Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-11-03
Northern Io1un Items

as usual that morning with the mail on
rural route No. 3. Afterward Fred
Farmer saw the purse, picked 1t up and
asked regarding its owner The Blue
Earth man claimed it and it was given
him. He then got Il team and drove
to Eagle Grove, When Oviatt returned
the salesman's trick was discovered. He
was confronted on q Northwestern
train but refused to give mp the money.
He was allowed to return 10 Blue
Earth. Oviatt and Farmer followed
him there and the firm employing the
salesman, whose namc is Patterson,
paid Oviatt the amount of his loss. It
is not known what the company did
with him.
Cedar Falls.
Goals that fell from cook stove
into the woodboN ignited the home
of George Corwin, four and one-half
miles northwest of Cedar Falls, and
burned it to the ground, together with
the furniture. Henry Gilkey, owner of
the house, was in the act of signing a
contract for its sale at the moment he
was notified OF the fire. Mr.. GillSey had
| drawn up papers for the sale of the
farm of 100 acres to c. Vinall for sl1j
| per acre. When the prospective pur-
| chaser learned of the fire he immedi-
ately called off the deal, but Mr.. Gill
| key has offered to make over the in
surance of $1,000 to him. 1t will take
about $500 to replace the dwelling.
Mr. Corwin carried $500 insurance on
| his household effects.
| Dunkerton.
I Postmastet' II. w. Butcher died Sun
4 1ov aftarnnDn after on illnaSe nf thraf
weeks of intestinal and kidney troubles
Mr.. Bucher was in his 18th year and
was one of the pioneers of Black Hawk
county. He had resided here for the
past twenty three years. or since the
town was established. Just before re-
moving to Dunker..on he had resided
at Lester Center for ten years At
Lester Center he conducted a general
4 merchandise store ard when the Chi
cago Great Western was built thru this
place he moved his store building 70
Dunkerton. For number of years he
conducted a general merchandise store
here but several years ago disposed OF
his business. He retired for a short
time but was afterward appointed
postmaster
Waterloo.
Inc unique SlSnt OF u woman uTeSe
ed in silks begging for sustenance
for her little starving children was
witnessed Friday night by police sta
ton habitues. A Waterloo mother tolt
the officers she had been without fool
all day and that her twins a-ed about
one wear had also been without nour-
ishmeht for twentyfour hours. \ talt
of sorrow was repeated TO the police
The woman said she had once beer
happy With her husband, but recently
he had abandoned her for another
woman of notorious reputation. Silt
said she pleaded with the woman VIII.
bad ensnared her husband to give hin
up, but that she persisted in visiting
him at Moons and after working hour
at the places where he was working 4;
carpenter, and now she had captured
him completely. Upon Il previous oc-
! casion she had appealed to the police
to compel the woman to cease her Wis
it's Since her desertion the food sup
l ply had become depleted and all tina
was left was the furniture ana th'
clothes she had purchased before tn
L other woman had come between her
Y self and her husbands earnings. Tha
t ] explained her slken attire.