Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1916-08-24

l)r. u. u. names, aged 81, oI
Marble Rock is dead.
The channel of the Mississippi
is being deepened at McGregor.
Margaret :staley, aged i6. of
Boone was killed i'm an auto ac-
cident.
A large tarantula was found
hiding i'm crate of bananas at
Maxwell
The Manchester and Oneido
line is contemplating electrify-
ing the road.
\ young man was found dead
near McC;regor Murder is sGs-
pectcd.
a smoke stack towering 300
feet in the air has been completed
al Webster City.
Valentine klostcr. pioneer of
Chickasaw county, near New
Hampton, is dead
Bakers at Dubuque have agreed
Ia raise the price of bread to six
cents a loaf
Iowa form editors arc iuhilan
over the late general rain amt
say ii means good crops.
\ large raltlcr. oyer four feet
in lem"lil was killed near DEBORAH
by George Bieghlc.
Fred Frost. Il Council Bluffs
loy. made S6I.50 during his va
ca iion, trapping gophers.
Thr safe in the Dow City posi-
office was blown open by yeegs
and robbed nr IA small amount.
NJ o. Tann,rrmIhcr of Mailer
loo MAS named hN the prohihi-
Iinmisls as their candidate for
governor.
john j Coa,iy of Manson died
OF blood poisoning, aIirf rrrclN-
lme Il slight cut ON he thumb.
r. H. Ninaa. farmer near
Ilri'uga ram over and killed II
wolf while driving his car near
Monroe.
Mrs. Mary Roam Blackwell of
Drs Mniirs. cnlOrrd. is said to
be direct descendant of Pora
hnnias
ALMA paiten of Nillisca CON
fcsScd TO burning lis home for
the purpose OF collecting insur
alcc money
Sin Iaborers arrived at Mater
loo claiming they had been driven
ont OF Chrslry. $. d., 10y ]. W..
MS.
Louis lslashka. aged CT. near
Kingsley. While worrying over the
war i'm Europe, shot and killed
him selt
Willie Hughes, near Ida Grove,
was seriously injured when a
pitchlork went eight inches into
has body.
The safes OF The Cherokee
Creamery company at Cherokee
We're blown open by yeggs and
robbed oil S56
Ed Edwards. salesman at Sioux
City. while driving his ANTONIO
/ bile. WAS knocked senseless by
a flying dove.
/ Ir. Moore of Washington was
| injured when he stepped into am
open elevator shaft and fell three
stories
AT Dubuque 5000 fish were
taken from the Missouri river in
two days.
1 NJ j. M,'lllrmphrcy of MnnOna
MAS injured near McGrrgor when
he wheels of heavy wagon
passed over him.
| Dorothy Ellsworth. formerly OF
Iowa lllN. committed suicide at
Ter her sweetheart had died a few
hours before
| Dram Wicker. aged 3. and
James Mullen. AGED 10. of Sioux
City. confessed tn ten bnrglaries
within two weeks.
\ t.. lnrssncy of Mnsratinc
| narrowly escaped death while
diseine IL sewer. when hc was
buried in dirt mp 10 his chin.
4 The big grain elevator owned
ls G.. $ Poet WAS burned at Nor
ley With a loss of $4,000 and B.
o0o bushels of small grain.
Lee Dresher, aged 10, of Cedar
Rapids. was elrrirocuted when h'
climbed on top of box car anC
touched IA trolley wire.
j q, Ray of Webster City was
stabbed during quarrel Ovel
81 80 room rent, and II. r Cam
crnm. who stabbed him. is in Jail
Four persons We're injured al
Ii. Madison when Il MOTORCYCLE
and side car containing five pro-
pie collidrd With a street car.
Marvin Hart, aged "a farmer
near Rcimbrck, WAS hurled forty
feet by Il passenger train. and all
thou4ll severely injured. will re
cover.
ouis Amish OF Iowa City was
seriously injured when an auto
which was hoistrd i'm The air FOL
repairs. slipped and crushed him
Miss Jennie Lind of Chicago
and William Ohrrringrr of III
Dolar We're severely injured nca1
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