Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-09-29
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Kingsley.
Rev. Mr.. Steele. wife and family. ar
rived Friday to take up their residence
here. Mr.. Steele has accepted a call
as pastor of the Congregational church
Fort Dodge.
Patrick II. Vaughn. a prominent cit
zen Of Fort Dodge. passed away sud
denly. His son, Rev. Father Vaughn,
of Clinton, celebrated high mass at the
funeral.
Cedar Falls.
Miss Ruth Vernon, who disappear
ed three months ago while student in
the Iowa normal college at Cedar Falls,
has been located near Sumner. where
she has been working as domestic in
the home Of Herbert Baxter.
Waterloo.
Two men were fined in police court
on the novel charge that they were
found giving liquor to the inmates Of
the city Jail. They were caught at
night pouring whisky thru the bars
with paper tunnels to the prisoners in
side.
Dubuque.
The Agauncia Mines Development
Company, operators of the Avenue Top
mine. are made defendants in a suit
for $4,000 damages by Bertha NJ. Co
man, administrator for William H Co
man, killed in an explosion at the mine
on March %. Plaintiff states that Co
man came to his death owing to neg
ligence Of employees of the company.
Manchester.
Undoubtedly the record price for
Delaware county land was received by
f. c. Reeve, Of Hopkinton. in the south
ern part Of the county, who disposed Of
a tract in that locality for 5000 per
acre. The piece consisted of twenty
five acres adjoining the town of Hop
kinton, and E. s. Dufoe of Union town
ship parted with $1,000 to secure It,
Sioux City.
A call has been extended by the con-
gregation Of st. Pauls German Evan
gelical Lutheran church to Rev. G. A.
Matthadess, of Van Horn. and it is
thought by prominent members Of the
church that he will accept the call. A
definite decision is expected within a
few days. The pastorate has been va
cant since the resignation of Rev.
Theophile Stephan in August.
Monticello.
James Irwin, resident of this city.
hogany table, which was owned by
prominent Boston man during the war
OF the revolution. 1t is over $50 years
old. General George Washington and
Major General Lafayette were the
guests at the home Of the owner Of the
table at one time and while there the
distinguished visitors dined upon the
mahogany table.
Oeiwein.
j. A. Michels. while at work in the
shops. fell from the running board of
a locomotive and sustained serious in
juries. He was brought to his board
ing place in a hack. and on examina
ton 1t was ascertained that there were
no bones broken altho there were sew
eral severe contusions. An employee.
whose name was not learned. who re-
sides on the west side. had his foot con-
siderably damaged by a casting falling
upon it.
Allison.
Mrs. Martha Merrill Whitney. of
Allison. died this week in the hospital
at Rangor, Maine She went east on
visit in July. A carbuncle on her neck
was the cause Of death. She was a
native of Maine and lived for several
years at Andover, Mass. For thirteen
years she has been secretary to Rev.
w U. Parke and has lived at Hubbard
ston. Mass, Clark and Spearfish. s. D..
and Belmond and Allison, Iowa. Her
age was about go.
Schieswig.
Captain John Hindricks. Of Delva
Germany, has been visiting his sister,
Mrs. Hans Schmidt, at Schleswig. He
Is an old salt water captain and has
been in command for twenty-six years.
He has made III trips outward bound
from Bremen, Germany, and upon the
occasion Of his Tooth trip was present
ed with a gold watch and a purse. Cap
tain Hindricks carries small medals
presented to him by the emperor Of
Germany and the King Of Greece.
Webster City.
Ray Ainslie Is dead Peritonitis, the
thing most dreaded by every surgeon.
resulted from the bullet wound and on
Sunday afternoon life of hepe and