Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-08-25
Northern I01ua Items
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Merrill.
lack Eyres, Of LIE Mars, has been
awarded the contract to build a fine
new city hall and pumping station for
this little burg. The price is $1,000.
The building is to be of cement blocks.
Sioux City.
Suffering from a broken neck sus-
tanned by a fall from a buggy. Stephen
Duggan. a farmer living five miles
south of Fordyce, Neb., died shortly
after o'clock Tuesday night at st
Vincents hospital, this city.
Kingsley.
During a recent storm the large new
barn on the Chris Wink farm, about
eight miles south of Kingsley, was
struck by lightning and burned to the
ground, together with a quantity of
hay stored in the barn, some grain and
other articles. The loss is estimat-
ed at about $500.
Dubuque.
When Theodore Staner residing on
Twenty-Eighth street, missed a dollar
from his trousers pocket on Monday
night he stirred up such a commotion
in his household that calm was not re-
stored until he had driven his family
out Of doors and had himself been fear
fully beaten by Officer Zemanek and
Mueller. whom he resisted while being
arrested.
Mason City
Asleep in the alley between the Park
Inn and the Park Hospital, James
Brady was run over by an auto driven
by j. +. Heffner and received broken
leg and other injuries. The wounded
man was taken to the hospital at once
and his injuries were dressed. Mr..
Heffner was driving from the Bijou to
the Wilson theater and did not see the
PROSTATE form of the man.
Sioux City.
Crazed with liquor and believing
there was a conspiracy against him,
which Included the kidnapping of his
wife, Joe Quinn, living in ''Frenchy'
Miller's roomtng house, on the second
floor, at 300 Pearl street, wildly wav-
ing bottle of carbolic acid, threw
some Of the liquid on three other room
ers in the house and in an attempt to
drink the rest of it sustained severe
| burns about the mouth.
kIineer.
The German Lutheran Evangelical
Missouri Synod, district of Iowa, con-
vened Wednesday at the church at
Klinger, Bremen county. also known as
the Horn church. About 200 ministers
and 1aymen are in attendance. Rev Mr..
Thieler is pastor Of the Klinger church
He and his members are entertaining
| the visitors This is an important
meeting, and the program is of much
| interest to all the members.
Webster City.
"A team driven by Samuel Ster-
ling. son of Mr.. and Mrs J. c. Ster-
ling, residing a few miles south ..of the
city, ran away and crashed into a tel
! enhone pole In front of The Hub hurl-
| ing young Sterling into the air and
against the curhlag with such force as
to render him unconscious for time.
He sustained some bad bruises and
| contusioris ON his body, but no bones
| were broken and no internal injury re-
suited.
Fort Dodge.
Saturday. Sept. TO- is the date ar
ranged for the first annual auto
mobile cent and races which will be
held at Mineral City driving park. Pre-
parationS for the event are already un-
der way and in the hands of Fred Ham
ilton, formerly connected with the c. J..
Fisher. Indianapolis. speedway. Mr..
Hamilton is in the city at present look
ing after the details and within q few
days all northern Iowa will undergo an
extensive advertising campaign.
Waterloo.
Mrs. Hockert, of ST. Cloud, Mimi,
came to Waterloo to get her son, Ar
thur, IL years old. who ran away with
the United States carnival shows and
became glass blower. She told Chief
Of Police Dinneen pitiable story Of