Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1914-12-18

A mad dog made trip through Ar
cadia township and left trail Of
rabies in it's wake. ut was noticed he
snapped at hogs and cattle as he
passed through fields and feed lots
A number of hogs have acted queerly
since and the veterinarian has ad-
Judged them affected with rabies.
Delbert Davy. 10 years of age, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Lou Davy of New
London, fell from the roof Of the
partially constructed NJ. E. church to
the basement, distance of 80 or 40
feet. He sustained broken back, sew
eral broken ribs and other terrible
injuries and his recovery is matter
of doubt.
A fall from chair caused the death
of Mrs. Bridget Nolan. aged Sc, at
Davenport. She had been in the hos
pital for several months previously
to coming to her sons home at Daven-
port. In some manner she slipped out
of an invalids chair to the floor. the
shock proving fatal in her enfeebled
condition.
Down and cutters were given 8
turkey dinner Thanksgiving day by
the Wall street mission in Sioux City.
! Over 400 homeless partook OF the
feast which was served in courses
Food for the dinner was mostly sent
! by the business men and families OF
the city. Chickens predominated In
the donations.
Mrs. Peter Welsh of Mason City fell
down stairs and was burned to death
when her clothing caught fire from
the explosion of kerosene lamp In
her bedroom. Her husband was look
: ing for a blanket to wrap around her
when she ran to the stairs and plunged
headlong. She was dead when he
picked her up.
On Thanksgiving day while at
school Cecil Hodges of Greenfield met
with a very serious accident. He was
whiting with his pocket knife when
another boy ran against him in such
q manner as to cause the small blade
! of the knife to enter his body full
length above the abdomen. causing
serious wound.
Andrew Johnson, restaurant pro-
! prietor in the town of Rembrandt. in
Buena Vista county, ended his life by
taking a dose of poison. After taking
a large enough quantity to kill. he told
his daughter he had taken the dose.
but she believed he was joking until
signs appeared. and he died in few
moments. He was SO years old.
Burglars broke into the home Of
Mrs. E. C. Russell at Corning three
weeks ago and stole a valuable set Of
jewelry. consisting of gold breast
| pin and two gold earrings. all set with
| fine amethyst settings. The next morn
| ing the jewelry was returned in mys-
| FERROUS manner. Mrs. Russell has
owned the jewelry for forty years.
Lee Herbold, aged 40, farmer OF
| Eden township, ran an auto he was
driving off the road and it rolled down
! an embankment. causing his death. A
young man named Huffaker, neigh
Dor of Herbold, who was with him.
jumped from the car and escaped in
Jury. The auto fell across Herbold's
body in such way as to cause suffo-
cation.
Sweeping reforms in the prison sys-
| tenn in Iowa and change in the road
dragging laws will be urged by At
torney Cosson before the 36th Cen
eral Assembly which begins January
| 12. Attorney General Cosson will urge
that a sufficient number Of custodial
farms be established to enable every
county to place it's prisoners out of
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Practically every gardener in the
vicinity Of Cedar Falls this year has
harvested an extra crop OF vegetables.
An unusual sight for this time of year
is the wild crab-apple trees in blossom
along the Cedar. Other fruit trees
about Cedar Falls have been bud
ding" for the last few weeks. Reports
OF second crops of small fruits here
about have been numerous the past
few weeks.
Leon H. Mckee. a fireman on the
river, aged %, hanged himself in the
police station at Burlington. The
young man strangled himself by tie
ing his silk handkerchief to the cross
bar OF the door about four feet from
the floor. When found his body was
hanging from the moose with his legs
extending out into the middle of the
cell. He had been arrested on an
assault charge.
Starting at daylight 70 men with %
teams cribbed 727 bushels of corn by
Ii o'clock in the morning at the home
of John Sims, farmer near Shenan-
doah, who is in Red Oak at hospital.
1t is feared that Mr.. Sims will lose
his eyesight as the result of an acct
dent about a week ago when a piece
of nail he was cutting into flew into
his eve. The neighbors arranged the
husking party to save his corn crop.
Modale suffered a mad dog scare
| which it is hoped will prove only
scare. A dog was found running
around mad and before it could be
killed it had bitten fourteen other
dogs. A chase was Immediately