Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1916-02-11
Representative Hull has introduced

appointed chaplain in the army.
Herman Lunning, an aged and
wealthy recluse living near Dubuque
was found dying near his home with
a piece Of wood six inches long and
nearly an inch wide driven through his
skull.
Officers of the Iowa State college
cadet corps at Ames have petitioned
the board of education for pay upon
the ground that similar officers in
other schools receive from $50 to SITS
Per annum.
Louis Kalarin, of Des Moines, aged
40, was burned, probably fatally, by
an explosion of a can of gasoline with
which he was attempting to start a
fire in Rock Island bunk car. He
suffered terrible burns on his body
from the waist down.
E. E. Carmichael, M. & st. L. station
agent at Latimer, has been arrested on
the charge of selling liquor illegally.
| An injunction has been asked against
the station building on the ground that
it is nuisance, where liquor has been
kept and sold illegally.
Military science among the freshmen
of thesUniversity Of Iowa is not at high
tide. The examinations of the "freshie"
cadets have been completed and the
| early reports from the department in
dictate that only about so per cent of
the young students passed.
The cement paving put down in Le-
Mars II years ago. the first to be laid
in Iowa, still is in good condition. A
block of this paving four feet square
is to be removed and sent as an exhi-
bit at the cement show to be held at
the Coliseum in Chicago, February IL.
The question of who survived the
other must be determined in settling
the estate of Mr.. and Mrs. August
Meyer of Denison, who were killed
when sleeping car in which they
were riding was struck from the rear,
while they were returning from Cali
fornia.
A corporation with paid-up capital
of $5,000,000 has been formed to
operate pig iron and ferro manganese
plant in st. Louis. The company has
acquired tract of 257 acres of iron
producing lands at Waukon, from
which it will obtain its supply Of raw
material.
Officers and citizens at Woodbine are
trying to locate the Jack the pepper
who has been frightening the people
in the northwest part of town recently.
The H. c. Hudson farm, seven miles
west of Knoxville was sold at auction
to Paul Harp for $165.75 an acre. The
farm comprises 1S1 acres.
The central government of China
has honored University of Iowa
student-a son of the oriental land
by awarding Tsierun Ling Ii a partial
scholarship therein. The scholarship
is provided through the income Of the
indemnity fund, returned by the
United States government after the
Boxer uprisings ended.
The first cooperative egg selling
association in Iowa closed its first
meeting held in Orange township,
Black Hawk county. The market on
all eggs produced by the association
members are cents q dozen above
other prices and are guaranteed
strictly fresh and each is stamped.
The demand at Cedar Falls exceeds
the supply.
Morningside, the college suburb of
Sioux City. was thrown into a panic
by what appeared to be an earthquake.
Doors were thrown open and dishes
ratified. One Newspaper got out an
extra telling all about the earthquake.
The reason for the shake-up was the
explosion Of quantity Of dynamite
not far distant. No one was injured.
James Clarke narrowly escaped
death when he attempted to walk
across the Mississippi river at Mont
rose, south Of Fl. Madison. Persons
on the shore saw him break through
the ice and launched q skin in time to
save him. His hands and face were
badly lacerated by the ice against
which he was thrown by . swift cur
rent.
Engineer Peacock Of the railroad
pumping station at West Liberty has
obtained quite reputation as . nature
faker since he told story of rescuing
. live snake from the middle Of an ice
cake in Wapsie creek. According to
Peacock, the snake, incased In the Ice.
was being carried on the flood waters
Of the creek. The engineer pulled the |
cake ashore, broke 1t and released the |
snake.
The city council of Charles City has
passed the ordinance allowing the |
moving picture theaters to open on
Sunday The hours they will be Al
lowed to open are from 1880 to $50 |
in the afternoon but no evening shows
will be allowed. The matter was
brought into court by the owners OF
the theaters and the Judge decided 1t |
was up to the council to pass an ordi-
nance for or against it. One theater
will not open on Sunday.
Patents granted: Arnold Andersen, |
Harris hackrest attachment for seats /