Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1917-10-12
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housing corporation. az.
o. r. Bostwick has been supsrtn-
tendent of Clinton schools tor q
years.
. JOY riders at Davenport made away !:
with four cars in one night, two being
found later.
OF the 100000 endowment fund re-
CURED by Parsons college, $4,000 has
been raised.
Erie Rutter, aged 8, of Waterloo,
was accidentally killed when loaded
run exploded. 81
John Kuhn, near FIT. Dodge. sold
So hogs to the Ft. Dodge Packing
company for $6.162. &, 5 Il
Harry Dasher, railroad brakeman
at Waukon, was badly injured wnen
he fell from an engine;
Il. H. Evans, OF Iowa City, was badly
cut by being thrown on to scythe
blade by a runaway team.
Oats grown on the Charles Nagle
farm near Shenandoah averaged 70
bushels PEI acre when cut.
Tillman H. johnson, train re-
pairs at y - DOA6SS "s%o s>Nes~~ -
run over by a switch engine.
Theodore Holloway, employe OF the
brick yards at Dubuque, was badly in-
jured when clay bank caved In.
While wading in the Missouri river
at Sioux City, John MARCEL, aged IT,
fell into a stepoff and was drowne&
Fred Schroeder, aged 10, Of near
Matlock, met death when runabout
in which he was riding, turned over.
Charles Prick, of Mt. Union, has a
ten-acre patch of oats which 1t Is
estimated will yield 81 bushels to the
acre. - .s
John Erickson, aged 81, Of Dubuque.
was instantly killed when an auto ne
was driving turned turtle. breaking
his neck. -
Mrs Earl johnson and baby OF
Cherokee were killed when an Illinois
Central train struck a buggy In which
they were riding.
Miss Rena Conway, of Knoxville.
narrowly escaped death from lock1aw.
caused from stepping on a rusty naii
several weeks ago.
Geo. w. Treasurer, for six years an
inmate of the county home at Cory
don, committed suicide by Jumping
from third story window.
Miss Margaret Sweet, formerly IL
brarian at the Clinton public library,
has been appointed superintendent OF
schools in Idaho county, Idaho.
J. w. Gray, city assessor at Sioux
City, was severely injured when car
in which he was riding turned turtle
and fell down a 16-foot embankment
Joe l.. Sramek, Of Manchester. who
conducts an ice-cream parlor, was
fined for serving ice cream that con
tanned too small an amount OF Dutter-s
fat. .
Leonard Joseph Weigel, aged z, OF
Story county, was badly injured when
a coil of wire with which he was play
ing, flew up and struck him IN the
eye.
Seven prominent Davenport busi.
ness and professional men have bsen
Indicted by the Federal grand jury on
the charge Of melting men to resist
consumption.
Popcorn vendors ct Oelwefn were
fined s25 and costs for selling pop
corn which they advertised as fresh.
buttered, but in reality was seasoned
with oleOmargarine.
Andrew P. Ask, prominent farmer
near DEBORAH, died from injuries re-
ceived when thrown against . fence
post when the front wheel OF MS
wagon struck rut.
Henry Linke, little son of Fred
Linke, of Schleswig. climbed into the
tool shed of his fathers barn ana iell
on, some sharp tools, cutting himsell
so that he bled to death.
H. Van De Brake, of near Sioux
City, sold his farm Of $50 acres near
Sioux City to r. Doormink, for $o4,-
900. or about $500 per acre, which -
considered record price.
John Dohrmann, of Mt. Pleasant,
has ten acres of barley which Will
net him IS bushels to the acre, and
as he has been offered SLAB per bushel
the ten acres will bring him $S14, or
$S1.40 per acre.
Mrs. Henry Conrad, near Little &C.
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gasoline flatiron caught fire. She be-
came excited and threw It In the midst
Of her three children who were also
seriously burned.
The first recruit from Iowa to die
on foreign soil since the commence
ment of war with Germany. was
private Roy H. Walter, aged 20, OF
S.L..I.,,xo,vp vhO died In France OF
spinal meningitis.
'Coasting down hill in new au-
tomobile at Hampton, John Murphy.
wife and son escaped death BY jump
ing from the car which stopped oil
rectly in front of a passenger tram
and was demolished.
The Rev. John Reichart, pastor OF
the German Evangelical church ct
Lowden, was held to the Federal
grand jury in $4,000 bonds. being
charged with preaching reasonable
sermons from his pulpit. He gave