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buzz saw at River Sioux near Logan
The Main Street Christian church al
Mason City burned with loss of $24,
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Postmaster Mass, of Usage, broke his
collar bone by falling on slippery
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The Leon Electric company has been
granted new franchise for twenty
five years.
Hanover, near Waukon, is to have a
cheese factory 1t will start with the
milk of 400 COWS.
William Brayton, aged IS, was acct
dentally shot and killed while hunting
rabbits at Bancroft.
G.. w. Alexander, Charlton pioneer
lawyer, died from injuries received
from falling down stairs.
Sioux City's first stocker and feeder
show will be held at the stockyards
OIL October 16, II and IS.
Paul Fender, young farm hand at
Sidney, was scalped by having his hair
caught in corn shelter.
Allamakee county is to have another
bank, the Rossville Savings bank, with
a capital stock Of $4,000.
Four hundred Iowa newspapers
were represented at the recent press
convention at Des Moines.
The Oldest Elk in Iowa, Uncle John
M. Phipps, of Shenandoah, was 104
years old St. Valentines day.
The costly bridge of the Council
Bluffs street railway over the Missouri
river was badly damaged by fire.
Harry w. Poor, Council Bluffs res
taurant proprietor, blew out his brains
with a revolver. His wife was present.
Fred w. Esgen, a former wealthy Ell
dora resident, was killed in an auto
mobile accident at Los Angeles, Calf.
A. M. Miners, a German farmer liv-
ing near Denison, was found dead, hav-
ing shot himself while lying on his bed.
Harold E. Klise of Des Moines has
department by Secretary of State
Allen.
The Woodbury. county board of SUI
pervisors awarded the contract for the
100000 court house at Sioux City to
Minneapolis contractors.
Mrs. Florence Dolhart, of Harlan,
administered poison to herself and two
year old son. Both were found dead.
Ill health is the supposed cause.
The attempt of three prisoners to
break from the county Jail at LIE Mars
was frustrated by passerby, who no
ticed them saving the bars with case
knife
Miss Alkaline Garovin of Quebec,
Can, took the vows of Benedictine
Sister at st. Vincent's hospital at Sioux
City. Six young ladies' later took the
white veil.
Mrs. Frances, of Liscomb, aged 80
years, wrote farewell letter to her
sister in Des Moines and then hanged
herself in haym0w. She left three
small children.
Plans have been made to secure an
Of s75O,OOO for the Iowa
Wesleyan college at Mt. Pleasant. The
for raising the money will
start on March II.
Mrs. Arthur Manful, residing near
Traer, has marketed at a local store
IN average of Is pounds of butter ev-
cry week for a year. She has received
$922.87 for the output.
Mrs. John Mallory was chosen the
pastor of the First Free Methodist
church at Council Bluffs. Her appoint
ment marks the first of its sort ever
made in western Iowa.
Mrs. Hans Lilland, of Jewell, while
going out to feed the chickens at her
home in Jewell, slipped on the icy
steps of the back porch and fell, break
ing two bones of the wrist.
Miss Julia Olson, aunt of Mr.. Mag
nus Johnson, of Jewell, fell while car
rying out a pan of ashes to scatter on
the ice-covered sidewalk, breaking
several small bones of the wrist.
Although 81 and Sc years old, re-
spectively, Mr.. and Mrs. LaSalle Corn
wall, Of Des Moines, are studying arith-
metic, geography and grammar in the
West High night school three times a
week.
The Ames seed corn campaign has
been Joined in by Is Iowa counties,
of the entire state r. X.
Bliss, extension director, says farmers
who do not test their seed will waste
their land.
Miss Nellie Carter of Mason City, has
recovered verdict of $9.373.33 against
the Marshall Oil company for burns
received by an explosion of some fluid
supplied by the company in mistake
for kerosene.
Claire Limbeck shipped 25O,O00
pounds or twelve carloads Of dressed
poultry from Postville and Ossian the
past season. During December he
shipped $4,000 pounds or seven car
loads of poultry.
For the fifth time in sixteen months,
the property owned by William Kelley
and occupied by Mrs. Nina King at Mt.
Ayr, caught fire, and this time was
consumed. Most Of the