Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-07-19
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to the Doan block and installed therein
with genuine new fixtures-that is,
new fixtures of the permanent kind
and the kind fitted by experts. The
new quarters are handsome, comfort-
able. roomy and neat. They will make
Humboldt a much handsomer office
and make good service easier for the
postoftice force.
lie Mars.
Len. the 13-year-old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. r. Dobbert, residing in Stan
| ton township. was badly hurt in
moving machine when his team be-
| came frightened and started to run.
While cutting grass something went
| wrong with the harness, and the boy
stepped out on the tongue to adjust it.
The horses We're startled and gave a
jump, starting to run and the boy was
| thrown across the sickle bar With re-
markable pluck he managed to stop
| their flight, clinging to- the lines and
| being dragged several rods. He then
mounted the seat and drove to the
| house. altho blood was pouring from
his wounds. He was badly cut on the
| back Of the leg.
| AIsona. 80
Jone Zanke of Kossuth county met
with an accident on Thursday night
that came near costing his life When
about to start for home and while
standing in the front end Of his loaded
wagon with his back towards the
horses, the team started to back out,
causing Mr.. Zenke to fall backwards
down between the doubletrees and the
wheel of the wagon. His fall caused one
of the horses to spring forward, pin
| ming MIR. Zanke between the double-
tree and the wheel. across the short
ribs. causing internal injuries and pos
sibly cracking the ribs. The injured
| man was taken to the hospital in an
unconscious condition and for several
days was in considerable pain and un-
able to turn over. He is now gaining
strength and will probably soon be able
to return home.
LeMars.
Den, the 13-year- son of w. F.
Dobbert, residing in Stanton township.
while moving grass, stepped on the
tongue to fix the harness. The horses
started to run and the boy was thrown
onto the sickle and badly cut In spite
of his wounds. he stopped the runaway
team and drove home. when a doctor
was called. The boy has good CHANG
for recovery. Robert Steele. aged
6S years. died at his home one mile
south of town Wednesday, He re-
turned home on Saturday from west
ern trip in a dying condition. being
taken sick at Colorado Springs He
was a native of Scotland, where he
was born in 1912. He homesteaded in
Plymouth county in 1871. He leaves
a wife and five children. He amassed
a considerable fortune and was active
in church and political circles.
Arthur.
Saturday night there was a bad ac-
cident near Schram's just east of
Arthur in which horse was SO badly
injured and cut up that it was neces-
sary to kill the animal. The driver
Of a team bound east refused to give
any OF the road to motorcycle COM
ing west and the cycle ran into one of
the horses. 1t seems that John Carlson,
and Arthur Blacksmith were coming
west into Arthur on the way home
from Odebolt, and Sac county people
who had been to Arthur for a Saturday
evenings visit were going east on the
same road. Their team was bit frac-
tious and they refused to turn out and
give the motorcycle the half of the
road to which 1t is entitled. AS re-
suit the motorcycle ran into one of the
horses and cut 1t up badly. Carlson
was badly bruised but has been able
to be about his work.
Thornton.
A peculiar accident occurred at
Thornton, which came near proving
fatal. Fred Wheat, In the employ of the
Great western railroad, undertook to
see what was the matter with the rail-
road we'll which supplied water for the
locomotives by means of a gasoline en-
CINE and elevated bank. When he had
descended about one-third the depth of
the well with q lighted candle he de-
tected a strong odor Of gasoline and
hastily blew out his candle, only to dis
cover that the mouth OF the well above
his head was filled with glue flame
slowly creeping down toward him and
Pickering back and forth but not pro-
ducing an explosion. In making a break
for liberty thru the flame he was bad
" burned about the face and hands.
About twenty gallons of gasoline had
escaped into the well, but the fire was
smothered out before it reached the
bottom
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