Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1916-05-26

Keoluk gas and electric rates Vim

Keokuk gas and electric rates will
be reduced July 1.
vinton is to vote on 100000 school
building proposition.
Iowa City councilmen have put q
ban on street carnivals.
Free city mail delivery will b
established at Colfax June 20.
H. b. Albery, q Story county pio-
neer, died at Nevada, aged 81 years.
Kenneth Bender, aged z years. was
drowned at Mason City, while fishing
The Sioux Valley hospital Is to be
erected at Cherokee at q cost OF $685.
900.
A horse belonging to DR.. Gardner,
Of Wellman, died at the age OF %
years.
Fifty Mt. Ayr citizens petitioned the
state auditor to have the city books
audited.
During April the state treasurer re-
csived 100000 in taxes from %
counties.
Arthur sisam. q Cedar Rapids real
estate dealer, aged Sc, dropped dead
on q train.
Some Iowa farmers claim that hogs
gain two pounds per day when Ted
burnt corn.
The Shell Rock Valley Telephone
company has installed q new $4,000
switchboard.
W. "A. Gardner. president Of the Chi
caeo & Northwestern railroad, died In
Massachusetts,.
Henry Rein. wealthy Keokuk dairy
owner, suicided by cutting his throat
He had been Ill.
Albert Grinna. young DEBORAH
farmer, was found dead under his
overturned auto.
A little son Of Frank Elliott, Of
Bronson, was critically injured by the
assault Of ram.
improvements to the amount Of $685.
900 are to be added to the Bradford
hotel at Storm Lake.
ADes Moines court has allowed the
continued exhibition Of the films of
"A Birth of Nation"
! John H. Richmond, staff photog-
rapher of the Cedar Rapids Gazette.
was found dead in his home.
Ira Ballain, an Emerson farmer,
gathered 12O dozen eggs in six days,
receiving 10 cents per dozen.
It is believed that Charles Pothast.
of Manson, will lose his right foot by
having it caught in tractor.
G. D. Bent, Of Columbus City, on his
Goth birthday, April 80. made his will
and signed it without glasses.
A dog at Hastings killed over one
hundred rats in less than an hour
where q barn was being moved.
A Roosevelt for President Club"
has been organized at Cedar Falls
with q charter membership Of $50.
John Dineen, ex-commissioner OF
public safety, has sued the Sioux City
Tribune for $4,000, alleging libel.
Gerald Minney, Of McGregor, aged
II years. died from lockjaw, caused
by stepping on Z: nail while ktwork.
Daniel Clark, aged so, Correction
Vile farmer. died from the effects Of
being struck by circus train at Sioux
City.
BY falling into q pan Of scalding
water, q two-year old son Of r. J.
Woodland, was fatally injured at Oska-
1oosa.
A Marshalltown woman was fined
800 and given q sentence Of two
months in Jail on the charge OF boot
lessing.
Washington county supervisors will
experiment with oiling highways to
determine whether such . method is
feasible.
Mrs. Frank Mundy was shot and in
stantly killed at Des Moines by her
husband, who was Jealous Of his
brother.
Donald Newmotter, Of Dubuque,
aged IL, was drowned while playing
on an improvised raft Of boards on the
Mississippi.
The jewelry store Of c. w. Sawyers,
at Council Bluffs, was wrecked by the
explosion of gas tank which was be-
ing charged.
Miss Maggie Downs, Of Wapello,
aged 80, broke her arm, and owing to
her advanced age. died as result Of
the accident.
In order to avoid striking boy,
John Kolb drove his auto through a
plate glass window at Dubuque. No
one was injured.
Peter Johnson, of Clinton, aged 2S.
a Northwestern brakeman, fell from
his train between Lowden and Clar-
sence and was killed.
Mrs. Mary Mills, Of Perry, thoug''
80 years old, is busily engaged in piec-
ing a quilt of difficult design. She
enjoys excellent health.
Roland Freeburg while inspecting a
sand plant at Ottumwa, fell 40 feet
ointo the Des Moines river from q
trestle and was drowned.
Elk. McMartin, Macedonia farmer.
had his leg broken so that the bones
protruded through the flesh by being
caught in a corn cutter.