Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-31


4 CRIME to any one unless it was some of
her very close friends. and seems
anxious to blot out the memory of the
awful night Criss is still very weak
and he enjoys tho luxury of a cot in
The county Jail. while the rest of the
prisoners sleep jim hunks.
Sheldon. d, 4-ae,
| The town OF Sheldon lost in an effort
to have John Wilcox and Frank
Weatherby convicted and punished for
peddling without Il license. in district
court at Primghar, when Judge Oliver
held that the license OF $40 u day was
prohlbitive and discriminatory. The
peddlers We're convicted in the Sheldon
mayor court. but appealed to the dis
trict court
! Royal
"A state pure food inspector dropped
INTO Royal and created havoc among
l'le merchants by announcing that he
would institute proceedings against
several dealers for selling inferior
grades of feed not properly tagged.
ana against several for selling oysters
adulterated with water. All claim they.
did not know they We're violating the
law and that they We're selling the
articles Just us they bought them.
| Remsen.
The death of j. p. Wies occurred at
his home i'm Remsen just twentv-four
hours after his return from a trim ia
ms boyhood home in the grand duchy
of Luxembourg, Europe. There were
pathos and tragedy in his end. Stricl,
70 fol
against it with all his bodily and ment
al Nleof IN order TO see his wife and
children and die. if he had to die. in
MS home and take his last Journey
solaced and comforted by the dearest
ones on earth.
LeMars.
Mic Jellers. employed AT the j. kauf-
mann farm, was the victim of a painful
accident. He was hauling hay and
Wh1le on the stack he dug the pitch
| fork he was handling into some frozen
nay and in tugging at the hay the fork
broke. and fell on the broken end. caus-
ing severe wound in the abdominal
| region. He was brought to the LeIars
hospital. At first it was thought bis
intestines were punctured, but this
| painful but he will recover.
Sioux City.
Bob sleds and sleighs of all descrp-
tons are at a premium. Never before
i'll the history of the northwest has
there been such a scarcity of these
articles, either for pleasure or bust
ness In the carriage and wagon ships
such articles are not to be had at any
price. Dealers in this section are I'M
able to secure them from the factories
and the factories find themselves
caught Iii ina s unexpected situation. Not
anticipating such an early winter, so
much snow or general demand for such
vehicles, they had allowed their stocks
to run down and are now in position
where they are unable to meet the de-
| mand.
Waverly.
With the thermometer marking 12
degrees below zero and with the sharp
wind whistling thru the cracks and
under the cars, train load Of passen-
gers spent the greater part of Tuesday
night on the open prairie at waverly
Junction. At that point the engine be-
gan to show signs of distress and be-
fore the engineer was hardly aware Of
it he found himself helpless to proceed
further. The steam kept going down
until the coaches were deprived OF heat
and for seven hours. men, woman and
children passed a most distressing
night There were a large mum Der of
passengers aboard and everybody util-
lied all tiielfasa liable wraps and made
1.-The hxst 6f THE fortunate plight. An
jother engine had to be procured from
Cedar Rapids and itsrelieved the stalled
] train next morning.