Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1916-06-09

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City for the establishment of fish
hatchery.
Thirteen hundred people hit the saw.
dust trail during revival meetings al
Burlington.
George Morgan, near Cherokee
killed himself by slashing his throat
with razor.
A woman at Waterloo has been ar
rested for stealing drugs from a ply
sician's case.
William Rattenborg, age IA, Of Elk
horn was killed by an auto while rid
ing a bicycle.
L. H. Mertz of Story City injured
by train, settled with the Northwest
ern for $4,000.
Jefferson voted to issue $4,000
bonds fer high school building by a
majority OF 299.
Governor Clarke has been asked to
net aside the week of October Fl as
seed corn week.
James Adair, civil war veteran, Of
Oskaloosa, died while sitting at the
breakfast table.
Fifty old soldiers will be guests at
patriotic play given by the Charles
City high school.
Elmer Larson, age IS, of Des Moines,
died of a broken back, after diving
in Four Mile creek.
The city hospital at Grinnell was
under quarantine when case OF scar
let fever was found.
S. l. Hogue of Elkader died at the
age of 1O1. He lived on the same
farm for sixty-three years.
The residence Of Carson Christian
sen of Clinton was struck by lightning
severely injuring the occupants of the
houe.
The residence Of A. G. Jordan Of
Fairfield has been donated to the JEFF
ferson county hospital for nurses
home.
Virginia Doschadis, age II, of Du-
buque, who had been missing for sew
eral days, was found in Chicago with
relatives.
Frank Battson, popular student at
Drake University, Des Moines. was
drowned while trying to save a girl
companion.
A man near Logan is said to have
been given 10 years in the penitentfary
for stealing a glass of Jelly from Q
farm house.
Prof. G. Struble of Charles City had
his skull fractured while setting seen
cry for the senior play given by the
high school.
AS a result Of flood at McGregor
four persons drowned and several are
missing. The river raised six feet In
five minutes.
A Waterloo packing company will
make 10000 lib. shipment Of meat to
Belgium, the largest ever made from
northern Iowa.
Dewey Cook, age 18, Of Centerville
was killed instantly when train hit
him while he was walking the track
near Ottumwa.
From now on finger prints of all
prisoners at Fort Madison will be TAX.
en- and sent to Fort LeavenwOrth for
official record.
The 8 year old son Of Tom Silver of
Ackley was badly cut by barbed
wire fence as he was running to the
pump LII "otCA'
Pensions granted: The minor Of Will
liam A. Madison, Sibley, $12; Susan
nah Potts, Leon, $12; Margaret ].
Lake, Decatur, $1,000.
Adj. Cen Guy E. Logan has issued
orders calling camp of instruction to
he held at Lone Tree, June rs to 20 for
non-commissioned officers OF the cav
airy.
over $500 worth of meat was stolen
by employees of Sioux City packing
house and sold to a grocer in Morn
ingside before the plot was dfscov-
cred.
The engineering department at Ames
contemplate calling an expert from the
east to consider the possibility OF
opening the art pottery industry In
Iowa.
Daniel Milanovlch, prisoner at Fort
Madison, displayed considerable en-
durance when he let physicians who
were operating on him chisel away q
niece of his skull without taking an
anesthetic.
The Morell Packing company OF Of
tumwa has made gift to it's en-
Moves who have been there over 20
wears. of per cent Of their last
years wages.
A Waterloo farmer brought three
wolf whelps into Auditor Rainbow's
office alive. When told they must be
dead to collect the bounty, the farmer
took them to the furnace room in the
court house, killed them and collected
the money.