Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-09-18
IOWA
NEWS

Of the julie Gavin home at Cascade
and sustained such painful injuries
that his death resulted. -
Prof. ]. A. Mclean, who has been
assistant in the animal husbandry
department at Iowa state college, mas
been appointed head of the state de-
partment at the agricultural college
of Mississippi.
Mrs. Sam Scott, wife OF a proml'
nent business man, Of Corning, while
scuffiing in fun with one OF her near
ly grown sons, slipped and fell, strlk'
ing with such force as to tear the
ligamcnts of the left hand loose and
also sprained and bruised the arm
and hand
Virgil Hennes, the 20-month-old
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry v. Hen
mes, of Ottumwa, while playing about
the house found and swallowed
strychnine pill. Symptoms of the
poisoning appeared while the nurse
girl was wheeling him on the street
and he died as they entered the home.
c. B. Stilson, of Waterloo, has been
chosen grand recorder for the Iowa
Workmen to fill the vacancy caused
by the death of H. B. White, VINO
held the position at the time OF his
death. T. G. Gibson, of Knoxville,
and James Leslie, of Clinton, have
just completed auditing the books.
His relatives are greatly worried
as to the whereabouts of Benedict
Keefe, son of Mrs. Daniel Keefe OF
Farley. 1t is now over year since
they had any word from him and all
efforts to locate him have so far
proven futile. The last letter receiv-
ed from him was from small town
in Minnesota.
The steamer Helen Blai.. owned by
the Northwestern Transportation
company Of Burlington, was damaged
by fire at Keokuk to the extent OF
1000. The prompt action OF the
crew of nearby steamboat soon had
the flames under control and saved
the crew and sleeping passengers
from probable death.
Moore I. Sharpe, employed at the
st. Paul & Des Moines round house
In Iowa Falls, was badly injured while
at work. While cutting piece
Of iron, the helper welding the
sledge struck glancing blow, the
sledge flying to one side and striking
Mr. Sharpe squarely in the abdomen.
He was taken to the hospital, but 1t
cannot be determined as yet how seri-
Gus his injury is. He is a man 62
years old and not in the best of physi-
cal health.
Floyd, the 14-year-old son Of J. R.
Mckee, a prominent stockman OF
East Peru, was killed by being
knocked off a freight train between
there and Barney. In company with
several other boys, young Mckee
had caught ride on freight train.
Floyd, to show his daring. was hang
ing onto the side of the ladder of a
car and occasionally letting one foot
touch the ground, when he was knock
ed off by an iron bridge and mangled
so he died on the train while being
brought from Barney to Peru.
Miss Marion Dampman, considered
one of the best teachers of English
In the state, and who has taught In
Corning a number of years, both In
the academy and high school, has re-
signed her position and accepted a
place in Carnegie high school, Pitts.
burg Miss Dampman taught for a
time in Honolulu in the government
school. Her place here 6 5ei1g ALL
ed by Miss Nyswander of Ges Ae'nes
Carl C. Countryman, formerly of
Iowa Falls. and son of Rev. Asa
Countryman, former past0s of the
, Congregational church, his just COM
pleted a journey Of 100 miles on
foot, his long tramp being from Chi
cago to Portland, Me-, and thence to
New York City. Mr.. Countryman is
interested in Y. M. c. A, worl. and
is a member of the Chicago Central
Y. M. C. A. He is an author, lecturer
and traveller. He expects to continue
his journey afoot as far south as
Florida and then across the south
ern part of the United States to Cali
fornia, thence north to Washington
and then east to Chicago.
The Cedar Falls Touring mills are
now manufacturing a fms grade of
-four from Iowa wheat. Five cars of
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the farm of S. B. Packa / near Mar
shalltown. Three cars were winter
wheat and two were of the spring
variety. Mr.. Packard received SO
cents on track in Marshaltown for
the wheat-4 cents in advance of the
Chicago market. Mr.. Packard has
been raising wheat for years and
finds it profitable. He got forty
bushels per acre this year from his
winter variety and thirty-seven bush.
els from his spring sowing. HIS sue
cess has stimulated his neighbors to
wheat raising and the Cedar Falls
20 into wheat raising and the Cedar
Falls mill people will get 800 bush
els from Mr. Packard's neighbors.
John r. King, for over twenty-five
year travelling agent OF the W. M
WEIGH company Of Chicago, died at
his home in Des Moines xter a brief
illness from pneumonia.
Mrs. Chas. F. Cramer. wife Of the
superintendent Of construction Of the
! federal building at Mason City, drop
ned dead as she was disrobing fol
the night
Work has been begun on the new
| Methodist church at Corning. The
plans drawn by Architect Hoagland