Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1917-02-08
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Former State Senator Rudolph
Lehfeldt. of Denison. is dead.
VIM. Halter. aged -. of Sioux
City, committed suicide by shoot
ing.
John Lceney, aged 26. of near
Oxford, died as a result OF being
kicked by a horse.
Capt. w. A. W'icr, Veteran OF
the civil war and pioneer citizen
of Story City. is dead.
Grace HollingsworIh. school
girl near Springdalc. was bitten
between the eyes by IA dog.
Lynn Newton of MI. Ayr was
accidentally shot i'm The foot
while examining a revolver.
Geo. Howe. age a.. of Boone.
is i'm the hospital as "A result al
injuries received i'm a SNOWFALL
fight.
A i3-year-old schoolhoy al
Burlington was arrested. charged
will, rohhing a grocery store OF
s55.
Henry Slyer. civil war veteran.
was found dead i'm his LITTLE home
near Gainesville by a chance cal
Ter.
Y Raymond McDcrmott of Walnut
was announced winner i'm ihc
boys state acre corn growing
contest.
The -year-old daughter of C..
l.. Hancock of Boone died when
a cork became lodged i'm her
throat.
\ new species of squirrel has
appeared near Charles City. They
are mouse grey and white under
meath.
Aaron Brncr. machinist at
Burlington. had his hand scvcra-
ly injured when a large steel
girder dropped.
The John Ingmason farm of
20 acres near Mi. Pleasant was
bought by Morgan Bros. for 1926
an acre
Farmers near Humboldt are
buying strychnine TO feed to rab-
bits which are playing havoc
with their orchards.
Charles Casady of Kcosauqua
tried for the second time for thc
murder of C. j. Anderson. was
found not guilty.
Oscar Bowers, life convict al
TT. Madison was killed when a
tree he was cutting on the state
farm, fell on him.
I Rev. Clement Lowery. who built
the first Catholic church i'm
Cedar Rapids, died al Cedar Rap
ids at an advanced age.
Henry ID. Sherman of Cedar.
Rapids. who is said TO have built
the first public creamery i'm Iowa
i'm Monticello, is dead.
William Luther. aged sc. ono
OF the last surviving Missouri
river men, who came To Sioux
City in the late sixties. is dead.
Henry Suhl and wife of Buffalo
were seriously injured when their
auto was struck by a street car i'm
Davenport.
The increasing cost of living
will force the state 10 pay 5000. :
900 more this year for thc OK
penses of the state institutions.
G. G.. Wilson of Marion was
severely burned when he at
tempted to carry a burning stove
from a house after il had en-
ploded.
Mrs. Robert J. Pack of Sioux
City is thought to be the young
est bride i'm Iowa. She was mar
ried recently at the age of i3
years.
A wife bcater i'm the little town
OF Dixie, near Cedar Falls, was
taken by band Of white masked
figures and tarred and feathercd.
Wisconsin and Iowa towns will
work together i'm furthcrine the
interests Of national park ON
the MisSissinpi river.
George Plepp. prominent
farmer near Pleasant Prairie,
died as a result of the bullet
wound accidentally inflicted a
month ago.
Lawrence Andrews, age 40. of
Davenport. was severely injured
while coasiing down hill ON
skates. He collidcd with another
boy on a sled.
Alighting from her husband s
automobile, Mrs. N. w. I.abauen
OF Centervillc, accidentally fell.
breaking her neck, and dying
within Two hours.
Vert Brennon Of near Month
cello. was seriously injured when
a gasoline tank exploded while he
was warming up the carhuretor
with a lighted torch.
The ii-ynar-old daughter oil
Ehas. Lamb. near Mitchell. was
instantly killed when a sleigh
in which she was returning from