Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-02
Ainsworth.

Ainsworth.
j. A Marsh has the old grain ele-
vator, that was built forty-two years
ago, nearly RACED. He is finding lots of
good white pine lumber in it that will
come handy in the erection of his new
garage.
Ainsworth.
Monday Grandma Marsh got dizzy
and fell, striking the corner of u
trunk, cutting quite cash above her
eye that required several stitches by
the doctor to close up In the after
noon she arose again from her couch
and got another fall, this time without
ANY serious results. She is now better.
Riverside.
Monday afternoon about 1 O'Clock
the residence of F. r. Florang, eight
miles southeast Of town, was burned
to the ground. The family was away
from home at the time, but the fire was
discovered by the neighbors. 1t was
| impossible to save the house, but most
of the household goods were carried
out by the neighbors. 1t was new
house, having been in use only a few
days.
Davenport.
| It is announced in railroad circles
that w. NJ Whittenton of Little Rock,
Ark, has been appointed ITO succeed
H. S. Gable as general superintendent
of the Rock Island road, with head
quarters in Davenport. Mr.. Written
ton is now stationed at Little Rock as
superintendent of the Choctow division.
Before going to Little Rock he was
! oP vi n ,icin p
with headquarters at Trenton, Mo.
Davenport.
Robert Dennie, one of the trio of
men who succeeded in cashing five
forged checks bearing the names of j
A. Boman and each of which amounted
to about s12, pleaded guilty to the
charge of false pretenses and was sem
ttenced to six months in the county jail
at hard labor and q fine Of 500 which
is to detain him in Jail until it is fully
paid To the charge of uttering forged
check he pleaded not guilty.
Essex.
i Never before in tf1irty-fve years die
the Tarkio creek overflow its banks
at this time of year as it did two
weeks ago. Only in the fall of 1877 were
the corn fields in such condition a:
they are now. That year the last OF
the corn had to be left in the fields fol
the ground to freeze up, and the only
freeze that winter was a little one weel
in January Lots of corn was spoiled
in the cribs that year and the goot
corn sold for IA to Is cents per bushel
Saylorville.
} On account of a threatened epidemic
of diphtheria among the school chill
dren Of Saylorville, the school author
tiles of that place have ordered tn
schools closed until the danger is over
Ruth Stokey, daughter Of r. E. Stokey
contracted a serious case during tn
Thanksgiving holidays and since tina
time several other children have beer
the victims of slight form. The schoo
board decided to close the school un
til 1t is considered safe to call classe
: again.
Burlington.
: The body Of D. NJ. Samuel, who's
home is believed to be at Denver. wa
found beside the right of-way of tn
Burlington road, a short distance cas-
of West Burlington, at an early houl
, Samuel had been struck by a trair
!. and nearly every bone in his body wa
Y broken He had been thrown thr
the air for a considerable, distance
t landing in a ditch on the south side @
g the tracks. The dead strangers wallis
was found at the checking stand at tn
i. depot, from which 1t was learned tina
he has a brother, a prominent banke
at Pueblo, Colo, and also a son-in
law, A. N. Burrows, of Denver. Colo.
Cedar Rapids.
When it becomes necessary for
y mother to have her own son arreste
j for stealing. her watch then it is
q pitiful state of affairs indeed. Ths
was what Cedar Rapids woman wa
obliged to do. 1t was Saturday the
this woman went to the police static
and lodged a complaint against he
son for having stolen her watch. TIL
boy when seen made no attempt 1
( deny his guilt and explained that h
d had given the watch to a young lad
: He was allowed until Sunday to Sc
;, cure the watch. but this he failed to d
j. The police finally arrested him an
d then then he said he had a date wit
1.-the young lady for Monday nigh