Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1917-10-19
Herman Tammes, of Sheldon, sold
his 4O-acre farm at $500 per acre.


Herman Tammes, of Sheldon, sold
his 4O-acre farm at $500 per acre.
Mrs. NJ. A. Bills, one of the most
prominent residents of Perry, is dead.
Edwin Shaffer, aged Is. of Hampton.
was drowned in creek while swim
ming.
Alfred Overman committed suicide
ut his home near Alexander, by hang
ing himself.
Mrs. Dclmore Elwell returned to
Waterloo for visit after an absence
Of over As years.
The two-year"old son of Geo. Bohe-
man, of Ackley, strangled to death
while eating peanuts.
Miss Katharine Mulhall, of Fl.
Dodge, was run over by Ford car
driven by A. Thompson.
Mrs. Geo. Kelly, of Newton, fell,
breaking her left ankle in two places,
in the kitchen of her home.
Geo. o. Stitzell was accidentally
shot at Des Moines, while inspecting
a rifle in a shooting gallery.
Police at Waterloo caught an auto
loaded with 1872 pints of whiskey on
the way from East Dubuque.
Paul Thompson, Of Iowa City, was
injured when he fell from scaffold-
ing on which he was working.
Jesse Hewitt, Jr., aged 10, accident
ally shot and killed himself at Abba
while hunting with his brother.
Earl Bishop, of Council Bluffs,
aged IA, had his leg badly crushed
when caught between two cars.
Harold Sumner, of Guthrie Center,
was seriously injured when a Ford
in which he was riding turned turtle.
Labor unions at Clinton took &C
ton against bakers who were selling
bread less than a pound for pound.
John Meyers, of Johnson county,
was seriously injured when a hay
wagon crushed him against his barn.
The Nicola Elevator company, OF
Perry, has offered $1.92 per bushel for
white corn and $1.9o for yellow and
mixed.
Fears that he would be drafted into
the army caused James R. Biery, OF
Carthage, ILL.,, to shoot himself at
Keokuk.
- Earl Krell, of Iowa City. member
Of Troop c, of the Iowa cavalry, sta
toned at Oxford, was seriously kicked
by q horse.
Freida Handrupt, aged IS, Of Cedar
Falls, was seriously injured when an
auto in which she was riding. struck
. telephone pole. .....
Fred w. Hoehern, banker at Ochey-
edan, was drowned at Albert Lea,
Mimi, while swimming with his wife
and two children.
The entire roof of the Orpheum the
atre at .Muscatine caved in, making
a crash that was heard all through
the business district. ......,
J. c. Ferguson, mayor of Creston,
has enlisted and has been commits
stoned as lieutenant In Company G,
Iowa National Guard.
Walter and Ernie Alsup, Of Oska-
ioosa, were badly injured when an
auto in which they were riding col
lided with another car. ~
Carl Kirsch, aged II, Of Waterloo,
was taken into custody charged with
several robberies pulled on In Water
loo in the last few weeks. -.
Max Whistler, popular high school
student at Council Bluffs, was caught
between the couplings OF two rail-
road cars and crushed to death.
Henry Hoyt, Of near Eldora, was
instantly killed when an auto which
he was driving hit a bump IN the
road, and threw the car into ditch.
Kenneth Lilly, aged 5, of Runnells,
was brought to Des Moines. after he
had swallowed a pin. It was located
by an X-ray examination and removed.
A sun glass left on a window sill
where the sun was allowed to shine
on It, was responsible for fire In
the home of George Gebble, of Cla-
rinda.
The convict ball team at Fl. Madi-
son has issued challenge to meet
all corners, the only restriction being
that the game be played on their home
grounds.
Many perfect Indian relics were re-
covered by workmen at FIT. Madison
while excavating for a paper mill.
The relics included tomahawks, arrow
heads, corn crushers and beads.
Ten cents head is the fee Daven-
port physicians are going to get for
examining the men drafted for the
army under the conscript law. II
thew examine 40 a day they will make
$500.
ALFRED in five gaudy silk shirts and
two suits of clothes, and carrying half
a dozen pairs of silk hose and several
silk waists, John Morris was arrested
at New Hampton for the alleged rob-
berry of the Wharton Bros. store at
Oelwein.
Kenneth Gaynor, Of Des Moines,
was drowned in Lake Okoboi while
attempting to rescue his companion,
John Scroggs, Of Beardsley, s. d.,
1,,bon both were overwhelmed by q