I will be away from my computer the next few days so thought I would go ahead and send the news a little early! Iowa Recorder Greene, Butler, Iowa March 1, 1916 STATE NEWS IN BRIEF Traer - The old fair ground site, consisting of twenty-four acres of unimproved land, lying one-half mile northwest of Traer, was sold this week to F.W. Hotel at the record price of $250 an acre. The stockholders of the old fair grounds association signed over the interests some time ago to the library board and the proceeds of the sale will be used to pay the indebtedness on the library site, the paving, furniture, books, etc., for the new Carnegie library which is rapidly nearing completion. Des Moines - D.T. Blodgett, candidate for the supreme bench of the state, has been indicted by the Polk county grand jury for criminal libel. He is alleged to have circulated by means of hand bills, libelous reports about various state and federal judges. Boone - Chief Moyer has issued orders to his men to pick up all dogs which are without tags, and complaints have been coming in of vicious dogs at large. Boone - A fire in the barn of Henry McCoy, who resides on the H.C. Wakefield farm, four and one-half miles northwest of Ames, caused the loss of six horses, hay and feed and over a hundred chickens. Davenport - Chas. McKenzie arrested three weeks ago on a charge of forgery preferred by J.F. Paulson, appeared before Judge William Theophilus in the district court, entered a plea of guilty and was sentenced to 90 days' imprisonment in the Scott county jail. Mason City - A Ford touring car containing W.V. Loring and Mrs. Loring was struck by some switching box cars on the M. & St. L. tracks and pushed about fifteen feet along the track without damage done to the car or occupants. Fort Dodge - Frank Anderson of Coalville and Frank Spencer seriously injured at 4 o'clock Wednesday afternoon by an explosion of dynamite in the mine of the American Cement Plaster Co. Only the two men were in the mine at the time the explosion occurred. Traer - Miss Harriet White, a Grinnell student from Traer, was given second place in a prize contest which is carried on every year by the students in Prof. Smiley's advanced Latin class at Iowa college. The prize was a handsome volume of Browning's poems. --------------------------------- Burlington Weekly Hawkeye Burlington, Des Moines, Iowa March 2, 1882 WASHINGTON NOTES Last Weeks' Postoffice Changes in Iowa. Washington, Feb. 28 - The following are the postoffice changes in Iowa for the week ended February 25: Established - Bromley, Marshall county, John C. Armstrong, postmaster; Galtville, Wright county, Robert B. Hanlin, postmaster. Postmasters appointed - Adel, Dallas county, Walter A. Noel; Castle Grove, Jones county, Charles C. Scott; Corwith, Hancock county, Oliver H. Stilson; Danforth, Johnson county, Berthold Byer; El Dorado, Fayette county, Paul Buechser; Mount Sterling, Van Buren county, Samuel N. Thatcher; Nugent's Grove, Linn county, O.J. Nugent; Washburn, Black Hawk county, James Brown. Iowa Postoffice Changes. Washington, Feb. 22 - The following are the postoffice changes in Iowa for the week ending February 18: Established - Bagley, Guthrie county, Charles R. Wright, postmaster; Churdan Greene county, Joseph Churdan, postmaster; Halbur, Carroll county, Ezra N Merchant, postmaster; Lawrence, Pocahontas county, George W. Leverick, postmaster; Thrall, Wright county, Dorastus B. Myers, postmaster; Willits, Van Buren county, Israel B. Chamberlain, postmaster; Willow Glen, Humboldt county, John W. King, postmaster. Discontinued - Lezler, Woodbury county. Name changed. - Advance, Guthrie county, to Herndon. Postmasters appointed - Blairstown, Benton county, Mrs. Cora L. Van Matse; Franklin Mills, Des Moines county, Thomas Burges; High Point, Decatur county, George A. Graham; Lincoln, Polk county, T.L. Conway; Norwalk, Warren county, George ?. Stittler [ ?]; Quasqueton, Buchanan county, Mrs. Ada Butterfield; Scottswood, Pottawattamie county, William M McNew; Tuskeege, Decatur county, Lewis Craig; Woodburn, Clarke county, J.A. Heaton. - The McGillicuddys have just returned from Cork, Europe. They were the life of the steerage during the voyage. Funeral of James P. Bean The funeral of the lamented young civil engineer, James P. Bean, occurred in Mount Pleasant on Sunday. The services were conducted by Rev. Mr. Pillsbury, and were especially touching. A large number of Burlington people attended and it seemed that nearly every household in Mount Pleasant was represented for the deceased was widely known and universally respected and liked. He leaves a wife and one little child to mourn the loss which, to them, is irrevocable. Mr. Bean died February 9, near Uwalde, Texas, one hundred miles south of San Antonio. He was laid to rest here by strange though tender hands, but the members of his own family and the many loving friends in this country felt that it were better that he should repose beside the form of his little child, that died only one month before he himself was summoned. Dr. J.V. Bean, of our city, started as soon as the telegram came which brought news of his death, and succeeded in bringing the loved remains back with him. Many a heart will sympathize with the friends and mourn for the dead. ------------------------------------------ Nashua Reporter Nashua, Chickasaw, Iowa March 3, 1910 Farmer Swallows Dollar at Party Peter Christianson, a young farmer, swallowed a silver dollar while playing a parlor game at a party in Low Moor, and carried the coin in his stomach for six days without any ill effects. The doctors finally got it out and he will wear it as a watch charm. Bad Fire at Delhi The town of Delhi was visited by a disastrous fire which destroyed two buildings, one being occupied by Geo. Toomer as a restaurant and one by Dr. E.W. Warner as an office. Both were burned to the ground and most of the contents was also destroyed. Eddyville Man Found Unconscious Walter Putton, aged 36, of Eddyville, was found in a bruised and unconscious condition in the Iowa Central yards at Oskaloosa and died two hours later. Foul play is suspected. SHORT STATE ITEMS - Edgar McLain, a well known young man of Tipton, is under indictment for passing forged checks. He is out on bonds. - C.C. Fell, city assessor, committed suicide in Charles City by drinking carbolic acid. Financial troubles are the supposed cause. - Syrus Igo of Palmyra was elected president of the State Aberdeen-Angus Association to succeed C.J. Martin of Churdan at Des Moines. - The Roland Bros., who have conducted the Leader store in Adel for some years, sold out the business to Silvers & Co., of Corning. - B. Kemper & Sons, growers of Muscatine Island, have on exhibition a lemon that weighs three pounds and two ounces and which was grown in one of their hothouses. - Mrs. Charles Copeland, aged 40, wife of the city marshal of Batavia, committed suicide by drinking carbolic acid. She leaves a husband and six daughters. There is no known cause for the act. Cathy Joynt Labath Iowa Old Press http://www.IowaOldPress.com/