Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1916-10-06


for the erection of an insane hospital
Charles R. Fowler of vinton sold
424 porkers for $4,000, or $1,000 per
cwt.
Lloyd Sherman, a lad Of II, Of Den
ison, was shot while hunting water
melons.
The high school building at Grin
nell was broken into and robbed OF
ten cents.
Peter Reilly is the oldest man in Ft.
Dodge, having lived there for sixty
five years.
Miss Irene Tidmarsh. aged 10. Of
Lehigh. died after swallowing car
bolic acid.
Mrs. w. A. Moore. near Leon. was
killed when kicked in the abdomen by
q playful colt.
Fire on the D. w. Jones farm near
Iowa City destroyed buildings to the
extent Of $500.
Target practice for rife teams will
start In the new armory at Iowa State
college, at Ames.
A Waterloo man must serve nine
days in Jail for forcing 12-year-old
boy to drink whisky.
A team of horses near Dumont was
attacked and stung to death by a
swarm of angry bees.
John Foggy Of Iowa Falls was in
stantly killed when a ditch in which
he was working. caved in.
Some of the industries at the Fl.
Madison prison are handicapped, on
account of the lack of men.
Geo. Racki. aged IS, miner at Ora
labor, was struck and killed by q
Northwestern passenger train.
The post office at Polk City was
broken into and the safe robbed Of
5000 in currency and stamps.
Mrs. Barney Vannoy, near Holstein.
was killed when an auto in which she
was riding collided with another.
Dubuque Commercial club will
stage fair and exposition the week
of October 2. at cost of $4,000.
Lynn Plowman, farmer near Let's,
was seriously injured when buggy
he was driving collided with another.
Urbanus Bender. wife and two chill
dren, of Nevada, left for South Africa.
where they will become missionaries.
The car barns and freight station Of
the Waterloo, Cedar Falls and North
ern at Cedar Falls, were destroyed by
fire.
L. A. Reinig and Jud Berger Of To-
ledo were fatally hurt near Tama
when their auto struck a passenger
train.
Frank Setback Of st. Ansgar, near
Usage, has just sold his crop Of thirty
acres of cabbage to a Chicago firm
for $1,000.
The Old United Presbyterian church
built 4S years ago, at st Charles, was
sold. A fine new $4,000 brick church
will be erected.
A Joliet match factory has pur-
chased large amount of Eastwood at
Buckingham to use in the manufac-
ture Of matches.
The records in the office Of State
Board Of Health shows there have
been 153 cases of infantile paralysis
in Iowa since June.
Robbers attempted to open the safe
in the Exchange bank at Leroy, but
succeeded in breaking the post office
safe and securing $3.50.
Mrs. P. C. Durham, Mrs. A. D. Jones
and Mrs. NJ. Barrett of Logan were in
jured when an auto in which they
were riding turned turtle.
A. F. Gilbert of Grinnell was fatally
hurt when struck by a brick which
was thrown by a fellow workman,
with the intention Of hitting another.
Clinging to the pilot of locomotive,
Fireman Allan Mcintosh saved the life
of two-year-old child. who was play
ing on the track in front Of the engine.
Miss Anna B. Lawther Of Dubuque
was elected president of the Iowa
Equal Suffrage association, succeed
ing Miss Flora Dunlap of Des Moines
Just fifty years ago, Joseph A. Lat
inner of Shenandoah purchased land
in that vicinity for S. per acre. He
would not sell it now for $3.50 per
acre.
Tom Wilder, president OF the Iowa
company of Cedar Rapids.
now in the hand Of receiver, was ar
rested charged with completely In
frauds.
Michael Kelley, director Of the
engine company at Dubuque, was
badly beaten up by hold-up men. after !
they discovered he had no money on !!
his person.
Four sons of Story county mother.
Mrs. Chestnut Of Ames, all musicians,
have enlisted in the Canadian hos /
pital service for work on European |
battle-fields
A new type of bee hive has been in !
vented by c. E. Bartholomew Of the |
Iowa State college. which is said to ,
produce harvest several times larger !
than the ordinary hive.
NJ. P. Ranister of Waterloo arrived /