Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-21
Shenandoah,

Shenandoah.
While working at the wagon works
Saturday afternoon, Frank Baker had
one of his fingers completely cut off
and several Others badly cut. He was
operating a planer when the accident
happened.
Abba.
Jonathan Hartsuck, aged 81 years,
pioneer citizen of Monroe county,
died at the home of his son on the
old HOMESTEAD west of Abba, Sunday
night, May Is. Funeral was held at
2:30 Wednesday afternoon.
Guthrie Center.
The city council at its last meeting
took up the remaining $1,000 of the
water bonds This leaves the city
water plant entirely free from debt and
with small surplus to the good. The
and IS one of the best water plants in
the state for a cit. Of this size
Des menes.
l. NJ. Shipley. division superintendent
of the Great Western railway with
headquarters in Des Moines, has been
| provided with a handsome new pri-
waite car Heretofore he has had to look
for hotel accommodations while making
| inspection trips and attending to other
business matters in his division, but
now he carrier his f'hotel" with him
Mr.. 'shipley took his frst trip in the
car Monday. He went to ST Joseph.
Burlington.
The Mississippi Pearl Button Com
pany has had plans drawn for the erec-
ton of a three-story concrete addition
TO their present structure on Columbia
street. near the river a unique feature
of the building operation will be the
construction of the new building ovcl
a one-story brick building. thus en-.
abling the work in this structure to gC
ahead without interference. When tn.
new building is completed. the one.
tstory building will be torn down.
Sidney.
The Park Hotel. at Sidney, a three
story wooden structure, was discov.
cred to be on fire at about rnidnigh
Thursday, creating quite a panic
among the guests. The fire started
down in the kitchen and the fame;
had crept clear up to the third stor!
before they We're discovered and pu
out, with only small damage done. One
of the guests got especially frightened
and threw his trunk out of third
story window and was with difficult.
restrained from jumping.
oskaIoosa.
SO far as known, the first union me
mortal service ever held anywhere
was conducted in Oskaloosa Sunda.
lzc III =. =,
Fred Cubberly, head of the local print
ers' union and business manager o
the Iowa Brigade band, and was adopt
ed by the Oskaloosa Trades Assem-
bly,. In place of each union trying t
fttingly honor its dead, all Joined to
gether and union services were he'll
at Forest cemetery. The band heade
the parade, which was participated i
by 500 members of local unions.
Seymour.
Died, Sunday night. in the room bac
of the Bank of Seymour, occupied a
a shoe shop by his brother Lewis, Jus
tin Gum, formerly one of Seymour
prosperous business men. He was
partner with j. L. Brooks in the lum
Der and grain business and was up
right and honorable in his dealing
His health failed under the strain {
financial and family troubles and fe
a number of years he has been
, physical wreck, and death came as
! welcome relief from mental and phys
ical suffering. He had the good wi
t and sympathy of a very large Giro
of friends. The funeral services we,
, held at the Methodist church Monda
I at 2:30 p. m. Interment was made
: South Lawn cemetery.
Imogene.
, An accident happened on II
bridge just west Of town yesterds
: afternoon, that resulted in Il
!, breaking of both bones in the arm
: George Buzzard, the 16-year-oid 81
{ of Dan Buzzard. He was coming
: town, riding a blind horse and iu
9 as he was on the bridge, Villa
: Smith, Floyd Atkinson and Elm
= came driving up behind him in a bul
= gy and started to go past him. o.
J. of the horses happened to strike t!
= blind horse, which caused it to lun
!. and fall over the~ra3ling to the dit
: lbelow, a distance Of ten or twel
i. feet. Before the horse fel, hoy
; lever, George managed to get OF o.