Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-08-22
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Southern Ioua Items
DonnelIson

DonnelIson.
The fortieth annual reunion of the
Pioneers and Old settlers Association
Of Lee county. will be held at the Lee
county fair grounds. Donnellson, Iowa
Thursday, Aug. %.
Ottumwa.
George W. Kinds. one of the Oldest
settlers OF Dahlonega township and one
of the first residents Of OttumWa. pass
ed peacefully away at his home as the
result of a stroke of paralysis. He was
IS years of age.
Knoxville.
Harry King. proprietor of a local pool
hall, and w. C. Robinson, of the Aristo
Studio. were badly injured, when King
who was riding a bicycle at a very fast
rate Of speed, ran into Robinson, VINO
was crossing the street.
Dea Moines.
Iowa has twenty-seven "class A
railroads. five class b" railroads. and
nine class c. railroads. according to
a certificate Of classification issued by
A. H. Dawson, secretary of the exc
cutive council. The total number OF
classified railroads is therefore forty
one. including interurbans.
5ettendorf.
Roy Stokes. the 4-months'-old baby
of Mr.. and Mrs. Leroy Stokes. had a
miraculous escape from death by fall
ing fro mthe second aoor window OF
the Stokes home 20 the ground below.
The injuries are but slight, no bones
being broken and the little one is as
we'll as ever, except for a few bruises
sustained.
Ottumwa.
Mayor T. ]. Phillips. against whom a
judgment in the sum Of $500 was rem
dered by the Napello county district
court. has issued a public statement in
which re sincerely acknowledges the
generous spons of the citizens TO the
committee soliciting funds to pay the
Judgment. The total sum Of $500 was
raised.
Iowa City.
Carl Spencer and Sam Wilson, Iowa
City boys. on board the L. S. S. In
dependence. We're honorably discharged
Thursday, and will leave San Fran
cisco for Iowa City at once. They have
been in the L. S. Marines during the
past four years and have won corpor-
alships. by service in the United States,
the Hawaiian Islands, the Philippines
and japan.
Hamburg.
Word has just been received of the
death of Mrs. Tuck. an old lady living
several miles southeast of this county,
in Atchison county. Missouri. Death
was caused by evere burns received
while working with an incubator, the
lamp exploding and throwing oil all
over her In such quantity as to make
II impossible to rescue her. Her daugh-
ter with rho she made her home was
also badly burned in attempting 10 res
cue her mother.
Davenport.
Before Jan. 1. 1911, Davenport will be
in touch with twenty-one principal
points In Iowa by means of the most
up-to-date method of communication,
according to the statement Of G. E.
Turner Of Philadelphia. formerly of the
Continental Wireless Telegraph Com
pany. Mr.. Turner Is in Des Moines
promoting a state telegraph system to
be financed by Iowa capital. An ex-
penditnre of SIS. 600, averaging between
$500 and $500 to a station, will be in
volved in the proposition.
Keokuk.
That a jan for boys Is needed was
clearly demonstrated about he noon
hour when a %youngster, Leroy Red
dington, made good his c from an
upstairs room in the police station,
where he was being kept on account Of
the misdemeanor Of which he was
charged. Reddinger was arrested the
day beforehand taken to the police sta
ton. Young Reddinger either climbed
from a window or sneaked down the
stairs and out the door in getting away.
for h had ned when the jatler went to
the upper chamber to give him his din
ner. ,~h
Dallas Confer.
While threshing oats, Will Yetter
and Ed Woodman, two farmers living
southeast OF town, became involved in
a wordy alteration, which finally ter
minated in q gladiatorial combat. with
pttchforks as weapons. Some Ill feel