Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-10-21

Sioux City.
The First Congregational church has
extended a call to Rev. Lewis Van De-
burg, pastor of the Second Presby-
terrain church of Brooklyn, N. Y. He
preached here recently. He is expected
to accept.
Humboldt
E. A. Wilder, councilman and in
has traded his stock of merchandise for
Montana land to B. g. Brockway, who
will probably sell the stock. Mr.. Wilder
will leave town and Humboldt will lose
one of her best business men.
Dubuque.
| This city was chosen as the location
for the sixth annual convention of the
Iowa Association of Master Bakers, at
a meeting the executive committee of
the association held in Council Bluffs
Tuesday. The convention will be held
in the second week in February, 1910
Sac City.
| Monday afternoon while at work
building a corn crib on his farm, in
Coon Valley township, seven miles
southeast of Sac City. N. j. Wilson fell
from a ladder, and suffered compound
fracture of his left leg. Both bones
were broken off near the ankle and the
ends protruded thru the flesh.
DEBORAH.
On Sunday morning Rev. w. NJ
Lemen, the newly appointed shepherd
| of the Methodist flock in DEBORAH,
preached his first sermon and began a
pastorate which is hoped may be
mutually pleasant and spiritually pro-
| fitable. Ffe comes here from Clarence,
Iowa. His goods and family have ar
rived.
Sioux City.
Guilty is the verdict returned by the
district court jury Tuesday night in the
case of the state against George Her.
rington. This means that under the
indeterminate sentence law Harrington
will be sentenced to a life term in the
Iowa state prison. Harrington is con-
victed of rape on the person af Flor
1 ence Ward, IL years of age.
Cedar Falls,
Carl Merner, one of the normal's
crack football stars, was seriously in
jured in scrimmage Tuesday after
noon between the normal eleven and
the reserves. 1t is not known definitely
how the accident occurred, unless in
some manner he was struck in the
head. Mr.. Merner is one Of normal s
main supporters in the football eleven.
Patton.
| The top notch for real estate in this
part of the Greene county for this year
was reached this week in the sale of
the L. H. Roberts farm of 240 acres.
lying three miles west of town. The
farm was sold to George Rutgers. of
Rippey, for $135 per acre. The place
is we'll tiled, we'll fenced but had an
old house. Other farms have sold at
$50 to 1927 per acre.
Granville.
The citizens of Granville placed their
stamp Of approval on the Sioux City
and Spirit Lake interurpan road When
] by practically uninamous vote in the
special election they granted a fran
chise to the company thru the streets
of the town and the roads of the town
ship. In the election a total OF fifty
nine votes We're cast, and of these fifty
four were in the affirmative.
Ackley.
While looking for pair Of shears in
the drawers of a machine at her home,
Mrs. Charles FolSer was pricked with
a needle. She gave it no particular
attention that day, but the next day
the finger had swollen to a considerable
size. Since then the whole arm has
swollen. Physicians deemed it neces-
sary to amputate the finger, altho for
a time It was thought it would be nee
essary to amputate the arm as a result,
of blood poisoning.
Akron.
| Liverman w. Fl. Morse hired q single
horse and rig last Thursday afternoon
to a couple of strangers who claimed
to hail from Sioux City. At the expir-
alton Of reasonable time they did moi
return and he began an investigation
to learn their whereabouts. He had al
most given up hope OF recovering the
outfit when a message came from IRE
ton. stating that the horse and rig had