Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-05-28
OskaIoosa,

| Cskaloosa.
Mrs. Ardena Oller, probably one of
| the Oldest residents of the city, dropped
dead Wednesday afternoon of heart
failure. She was about 70 years of
! age.
Muscatine.
Jay Arthur Lawrence. aged 20, son of
County Auditor Lawrence and employ
ed on the ,MuSca tine Journal is dead
after three weeks illness with ty-
phoid fever.
GriswoId.
Lester Black, 1s-year-old son of
Frank Black, living southwest of town,
who came near dying as the result of
drinking too much banana brandy, has
returned to consciousness and prob
ably will recover.
Council Bluffs.
| A petition has been filed by Mrs.
Carrie Anderson against the Omaha &
Council Bluffs Street Railway in the
district court. The plaintiff alleges
that she was injured while alighting
from car on July 16, 1909, and that
the fall which she suffered was caus-
ed by negligence on the part of the car
crew in suddenly starting the car. She
asks damages in the sum of $1,000.
Greenfield.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Timberlake on
Thursday, May 26, passed the half
century mark of their welded life. Mr..
and Mrs. Timberlake were married in
Knox county, Illinois in 1910, where
they resided until 1865, when they re-
moved to Greenfield, where they have
since resided. Five children were born
to this union. The living are Steve, Of
Winterset, and Mrs. Marie Tobin, of
Muscatine.
GriswoId.
Viola eWaver, 7-year- old daughter
of U. G. Weaver and wife, living south
east of Griswold, while playing on the
banks Of Seven Mile creek, fell into
the water. Ross Hully, a boy about
IA years of age, hearing her screams,
rescued her She was carried to the
residence of a neighbor and her father
Informed of the accident by phone. Mr.
Weaver sped to the scene in his auto
and took the little girl home.
Des Moines.
Zell Roe, superintendent Of public
safety, issued his ultimatum in regard
to gambling. At noon Thursday the
lid went on in Des Moines and all dice
games, selling of chances or raffles and
playing of pool or billiards for money
must cease, says the police department
head Superintendent Roe says pool
and billiard tables will be confiscated
and cigar stores and drug stores dealt
harshly with unless his edict is obeyed
to the letter.
CenterviIe.
While engaged in embarrassing the
chicken house at his home on West
Maple street Lloyd Whitsell. the liv-
eryman, suffered serious injuries to his
eyes by reason of the bursting OF the
hose of the spraying machine and the
throwing of the limewater into his face.
Only prompt measures taken by the
doctor who was summoned at once
prevented the action Of the lime from
destroying the eyesight. and even yet
the right eye is giving considerable
trouble.
Council Bluffs.
Frank Bromos, the italian who has
been on trial in district court. charg-
ed with the murder of w. A. Crump-
ton, was found guilty on Thursday OF
murder in the second degree. The
penalty for the crime may be from ten
years to life imprisonment The charge
upon which the defendant was convict
ed was that of stabbing w. A. Crunnp-
ton, switchman, with stilletto in the
Union Pacific Transfer yards ON the
night of Dec. 8, 1909. The victim died
twenty days later.
Cumberland.
A serious automobile accident occur
red between this city and Wiota. Ed
Pringey and wife, who reside on a farm
north Of the city, were both seriously
hurt. Mr.. and Mrs. Pringey were TAX
ing boy to Wiota. The boy was
thrown out alighting on his feet. The
force Of his jump kept him running
many yards before he could stop. The
car was running very fast and skidded
in soft spot in the road where grad
ing had been done The occupants
were thrown out with great force. Mrs
Pringey suffered a broken leg. Mr..
Pringey's arm is In such a condition