Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1916-10-13
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killed by bolt of lightning.
Horse thieves have been at work In
the vicinity of Missouri Valley.
Thirty-five acres Of land has beer
added to the city at Iowa Falls.
The Lake laundry at Marion was de-
stroyed by fire at loss Of $4,000.
Andrew Pappen, aged "a. neal
Charles City, was killed by lightning
Nine Of litter of twelve pigs near
Bonaparte died from the stings OF q
swarm Of bees.
A large tabernacle and several
houses at Diagonal were demolished
during q tornado.
The new Campus Methodist church
has been organized at Ames with an
enrolment OF los.
Schaelzle's drug store at Dubuque
was entered and robbed Of a large
amount of dope"
C. S. Shanklin, postmaster at Mar
ion, shot himself, after finding his
accounts short 5000.
In test taken at Iowa City, It was
found that the water at Marshalltown
contains typhoid bacteria.
Steps have been taken to condemn
Lambs Grove, near Newton, q sixty
acre tract, for municipal park.
Several cows died near Iowa City
from drinking creek water into which
cement mixture had been poured.
During a class scrap Of students
near Bronson, ammonia was used to
halt the attack Of the freshmen.
A new consolidated school was
opened near Waterloo with an enroll
ment of 200. The school cost $50, 900.
Ground has been staked of for the
foundation Of the new hospital to be
erected at Iowa State college at Ames.
Arthur Falls, aged 2S, q native OF
Melbourne, Australia, was killed on
the Northwestern tracks near Council
Bluffs.
The Ellsworth block at Iowa Falls
was destroyed by fire and considerable
damage done to two stores occupying
the rooms.
The citizens of Dorchester have
pledged $4,000 for the building of
new railroad to connect them with the
outer world.
Ninety-nine high school students at
Clarinda went on a "strike" after they
had been refused half-holiday to at
tend circus.
Frank Dangelo, Of Centerville, was
found guilty of murder in the second
degree, having shot and killed P.
Traxler last June.
Mrs. F. r. Emsminger Of Gilman
narrowly escaped drowning when she
fell into deep cistern. Her muffed
cries brought help.
Harold Fouke and Fred Hasard.
who are working their way through
college. have opened up lunch wagon
on the street at Grinnell.
Ed Young, aged Is, employee Of the
Iowa Railway and Light company ct
Nevada, was electrocuted. 1880 volts
passing through his bOdy.
The Perkins scholarship at Har-
ward. which pays $500 per year for
four years, has been awarded to Carl
Of Shenandoah.
An auto containing five persons was
forced into ditch near Sioux City BY
q 'road hog" Mrs. L. L. Baker of
Hornick was seriously injured.
Dean C. F. Curtiss of the Iowa State
college has returned from q three
trip to Argentine, where he
has been in pure bred live stock work.
Charles Utter, who has been miss
ing from relatives in Patterson, N. j..
for a long time, was found by detec-
tives in Des Moines In destitute cir
District Judge Hubert Utterback at
Des Moines ordered the destruction of
1894 quarts of beer and 720 pints of
whisky which was confiscated at
freight depots
Mrs. c. r. Kennedy of Sioux City is
now reputed worth $2,O00,OOO, through
q purchase Of 1900 acres of Mime
sofa land bought at $40 per acre last
spring. 1t contains iron ore.
Harry Merrill Of Des Moines was
killed when he fell from Rock Is
land passenger train near Minden. He
was beating his way from Council
Bluffs in order to see sick child.
The Iowa Glove company's factory
1t Iowa City was destroyed by fire,
a total Of three glove factories
by fire at Iowa City during
the past fifteen years. The loss was
e25, 900.
]. w. Young and Percy Telly. Ia
borers 1T Des Moines, have asked the
city to take care Of their children,
Who number four and six respec-
lively, saying that 1t II impossible to
support . family on $50 . week.
An Indian cemetery in which 400
burial mounds appear within the
mace of . few hundred yards, has
been discovered near Iowa City. They
we're found along the high bluffs of
The Iowa river and faced the rising
sun.
Mrs. Lille Lewis Of Sewal, an al
legged member Of an insurance swind-
ing band, pleaded guilty in the U. 8.