Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1917-04-13
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Ben Wilson, timberman near Knox
vile, was badly crushed by a fall OF
slate. .... E.g.
About s2,5O0,o00 worth of property
exchanged hands in Plymouth county
during March,. -
Fire destroyed the Fowler Brothers
poultry and egg house at Vinton at
loss of $4,000. -...
The new w. H. Harbor grain eleva-
tor at Henderson was destroyed by fire
at loss of $4,000.
Flood waters washed out two
bridges near Elkader and the town
was all but isolated.
DR.. B. F. Copeland of Logan was
badly burned when gas in the engine
of his car exploded. -'r..-
Six infantry companies made up of
500 students at Dubuque college are
undergoing military training.
The Fl. Dodge Quaker Oats plant
will build an additional warehouse.
5Ox250 feet at cost of $250,000.
Fred Phillips, farmer near Alg0na,
was seriously injured when his arm
became caught in a circular saw.
Geo. Dittmer of Iowa City, aged 18,
was sentenced to five years at Ana
mosa for stealing horse and buggy
Balderoff, a Russian wolf hound
owned by W. S. Johnston of Fl. Dodge,
was placed second at the Chicago dog
show.
Harold Bergquist, aged %, OF Sioux
City, was drowned in the Floyd river
while engaged at repair work on a
bridge.
Mr. and Mrs. Irving Bowdish, Jr.,
near Central City, are the proud par
ents of triplets, two sons and a
daughter. ..z z
Ross Colville of Oskaloosa sold ~
loads of hogs to Chef Quick for &c..
699.45, or 1853 head at $14.75 per hun
dred weight. a.~ <a'
The Theater cigar store at Daven-
port was entered by robbers who
smashed large plate glass window
and took $35. .
s. w. Hunt of Council Bluffs was
sentenced to five years at Anamosa
for the theft of some> sugar from a
grocery store. .@.... -
Indianola won Sunday school con-
test with Winterset. Indianola gained
"a per cent in five weeks and Winter
set As per cent. "a
The new highway bridge across the
Mississippi river at Burlington, the
dream of half century, has been !.
opened to the public.
w. o. Nelson of Perry has sued the
Rock Island Railroad Co. for $4,000
for injuries received in the wreck at
Nevada February 9TH. ;
Ward Carson of Elliott was badly
burned when he attempted to take
powder out of shotgun shell to get
B. BIS for his air gun.
Katharyn Hull, Of Eldon, was seri-
ously injured when she fell through
a skylight, a distance of eighteen feet,
to q paved court below.
port, aged 20, respondent over con-
ditions in Germany, committed sui
eide by cutting his throat.
The Art Club at Onawa sold 10000
Red Cross seals during last Decem-
Der, and thus secured the services Of
a Red Cross visiting nurse.
The government will commander
the $50 wireless stations in Iowa in
case of war, it is thought. The larg-
est in the state is at Ames college.
The. safe at the Milton post office
was blown open by burglars, but they |
were frightened away before they |
gained access to the stamps and cash.
John Chiovino, employee of the
Eagle Point Lime Works, near Du- |
buque, was badly injured when a
large rock rolled from ledge and |
struck him. r...-. f-sl
Miss Rose French of Burlington |
took the sailors oath at the Des |
Moines recruiting station, and awaits
her call for duty in the clerical de-
partment of the navy
Henry c. Harper, Illinois Central
engineer, closed his railroad career
after driving an engine on the I. c.
for ~ years. OF all the people he
has carried none have been injured.
. DR.. c. Darwin Enfield of Jefferson
has received an appointment and been
asked to report to the base hospital
at St. Valary, France, to serve with
the American surgical staff of the
French army. ~.
The prayer meeting in the Methodist
church at Wilton was rudely inter-
rupted when an escaped inmate of the
WATERFOWL asylum entered the edif1ce
He was taken into custody and turned
over to the authorities.
w. s. Kelly of Regain is feeding
several hundred hogs on corn that
cost him $1.00 per bushel. AS the
swine sell above $14, he says feeding
them dollar corn is like taking sure
thing gamblers chance. ,& 49,.
Elmer L. R. Stowe, civil war vet
eran of Keokuk, was pulled from an
old cistern badly cut and in an un-
conscious condition. He was working