Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1916-10-20


near Marengo for $S5,SS0, Or $3.50 per
acre.
Christian Schernau, aged z, of Day.
export, was killed when run. down by
an auto.
A new land price was set near West
Liberty when farm was sold for $275
per acre.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. r. st. John of Rice
Vile celebrated their fiftieth wedding
anniversary.
Lieut.. Carl Beatty, formerly of Iowa,
is reported killed in France during an
aerial battle.
Rev. Edmund Warning, of Oska-
loosa, aged 80, former Methodist min
lister, is dead.
/ James Kennedy, ST., aged 80, pio-
neer settler of Harrison county, is
dead at Logan.
School at Yorktown was dismissed
on account Of hail storm which
: broke 26 windows,
I ]. C. Sloan of Sioux City committed
suicide by throwing himself in front
of passenger train.
/ William Craig Wilcox, dean of the
college of liberal arts at Iowa uni
versity died at Iowa City.
+ ]. w. Albright, member Of q bridge
crew near Perry, was injured when he
fell 20 feet from bridge.
1 Only six out of 700 men at Iowa
university have asked to be excused
from military instruction.
Cleo Jeffries, aged 6, of Usage. lost
a finger when her hand became en-
tangled in grind-stone.
Thieves broke into the postoffce and
q drug store at Hawarden and Becured
about SIS from both places.
] John Harter, near DEBORAH. picked
200 quarts of everbearing Strawberries
/ which he sold at fancy prices.
J Clarence Ward, aged %, Of Du-
buque, narrowly escaped drowning
when he fell in the Mississippi.
/ ]. X. Salverson, of Sioux City is dead
as result of eating meat sandwich
which caused ptomaine poisoning.
| Robert Englund, aged N22, of Cla-
| rinda, was sentenced to 25 years at
! Anamosa for marrying his sister.
Earl Whitehill of Shenandoah was
injured when he drove a Ford car into
/ Q rope stretched across the street.
A compressed air tank in the Larson,
! garage at Calender exploded, injuring
two men and wrecking several autos.
| Nine firemen were burned, some
seriously, at Waterloo, when gas vat
in a cleaning establishment exploded.
I Four autoists at Iowa City were in
1 jured when big touring car made
sharp turn and broke steering gear.
| The number of automobile licenses
registered up to date in Iowa Is 49,
/ O19, or one to every IL persons In the
state.
Mrs. A. J. Dunaway Of McGregof
and her two children were drowned
| in Burch Lake, near Miami, Aris, while
on trip.
Three switchmen at Cedar Rapids
! had a narrow escape from death when
| a bolt of lightning threw them from
their engine.
A wedding at Clarinda was halted
by the sheriff who had received infor-
nation that the groom-to-be was al
ready married.
| William Williamson, aged 40, OF
/ Clayton, ILL.,, surrendered himself at
Sioux City, saying he had deserted
flcom the U. 8. army.
R, w. Howard, chief engineer Of the
Perry Packing company, at Perry. was
killed when his neck was broken In
fall from . platform.
Phyllis Franks, aged 9. of Shenan-
doah, underwent an operation for the
removal of button that had been In
her nose for several years.
Ninety tons of coal were carried
from a school building at Shenandoah
following several CONGREGATIONS start
ed by spontaneous combustion.
Harry Kilgore of Creston was killed
when his foot became entangled In q
| stirrup while riding horse and he
was dragged quarter of a mile.
The baby daughter of Rudolph
Wallin of Stanton was injured when
she took a knife from a table. put it
in her mouth, then fell on her face.
BENJAMIN Cornell Reynold, one Of
the Oldest residents of Des Moines, is
dead at the age Of 81. He has twin
sons who are over 70 years Of age.
Chicken thievery is being carried on
near Waterloo by the aid of automo-
biles. 1t is estimated that 1000 head
of poultry have been taken in this
way.
Homer Ref, fireman on the Rock
Island, was found dead on the track
near Muscatine. 1t is believed he was
brushed from the cab by bridge sup
port.
Oscar Goodman, aged 70, Of Sioux
City, who entered the employ Of the
Northwestern railroad in 1866, has
been retired on a pension of SIS per
month.
E. o. Wilson, aged so, of Upton, had
his arm temporarily paralyzed when
his hand came in contact with fur
mace pipe that had become charged
from an electric wire.
Attnrnov Martin Rarrett aged 40 Of