Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1916-04-20

H. p. Mollins was severely in
jured at Mason City when he fell
from a dump car on a trestle to
the ground, a distance of forty
feet.
w. C. Earle of Waukon has
received s17 from North Dakota
in payment for a Grocery bill
contracted over thirty-five years
ago.
H. E. Schroeder, Hamilton
county's wealthiest citizen, died
at Webster City, aged 80 years,
and worth, it is estimated, nearly
q million.
Over 10000 men have received
training in the Iowa National
guard since 1906, according to
records in the Office of the adj
jutant general.
Dubuque officials Of the Great
western railroad announced the
purchase of ten locomotives, cost
ing 100000, in addition to 1O,-
900 tons of new rails.
A man giving his name and adj
dress as C. f. Milling Of Anthony,
Kas., was arrested at Burlington
charged with having swindled
Oakville merchants and bankers
to the amount of the $1,000. The
prisoner had 81, 400 in cash when
arrested,
J. H. Sheppard. against his
will, was elected mayor of Farra-
gut by a large majority. He re-
signed ten minutes after the
council was organized.
The late Patrick T. Walsh of
Davenport left an estate of 3d.
OO0,444 The will covered but one
typewriter page, appointing Mrs.
Walsh executrix.
Jesse G. Bristol, aged 81, form
erly of Marshalltown, was killed
at Lava Hot Springs, Idaho. when
a boulder fell on him while was
prospecting.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh McCabr of
IWaukon celebrated their tifticth
wedding anniversary in the pres
ence of Rev. Father Lowrcy, who
married them.
Francis Street of Maquoketa
while driving forty-five miles an
hour was s1nothered and burned
to death when his automobile
went over an embankment.
independence, with popula-
ton of $500, is said to be one Of
the richest towns of its size i'm
the state the assessed valuation
of its property being $4,1i6,725.
Iowa is the leading clay tile
producing state of the union, the
output amounting to about 49,
100000. Mason City is the larg-.
est clay tile center in the world.
Charles Watkins, a farm la
borer at Ida Grove, has fallen heir.
to a large fortune by the death
Of his father, a patent medicine
manufactured at Vermillion, O.
George Murphy, aged 83, died
Of old age at Sioux City, where he
was said to have been the Oldest
PRESIDENT, having gone to that city
when it was trading village.
Frank L. Hammer, formerly
postmaster at Modale, was SEN
fenced to fifteen months in a fed
eral prison for the embezzlcment
of nearly $4,000 from the gov
eminent. u
Frank Arnold of Nevada was
awarded $4,000 damages from the
TT. Dodge, Des Moines e. South
ern Interurban company for in
juries sustained as an employee in
1914.
| The engineering extension de-
partment of tho Iowa State COL
lege has been holding sixteen
schools Of exchange instruction
in various parts of the state for
telephone operators.
Mistaking borac acid crystals
for salts Chambers Chester, aged
SO, of Modale narrowly escaped
death, and his 3-year-old grand
son died from taking a swallow
of the solution.
Mrs. Betty ,Sorenson, a wealthy
widow Of Story City, was found
dead in a doorway when neigh
bors called. She apparently arose
during the night and was stricken
with heart failure.
Twenty persons bearing the
name of O'Connor have filed their
names with Clinton county an-
thorities as heirs to the 100000
estate Of John O'Connor, who died
two years ago at Hastings, Neb.
| The general store of F.. A. Lea
man at Republic burned, includ-
ing $3.50 in money. The fire
started when Mrs. Lcaman at
tempted to draw some kerosene
oil in the basement by Lantern
light.
Richard A. Baxter, a prominen
young Northwood attorney, was
killed by the overturning Of al
automobile, his neck being dis.
located. Ernest Butler, a com.
panion, was severely injured.