Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-10-29
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LeMars clergyman, dropped dead in
church at Dumont while attending
services. Her husband was in the pull
pit.
w. ]. Kennedy, of Sioux City, called
the horse show at Paullina the best
ever held in Iowa, not excepting the
big fairs at Des Moines and Sioux
City.
After a chase which began at Dav-
export and enced in western Canada,
Harry F. Lemon, alleged forger, has
been arrested and will be brought
back to Davenport for trial.
Tom Caldwell, we'll known police
officer at Cedar Rapids. committed
suicide by shooting himself in the
temple with SO calibre revolver. He
is survived by his wife and five chill
dren.
Henry Borchers, resident of Ply
mouth county since 1880, died of dia-
betes at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Meint Eilers in LIE Mars. She
was born in Germany and was %
years old.
Edward Knarr, pioneer of Clear
Lake, placed a double barreled shot
gun to his mouth and pulled both trig-
gers. His head was blown to bits and
scattered about the room. No caule
for the act has been found.
Edmond Vance Cooke, the poet and
lecturer, has been entertaining large
audiences of school children in Des
Moines, by reciting his programs of
verses for the little tots" poems Of
sentiment and dialect poems.
The Des Moines branch of the Wom-
ems Foreign Missionary association Of
the M. E. church before closing at Sac
City planned to raise 100000 for mis-
sionary work the coming year. The
next meeting is in st. Joseph, Mo.
E. Morst, 81 years old, one Of the
oldest residents of Plymouth county.
is dead. He was born in Pennsylvania
and came to Plymouth county in 1881.
He leaves six children and many
grandchildren and great grandchil-
dren.
AS Vance Samuels, son of Banker
Joe Samuels of Riverton, and Ancil
Eskew of the same town, were on their
way to the river on fishing trip their
auto ran off grade and upset. Eskew
was caught under the back seat and
seriously hurt.
Peter Peterson, prominent farmer
residing near Ida Grove, died suddenly
of heart failure while doing chores.
He had been drawn as petit juryman
and was excused by the court, giving
as his reason for not serving, subject
to heart trouble.
L. M. Campbell, aged 63, the cashier
Of the Commercial National bank OF
Fl. Dodge, died from general nerv-
GUS breakdown. He had been county
auditor for several terms, and was
state representative in 1911. He came
to Fl. Dodge in 1877.
Frank Morgan, prominent farmer
of near Kent, died in Creston hos
pital from q self-inhicted bullet
wound. The bullet entered the throat
and passed into the brain. Morgan
was Respondent because his wife had
brought suit for divorce.
E. A. Patterson has been again hon
ored by the Iowa State Red Men. The
"big injuns" have recently elected
him to the post of great representa-
tive. Mr.. Patterson is one Of the fore
most members of the brotherhood of
the state, and resides at Iowa City.
While speeding his car along coun-
try road near Ft. Madison, Charles
White a chauffer from Keokuk, crash
ed with his machine into telephone
post. The car was not SO badly dam
aged but that it was able to proceed
under its own power. White was un-
hurt
Prof. Chas. Scanlon Of Pittsburg,
one of the greatest temperance orators
in the country, gave one of his famous
addresses in the First Presbyterian
church at Waterloo. Prof. Scanlon is
at the head of the temperance activi-
ties of the Presbyterian church Of
America.
Fred Hutchinson, of Jefferson, a
large distributor who has the Ford
and other cars, has secured quarter
block of close-in property. and will
erect a modern garage. 1t is planned
to equip it perfectly and make it one
of the best to be found on the Lincoln
highway.
Drys and vets are figting over
whether Iowa City saloons shall close
December % or January l. John g.
Hammond, of the Business Mems Tenn
perance association, insists that as the
petition of consent expires on the
earlier date the saloons will have to
close that day.
That politics play small part in local
affairs was demonstrated when the
school board of Cherokee at a recent
meeting decided to call the new high
school bull ling the Wilson school,"
in honor of the president. There is
nnlv one democrat on the board but