Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-12-10
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killed in runaway accident.
The State Teachers association, with
an attendance of $500, held their an
nual gathering in Des Moines.
! Thirteen gallons of whisky were
confiscated in a raid on the office Of
| DR.. Hughes S. Dechen, at Iowa City.
He was fined $1,000 by Judge r. p.
! Howell.
To stimulate interest in getting cleo
tricity from Shenandoah or some other
point for the use Of the people Of 1mo-
gene, Father Hayes has offered to do
nate $1,000 if the town will vote the
remainder.
An intensive study Of the suffrage
question from all angles will be given
much time by the Eleventh District
Federation of Women's clubs ct Sac
City. Reports Of the clubs will be
given much time.
The little daughter Of an Allamakee
township farmer named Opfer suffered
I q shocking accident while running .
cream separator. A braid Of hair
caught In the handle Of the machine,
tearing all the hair OF her head.
Fred Powers. Of Cherokee, charged
with the shooting Of Mural Conley. .
high school boy and member ef the
! football team. has been indicted. The
grand jury returned three bills against
William Reddington. Of Sioux City.
Waterloo has been chosen from .
list Of thirty middle west towns as
the most truly representative Amer
ican city. Stanley Dennis. Of the edi-
torial staff of System, the business
magazine, has made the statement and
| is preparing an article for publica-
ton later in the year.
F. G. Sherman, of Superior, Wis,
was fatally injured when an automo-
bile driven by A. Adams. Mason City,
struck him as he was going along the
road between Nevada and Gearing.
Sherman was riding motorcycle. His
ribs were broken and he was internal
ly injured.
The one room school houses death
knell was spoken at the state conven-
ton Of county superintendent at Des
Moines. Miss Maude Wakefield. of
Story county, said the one room school
house no longer meets the demands
Of the present day any more than
would team of oxen on the farm.
Strickland and Strickland, Of Man
chester. have discovered vast bed of
soft coal under the surface Of the
ground Of one of their holdings. 1t
is probable that q company will be
1 M t1~n I'D &c
estimated that a vast amount Of the
"blizzard beater" lies underneath the
ranch.
The big Brunswick plant ct Dubuque
has received . million dollar contract
for photograph cabinets. That means
good work 1T good wages for . num-
yeber Of extra men for IN extended De-
lriod. 90 It Il not ct all likely that the
contract will call for the early delivery
Of more than . small amount Of the
big order.
Mrs. Eliza Ronge. OF Davenport, mar
rowly escaped death whom she was
overcome by gas fumes from . stove
in the kitchen of her home. The lung
motor recently purchased by the city
for the use Of the police department
was sent to the scene Immediately
and after several hours work, the
aged woman was revived.
Capitalists Of Iowa Falls are plan
ming to erect within very short time
q modern hotel on the site Of the old
Central house In the railroad section
Of the city. The old building will be
wrecked within very short time pre-
paratory to the excavation for the new
building, which will be modern in
every way and cost in the neighbor-
hood Of $4,000.
Mrs. Ralph Norton. who. with her
husband, 10 engaged in evangelistic
work among the soldiers in London,
has experienced the hazards Of the
German Zeppelins recently. Writing
to friends in Manchester, she says
that bombs have been thrown in close
proximity of the hotel where she and
her husband have their headquarters,
much damage having occurred.
After being put off the front end
of Rock Island freight train between
Albert Lea and Northwood. gang Of
tramps fired into the caboose of the
trains as it passed and terrorized a
crowd of harvest hands who were pas
sengers When rounded up at Glen
vile by posse. one of the hoboes
tried to escape and was shot and Sc
riously wounded by one Of the posse.
Tom Rickabaugh. . farmer of near
Otley, is in serious condition as the
result of runaway Of the team he
was driving. He was thrown from
the wagon, and his left arm so Sc
verely injured that 1t had to be ampu-
tated. The fall injured him inter-
nally, and the shock of the amputa-
ton left him in a very critical condi-
ton.
Wearing red sweater came near
proving the undoing Of Ralph Faber.
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