Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1916-06-02
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Ft. Dodge has 300 colored people
who are planning to erect church.
A Madrid Austrian had his hand shot
of when placing his shotgun in boat
John Burke, treasurer Of the United
States, is native Of Keokuk county
T. P. Powell, prominent citizen Of
Spencer, died from runaway injuries
A boy named David Warren was
drowned in Sanders Lake near Grin
nell.
Harold Hall, aged years, fell into
q cistern and was drowned, at Fort
Dodge.
Nine horses were burned in the
stable belonging to Thomas Scott, OF
Perry.
Sioux City's water system is to be
enlarged at once at an expense OF
100000.
Ottumwa's internal revenue Office
discontinued last July, has been re-
established.
Triplets, two boys and girl, were
born to Mr. and Mrs. William kogle,
of Mason City.
In the recent state primary Cum
minis ran first. Roosevelt second, and
Hughes third.
Gymnasium apparatus to the
amount Of $500 has been furnished Fl.
Dodge firemen.
Alonzo Bradish, pioneer DEBORAH cit
izen, aged 81, died suddenly while sit
ting in chair.
Joseph Clinkenbeard, aged SO years,
died at Fairfield. He operated the
first saw mill in Iowa.
William Hannah, a Bidwell miner,
aged "a, in attempting to board a
freight train, was killed.
Col. Charles c. Horton, formerly
commandant of the Iowa Soldiers
Home at Marshalltown, died.
A boy at Madrid was shot in the face
while he and his brother were hunt
ing rats in the barn with rifle.
Harry Bunting, Of Logan, was SEN
fenced to five years at Anamosa re-
formatory on conviction of bigamy.
Council Bluffs's horseshoers have
increased their rates from Is to SO per
cent for different classes Of service.
Edmond Douglass, of Postville, aged
So years, has resided in Iowa seventy
years and voted for eighteen presi-
dents.
Gamers Women's club has decided
to make Garner a phlox town, and
everyone is being urged to plant
phlox.
1t is expected that Mrs. Emmeline
Pankhurst, the well known English
suffragist, will speak at Grinnell dur
ing May.
John J. Cummings, . survivor Of the
Nexiean war in 1851, resides at
Fairfield, of which he was mayor 80
years ago.
An interurban trolley car was
struck by lightning near Rogers, 20
miles south Of Fl. Dodge. but no one
was injured.
While canoing in the river at Cedar
Rapids, Miss Dorothy Smith, night SUI
perintendent at st. Luke's hospital,
was drowned.
Marie West, aged II, Of Aspinwall.
attempted suicide with carbolic acid
after q quarrel with her lover at
Council Bluffs.
o. 8. Bidue, q pioneer DEBORAH hard
ware man. died after several weeks
illness. He was we'll known in that
section Of the state.
Eldon and Philo Brown. two school
boys near Iowa City, dug out ten wolf
whelps from beneath the school house.
They received $40 bounty.
The Plymouth county boy essay con-
test was won by Emmett Cant, of
Westfield township, who will receive
free trip to the state fair.
]. H. Dreibelbis, of Monticello, .
University student at Iowa City. acct
dentally shot himself in the head with
. revolver, but will recover.
A fight is being waged at Cedar
Falls against pool halls. The clergy
men propose to start a municipal pool
hall to be run on moral lines.
Sergeant Major John Hay has re-
turned to his home in Grand Junction
after serving in the British army and
receiving a medal for bravery.
Charles w. Mayser, Ames football
coach, has been named as one of the
athletic officials at the 25Oth anniver-
sary celebration of Newark, N. ].
Council Bluffs city council has
established an ordinance providing for
fine and Imprisonment or both for men
who annoy women on the streets.
The Burlington station at Greenfield
was burglarized Of money and United
States revenue stamps. A considera-
BILE amount Of cash was overlooked.
Howard J. Clark, of Des Moines, has
been appointed temporary chairman
for the Republican State convention
to be held at Cedar Rapids, May II.
After listening to talk for men
only given by Evangelist Smythe at
Burlington, Nels Jepsen, aged 43, went
home and suicided by inhaling gas.
BY vote of 344 to GA a proposition
was carried at Lewis to erect $7O,-
600 schoolhouse. Women voted 1853
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