Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-01-04

nolsed about many expressions OF
sympathy were heard in the business
houses and on the streets. Mrs. Ruick,
is not strong physically, and the
news of the sudden death of her hus-
band, who had left her but few short
hours before to be gone on brief mis-
sion of bus ness, in the best of health,
and spirits, was a terrible blow to the
loving wife. Mr.. Raick was agent for
the Aetna Life, Insurance Company.
which position he held since coming to
LeMars twenty years ago. He was in
the haplt OF making frequent trips.
Grundy Center.
A IRE that might have eaten up
all of the buildings on the AL Nor
rlson farm, mile south of town. was
discovered in an upstairs closet. The
llre mad made good Roadway before
1t was discovered but Mr. Morrison
who was just about to leave home. went
after it with pillows and later with
water and soon got the flames under
control. The damage is estimated at
$500, which is covered by Insurance
and the loss has been adjusted Half of
the loss is in clothes which We're in
known positively tho it is believed 1t
resulted from one OF the children strilS-
ing match in the closet and dropping
lit on the floor.
Story City.
Willie Rya 4 your led no II, ;
been working around Mackey the past
summer, got f'msolf into -. lous
trouble by stealing suit of clothes
from merchant at Boone. Marshal
Dawson received a message to look out
for the fellow AS the marshal returned
IRON fruitl searrr he ret Rvlc
in the. telephone office talking over the
wire to his girl who lives near
'Rosenaale. He was locked up TO await
the officer from Boone During his
few hours confinement here Ryan
amused himself by slashlng the Jail
door and succeeded in removing a
couple of the bars which stood between
him and freedom. The young man got
thirty days in Jail when his case came
up in Boone.
Livermore.
An all winters job seems to be in
store for the Minneapolis bridge gang
at the stock yards in Livermore. They
have been working during their spare
time for the past week trying to I'M
load two cars of gravel The grave
Is to be used in paving the stock
yards, and was shipped from up
north somewhere while it was not
freezing. Then it stood out i'm the
rain and became thoroughly seated
and afterwards froze. 1t is now about
the solidity of first class cement. the
difference being that cement may be
cracked and broken but this can not
/ The gang have been working at it
with pick axes, and they have also
experimental with dynamite. buf tn,
latter was more in danger of wreclsine
the car than Of removing the gravel
1t costs something every day that the
| cars are not unloaded.
Early.
| A rather peculiar epidemic o,
poison germ has been causing con-
siderable sickness the past week O,
/ two in several families in town an6
vicinity. The peculiar feature Is
/ that the sickness has been confined
largely to the Eli Haradon family rel.
atives and the doctors seem to be un.
4 able to name the exact cause Ths
Illness in some respects is similar t.
/ that caused by direct poison and II
1 others similar to that caused b.
typhoid germs. The families afflicted
are: George Wilson and boys, tn,
Guy Hair children. the Howard Isaa4
family. the Everett Haradon famil,
and =. L. Haradon's boy Leon, ant
i Mr.. and Mrs. ELI Haradon. With tn,
latter 1t possibly was one OF the com.
plications that caused, her death. A
this time there are no fatal cases
except the one just named, and som,
g have fully recovered while others ar,
better and others still are wary atck