Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1916-08-04
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church at Fairhc,a.
| Two munmies were unearthed by
miners near Maquoketa.
Chauncev Brown. aged %, was
drowned mar Davenport.
Geo. Bender, prisoner in the Dough-
erty Jail, made his escape.
The first new wheat at Sioux City
was sold for 81 per bushel.
The churches at Eldora are erecting
huge electric welcome signs.
Half dozen fires occurred in Kelly
as a result of crossed wires.
Ross L. Smith, aged 33, near Ba-
tavia, was killed by lightning.
New buildings costing $4,000 are
being erected at Ames college.
Aza Walker, aged 8, was killed by
the kick of horse at Andrew.
John Popevis, near Sioux City, killed
a large wolf in his chicken yard.
Howard Gilmore, aged "a, of Sioux
City, committed suicide at Denver.
Abe C. Brenneman, farmer near
Iowa City, was killed by lightning.
The pGstoffice at Calumet was
robbed of $3.50 in cash and stamps.
/ Katherine Hede, aged 16, was
| drowned at Fraser while swimming.
Thieves stole 300 fine young chick
ems from Thomas Perry, near Perry.
VIM. Taylor of Centerville was badly
| injured when he fell from a haymow.
Oslo Severson, near Usage, died
after being thrown from a load Of hay.
Three Holstein cows were sold from
the Mount Pleasant hospital for $4,000.
Charles Bacchus was killed by his
step-son, Frank Henzen, at Davenport.
L. B. Lee, near Columbus, was badly
bitten by . muskrat while shocking
oats.
Mrs. William Wilkins, one Of the
oldest pioneers of New Hampton, is
dead.
James Braden, aged 20, Of Carson
is dead from the dread disease trichi-
nosis.
Arthur Hlrms, aged 2. of yorktown.
was run over and badly injured by q
horse.
The assembly tent at the Central
City chautauqua was flooded with
water.
Warren Folk, retired farmer of
Humboldt, was killed when run down
by an auto.
Rev. ]. T. Marvin, former pastor of
the Congregational church ut Iowa
City, is dead.
J. W. Stockman, merchant at Burl-
ington, fell from scaffoldfng and
broke his hip.
A we'll 1921 feet deep was recently
completed at Stuart. 1t is the deepest
hole in Iowa soil.
E. G. Stone Of Logan raised on the
average of $1,1OO worth of strawber-
ries from an acre.
Kurt Teichmann, aged p, formerly
of Fl. Dodge, died in the trenches with
the German army.
The silo and barn Of NJ. L. Maxwell,
near Creston, was destroyed by fire
at loss OF $4,000.
The body of Miss Myrtle Foster,
drowned near Muscatine. was found in
the Mississippi river.
Many soft drink dealers were taken
into costody at Keokuk charged with
illegal sale Of liquor.
Cullum & Jeffries. horse dealers at
Centerville. have shipped 1,40O mules
during the past year.
Two farmers, Geo. Frauer and Ru-
dolph Reissen, near Walcott; were
Frustrated by the heat.
Miss Francis McDougall has return.
ed to her home at Charlton, after be-
ing held as spy in Egypt.
Burt Ross was arrested in Ft. Madi-
son and ~ pounds of opium and .
pipe were found in his grip.
Lieutenant R. E. Phinney, formerly
Of Iowa City, has been promoted to
a captaincy in the U. s. army
Albert Nelson of Ft. Dodge was SER
iously hurt when a truck containing
five tons of stucco ran over him.
Russell Findley, aged 3, Of Stan
wood, is dead after being thrown
through the wind shield of an auto.
Geo. Mikish, and sister Sarah, of
Pocahontas, were injured when their
motorcycle collided with an auto.
Ed Meyers, farm hand near Church,
was injured when he walked out Of
second story window in his sleep.
Men from the Ford factory were in
Sioux City looking for favorable site
for a new branch assembling plant.
Ray Potter, junior at Iowa Univers
ity, now serving in the European ar
mics, was wounded in the trenches.
Fl Madison's mayor ordered all
lights to be turned out to forestall the
attack of huge swarms Of mormon
flies.
DR.. C. H. Koon, veterinary surgeon
Of Kingsley, was badly burned when
he upset a can Of I've which got into
his eyes.
Farmers near Council Bluffs find 1t
profitable to haul hogs in auto trucks
since the Iowa Short Line has ceased
operation.
Two boy scouts, Paul Robinson and
Raphael Stringer, Of Edgewood, saved