Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-09

towns and many others had been
church members who simply renewed
their church covenants. 1t is believed
that there were between 1000 and 1900
new adult converts. AS a result of the
revival the membership of twenty two
church organizations has been in
creased GAL to date. ST. PauIs Meth
odist leads with 1872 and Trinity NJ. E.
is second with 113,si The next highest
is the Ollvet Presbyterian, with 81.
Iowa City.
The city council has commanded the
fire warden of Iowa City, to destroy the
old State Historical Society building.
This ancient stone structure was the
first Presbyterian church in Iowa City.
1t subsequently passed into the pos
session Of the historians, and still
later was used commercially. Henry
Rate, the manufacturer, now owning
1T, was ordered to tear it down some
time ago, as the alderman voted it Il
menace to children and other human
beings. The owner failed to act, and
now its destruction has been made
mandatory.
Iowa City.
ton, undismayed by $4,000 indebted
!, ness and no cash in the treasury, will
try to keep it's head above water-in
more senses than one, since the floods
of 1909 put the organization into a
! deeper "hole" than ever. Accordingly
/ it was voted to hold fair in 1910
Officers We're elected, with Bruce
Moore, as president: and George A
Hitchcock, as secretary. The associa-
| ton owns grounds worth $4,000, and
will try to sell that big park to the
board of supervisors, under the new
state law on the subject.
Carson.
Pete Oleson the merchant tailor OF
this place. came near losing his life
at Oakland when getting on the train
for Carson after 1t had begun to move
Another man was getting off at the
same time and ran into Oleson ano
knocked him off between the steps anG
depot platform. For q few moments
it looked as tho the man would surely
be ground to pieces. The train was
brought to a stop and Oleson carried
in and brought home. His body is {
mass of bruises and numerous liga.
ments are torn and twisted, but ne
bones were broken. He is in a seriou.
condition.
| Nicola.
Mrs. White had severe fright ant
marrow escape from possible injury a
her home. She had stepped into tn,
yard when size fo felt the ground mnde
her feet giving way, the surface sink.
ing for a distance of six or seven fee
leaving hole in the ground who's,
circumference was about the same a.
its depth. The whole yard seemed t,
go down and it was only by a hast,
retreat that she was able to save her
self. Upon investigation after tn
eavein, 1t was learned that am old wei
had formerly been located where tn,
earth went down, but had beer
abandoned number of years ago ant
filled up.
Cedar Rapids.
A woman who refuses to give he
name but states that her home is il
Clinton, was arrested here on tn,
charge of larceny of a coat from tn,
Reynolds store. The woman wa
looking at some coats in the store. am
when she left she put one on unde
a long cape she wore and walked out
The loss was discovered shortly after
ward, and the woman was found II
the office of a physician, she havin,
told the physician that she was i'll an,
WANTED some medicine. She is nov
locked up at the station and will
probably have a hearing Monday. Sh
states that she forgot &c take the Goa
LOFT before going out of the store an,
did not know che had it on until sh'
was arrested.