Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1916-07-07
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NEWS; BRIEFS.

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Five autos have been stolen at Clin-
ton recently.
Mrs. Nancy Marrick, aged 80, of Bel
levue, is dead.
A children's playground will be in
stalled at Lansing.
A new Northwestern depot is being
erected at Sac City.
Mrs. Martha Elizabeth Mueller, aged
80, of Perry, is dead.
MILFORD Till, age 6, of Bellevue. was
badly bitten by dog. sA a..
The eleventh annual meeting Of Eaks
was held at Davenport.
]. E. Weston, a farmer near Grant,
has pig with eight legs. :.
Eleven cent beef is predicted In the
near future at Sioux City.
Elizabeth James. secretary Of the
Y. w. c. A. at Fairfield, is dead.
Contracts were let for an $4,000
dam and power house at Fl. Dodge.
Bruce Jordan, near Angus. had his
leg broken by the kick Of a horse.
G. A. Saunders OF Manila sold 49
Shorthorns at an average Of $1,077.
The body of Frank Horak was found
in the Cedar river. at Cedar Rapids.
The elevator and depot of the North
western at Iowa Falls were burned.
Miss Stella McCleary Of Dexter Is
dead as result Of an auto accident.
Milford Granseth. aged IA. OF Slater.
10 dead from q fall down . cellar way.
A peony bed containing over $4,000
blossoms is in Union park at Dubuque.
The Hart Parr Co., Of Charles City,
have set their clocks one hour ahead
John TaLken, aged 107, Of Sioux
City, recently had his first picture
taken.
Mrs. Isabella Delameter, aged 70, Of
Norwalk, Ohio, was asphyxiated at
Iowa City.
During a recent storm, hailstones
were foot deep in the vicinity OF
Oskaloosa.
Elmer Wilson of FIT. Dodge was in
jured when his car dropped over an
embankment.
Two hundred fifty unlicensed dogs
have been killed via the "gas route
at Sioux City.
Twenty auto owners at Shenandoah
were arrested for failing to have rear
lights burning.
The Great Northern's new shops in
Sioux City will give employment to
over 1000 men.
r. J. Wiese, Ames student, has just
sailed for Cuba, to help establish
large dairy there.
The iron mines at Waukon have
been shut down until supply of coal
can be delivered.
Seth Heckenlively, near Kingsley
was seriously injured when he was
kicked by horse.
John G. Henton, near Corning, re-
ceived $1045O bounty for LAOS. gophers
caught this season.
Miss Clara Witt OF Missouri Valley,
aged 10, is dead from injuries received
in an auto accident.
Ten thousand people were In, Web
ster City on band day, and fourteen
bands were present.
Austin Sprinkle Of Manson had both
arteries in his right hand severed in
fall from ladder.
Charles F. Gordon, Iowa University
aviator. may go into service for
Uncle Sam in Mexico.
Over two thousand delegates were
registered at the G. A. r. encanp-
ment at Marshalltown.
Harry H. Polk. Des Moines mil
lionaire, offered his services in Me%-
leo to Governor Clarke.
The two year old son OF Fred Mace
near Loveland. was seriously i'll from
drinking liquid fly killer.
The first second vein coal ever pvt
on the market in Mahaska county is
being sold at Oskaloosa.
An American Red Cross chapter is
being organized at Des Moines. 1t is
hoped to get 2,CC0 mem hers.
A church census was taken at Wa.
erloo, showing total membership oi
22,977, for all denominations.
The Iowa Central and Western
Railway Co., at Oskaloosa, voted to
merge with the NJ & st. l..
John Kane, aged 8. sustained per
manent injury to his kree. when run
over by an auto, at Dubuque.
Mr.. A. J. Stump of Ottumwa has
purchased the Mt. Pleasant Repub-
lican from Mrs S. E. Beckwith.
John knipp of Fl. Dodge sustained
only slight injury when he fell three
stories from wall which collapsed
Jud Vance, near Emerson, was
seriously injured when load of hay
which he was hauling tipped over on
him.
Charles Phillips. age q, Of South
Amana, was seriously injured when
caught in the lines of runaway mule
team.
Frank ]. Neuwoehner, former teller
in a Dubuque bank, was given five
years at Fl. Madison for embezzle-
ment.
E. Davidson Of Muscatfne was pain