Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-08-06
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There were 2O4 marriage licenses is
sued in Clayton county during the
year ended June 30.
McGregor has decided to pave its
main street, nearly 10000 square
yards. Brick block will be used.
Emery Westcott, formerly postmas'
ter of Iowa City, and Miss Emma
Westcott, his twin sister, have jus,
celebrated their 18th birthday.
Lightning set fire to wheat field
on the farm Of Garret Reineke, near
Hancock, and the flames reached &c
feet high before rain extinguished
them.
c. w. Suits, of Boone, Northwest
ern railroad conductor who was
thrown from his waycar at Loveland
has been removed to a Council Bluffs
hospital.
A new bank with capital of $10,-
600 to be known as the Burnside Saw
ings bank has been incorporated at
Burnside. E. H. Rich will be president
OF the new institution.
The new grain elevator of the Bid
Olson Coal and Grain company OF
Leon which has been built just south
of the Burlington passenger station is
now practically completed.
The new dormitory at Cedar Falls
normal school is to be called Bartlett
Hail. in honor of the late Prof. Bart
lett, according to announcement from
the state board Of education.
Nearly $4,000 was lost by Iowa City
firemen on the state tournament which
just ended at that place. The total
amounted to $2,262, but the expense
was between $4,000 and $4,000.
Prot. NJ. Henderson, who was super
intendent of the Tama public schools
and recently reelected by the school
board, has succumbed to tuberculosis
at his home in Montivedeo, MINI.
Charles F. Wigg left Maquoketa on
his long hike to the coast. With his
wheelbarrow he started from the Ma
quoketa postoffice. His trip will cover
distance of more than 5000 miles.
Mrs. Grow, mother of Editor George
Grow, Of the Bayard Advocate. was
struck by timber falling from tie
First National bank building at Era
metsburg and her body was paralyzed.
BY means of an X-ray machine a
needle was located in the stomach OF
Miss Mena Blair, dressmaker, OF Cot
ter. It was removed by surgeons at
Iowa City. Miss Blair is doing well
and will recover.
The midsummer commencement ana
convocation at the University OF Iowa
is being held, with DR.. F. c. Eastman
of the e....r of Latin, as the chief
speaker. Degrees are to be conferred
on thirty candidates.
A contract was let by Goeppinger
Bros. for the erection of new three
story business block at Boone, to c.
w. Ennis, of Toledo, la. B. ]. Sweat
of Boone, gets the excavating contract.
The cost will be $4,000.
Iowa has All Indians, according to
the United States census report,
which has been received at Governor
Clarke's office. This is little less
than .O02 per cent of the total Indian
of the country.
To get figures to bear out arguments
for national prohibition, national lead
ers of the Anti-Saloon league are
studying conditions in Des Moines and
other Iowa cities that have gone dry"
Crime statistics before and afterward
are being taken.
Fire destroyed the farm home OF
Louis Stock, south Of Waukon, en-
failing loss of several thousand dol
lars. The family were asleep when
the fire was discovered and they We're
unable to save anything, so quickly
did the fire spread.
When the city schools of Newton
open in September they will open with
he added departments of kinder
yarten, physical culture, visiting nurse
and supervised play grounds. Play
apparatus is to be installed on all OF
he school grounds.
Glen Manderscheid, of Sheldon, was
knocked unconscious and suffered a
fractured arm when his car struck
,ulvert and turned turtle short dis
ance west of Hospers. Gerrit Hos
3ers, of Sheldon, who was in the car,
escaped with minor hurts.
a happy reunion occurred near
Naukon when Ole Samuelson OF
7rankville and Mrs. Ericsson OF North
Dakota met each other for the first
ime in fifty-four years. They are
brother and sister and this is their
irst meeting since leaving Norway.
The state champion in the boys
,aby beef contest being promoted b.
he Iowa Beef Producers association |
n cooperation with the Ames extern |
ion department, will receive a $lOt |
rec trip to Washington, D. c. More
han $1,000 in prizes will be given
way.
Four employees were badly burned
nd a large property dam: ge wa