Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1917-02-16
Mrs. ". H. McFall, aged %, Of M.

Mrs. Sieve Raveling of Remsen died
at the age of 81.
Fire destroyed the Early hotel ct
Early at loss of $4,000.
The total enrolment in the Coun-
Gil Bluffs schools is 6,744.
The Holland Reformed church ct
Matlock will erect a new building.
More than $500 were in attendance
at the Ames short course meetings.
During the recent blizzard 10-foot
snow banks were reported at Spencer.
The bill introduced to legalize boxs
ing in Iowa was killed by the house.
| Military training has been estab.
lished in the high school at MARSHALL
town.
According to Prof. G. M. Turpin,
Iowa poultry brings $43,000,O00 an
nually.
The Williams bus barn at Jeffer-
son was destroyed by fire at a loss OF
! $4,000.
Mr.. and Mrs. Al Oviatt, Of Mag
| nolia, celebrated their 50th wedding
anniversary.
The Third Iowa regiment reached
Des Moines without a single man on
| the sick list.
Capitalists at Sheffield will erect
new brick and tile plant at cost OF
about $150,000.
David Algyer, prominent pioneer At
torney at Sioux Rapids, died from the
effects of grip.
C. A. Stiles Of Cherokee helped to
land a 900 pound shark while on
trip in Florida.
The city council at Sheldon let Z
contract for $1,000 square feet of con-
crete pavement.
With a crew Of Is men the ice COM
pany at Toledo put away 1,400 tons OF
ice in six days.
Joy Laucamp, Of near Wilton, was
seriously injured when team he was
driving, ran away.
Lewis Miller Of Waterloo was badly
injured when a street car collided
with his automobile.
Goods valued at $500 were taken
from the general store operated by
Sam Kahill at Waterloo.
c. w. Stouffer of Aredale traded
$40 acres of Franklin county land for
1000 acres in Minnesota.
Ira Strawbridge, farmer near Edo
"a, had his feet so badly frozen that
amputation was necessary.
The State Center Farmers Creamery
association paid $6s,391.31 to the men,
bers for cream during 1916.
A straw stack on the Gottlieb AL
dinger farm near Ackley toppled over
on four cows and smothered them.
A 400 per cent increase in fires Is
reported in Burlington. The depart
ment answered AZ calls in January.
Every student from Iowa university
who served on the Mexican border
will be granted free tuition at the uni
versity.
Peter Torkas, aged As, Of Carroll,
lost his foot and the lower part Of his
right leg when run over by switch
engine.
The home Of Mrs. Ida M. Ballentine
of Jewell was burned to the ground.
while she was at Webster City get
ting married. ~.
Jim Wallace Of Nevada was badly
cut across the face during quarrel
with Ed Payne, while the latter was
shot in three places.
Jack Racer for years a police court
character in Davenport, was seriously
burned as a result of a fire which
destroyed his shanty boat.
Seventeen million square feet Of
wire fabric is manufactured annually
at the plant of the American Wire
Fabrics company at Clinton.
A II year old girl who is bride Of
four months, was left widow by the
death of Henry Shipe, aged 10, Of
Shenandoah, who died Of pneumonia.
A Rock Island passenger train went
off the track near Walnut and rolled
down a twenty foot embankment, and
seven persons were seriously injured.
The general store at Shannon was
destroyed by fire at loss Of $4,000.
Mrs. Carrie Lersh Of Davenport
committed suicide by taking carbolic
acid. r.
Morris Chaikin, clerk in Harry Lin
coins grocery store at Council Bluffs.
was held up and robbed of $1,000 I'm
currency and gold and $1,000 In
| checks. "a g
It was necessary to use dynamite
on some Of the big snow drifts that
blocked traffic between Sioux City
and the Twin Cities during the recent
blizzard.
Mrs. Emlin McClain, widow Of the
late chief justice of the Iowa supreme
court and dean Of Iowa university
college of law, is dead at her homo
In Iowa City. ..
Fred Cerka, aged Is. Of Nevada, was
buried under an avalanche Of coal in
the coal house, when sent after pail
Of COAL Fortunately his head was not
bruises.
Thousands Of game fish we're res
cued by game wardens from the reser-
voir at Tama, which is steadily lower
ing, and placed them in the Iowa