Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-11-29

IndianoIa.
John Clark, city clerk, IS years OF
age. died very suddenly here Saturday.
He is survived by his widow, one son
and one daughter.
Leon.
The fall meeting Of the southen Iowa
z litorlal Association will be held at
Abba, Iowa. Thursday and Friday. Dec.
I and 2. The program for the meeting
promises to be one OF the best ever
presented.
Pennington.
Darrell Hufford. the 12-year-old boy
who was accidentally shot by a COM
panion on Thanksgiving morning, was
taken to the hospital at Keokuk for
an operation. Small hopes are enter
tanned for his recovery.
West Branch.
Relatives and friends Of Mrs. Mary
Wood were shocked to hear of her
death at Wichita, Kan, during an OPP
Grafton to relieve suffering caused by
an ear trouble. which she has had for
ceveral years. The ailment had grown
much worse. and an operation was
deemed as last resort The effort
failed to save the patient. The body
was brought to West Branch for burial.
Davenport.
The question of marking ballot
by placing circle at the top Of one
party ticket and then marking an X
in the square In front of the names
of candidates on another ticket, and
whether q ballot SO marked could be
officially and legally counted has
been answered by County Auditor
Collins in letter to the inquirer.
According to law ballot so marked
can not be counted.
Des Moinss.
Discouraged over the many refusals
to sign the saloon petition it is possible
the liquor men will not file the petition
they are now circulating, but will wait
instead until next year in the hope that
the antagonism now being aroused by
the Citizens association may have
died down. If the saloon men do not
file the present petition they will have
the legal right to circulate another one
after Jan. 1.
North Enelinsh.
A party of three in an automobile
barely escaped with their lives be-
tween here and Keota when one OF the
wheels was smashed while the car
was travelling at a rate OF forty miles
per hour. The car with two others
had started out for Keota with the
North English football team and was
racing. w. c. Carson, Morley Morri-
son and Willie TIadley each sustain
ed broken collar bones.
Burlington.
The name of the principal in the Mt
Pleasant tragedy was Charles Nerves
(not Mebius as reported by the corre-
spondent), and he was former Bur-
! lingtoEian. He is supposed to have
killed his wife. then to have set fire to
the house and finally to have killed
himself. He spent his youth here and
attended school in Burlington. A num-
Der OF years ago he left Burlington fol-
Henry county. where he engaged In
agricultural pursuits.
Council Bluffs.
Miss Mary Carol. an employee OF
John G. Woodward &. Co.. was at
tackled by an unknown man while en-
route home from work Saturday even =
ing. Miss Carol had nearly reache d
home when the man stepped up and
grasped her. She screamed, and her
assailant took to his heels, Offering no
further violence. Several similar Incl
dents have occurred in the vicinity and
on one occasion an italian laborer was
arrested charged with the attacks, but
the women were unable to identity
him.
Des Moines.
Curator Harlan moved by the utili-
zation OF the old Santa Fe trail-thru
Kansas and Colorado-as part of a
transcontinental tourist route, believes
Iowa in its famous old Mormon trail
across the two southwestern tiers of
counties in the state, has a route to
which equally as great sentiment at
taches and which should be perpetuated
by permanent markings and which Is
entitled to development as one Of the
great dragged roads across the state,
similar to the river.to-river road.
Denmark.
One of the liveliest runaways ever
experienced in this locality resulted in
the loss Of a wagon load Of fine furni-
ture belonging to Dr.. J. Glenn Rea. The
doctor was moving his goods from here,
where he has practiced Tor some
months. to Fort Madison, where he will