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ington for 50 years, is dead.
Richard Steward, near Harlan, sold
his 12O acre farm for $3.50 per acre.
Fire destroyed the general mer.
chandise store at La Motto, near Du.
buque.
James Henry, a farmer near AL.
toona, was injured when run over by
a hay rack.
Bessie Mitchell, aged 10, Of Keokuk
was drowned while swimming in the
Mississippi.
The body of Brakeman Schultz, who
fell off an eastbound train, was found
near Logan.
Fully 5000 persons attended the
Luther League convention held al
Eagle Grove.
William Ruse Of Boone was shot
and Harold Davenport is charged with
the shooting.
The body OF Frank Lercher, who
had been missing from Dubuque, was
found in the river.
]. Rohner, farmer near Perry, had
seven ribs broken when an auto. which
he was driving, upset.
C. w. Hollenbeck of Webster City
was killed when thrown from his
auto, fracturing his skull.
Charles Godfrey, aged sc, Of Perry
was severely injured when drawn into
the jaws Of corn shelter.
Mrs. Jane Kirkwood widow OF
Iowa's former war governor, died at
Iowa City at the age Of 95.
John Esslinger, Jr., aged II, Of Shef-
field, was electrocuted while working
with a crew at New Hampton.
More than one hundred descendants
OF Peter Snider attended a reunion OF
the Snider family at Knoxville.
z. N. Gibbons, baker at Abba, had
his right hand torn off when it be-
came entangled in bread-mixer.
Auto tire thieves made good haul
at the settlers reunion at Redfleld
when they got away with fifty castings
Byron Delaney, aged 40, of Algona,
was dangerously injured when he &C
cidentally shot himself while examin.
ing revolver.
Charles Glover, pioneer resident OF
Oskaloosa, known as Daddy Glover
by nearly every person in Mahaska
county, is dead.
Bruce Axmear, an employee Of lows
City Produce company. Iowa City, was
severely cut when 400 pound piece
Of ice fell on him.
Aura Mason, who was hit by a
pitched ball during game at Oelwein
is dead. He pluckily finished the
game, after being hit.
Mrs. Roy Mann, aged 81, Of Boone,
was shot and killed by her divorced
husband, who then turned the gun on
himself, dying instantly.
Miss Beulah Roudybush and Ed So
botka. near Diagonal, were injured
when an auto in which they were rid
ing fell over an embankment.
|. Franklin county enjoys the distinc-
ton of having the largest number Of
contestants enrolled in the Ames col
lege Boys Baby Beef contest.
Roy McCorkle, aged 10, Of Cedar
Rapids, was killed, and his mother,
Mrs. J. w. McCorkle, was seriously in
jured when their auto overturned.
Louis Hermer, a laborer near Du-
buque, was killed when he stepped of
one railroad track to avoid q train.
and was hit by one on another track.
According to q report OF the State
Board of Health there has been in
fantile paralysis in "a counties in
Iowa, and there has been so far seven
deaths.
Ben Chapman. employed at an
amusement park near Nevada, was
severely burned when gasoline in .
pressure lamp became ignited and ex-
ploded.
r. A. Blodgett of Sioux City, con-
struction foreman, was seriously in
jured at Denison when he fell into a
large reservoir which is under con-
struction.
Raymond Lager Of Mason City was
only slightly injured when heavy
road tractor passed over his head, due
to the fact that his head rested In
soft sand.
Tom Lewis, fagman at Waterloo
can make anything with jacknife
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recently made library table with an
inlaid top.
Miss Vera Poole, aged Is, Of Toledo,
was killed, and four others seriously
injured, when an auto went dead on
hill and backed down q twelve-foot
embankment.
Robert Lands, cafe proprietor of
Sioux City, had his wife arrested
charged with robbing the till Of $500.
The judge ruled that wife cannot
steal from her husband.
A bull valued at $4,000 died while
being transferred from Independence
to the Iowa State Fair grounds. 1t be-
longed to the State hospital. Excess
sive heat is given as the cause.
J. E. Houghland, resident Of Eldon,
has applied for a patent on a motor
for the generation Of electricity for
rural communities, claiming he can