Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-10-29

Harry Brucklacher. his son, Thee
dore, Hiram Wolken and Russell Ru-
benbauer, all of Dillon, and Emmett
Rubenbauer, Of LeGrand, all were In
jured in an automobile accident In the
Lincoln highway southeast of Mar
shalltown. The machine turned turtle
when a rear and front tire on one
side blew out.
Mrs. John Balik, of Cedar Rapids,
mother of fourteen children, all under
II, left fatherless a month ago when
Balik was killed by falling under
train, has made application Tor a
widows pension. This is said to be
the largest family Of children ever to
come under the provision of this act.
The pension was granted.
David E. Peck, of Emerson Heights.
has reported to the police the theft OF
suitcase containing bible and some
religious papers. Mr.. Peck told a de-
tective he believed q friend stole the
suitcase in the hope Of discouragine
him in his religious work. Mr.. Peck
has been interested in the revival
work Of the Holiness mission at Sioux
City:
Flames wiped out thirty tons Of hay
and completely destroyed large barn
on the property of Joseph King at
Summit. The,loss Is in excess Of $500
partially covered BY insurance. Val
liable machinery and implements were
lost in the fire. The origin OF the
blaze ID unknown, the owner having
left the barn shortly before the flames
burst into view.
Mrs. John Eberhardt choked to
death at her home in Buffalo. She had
suffered from bronchial trouble for
several months and this is believed to
have brought on the choking spell. Mr..
Eberhardt was awakened - he heard
her strangle and Immediately called
. doctor but ~ he arrived Mrs. Eber-
hardt was breathing her last. Her
husband survives with seven children.
Harry Crossman. one Of the promi-
nent farmers near Nashua. met with .
painful accident. He was assisting o.
D. Yetters in filling the silo and was
driving the corn binder. The machine
became clogged and in trying to clean
it out he caught the middle finger OF
the left hand in the gearing. crushing
it badly. Frank Smith was passing at
the time and he took Mr.. Crossman to
a doctors Office where the finger was
removed below the first joint.
Richard Smell, the Clinton, ILL.,. CAPT.
In OF
in Fl. Dodge. has decided to erect
new six-story building west of the
Wahkonsa hotel, on upper Central
avenue. The lower three stories Of
the building will be utilized for store
rooms and theater with seating
capacity Of 700 persons. the upper
three floors will form an annex to the
Wahkonsa hotel which has lately been
added to the Warden string.
Paddy Fargo. an express horse that
drinks beer and eats onions, has been
taken to San Francisco to participate
in a parade in connection with the
Panama Pacific exposition. Paddy has
drawn an express wagon in Sioux City
for many years. He fell from grace
when he made route that called for
the delivery Of packages to saloons
each morning for several years. Bar
tenders used to give him beer. and
soon afterwards he showed an ex-
IRENE fondness for onions.
Lewis Reinking, age %. of Boone.
has been fatally injured. He was
walking along the c. & N. w. tracks
near the stock yards and coming to-
ward the station. He was on the east
bound track but got too close to the
west bound track and was struck by
the pilot beam of the engine on No. Is.
He was taken to the Eleanor Moore
hospital where he died. The unfor-
tunate man was single and lived at
1924 Fourth street. He was employed
as a car repairer by the C. & N. W.
At the w. NJ. Powell farm, in East
Waterloo township, lightning struck
the barn and killed three horses and
a colt. The bolt entered the building
and followed the manger, but did not
ignite the building. A daughter Of Mr..
Powell. who had been feeding the