Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1917-07-06

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Roland, killed herself by hanging with
shawl
The Clay Products Co. plant at What
Cheer was damaged by fire to the ex-
tent of $4,000.
Forty-eight new steel highway
bridges will be erected in Clinton
county this year.
Mrs. Il 'ag of Carson was badly
injured W -: her hand became caught
in powe: wringer.
| NJ. J. Collins, of Denison, deputy
auditor and auditor of Crawford coun.
ty for II years, is dead
| Russell Andrews, Of near Perry, bad
| four fingers cut off when he slipped
and fell against a buzz saw.
! c. NJ. Daley of Algona has invented
q device to pull automobiles out OF the
mud, and has had it patented.
A tract of land in Clay township.
near Knoxville, consisting Of IA acres,
sold for $1,000, or $500 per acre.
Harry Weise, aged IS, of Sioux City,
was shot in the leg while practicing
workmanship with 22-caliber rife.
Mrs. A. A. Phillips Of West Union,
who celebrated her golden wedding
anniversary short time ago, is dead.
The Carson brothers at What Cheer
have struck one of the richest veins
of coal ever found in that section OF
| the state.
Rev. Charles H. Berry, pastor OF the
Baptist church at Iowa City, has re-
signed and accepted a call to jack
son, Mich
! The board of control is authorized
to spend $4,000 in erecting a new
| building at the soldiers home at Mar
| shalltown.
Mrs. Rudolph Roche of Muscatine
ran a crochet needle through her hand
| when she attempted to save herself
from fall.
When relatives Of John Parkhurst OF
Atalissa came to attend his funeral,
| they found him alive and on the road
to recovery.
Mrs. Hazel Floyd, aged 81, Of Dav-
export, shot herself while in a fit OF
dependency, caused by separation
from her husband.
Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Howard Of Ames.
aged couple, decided 527 acres of rich
| farm land in Marshall county to Penn
| college, Oskaloosa.
William Howard Taft, ex-president
of the United States, will deliver the
commencement address at the State
| college at Ames in June.
Geo. Cox of Clinton was arrested
| one day and sentenced the next to
twenty-year term at TT. Madison. He
was charged with robbery.
Geo. H. Smith, aged 10, of FIT. Madi-
son, civil war veteran who took part
| in several severe battles unharmed,
was killed by street car.
Lightning struck the big barn on
the John Back farm near Iowa City,
killing and burning % head of valua-
BILE stock at loss of $4,000.
The boys and girls Of the public
schools at Fl Dodge will be organized
| into gardening and canning classes to
combat the high cost Of living.
! The Mary X. was the first boat to
start down the Mississippi river this
season. 1t formally opens the river
| between Burlington and KeOkuk.
Jim Lutcavich Of Coon Rapids made
his escape from the Jail when his wife
who accompanied him pushed the
marshal in a cell and locked the door.
Charles Larsen, aged 10, of Otto,
died at the naval training station in
Chicago. He enlisted at the Des
Moines recruiting station few weeks
| ago.
Charles Matthews, aged 76, of near
Ames, is dead as a result OF injuries
received when his clothing became en-
tangled in the fly wheel of a gasoline
| engine.
The Chicago & Northwestern Rail-
way Co. will pay it's 100 telegraphers
| $15O,OO0 more per year in salary, or
an average increase of $3.50 per
| month.
Senator Cummins collapsed while
making a speech in New York city,
and was removed to a hospital. 1t
was attributed to fainting spell. He
has recovered.
Ralph Root, aged 43, was saved from
death when he fell from the third
| floor of the Trades and Labor Assem-
bly, hall at Des Moines. He alighted
on a net of telephone wires strung IN
the alleyway.
The largest public sale in the his
tory of Greene county was held near
Grand Junction, and was attended by
one thousand people. The total
amount from the sale Of stock sold
was $27,166.SO.
Mrs. Joseph w. Kerehlik Of Iowa
| City committed suicide by drinking
carbolic acid, and at the same time
Klemma, in a different part of the
| city, shot himself.
c. H. Crooks, manager OF the FIT.
| Dodge and Southern railway at Boone.
| brought in a cat fish from Fraser,
| weighing 80 pounds, which had been
caught in an ice jam.
Blacksmith w. c. Wilder of Grin