Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1917-01-18
Linden Blaine, aged SO, of Ced-

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lar Falls, was killed at Shellsbure
when he fell from a bridge or
(which he was working with 8
Igang.
Colonel William F. Cody (Buf-
falo Billy who died at Denver
was a native of Iowa. having beer
born at LIE Clair, in Scott county.
Geo. w. Crozier, state repro
sentative of Knoxville, is the only
GA. R. veteran in the 37th Iowa
general assembly now i'm session
Mrs. Pulliam, aged so, and
blind, of Jefferson. was burned tc
death when her clothing. caught
fire while lifting a pot of tea from
the stove.
Fire which started from an en-
plosion of gasoline at Baskerville
destroyed two buildings and part
of a third at a loss of about $780,
900.
| A mass meeting of Iowa City
citizens voted practically unani-
mously to obtain The commission
manager form of government for
Iowa City.
Mrs. Louisa Jones of Boone
died from blood poisoning caused
from bruise which she received
when her hand struck a door.
A careless highwayman. at
Dunlap. missed several hundred
dollars hidden in the clothes of
Fred Lint, farmer near there,
when he held him up.
Blanche Kendelsburger, a wait
ress at Newton, was advised that
a legacy had been left to her by
a distant relative in Alaska.
There were 48 less men i'm the
penitentiary at TT. Madison at the
end of the year 1916 than at the
beginning of the year. The total
number of prisoners was $40.
Hoboes set fire to III. TT. Tcs-
dahl's barn at Slater, and while
the citizens We're extinguishing it,
tried to rob the downtown stores,
but We're frightened away.
Traffic between South Sioux
City and Dakota City was at a
|standstill when thieves stole about
100 yards of trolley wire from
the interurban line between these
points.
Being deaf and dumb, Sidney
Smith, drug clerk at Council
Bluffs, was shot and instantly
killed when he failed to under
stand the command of the high
wayman to throw up his hands.
s. w. Needham of Sigourney,
editor of the Sigourney News, was
elected as messenged to carry the
Iowa electoral vote to the meeting
of the electoral college at Wash
Sngton, d. c..
A father and son were both
near death at Iowa City, from two
separate accidents. i. +. Smith
collided with an interurhan with
his auto and his SON, aged AZ.
struck big pole while coasling
down a hill.
According to the 1916 reports
to the internal revenue collector.
only one Iowan has an income of
S25O,000 a year. Collector Muir
ply says there are probably 1000
with incomes of more than So 600
and ~ with incomes of more than
$780, 900.
Mrs. Gerhardt Scllmidc of Bur
lingtOn, aged %, is dead.
Michael Fink, aged 80. was
held al Perry, charged with arson.
James Calderwood, pioneer al
BROOKLYN, aged 90, is dead.
DR.. We. E. Whitney, promi-
nent physician of Eldora. is dead,
Forty acres of land near Fort
Dodge recently sold at S2G5 per
acre.
The Mcthodisls at Fairfield
raised 100000 toward new
$4,000 building.
Nv. Townley, dairyman al Sioux
City, was fined S25 for Watering
his milk.
I The Watrous restaurant al So
Ion was damaged by fire TO the
extent of $1,000.
Fifty ice cutters on the Missis-
sippi river at Davenport struck
for higher wages.
The Northwestern railway has
been harvesting 1000 tons of ice
daily at Clinton.
Five buildings at Jackson
Junction were destroyed by fire
at loss of $4,000.
+ Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas LyiIe of
Waterloo celebrated their Goth
wedding anniversary.
About 25 wolves have been
killed in the vicinity of Lime
Springs the past year.
Charles Eastman, lineman al