Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1916-09-01
Tie Knoxville Girls ,and was .ea.

Addison Tipte, near Belle PLANE,
sold his farm of Psi acres for $1,000.
Ole Nelson, aged 80, was found dead
on the railroad tracks near Sioux City.
Mrs. Florence Jones shot and in
stantly killed her husband at Ottum-
wa.
Eulala Haas, a little girl at FIT. Mad.
ison, died as result Of an auto acct.
dent
Thomas Rosenmerkle Of Kingsley
died as a result of being kicked by q
horse.
The Holy Ghost Catholic church.
costing 100000, was dedicated at Du-
buque.
John Olson, a contractor at Rock
Rapids, had his left hand torn of in
q planer.
Five persons were injured at Iowa
City when two autos met in head-on
collision.
J. Rohner, wealthy farmer near
Perry, was injured when his car went
into ditch.
George Rider, aged 60, died while he
was conversing with friend about
the hot weather.
After becoming the parents of u
children, Martin v. Essex and wife are
seeking a divorce.
William Elder, aged %, of Fairfield,
was seriously hurt during quarrel
with Clarence Tibbs.
The Garfield Lumber company at
Cedar Rapids sustained o loss by fire
to the amount Of 100000.
The Iowa Library commission has
sent $50 books to Brownsville, Texas,
for Iowa militiamen to read.
c. J. Anderson, farmer near Mt.
Sterling, was killed during quarrel,
being struck with a bed Stat.
Burglars entered the home Of DR..
Fred Powers of Waterloo and secured
several hundred dollars worth Of
jewelry.
Mike Lerman, near Laurel, has
rented farm for five years for s2,475
cash, or $3.50 per acre per year for
$50 acres.
The young women applicants this
year at Grinnell college number fifty
more than there is room for in the
dormitories.
Two highwaymen attempted to hold
up Chief of Police Jackson at Des
Moines. One was shot by the chief but
both escaped.
c. o. Anderson. shop employee at the
Northwestern shops at Boone, was
killed when he came in contact with
circular saw.
Clarence Chelswig, aged 10, near
Nevada, was scalded to death when he
became caught between a steam trac-
tor and . separator.
Hugh Mitchell Of Grinnell shot and
wounded large gray eagle near Wall
Lake, and is now nursing it back to
life and training it for a pet.
Mrs. Walter Davies near McGregor.
discovered large black snake in her
hen coop which has been taking all
the eggs for more than a week.
Charles w. Gadell, traffic officer in
Milwaukee, Wis, was run down and
killed by Haynes Bunker of Cedar
Rapids, while driving a motor car.
Matt McCook of Riceville was elect
ed president Of the Iowa Association
for the Advancement Of the Deaf, at
their convention held in Des Moines.
w. c. Hutchins Of Sioux City was
held up and robbed Of watch and
$1.00 in cash while several persons
passed, but did not know what was
going on.
A little daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Richard Cosselink, aged 6, was badly
burned when she ran in line of some.
scalding water that was thrown from
the kitchen.
Wayne Fletcher, hurt in a motor
cycle accident at Des Moines, was un-
conscious for los hours. Although his
skull was fractured, he is on the road
to recovery.
Frank Pellet Of Atlantic, state bee
inspector, states that Iowa will have
a big honey crop this year, there being
plenty of white clover for the bees
to work on.
Two brothers at Red Oak bet five
dollars on which would be married
first; then each put his bride-to-be in
an auto and raced to Council Bluffs
for the license.
William Flanagan and Arthur Liver
more, who escaped from the prison
camp at Cherokee, decided that prison
life was better than being free and
returned to the camp.
Jock Robbins, pacing stallion,
known as The Guideless Wonder"
because of his ability to run race
track without driver or guide, died on
a farm near Jefferson.
Sioux City recently passed an ordin-
ance demanding that all autos discard
banners and pennants. The ordinance
is causing considerable trouble for
motorists from nearby towns.
James Dodson, of Dubuque, who was
as bald as billiard ball." was thrown
from an auto striking his head against
a telephone pole, and as result hair
Is growing on the injured head.