Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1916-03-02

Nate McGAQlqy; son Of Rober,
McC1uley, Formerly . resident OF
/. sig0urney, rasl killed February 8
in the European war.
The A. q. Buffers residence al
Fort Dodge vas robbed Of $500
worth Of iewelry. No clues have
been discovered by the police.
Albert Erickson Of Oelwein, 26
years old, had both hands severed
at the wrists while attempting to
board train ct East Dubuque,
nj.
Rev. 81. n. Case, former pastor
OF the Emmetsburg Congrega-
tional church. snicided by shoot
ing. His wife died several
mouths ago.
DR.. Thomas b. Marshall of AT
lantic, aged so years, died from
injuries re0eived when his auto
was struck BY q Rock Island train.
Forty Fort Madison business
men have organized an associa.
ton for promoting the interests
tOf merchants and to oppose UNI
truthful advertising.
Henry Wallace, the widely
known editor of Wallace,s
Farmer, died suddenly while at
tending q religious service in
Des Moines. aged 80 years.
Clarence p. Riley, employed by
q construction company at Mason
City on sewer work, was fatally
injured by drilling into an old
iunexploded charge.
Howard Dawson had a rib
broken and suffered internal i'm
juries at Washington when a
frightened horse reared up and
crushed him against a post.
Thomas Walsh of Iowa Falls,
former sheriff, has been sued for
$4,000 damagesshy Joseph Long,
who claims alienation OF the af-
fections of Mrs. Long.
i Over SIS, 900 was realized from
ia sale of stock on a farm of the
late b. F. Jaques at Jefferson, it
being the largest farm stock sale
ever held in Greene county.
Dow City's consolidated school
district has voted to erect a 49,
900 school building. The vote
stood i47 men and 1926 women for
and ~ men and AZ. women
against.
With the opening of the branch
office Of the United States COM
merce bureau in Davenport the
city stepped into class with
Cleveland, Los Angeles, Detroit
and Philadelphia.
Arrangements for the installa-
ton of q municipal heating plant
and for extensions to the electric
light and water works system are
being completed by the city of
Rock Rapids.
Mr.. John Burcham of Defiance
accidentally shut the cellar door
on the tail Of her pet cat, which
bit her, and Mrs. Burcham may
lose her arm as a result of blood
poisoning.
The Iowa railroad commission
has scheduled the following hear
ings for March: One, Britt; two,
Estherville; three, Vail; thirteen,
Iowa Falls; sixteen, general hear
ing on transmission lines.
& Mrs. Fred Sport Of Des Moines
was seriously burned and in order
to save her life over 200 inches
of skin cut from the underside
of thirty frogs was grated on the
burnt places.
Deputy Sheriff L. "A. Bowers
was shot in the chest and Mrs. r..
ID. Reams was shot through the
hand by the latter's son, Frank
Reams, at Rockford. Reams was
crazy drunk.
The Burlington Basket COM
pany has purchased 200, 900 feet
of soft wood logs from H. M. Ke-
van of near Lansing. The lum-
rer will be sent to its destination
by raft in the spring.
+ Tor the first time in her life
Grandma Jenkins, 1O2 years old,
and a pioner Of Iowa, admits that
she is ''all done and ready to
quit" Friends of Mrs. jenkins
feel her death is near.
General Herbert G. Allen of
Cedar Rapids was reelected COM
mander Of the naval and military
Order Of the spanish-American
war at the annual dinner and
meeting Of the order, held at Des
Moines.
Tiffin is to have electric light
and power furnished by the Iowa
Light and Power company follow
ing a special election, which car
,ried by a vote of 80 to 6. The
town will have eleven lights on
street corners.
A bricklayer named Rainwater
was instantly killed at Ames by
falling from a scaffold at the new
state college. Frank Ballou, a
'laborer, was saved from death
by falling on top Of Rainwater.