Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1916-06-02

organized.
Logan hunters advocate bounty fol
hawk killing.
About half the business portion oil
Menlo burned.
Nevada is erecting $4,000 high
school building.
Alonzo Franklin, Of Algona, reached
104 years on May 8.
Mrs. Eliza A. Olney, of Knoxville. Is
nearly IS years Of age.
A number of cattle at Sidney have
died from hydrophobia.
A government rife club has been
organized at Graettinger.
Burglars secured $50 by blowing a
meat market safe at Portsmouth.
Chicken thieves have been operating
in the vicinity of Council Bluffs.
A paint manufacturing plant at Iowa
City burned with loss Of $4,000.
Ross Donna, a Centerville Italian
merchant, was killed in runaway.
An Ames chiropractor was fined
$500 for practicing without license.
The Elks' annual state convention
will be held at Davenport June 20-21.
Insurance totaling $4,000 has been
paid to losers by the recent Iowa City
fire.
A country club has been organized
at Vinton, which will use 40 acres Of
land.
Yarrow Daniel Wesley, Of Iowa
City, has been appointed a West Point
cadet.
Burglars robbed the Northwestern
station at Jefferson Of 500 by blowing
the safe.
Clinton Odd Fellows are to erect a
three story brick and steel home in
that city.
Floyd Sensor. highly respected cit
izen At Independence, su1cided by
drowning.
Ruth Terril, aged 10. drowned in Ce-
dar river at Waverly by the capsizing
of a canoe.
A three year old son OF John Weise,
of Gilmore City. was drowned In q
water tank.
Thomas O'Keefe, aged IS, died on
the street at Fl. Dodge while returning
from church.
The corner stone Of the new Lyon
county court house has been laid at
Rock Rapids. SCI
Burlington contractors have granted
the demand of $50 carpenters for a
CLOSED shop"
State news is to be given out to $50
towns in Iowa from the wireless sta
ton at Ames.
Ben White, Of Monticello, aged S..
dropped dead in a sty where he had
gone to feed pigs.
The Mapleton Methodist church
doubled its membership during the
year ending May I.
The Ford Motor company IL to erect
. 100000 building and employ 1000
men 1T Des Moines.
At the Waterloo Cattle Congress
Holstein sale $17,255 was realized for
So high grade cattle.
Floyd Weaver, Of Coin, was sent to
the penitentiary for i've years for
stealing an automobile.
Mrs. Mary Weisbruch, Of IT. Madi-
son, was buried In her wedding gown.
first worn 63 years ago.
Michael Emerson, Of Extra, lost the
sight of an eye when It was punctured
BY hat pin at funeral.
Andrew Burgert Of Primghar had
his left ear cut on when . team At
tached to disc ran away.
Levi D. Woder, q pioneer Of Iowa
City and Parnell, was killed in . run
away accident in Canada. :.
A monument and tablet marking tho
site of the original ]. B. Grinnell home.
was dedicated ut Grinnell.
Reinbeck has voted to maintain
public library in a building to be pro-
vided by Andrew Carnegie.
A stranger tried to rob the Leeds
post office, but was driven OF BY q
clerk armed with = revolver.
]. T. Seitsinges. an Iowa City milk
man, was awardsF $1,000 damages for
being struck by = street car.
Four sons of Silas Ross at Washing
ton have not missed single Sunday
school service in four years.
A Shenandoah woman becoming
confused, backed her automobile
through a plate glass store window.
Sheep to the number of 436 are being
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Des Moines in place Of using lawn
mowers.
BENJAMIN Baker, Of Columbus juno
ton, when seized with fafnting fit,
fell into Monkey Run creek and was
drowned.
The strike of 400 miners at Melcher
arose over dispute concerning the
grade NJ nowder thew should use in
their work.
Dubuque office occupants have been
asked to place foliage plant in their
windows to improve the appearance
of the streets.
A young boa constructor 3h feet
long was found in bunch OF bananas
at Keokuk The bananas came from
South America.
William r. Zollicoffer was almost