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

aged "a, is dead.
The towboat Thelma Lee, at Musca-
tine, was destroyed by fire.
Lewis Phillips, near Bonair, had
three sheep killed by wolves.
The First Presbyterian church at
Bloomfield dedicated new building.
Eva Tanguay, the famous actress,
was a guest at the Davenport Rotary
club. -
| William Dost of Malcom had his leg
amputated as result of an auto &C.
cident.
Ten Iowa girls left Sioux City to
act as nurses in the National Guard
on the border.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. r. Jamison Of Oska-
loosa celebrated their sixtieth we'd
ding anniversary.
A new button factory has been in
corporated at Muscatine with a capital
stock of 100000.
Police and students at Iowa City
clashed when the latter attempted to
do some "hazing."
A. L. Dodd and G. C. Summers Of
Charles City purchased the Northwood
Telephone company.
Kneeskern and Son purchased 262
head of cattle near Waukon for which
they paid $14,97S.S0.
Charles Bershee. aged 81, Of Burl-
ington, probably the Oldest contractor
in the state, is dead.
Diamonds and valuable jewelry was
taken from the home Of Mrs. Marion
Easton of Waterloo.
Mr.. and Mrs. p. A. v. Smith, Of
Bloomfield, celebrated their sixtieth
wedding anniversary.
w. 8. Upton, farmer near Oakland,
found a ring on his farm that had been
lost for fourteen years.
Fire destroyed the elevator Of E. l..
Erickson at Sioux City with loss of
10000 bushels of grain.
Twenty-seven Sioux City grocers
were arrested charged with opening
their stores on Sunday.
DR.. Richard J. Allison, formerly Of
Charles City, has been promoted to
captain in the British army.
killed when he lost his balance and
fell under an automobile truck.
The three-year-old son Of Mr.. Roy
Pain, of Let's, narrowly escaped death
when attacked by vicious hog
Samuel Leonard Wade Of Musca-
tine, one of the founders Of the Wood
men of the World order, is dead.
Mrs. Sarah Cornwell of Panora died
after being burned by the explosion
Of lamp which she was carrying.
Jack Miller, aviator, of Claiborner,
Texas, was killed at Fredericksburg
when his aeroplane fell seventy-ive
feet.
Lawrence Rhode, officer at Fl. Mad
ison, died after a stroke Of paralysis,
which attacked him while walking his
beat.
John L. Sullivan, pugilist and
speaker, addressed the chamber OF
commerce at a noon meeting at Des
Moines.
The body of an unknown colored
woman was found in an empty house
at Council Bluffs by some boys while
playing.
A man was jailed at Hawarden
charged with malicious mischief, hav-
ing killed colt and several cows with
a 22-caliber rife.
Charles Bailain Of Imogene was Sc
verely injured when he lost control
of his automobile, while waving
greeting to a friend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Wild of Waukon,
parents Of twelve. and grandparents
80 cd hot
wedding anniversary.
Farmers near Charter Oak got all
the gasoline they could carry away
for nothing, when three oil cars were
derailed and wrecked.
David Schroeder, fireman at Daven-
port, was seriously injured when a
fire extinguisher weighing Is pounds
fell and struck him on the head.
NJ. ]. Macarthur, city clerk at Cresco.
raised potatoes that yielded eight and
one-half bushels to patch 16x37 feet.
He got 6zs pounds from one hill.
"Kitchener's Mob" a book written |
BY James Norman Hail, Grinnell
college graduate, is the most popular |
Of all war books now sold in Canada.
Bernard Conn, officer at Keokuk,
shot himself through the hip when his
club, swinging at his side, struck the
gun in such way that it exploded.
Roy Westfall and Earl Ewes Of West
Liberty escaped death by leaping
from an automobile just before it
plunged into switch engine at
crossing.
The five-year-old son Of Frank
Lahue Of Garrison was burned to
death in a fire which destroyed his
home. The father was seriously
burned while attempting rescue.
After swallowing headache" pill
on Northwestern train near Sioux
City, John Hull, Of Lisbon, N. D., went
to sleep to find his wallet containing |
$500 in cash gone, and his headache
worse.
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