Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1917-06-22
z MIS-. James Anderson, mother Of the

automobile.
Mrs. D. H. Bauman, wife of Webster
City's postmaster, died from ner-
vous breakdown.
Some $1,000 patriotic citizens pa
raded the streets of Dubuque during
q loyalty meeting.
Henry Stivers, formerly publisher
OF the Des Moines Leader, died at his
home in Burlington.
A company OF 20 men was organized
to take up the study of military drill
and tactics at Osceola.
c. L. Dodson, fagman on the North
western, was killed near Blairstown
when he fell from the train.
Rev. DR.. Thomas E. Fleming, OF
Manchester, dropped dead while on a
business call in Cedar Rapids.
The Ida Grove city council has
called for IS blocks of paving to be
done during the present year.
Mrs. E. w. Oliver of Columbus
fell downstairs. She is over 20.
A total of 1858 pounds of waste
paper was gathered by the students
of St. Mary's school at Dubuque.
H. w. Van Gordon, aged 81, of New
ton, was accidentally killed at Wavsr-
ly, N. Y, when hit by street car.
The Bank of-Logan, owned and run
by B. F. Freeman, has been changed
to the Farmers State Bank of Logan.
Stock is being sold at Pella in the
new Pella Leffler Short Line railway
which will be built in the near future.
Henry Field of Shenandoah pur-
chased a carload Of white navy beans
for seed purposes, at a cost Of $4,000.
The board of parole has pardoned
$50 prisoners in the past six week,
one-third Of them going to work on
farms.
There were 6S applications filed for
superintendent OF the Cherokee public
schools to succeed F. E. Teller, re-
signed.
A freight and passenger terminal
for boats will be built on the river
front this spring by the city OF NC
Gregor.
According to the tax collectors re-
port every child in school at Musca-
tine costs $25 per year during the
scholastic term.
Farmers at Riverton report that
wheat is dead. Most Of them are plow-
ing up their fields and will replant
them with corn.
E. P. Adler, of Davenport, was
elected second vice-president Of the
Associated Press at a meeting held
at New York City.
a tattered battle flag 53 years old,
hangs over the door Of Miller Bros
monument headquarters in Iowa City.
1t bears 25 stars.
The board of supervisors of Chero-
kee county has awarded contracts for
As bridges and culverts to be con-
structed at cost of $4,000.
August Hinkey of Muscatine was in
jured and his wife and son had a
narrow escape when an auto in which
they were riding overturned. .
The Central Iowa Grain elevator at
Croker, was destroyed by fire and
$4,000 worth of grain is total loss.
The building was valued at $4,000.
nelly will soon take charge of the Du-
buque postoffice. He has been con-
firmed as postmaster by the senate.
John Ellwanger, multi-millionaire
liquor dealer of Dubuque and chief
owner of the East Dubuque bridge,
the largest on the Mississippi, is dead.
Out of "a men who were asked to
sign a petition to their congressman
asking support of the compulsory
military bill, at West Union, 70 signed.
2 Expecting to visit his brother, John
Hughes of Dayton, on arriving in
Shenandoah, learned for the first time
of the death of the brother several
months ago.
A message signed by 1872 Iowa coun-
ty residents was sent to Congressman
Hull at Washington, protesting his at
titude on the war draft bill and ask
ing him to resign.
Earl Lientz, aged 80, Of Des Moines,
shot and killed his wife and then
ended his own life with bullet, max
ing the second tragedy of this kind In
Des Moines in one week.
The death Of Mrs. Mary Jones OF
Numa was the third death in the
Jones family in one week. Both her
husband, Elijah Jones, and her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Athey, died from pneumonia.
Ebert w. Blancett, of Friday Har-
Dor, N. NJ, was found guilty Of the
murder of Clyde Armour, of Sioux
City, near Glorietta, N. NJ, last fall,
while the two we're on an automobile
tour.
Frank R. Wilson, former Sioux City
newspaper man, has been named an
assistant in the newly created board
of press censorship and publicity, &C
cording to word received from Wash
ington, D. G.
The largest consignment Of hogs for
feeding ever arriving in the vicinity
of Knoxville was received by HUFF
man brothers, consisting of go hogs
averaging 2So pounds each. The total
value is $4,000.
In order to encourage gardening
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