adoption Of the year
round" plan Of holding school
throughout the state. Mr.. Hammitt
says the Mason City plan has attracted
attention all over the country.
Miss Valeria ]. Campbell, aged s.,
of Des Moines, was found dead in her
apartments by the janitor who
crawled through a rear window to
discover why she had not taken her
mail out of the box for two days.
Rev. J. ]. Jones, who has been pas
tor of the Congregational church at
Anamosa, has been asked to become
pastor of the Congregational church
at Algona, and has consented. He will
enter upon his pastorate September /.
At meeting Of the city fathers at
Manchester an ordinance was passed
which makes it difficult for transients
who wish to sell wares. Fifteen dol
lars a day or $50 per week is the Ii
cense fee set for those coming hence
forth.
Robbers raided the general store Of
]. H. Rockefeller at Commerce, car
rying away nearly wagon load Of
groceries and 800 in
Among the missing articles
are caps, suits of clothes, gloves. gro
ceries, etc.
Articles have been filed with the
secretary of state for the following
The Strand Theatre Co.,
Of Cedar Rapids; the Mason City Belt
Line Co.; the Public Drug Co., OF
Council Bluffs; the Superior Manufac-
turing Co., of Creston.
William Hughes has confessed to
Chief of Detective Macdonald of Des
Moines that he is the man wanted for
the robbery at the home Of w. l. Pulls,
July 80, in which $500 worth of prop
erty, including four watches and two
rings, were stolen.
Maquoketa is to have commercial
club. A petition has been circulated
among the business men and 100 men
have been found who are willing and
anxious to start such an organization
for the development of the social side
If the business people of the town.
Plymouth is the only county in Iowa
he taxable value of whose land runs
INTO eight figures. An abstract pre-