Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-06-27


4 telegram received this morning by
\ \ Moore from, T ! Fletcher. at
,,,,t,a -. -. $50, = n.
N4'SA' LS4.isT7E 91 MIS- 'e-c4le'
and \. Q Click. u This city which oc-
clrre,3 a. the Fletcher home sunday.
D- ,s,t-a.s 5s,., ~ ~. . 80 aca
-'iA ~ ~'ie 81" year % NJ me
Dr. Clicks death removes another
II ne real p3onears Of Marshall,owr1.
5v7 mar un, - ,,,s,,- 1.ars was
pt'''4-''4el' ana aS'iNe IN 'li7 up
va presiden. Of The First National
hank for many years. ex-postmaster
member q The city council ana Sehool
board He was also widely known III
insurance circles Of the STATE. having
served for several years as medical d.
rector Of the Bankers Life Insurance
Company. Of Des Me!neS. Burial VIII
and was in The S+th year OF MS NE.
Death Not Unexpected.
Or Clicks death was not unexpected
~ MS many friends here me doctor
has been failing Tor several years, ana
: mas 5@etl ktlo"n tor some firne ina!
the end could not Dc TAR Instant. IN
order mat he might be better cared
for BY his daughter, DR.. Click was TAX
en- 10 ne Fletcher home on Apr. -
Sketch Of Busy Career
George Click was born March is,
1927, IN Gutenberg. Germany. and spent
The carly part Of his life in Ms native
country IL 1910 The young man
father decided 10 e-nigrate 20 America,
" aere his family might have more adj
vantages. The family settled al Mans
field. O., upon reaching this country.
In August of the same year young
Click was bound out 10 Or. Eli Teeg-
arden. and under ,he lat-er's preceptar-
ship began the study Of medicine and
entered the Eclectic Medical College at
Cincinnati. o.. from which ne gradu-
a:eG in 1s4q
Lured by Gold Excitement
AI+ha he had a profession DR.. Click
vas not content 10 settle down TO the
lteA Of a country doctor. There was
another ;nducerent in the shape of
the gold excitement in California. Peo-
pie were Aocking 10 the gold country.
and in the spring Of 1850 DR.. Click
4o;r.s ~. nro,esstor7 and crossed the
mains He remained in California five
Years and met with very good success
lin his speculations.
Comes Here With Bride.
| In 1865 DR.. Ciltck returned 10 Ohio,
| tha state Of mis- adoption. where, on
vov- 1875. al Pioua, he took as his
! byiae Miss Jane Ziegenfelder, One year
4 la-er DIT. and Mrs. Click came TO Mar
.1,sl,+ou.o reaching here in March.
e5s when the village was in its in
sanov ye- gave promise of developing
3
,a,,. country Al the time Of their ar
I'LL r,r ana Mrs Click agreed among
! themselves that they would live and
sic i, Narsnalltown." In his autobi-
osranhv written in December. 1880. Dr..
! r-iicl. rs,-e-a-e5 this statement. when
sata. ~ 4,aI5eve the people of Mar
I sbau county are better than in any
o.ae- coun+y in the state. and l will
80 and 5ia in this county"
rate vas NOT so 70 will as far as this
/ -io1ear,S death was concerned. but his
1,.tshas arc m he complied with in the
sao. -ha- his Last resting place will be
/ - 49, cc,,-+y ara INV which he loved
Enters Business Career,
I ~ r.rick had hardly more than be-
/ - tel, cared than ne entered in
( 80 ac-iva business career On April
/ : Ts-e he bought out the interest of
" = p;ce -rhn was associated with
- vrt,,iqrod in the drv goods business.
- IN he snring of 1855 sold MS in
+a~as- N his mariner Mr. Wiiligrod.
80 =is-.oeing Of This business he i'm
,-,edia+a,v bought another. purchasing
s-ocL of drugs owned BY DR.. f. j
c.a,1er and Tohr WATSON. both o.
49,, ara now dead Dr.. Click con-
6,,n,ea -hie drug business until 1870.
-, he so7d 70 Mcbride &, Birchard
~ Is+a ~ * : MCBRIDE and A. T.
pi-ctars [xho is still resident of the
citv1 This business was continued
80 bo,,- tz,o Years when Birchard
ho,,,,t+ o,,- Mcbride who took George
80 as -ar,ner resulting in what is
/ Icpr,da g. VIII Drug Com
NJ t,i-chard continued his bust
20. +ir,a FOO. C. ] Lander as
nd Is+er sold to Lander. which
800 .,a beginning of another of the
ma. - 80 businesses Of the city.
ei;oL en+ers Bank.
, .4g,1o ~ his drug store Dr.
tho banking business
11i,N 60 1s7o was elected cash
am ga 80. National. Two wears