Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1913-05-09
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Louie Dahna, Is years old, was
drowned at Estherville while boating
on the river. A..
Nearly 1000 pints of whisky were
burned in huge bon fire at Waterloo
after having been seized by the sheriff
in places operating illegally.
William Gasteiger Of Mason City
who attempted to end his life, was
found insane and sent to the asylum
at Independence for treatment.
Mrs. G. P. Gallagher, wife OF a
prominent farmer and old settler,
died at her home east of Williams
burg. Besides her husband, she
leaves a large family.
Ben Johnson, while visiting rela-
tives at Leon, walked into an adjoin-
ing room, took a revolver from his
pocket and fired a bullet into his
brain. He died instantly.
The body of Louis Ludwig, Of Dan
bury, a member of the automobile
party of FIVE which went into the Mis-
souri, river last fall, was taken from
the river near Whiting.
An attendance Of over 600 physi-
clans is expected at the sixty second
annual convention of the Iowa State
Medical society, which will be held in
Des Moines on May Z, 8 and 8.
Work has been begun on the SIS, 900
federal building at Red Oak. The con-
tractor says work will have prog
ressed sufficiently to allow the corner
stone to be laid on Memorial day.
Prof. c. P. Christensen, president
of the First Progressive Spiritualists'
society at Iowa City, is bedridden, a
victim of nervous prostration. He will
sue for damages, fellow citizen,
whom he accuses of threatening him.
Lee Swearingen, lawyer who dis
appeared from Rock Rapids ten years
ago, suddenly appeared at the home
of friend. He had disappeared once
before in the same manner. Mental
unbalance is said to be responsible TOR
his strange actions.
The explosion of a can OF gasoline
in one of the bunk cars at Mechanics
vile fatally injured one Of the Greek
laborers and painfully injured one or
two others. It is thought the fact that
the car door was open saved several
others from being hurt.
Both becoming members of the SOL
diers' home at Marshalltown at the
same time five years ago, and meet
ing there for the first time, ]. Mat
thew McCord, 6S years old, of Wat
erloo, and Mrs. Rebecca Holloway, 55
years old, of Webster City, were mar
ried.
Fire destroyed the Rock Island
depot and E. D. Jones & Sons eleva-
tor at Oxford, burning $4,000 bushels
Of grain. The loss probably will be
$1,000, and the insurance on the ele-
vator $1,000. Nearby livery barn
and lumber yards were saved after
hard fight.
A movement has been started to
change the date and location OF the
annual encampment Of the Iowa de-
partment of the United Spanish
American War Veterans to Des
Moines for June 9, the date for the
Homecoming week of the veterans OF
the civil war.
The Iowa State kindergarten asso-
citation will hold its annual convention
May 1917 at Cedar Falls. About 200
delegates are expected to attend. Miss
Florence Ward, in lecture on the
"Mme. Montessori System of Child
Education" will be one of the big fea-
lures of the convention.
Raymond Repp, Of Abba, a high
school boy of the class of 1913, has
surprised his friends by marrying
Miss Goldie Bowman and the couple
will remain there till he graduates
from high school, when they will 60
to Melrose, where they will make their
home on the groom's fathers farm.
Mrs. Angeliki Margiori, a maid in
a Waterloo hotel, went to war on bed
bugs which she feared were in a mat
tress, and as result she is confined
to her bed, suffering from serious
burns on her arms and legs. The
gasoline used on wire mattress be-
came ignited and she was enveloped
in flames.
While dressing a chicken recently
Mrs. A: T. Wilkins of Tabor found in
the fowls gizzard lump of shining
metal which aroused her curiosity. It
was about the size Of the end Of her
finger and looked like gold. She kept
it and when Mr.. wilkins made trip
to the city he showed it to jeweler,
who pronounced it pure gold.
Leonard Weber, aged 10 years, son
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Weber, died
at the home Of his parents in Water
loo from lockjaw, which had set in
following his vaccination a few days
ago. The little fellow had been play
ing about until just day or so be-
fore his death, when in some way the
wound became infected, with the fatal
result. .
Dick York of Atlantic, local pop