Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1917-10-19

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Dr. E. q. Dean, prominent physician
at Winterset, aged 65, was found dead.
Albert Goetisch, aged 26, farmer
near Durant, died from infantile par
alysis.
The new Washington school build
ing at Cedar Rapids will be erected at
cost of $4,000. -z,l
Russell HARRISON, aged 10, of near
Abba, was drowned in the Des MoineE
river while swimming.
Findley Raney, of Sciola, was seri-
ously injured, when team which he
was driving ran away.
Phillip Miller, Of Abba, secured the
! appointment to Annapolis, and viii.
enter the naval academy.
Mrs. l.. ]. Camp, of Creston, has
! been appointed official court reporter
by Judge Homer A. Fuller.
The Office of the Plymouth Printing
company at LIE Mars was Quilted. by
| fire at loss of about $4,000. s
The body of negro mangled be-
yond recognition was found lying on
! the railroad tracks at Dubuque.
T. S. butcher, of West Fort Dodge.
| was seriously injured when his Ford
auto struck large touring car.
/ Guy Carlson, aged Al, of Council
| Bluffs, was instantly killed when his
auto skidded and turned turtle.
Harvey Aldinger, aged Is, of
Rowan, was killed when he fell from
the. top of a grain wagon, breaking
his neck.
A. M. Shields, of Lewiston, was In
the hospital at Boone in a serious
condition as a result of being kicked
by a horse.
Samson Keahan, little Indian boy at
the reservation at Tama, was killed
by freight train, while watching an
other 60 by.
Floyd Shoemaker. near Pleasant
Vile, had the misfortune to lose some
of his fingers when his hand was
caught in lawn mower.
Charles Draulard and Glen Harris,
of Bloomfield, were seriously injured
at Des Moines BY the collision Of their
auto with a freight train.
John S. Thompson, former resident
near Waukon, met a sudden death
near Caledonia when he was instantly
killed by a bolt Of lightning. ~
Rather than take chances on being
drafted into the army, John Reimer.
Of near Onawa, committed suicide.
He was in the first army drawn.
AL Hammers, aged II, Of Davenport.
was fatally injured when he fell
through hole in the floor Of hay
loft in the rear of his residence.
breaking his back, . r,r' 49,. ~
At the big Indian pow-wow held at
Tama reservation were several auto
loads of Oklahoma and Nebraska In
dams, who had driven overland to
attend the gathering. 80
Walter .Burmsister, aged Is, of
Davenport, was drowned in the MIS-
sissippi river while attempting to
save the life of Miss Esther Virgins
aged 20, who was also drowned.
Peter Nelson, Of Missouri Valley.
Who invested $4,000 4 IN the. wild.
Horse" scheme, died 1t tho poor
house. He was at one time one OF
tho wealthiest men in the county.
Fred w. Schneider Of Charlton, and
4 civil engineering graduate Of Iowa
state college, class Of 1909, has been
appointed chief engineer Of tho state
highway commission Of South Dakota.
Mrs. Leo harrington, aged 81, OF
Dubuque, was killed when an auto IN
which she was riding turned turtle on
a lonely road. The wreck was dis
covered hours later by other tourists.
The plant Of the ziegler Canning
company at Muscatine was burned
with a loss Of $4,000. One-fourth OF
the plants products had been ordered
by the government for army consump"
ton. <r....'.. ...,. 80.
Frank P. Harris, for more than
year secretary of the, County Y. M.
e. A. at Marshalltown, has been as
signed to Des Moines to do special
duty under direction Of the state COM
mittee.
Fire of unknown origin destroyed
the seven-story wholesale hardware
establishment of Brown-Camp COM
panv. at Des Moines, entailing loss
estimated at 100000, and damaging
Tone Brothers Coffee and Spice COM
pany next door.
Fire probably due to tramps par
TALLY destroyed the office building OF
the Samuel J. Kirkwood estate at
Iowa City. Kirkwood occupied the
structure AZ circuit Judge before he
vas elected as governor OF Iowa.
Mother Cray's Sweet Powders for
Children.
For Feverishness, Bad Stomach,
Teething Disorders, move and regulate
the Bowels and are a pleasant remedy
for Worms. Used by Mothers for 80