Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1917-06-29

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Robbers entered the B. H. Duer dry
goods store at Webster City and Sc
cured $500 worth Of silks.
Geo. Gragg, aged 80. of Mt. Ayr,
was instantly killed at St. Joe, Mo-,
when struck by a switch engine.
Mr.. Scoffield of Pocahontas, aged
80, came to Des Moines with the
Masons to take the consistory degree.
The Immaculate Conception Catho-
lie church at North Buena Vista was
destroyed by fire at loss Of $4,000.
Edna Spangle, aged II, of Water
loo, was seriously injured when an
auto struck her as she was crossing
the street.
Forty feet of the dam Of the Fl
Dodge, Des Moines and Southern in
terurban at Fraser was carried out
by an ice jam.
Croft & Baumgartner, of near New
hall, paid $1,000 for forty acres Of
land near there, or at an average of
$275 per acre.
was seriously injured when struck by
a compound chunk of coal which be-
came dislodged.
Patrick Corbley of Cedar Falls cele-
brated his 1O5th birthday. He at
tributes his longevity to the fact that
he never worries.
Margaret Nachtrieb, aged IA, OF Of
tumwa, was accidentally shot while
examining a pistol which she was
showing her baby brother.
Albert Bass, young farmland near
Tulare, S. D., walked Is miles through
the snow and mud to enlist in the
regular army at Sioux City.
Gilbert Mayo, II year-old school boy
at FIT. Madison, had his back broken
while riding a bicycle when he was
caught between two automobiles.
Mrs William Ebelsheiser, and her
daughter, aged 8, of Hedrick, were in
jured when wooden stairway leading
I'D to a doctors office, collapsed.
Cedar Rapids put in a bid for the
new s11,OOO,OOO munitions plant which
the federal government intends to
build in some one of the western
states.
Theodore Arendt Of Waterloo was
seriously injured when he fell to the
floor in some manner with heavy
impact, with such force that his hip
was broken.
One hundred and fifty passengers
on the Short Line enreute to St. Paul
were marooned by a snow blockade
at Iowa Falls from Saturday morning
until Monday.
Mrs. Blanche Hartman Of Bedford
who sued the Lee Electric company Of
Clarinda for $4,000, for the death of
her husband, settled with the CON-
pany for $4,000.
John Noye, Of near Iowa City, was
seriously burned when he tainted in
a burning barn, overcome with smoke
and fire. His wife rushed in and
saved him from death.
Harry Conard, veteran rural mail
carrier near Ida Grove, had a des-
perate encounter with large female
wolf, and he finally succeeded in kill
ing it with neck-yoke.
Students at Central college, Pella,
are working eight-hour shifts, five
days to each student, in repair work
on the buildings which were destroyed
by fire some time ago.
Robbers entered the 'Basset Bros.
store at Liberty and dragged a safe
weighing 500 pounds half mile down
the road where they are thought to
have put it in an auto and driven
away.
A report at Red Oak says that an
eastern war munition company has
arranged to buy tract of land near
Stennett and is to begin at once the
erection Of a 100000 nitroglycerin
and dynamite factory.
The Rev. ]. ]. Burris of Terrillton,
Okla, came before the grand jury at
Red Oak with statement that a man,
whom he met in Montana, confessed
to the Moore ak murders at Vilfisca
while on his death bed.
Thomas Killeran, aged So, of Sioux
City, was killed in a fight with his
brother Michael, aged 30, during
quarrel said to have grown out OF
dispute over possession Of few drops
of whisky remaining in Jug.
Pearl Jane Bramble, aged 10, OF Du-
buque, died from the effects of ex-
posture, when she ran two miles to
bring assistance to her father who
was fatally burned few weeks ago
when he attempted to light fire with
kerosene.
Police at Des Moines rounded up
every I. W. W. that could be found
following a clash between alleged
members OF that organization and de-
tectives, in which Chas. Grill, detec-
tive and son-in-law Of Chief of Police
Jackson, was killed.
Many complaints reached the police
at Fl. Dodge, after an autoist had
driven through the streets flying two
German flags. One attorney stated
that there is a federal statute pro-
hibiting the flying of a foreign flag in
the United States unless the flag Of
the United States is flying with It.