Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1917-07-20
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died of injuries received in an auto
accident r 20:
The school house at Carson was
struck by lightning and badly
| damaged. &...
Twenty-three were killed and 3s7
injured in Iowa auto accidents in the
last 60 days. -}.=.-
! Rudolph Zaruba, near Panora, was
killed by lightning while standing
near his barn. al =. a.
Four hundred and thirty-nine mar.
rage licenses were issued in Rurling-
ton during the past year.
i Russell Benson, aged 4, of Des
Moines, was killed when struck by IN
auto while crossing the street. A.
Charles Lockwood Of Onawa was
very seriously burned when he put
torpedo in his mouth and lit it.
P. M. Dahlem of Cascade had his
hand badly burned when he touched a
live wire while repairing a line.
The post office and eight business
houses at Thayer we're destroyed by
! fire at a loss of several thousand dol
lars. ..... -. ,s.E ....t.....
/, Mrs. Frank Kemmish of Persia was
seriously injured when an auto which
she was driving, went over an en-
bankment.
Bernice Lemon, aged 10, of Shenan-
doah, was seriously injured when she
ran crochet hook in the right side
of her scalp. -. 81. asr-,.-... I'D
Damage to the extent of about 81
900 was caused when lightning struck
a large shed owned by the Standard
Oil Co. at LIE Mars. X FL =. T..
Mrs. Charles Hewitt, wife of Chas
Hewitt, prominent Wholesale grocery
man at Des Moines, died after an Ill
ness of two months. T.,
What is supposed to be a part OF
the meteor which fell about 10 p. m.
May 81, was found about four miles
north of Battle Greek. a... ...--
There will be total Of 1900 build
ings at the new cantonment at Des
Moines. An artillery range six miles
long will be established. - =.
| DR.. Talbot of Grinnell was ser1-
ously i'll as a result of pricking his
finger while performing an operation,
blood poisoning resulting. ~ r.
| Mrs. P. j. Hurley, wife of q prom
inent real estate dealer Of Mt. Pleas
ant, was killed when q car in which
she was riding turned turtle.
Carl Robert Johnson, aged 20
months, Of Charlton, met death when
he checked to death on q kernel OF
corn, which lodged in his windpipe.
The five months-old granddaughter
of Mrs. Charles Redding of Abba was
killed when an auto in which Mr.. and
Mrs. Redding were riding, overturned.
e. M. Briggs, retired farmer, near
Iowa Falls, was accidentally killed
when he fell from roof on which he
was working, striking q cement walk.
George SANFORD of Fl. Madison was
drowned in the Mississippi river when
he attempted to walk out on mar
row pontoon to an anchor In the
river. M. q j
A band OF "nigN! riders has been
organized at Sioux City to protect the
city against I. w. w. operations. The
organization will comprise over 1000
members.
The German language will not be
taught pupils in the schools at New
ton, according to a decision by the
school b. I'd. Spanish will be offered
in its place.
Mrs. H. F. Buchanan, Of near lie
Mars, hit her six year-old daughter
on the head with hammer and then
cut her throat, when she, went sud
denly insane. >>. II -. +.
Mrs. T. NJ Rodgers of Newton is
said to be the oldest choir leader In
the state, having served in that ca
pacity in the leading choirs Of the city
for over As years.
When Tony LOPEZ, a Mexican at
Des Moines, was arrested for. drunken
ness, it was discovered that he had
failed to register, and he was turned
over to the Federal authorities.
Governor Harding committed the
sentences OF two life prisoners, Joseph
Bogdany of Monroe county, and Ira
Boys of Monona county, being COM
muted to 30 and 20 years respectively.
Norman Hall Of Colfax, aviator with
the French army, and who was re-
Gently wounded when he fought seven
German airplanes single handed, has
been decorated with military medal.
Harvey Maaske, aged 10, and E. Ma
honey and Alva Spencer, of Logan,
were badly injured when an auto in
which they were riding ran into a
ditch and turned complete somer-
sault. An. y
An x-Ray examination showed a
safety pin one and half inches long
and open lying in the stomach of the
infant son of D. w. Gibbs Of Fl. Dodge,
but the child apparently had not suf-
fered.
Tommy Brown Of Columbus juno
ton lost one of his eyes and the other
was injured when he attempted to
light small cannon to which another
small boy had already touched a
match.
Miss Ruth Harl, the Council Bluffs
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