Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1916-01-14

by Milwaukee passenger train ~
tween Calmar and Conover. The enc
gineer of the train declared Winger
walked directly in front Of it and ig-t
nored all warnings. The farmer had
been in i'll health for some time.
The state board of health may b
appealed to in an effort to stop the
epidemic Of scarlet fever that has de-
western Iowa. Council Bluffs health,
boards, it is alleged, have not acted
promptly or effectively in stamping
out the disease.
Twenty-six friends and neighbors
with fourteen teams finished husking
corn for G. F. Bates residing near
Carl. Mr.. Bates had been i'll for some
time and unable to work and his
neighbors decided to lend a helping
hand, so accordingly about 500 BUSH
els Of corn were picked.
February is dedication day for the
new $4,000 Methodist church of Vim
ton, the services will extend over
week and there will be many men
prominent in church work present
who will take part in the various pro-
grams. Bishop Quayle will be in
charge on the opening day.
The new Iowa City Creamery and
Produce Company, which supercedes
the. Iowa Brewing Company, has
opened its creamery department. The
ice manufacturing plant. and the Ice
cream department will be ready in .
month or 50, and the produce depart
ment will be in operation shortly.
Charles, the little son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Cowles of Diamond came
near getting his face torn of by .
big bull dog. The child was out play
ing and in some way struck the dog
and without warning he made q jump
1T the child and grabbed his face. A
cash was torn in the nose and two
gashes in the upper lip that cut it
through.
Clinton Hoover of Harlan, heads q
group Of four men who have made q
contract to supply the French gov
eminent with fifty thousand horses
and twenty-five thousand mules DUR
ing the next four months. The deal
involves $14,O0O,00O as the value of the
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charges. The animals will be as
sembled at Lincoln, Nebraska.
Although she was in commissions
when physicians were called the g.
year-old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Dietchler, Jr., of Mineola, was
saved by the use of $4,000 units Of
tetanus antitoxin serum. After all the
serum in Council Bluffs was consumed
the child suffered a slight relapse un-
til more was procured from outside
when complete cure was effected.
Appanoose county has the smallest
school in point of attendance in Iowa
and equalled in size by only one other
in the country, located in Livingstone
county, Missouri In the Valley dis
trict Of Appanoose county is located
the school with one teacher and one
pupil. Miss Little Rick is the teacher.
Miss Olga Davis is the pupil. The
Missouri school has the same faculty
and enrolment.
Mrs. Katherine Titus. wife Of Dr.. H.
8. Titus, of Rhodes, died in . Mar
shalltown hospital of peritonitis fol-
lowing an operation for the removed
Of q supernumerary appendix. Mrs.
Titus case was unusual. When the
operation was performed surgeons
found. a second or false appendix
growing from the small intestine.
This had ruptured and caused an alb
scess, from which the peritoneal
trouble developed.
While driving q stake, William
Sothman Of Lyman, met with an acct
dent. He held the stake in one hand
and large sledge in the other. Hav-
ing mitts on he failed to apprehend
that the index finger Of the left hand
was right between the place where
the cledge would strike and the top Of
the iron stake. The blow was struck
and when William took off his mitt he
found that the finger was amputated
close to the first joint.
There were 1852 industrial acct
dents in Iowa in 1915 as against S,863
in 1914, according to the reports made
er. In 1915, however, the system OF
collecting was more complete and the
state was more fully covered by the
than in the previous year.
There are the accidents which &C.
Cured in the factories alone and do
not include mine accidents.
The second largest sale Of pure bred
cattle in the history of the United
States. was consummated at Carroll
when Charles E. Escher, Jr., of Bot
ma purchased the entire herd Of Alb
erdeen Angus. numbering POI head.
from w. A. McHenry Of Denison. The
is said to have been
$4,000. The only larger deal in Amer
lea was the sale of the Cudahy cattle
some years ago. Mr.. McHenry now
retires from the cattle business.
Ames with n pOpulation of OOO