Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-06-14
IOWA NEWS ITEMS

Mr.. a. H. Lane dropped dead at his
home at this place of heart failure.
Last winter he had bad attack OF
pneumonia. but recovered sufficiently
to make a trip to Oklahoma. Upon his
return he seemed much improved in
health and resumed his work, but later
had a. relapse which terminated in his
death.
Newton.
Mrs. Mary ]. Mershon, who lives on
North Mulberry street, received a nara
fall She was near an open cellar door,
and stumbling fell teadlong to the
bottom Of the cellar. She received a
broken finger, another dislocated, and
she hurt her head and side. 1t would
be quite hard fall for younger per-
SON but as she is about rs years old.
it will be some time before she will be
recovered.
Clarion.
L., w. Cole lost his fine road horse
by drowning in the Iowa river mar
rowly escaping the same fate himself.
The river is very high and swift, and
the horse lost it's footing on the grade
approach to. the Davenport bridge,
which was under water. Mr.. Cole
saved himself by catching hold of the
branch of tree and was later rescued
with the aid of a boat. The horse was
q valuable animal, and only recently
purchased by Mr.. Cole.
Oelwen.
Mayor Hanson was served with no.
tice Tuesday thSt suit will be brought
against the city for $4,000 by Pauline
Etzkorn "for injuries sustained by her
on the fifteenth day of April, 1907, by
stepping upon and being tripped by
two loose planks in a certain plank
sidewalk situated on the north side of
of the southeast corner Of the lot" The
location described is near st, Mary's
church.
Akron.
Carl r.. Smith, pastor Of the local
Christian church the past year, closed
his work here last week. He left Sat-
urday for Anthem, his former pastor
ate, and after a brief visit there enters
upon a three years course at Drake
university at Des Moines. A
son of John Wenblom. northwest of
town, was the victim Of a peculiar and
painful accident His trowsers were
caught in the gearing of a corn shelter
and the cogs tore from the feshy part
of the leg, below the thigh, a piece of
flesh about as large as a mans hand
could cover.
Newton.
Considerable damage is reported to
us to have been done in Malaka town
ship during wind storm. Altho no
houses were destroyed, nearly all the
other buildings on the farms in that
vicinity were damaged in some man
ner. A large barn on the H. D. Par
sons farm was blown entirely off its
foundation and 200 feet of shed were
blown down. On the farm occupied by
John Buchanan, Jr., similar damage
was done. A large barn has blown off
the premises and across the road and
into the field Of the Parsons farm.
Also very large barn, strongly built
ported to have been blown off its foun-
dalton and across the road.
Grand Junction.
Rev. E. o. Rogers has resigned as
pastor of the Baptist church and
preached his farewell sermon Sunday
evening. He has been an untiring
worker, and has accomplished much
for the betterment of the town and
the uplifting of those with whom he
came in contact. He has carried his
studies in Des Moines college besides
looking after the church here and at
Farlin. Still he has been able to make
anNexcellent showing in college and has
made an enviable record in the min
istry as we'll. Rev. Rogers has accept
ed a call to the pastorate of the Bap-
list church at Osceola, to which charge
he, will give his whole attention ex-
cept when attending college.
LeMars.
A warrant was sworn out on Thurs
day for the arrest of S. D. Scykie, In
Justice Jones' court. Scykie is a bar
Der who blew into town some time ago
and went to work in the Phillips shop.
He has been boarding for the past five
weeks at. the Grand Central hotel, and
when he offered Mr.. Nuel check
drawn on the First National bank for
$25 in payment of weeks board last
Tuesday, Mr. Nuel thought 1t was all
right and returned him $21 in cash. He
sent the check to the bank with which
he does business, and it went from
there to the First National bank, and
then the hotel proprietor was inform ed