Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1916-10-13
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| Seven thousand attended the county
picnic held at Council Bluffs.
Fred Warren, aged IL, of Atlantic,
was kicked to death by horses.
The citizens Of Roland dedicated
their new $4,000 school building
Mrs. Robert Hall Of Marshalltown
has seven sons at war In Europe.
Paul schleusig, aged 10. Of Dunlap.
had his arm broken In football
game. E
Albert Nelson, prominent young
farmer near Alden. died Of heart
failure.
The late Margaret Stewart Of suth-
erland left $500 to the local Christian
church. 6
The Congregational church at Iowa
Falls celebrated their sixtieth ami
versary.
John B. Combellick, former business
man Of Sheffield and Allison, Is dead
at Iowa Falls.
Geo. McCabe, farmer near Waukon.
| suffered severe burns when an oil
stove exploded.
Pete Veto, Bulgarian at Mason City.
is being held for. the shooting Of po-
liceman Tageson.
Railroad shops costing 100000
are being erected at Burlington by the
C, B. & @. railroad.
A severe hail storm and high wind
did considerable damage in the VI
cinity Of Dougherty.
Herman Schrieber, aged 80, Of Wal
colt, had his back broken in . fall
from some scaffolding.
A dog at Marshalltown ran amuck,
biting two persons and swapping at .
third before being shot,
Will Arnot Of Wilton was badly in
jured when he lost control OF his auto,
while coming down hill.
The home and farm buildings Of
John Martin. near Nora Springs, were
totally destroyed by fire.
Ben Guertner of Dubuque was seri-
ously injured when he fell from an
engine in the railroad yards.
Edward Scarlet of Keokuk was
found dead in an alley with bullet
hole through his left breast.
Howard Burt Of Marshalltown is
exhibiting six-legged frog, which he
caught while fishing near Clifford.
Stuart Brown Of Marengo had his
neck broken when he attempted to
stand up in a fast moving automobile.
David Pitt, near Logan, suffered a
heavy loss when his barn and fine
team Of horses were destroyed by fire.
Helen Worrell, aged 10, of Waterloo,
was injured when buggy in which
she was riding struck an automobile.
Total taxes raised at Sioux City for
all purposes next year will be $1,575,-
600, the largest in the history Of the
city.
Mrs. Mary Brookhart Of Let's was
painfully injured when she slipped
and fell down q cellarway In her
home.
The boiler at the Iowa Public Serv-
ice company's gas works at Ames
blew up and put out gas jets all over
the city.
G. A. Beason Of Hamburg has q
small English coin that bears the date |
Of 1880, and gold dollar bearing the
date Of 1851.
The faculty Of Iowa City university
has ruled that all social affairs ct the |
university should be closed at 100 |
o'clock q. m.
Irene L. Plat Of TT. Dodge fled suit |
against c. E. Carter for $4,000 for in
juries received in an elevator in the |
Carter building.
The initial number Of the Corn Belt |
Publisher was issued at Denison. 1t
will be the official organ Of the Iowa |
Press Association.
Jewish socialists at Sioux City have |
formed q company to bake and sell |
bread at cost, in order to meet the |
increased cost Of living.
Louis Corbeille, race driver, and his |
mechanic, were injured when q tire |
blew up and threw them over the
fence, during race at Mac0mb.
John Lila, who is employed in
meat market at Vinton, had his arm |
badly burned when the valve on
hog dressing tank" failed to work.
Over sixty automobiles were de-
tanned by two agents from Attorney
General Cosson's office and warned to |
conform with the automobile laws at !
Iowa City,
To save his body from going to the |
State Medical college at Iowa City the |
fellow colored workmen of Mack |
Carter, who was murdered, contrib
uted burial fund.
Travelling vendors of all kinds Of |
drugs from patent cures for the !
farmer to stock conditioner for cattle, |
paid $77,666 to the state in the last |
two years for licenses.
When the officers at Columbus |
Junction went to the city park to |
catch a gang Of crap shooters, the |
engine at the power house stopped and |
all the lights in the city went out, the |
shooters escaping.
When papers paroling Frank Ash |