Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1917-06-22
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20 the army and two to the navy. -
F.. NJ. Cox, insurance man at New
ton, committed suicide by shooting.
Oscar Anton, aged As, of LIE Mars,
was run over and killed by St. Paul
train.
Samuel Pummer, aged 20, of near
Irwin, committed suicide by hanging
himself. ,~ II
H. C. Chaplin, prominent banker of
Union, died suddenly from an attack
of acute indigestion. ID
Military training has started at Cen
trail college and President Bailey was
listed among the recruits. -.
A save the potato eye" campaign
has been started at Sioux City as a
food production measure.
An unknown hobo discovered a fire
in the piling of the bridge across the
MaQuoketa river near Bellevue.
Iowa stands fifth in the number Of
recruits enlisted since April LIST, S42
enlistments having been reported.
Fifty business and professional men
at Emmetsburg have organized stock
company to build a new $4,000 hotel.
Tom Cahill and John Holman, pris-
oners in Jail at Dubuque, escaped by
chiseling their way through steel bars.
Six prisoners who took French
leave from the Jail at Burlington were
captured at Peoria, ILL.,, and brought
back. ES
Fifty-four cigar stores at Des
Moines were raided by the police and
thousands of packages of cigarettes
taken.
The five year old son of Joe Richey
of Brooks was badly injured when
caught in the belt of pumping
engine.
Marion Bates of Independence died
at Waterloo from lockjaw after cut.
ting his hand several weeks ago in
rip saw.
Ira B. Hutton, of State Center, and
Isaac D. Mann, of Marshalltown, old
soldiers in the home at Marshalltown,
are dead.
John Garbett, conductor on the TT.
Dodge & Southern railway, OF Dies
Moines, committed suicide after losing
his position.
Under Iowa's bone dry law, police
record at Waterloo were shattered,
when in seven days not single drunk
was arrested.
The bodies Of Jesse Humphrey and
Harvey Skates, drowned in the Mis-
sissippi river near Keokuk, were
found by the police.
An attempt was made to burn the
Farmers Cooperative elevator at
Kamrar A bundle of oil soaked rags
was found under the elevator.
Walter A. Beard, telephone lineman
at Mason City, was seriously burned
when he came in contact with a -pri-
mary wire of the power line.
Charles and Harry Kruse, of Clin-
ton, quarreled and Harry is dead as
result of a brick thrown by his
brother, striking him on the head.
The Northern Sugar corporation of
Mason City announced that it will pay
an increase Of 81 ton for beets over
last year. The new price is $3.50 per
ton.
Tony Rand, aged 9, of Des Moines,
crawled through window in the Jim
Noprist home and carried off watch
which he was wearing at the time the
police arrested him.
Paul McSteen of Dubuque, until re-
Gently stamp clerk in the post office,
was found guilty of embezzling funds
of the office and was sentenced to Is
months at Fl. Leavenworth.
Nick Rasley, proprietor Of a 10c
store at Vinton, offered a reward Of
$40 for Information leading to the ar
rest of the man who pulled down a
flag from in front of his store.
Jacob Frank of Waterloo was seri-
ously injured, and miraculously es-
capped from death when sand wall
caved in with him, and he was buried
for six hours under tons of sand.
The request of the state of Iowa to
the city council Of Keokuk sitting as
a board Of review to tax the Keokuk
dam at $10,OO0,OO0 was turned down.
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