Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-09-07
Fort Dodge.


George Yungclas, of Duncombe. has
disposed of his 160-acre farm in Web
ster county for 1925 an acre to William
F.. zimmerlin, of Bloomington. Ill. Such
sales as this are frequent in this vicin-
ity this year.
Vnton.
Harold Evans, II years old, of Water
loo. employed in operating the Brush
Silker, at the Vinton Canning Com
pany here, was caught in the shaftins
Saturday morning and severely injured
in the left side and chest, and his left
arm badly bruised and broken above
the elbow.
Rembrandt.
The new Friends church, located
northeast of this town and near Rem
brandt, will be dedicated on Sunday
next, September II. The services of the
day will be as follows: Preaching at
IL a. m., and dedicatory services proper
at $3.50 p. m There will be an evan
gelistic service at p. M
Storm Lake.
A gasolene can and a match. plus
over developed juvenile curiosity. is a
combination likely to do some damage
The 4year- old son of Walter Seibens
| found the gaSolene can, procured the
match. dropped the latter, lighted. into
the volatile fluid, and then looked into
the can to see what would happen. AS
result he was badly burned about the
face and neck, and had all his hair
singed Off Fortunately for the little
fellow his eyes were not injured.
Webster City.
| Becoming scared at motorcycle
coming around a turn in the road. the
horse which John V. Bossert. the stone
mason residing at 1873 Third street
was driving in the country yesterday
m orning, ran away, throwing the driv-
er out of the buggy with such force
as to fracture his collar bone. The
badly frightened animal then ran for
about a mile and half, dragging the
overturned buggy till it became a
mass of wreckage before it broke
loose from the rig The horses legs
We're badly cut and bruised.
Storm Lake.
The question of a county hospital as
provided for by state law. is being
threshed out in Buena Vista county. A
very energetic campaign has been be-
snn here, which seeks the establish
ment Of the proposed institution in this
town. There does not seem to be any
| serious opposition. as the advanta ges
Of accessibility and central location are
with Storm Lake. The real work, it Is
realized. is to educate the people to
the necessity for such a hospital. anG
to show at what a small cost to the
taxpayers the institution can be es-
tablished and maintained
Nashua.
Word was received of the death OF
Mrs. Lena L. Loser, which occurred
suddenly at her home in Chicago Sat
urday afternoon. Altho Mrs. Loser was
known to be in poor health. the an
| nouncement of her death came as &
surprise to her many friends here Mrs
Loser was one of the best know
women in this section. having been con
nected with the First State Bank Of
| this city since the death of her hus
band little more than year ago. Fol
a time Mrs. Loser took an active par
| in the management of the institution
but her health failed. The bank ther
was changed to the First State Bank o
Nashua, and last spring Mrs. Losel
| took up her home with her brother il
Chicago.
Webster City.
Lack of patronage has caused the
Martin Telephone Company to take
out the telephone booths from bot
the railway depots. The one tina
has been in the Chicago & North
western depot was removed Satur
day and the one at the Central wa
taken out recently. The manager o
the telephone company stated to re
porter that the receipts from tn
booths would not average more tina
80 cents per month. Twenty per cen
of this went to the railway companie
for the privilege of installing the boot
in the depot leaving a very small sur