Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1916-10-20
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Mrs. Alexander Nerison of Norway,
aged 90, is dead.
Mrs. Lois Randall of Bloomfield eel
ebrated her 103d birthday.
John E. Douglas, aged Al, near Max
we'll, committed suicide by shooting.
D. P. Williams, aged II, a widely
known business man in Guthrie Cen
ter, is dead.
The body of Peter Carlson, aged 65,
Of Fairfield, was found hanging to the
limb of a tree.
John A. st. John, farmer near Rice
vile, is dead from injuries received
when gored by bull.
Walter Fransham of Centerville was
made entirely deaf by bolt of light
ming which struck him.
Claus Lange, wealthy Sac county
farmer, decided to each OF his six sons
a quarter section of land.
James Meedham, aged 10, of Du-
buque, was killed when struck by a
train in the railroad yards.
II Bob Binns of Redfeld was injured
when his auto caught in the glare Of
another car, and overturned.
Fireman Jack Horne, of MOulton
was killed when pinned beneath an
overturned engine near Des Moines.
Iowe's corn crop this year is esti-
mated at 373,OOO,OOO bushels. The
cost of husking this crop is $14,920.00.
Fred Foss Of the State Railroad
commission, collector of old clocks,
has secured one which dates back to
1855.
| Elnora Wagner of Millersburg broke
her leg in two places when she at
! tempted to escape injury in runa-
way.
Miss Jennie Doyen, aged 16, of Twin
Lakes, was killed in an auto accident
near Manson, when her car ran into a
ditch.
A few hours after Fred Gates of
Redfield bought a 40-acre farm for
5000 per acre, he refused IS per acre
profit.
Two Grinnell college boys have
opened up shoe shining parlor as
means of working their way through
school.
Charles R. Rohwer, carpenter at
Ames, fell twenty feet when the scat
folding collapsed, and was seriously
injured.
At Chester Place, near Rockwell
City, two farmers have nearly 1,400
head of sheep feeding on their farm
this fall.
A carload of orphans will be sent to
Des Moines from New York City to be
! placed in the hands of good Iowa
| families.
Frank Creel lost his right eye when
struck by splinter of steel while at
work on. the new Grinnell college
| building.
Ninety recruits for the Iowa Ma
tional Guard, gathered at Des Moines.
left for Brownsville. Tex, to join the
Iowa troops.
Miss Glare Barnes of Moulton was
burned to death when an automobile
in which she was riding upset and
caught fire.
The Iowa State College of Agricul-
ture was awarded first prize In stock
Judging contests at Kansas City, Mo-,
and Waterloo.
| H. E. Hauschen, farmer near En-
metsburg, died from blood poisoning
caused by cut from the points Of
manure spreader.
| C. Powell of Oskaloosa states that
he raised 100 bushels of onions on one
half acre of ground. They were sold
at $500 per bushel.
The attendance at the Waterloo
Dairy Cattle congress was much
larger this year than any previous
year since its Inauguration.
Arthur Sullivan was held at Fort
Dodge charged with intent to commit
murder, having attempted to kill his
sweetheart while intoxicated.
The w. C.. T. U. convention In ses-
sion at Fl. Dodge voted to ask all
members to refrain from using flavor
ing extracts containing alcohol.
It cost Cornelius van der Widen OF
Vinton $3.50, fine and costs, for strik-
ing two small boys because they
chased his calves out Of school yard.
Fifteen persons were killed In May
and twenty-three in June by auto &C
cidents in Iowa, according to report
being prepared by the State Board Of
Health.
Joseph Creswell, blacksmith at
Montrose, was seriously injured when
the horses he was driving ran away,
throwing him into the spokes OF the
wheels.
Yeggs blew the safe Of fuckers
grocery store at Boone and secured
$3.50 in cash and some money order
forms. In their haste they overlooked
$145 in cash.
Louis L. Farley of Sioux City and
N. Keliher, Jr., Of Rapid City, s. D.,
were killed near Sioux City when an
automobile which they were driving
turned turtle.
! Carnegie medals are being asked for
Peter Asmuson and his son Walter, OF
Dubuque, who swan out to q drown
ing pair in the Mississippi river. and
lowed them to shore.
Henry Hill, farmer near Malvern,