Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-30
Southern Io1ua Items

, companion hurried to him and render
rare presence of mind the two boys
FASTENED to the Iowa sanatorium.
where DR.. Bobo was forced to am
putate the injured hand at the wrist.
Massena. ~
Frank Daugherty, middle aged
| man, was found dead late Friday night
in the basement of John Yarger's store,
at tMassena, of heart trouble. 1t is said
that he had been drinking heavily and
| that some of his friends had taken him
to the basement to stay until his sons
were ready to go home. When they
went to get him, he was dead. Mr.
Daugherty was a farmer, living a few
| milese northwest of Massena, and
leaves wife and several children.
Van Horn.
1t is believed that the Strellners of
Big Grove township employed the
champion corn husker of Benton county
this fall His name is John Grenewald
and he hailed from Indiana. He aver
aged lis bushels for twenty-five and
one-half days, husking as high as 1875
bushels some days, and unloaded all
he husked with a scoop. Herewith is
| the number of bushels he husked for
the Strellners: For John, 1,p50; for
Julius. 1870; for Henry, 4OO-total,
1920.
Cedar Rapids.
! Rev. Charles Warren Maggart and
family are thankful today because an
exciting experience they had Sunday
night was not prolonged more than one
minute. When Mr.. Maggart lit the
/ gas Sunday evening some crepe paper
on the fixture caught fire and flashed
across the room to other Christmas
decorations on the walls. The entire
room seemed in a flash of fire, but
prompt and coolheaded work extin-
guished the blaze so that it was not
! necessary to call the fire department
Mt. Vernon.
| Fred Bohr lost his household goods
Sunday night by fire. The Bohr fam
! lily were going to move to Cedar Rap
| ids from the farm they had been liv-
ing on south of Lisbon. and were
spending the night at Ed RusseTs
Along in the evening they noticed that
their house was attire, and hurried to
| it, but We're unable 10 save but a very
few pieces of furniture. They had $500
insurance on their household goods, but
been changed when they moved to the
farm, year ago.
coIfax.
| The verdict rendered by the coron-
er's investigation in the case of Thomas
McI<1lne & farmer killed hy g Reel,
island passenger train last week is
that the crossing flagman was dereIict
of duty, evidence showing that he was
not at his station when the train. which
was running at speed of eighteen
miles per hour, was passing. and the
victim of the accident had no warning
of danger thus throwing the RESPONSE
bility of his death on the Rock Island
Railway Company. Suit will perhaps
be brought for damages.
keokuk.
Rev. George c. Williams, pastor OF
the Congregational church, officiated a,
a double wedding Christmas eve in
thee Jerks office, at s O'clock. The
brides were sisters. and it was nee
essary for one of the grooms to make
a flying trip to Alexandria to secure
the parents consent for his bride. He
made the ten miles on horseback and
is said to have broken all records fol
the trip. The couples were Miss RUBY
T. Norton, aged 16, and Mr.. Archie A
Cooper, aged %. both of Winchester
and Miss Edna e. Norton, aged 20, ant
Mr.. Frank Edward Gates. aged 10, both
! of Alexandria