Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-06-01
Malvern.

Malvern.
Rev. A E. Kiser, after five years and
three months of very successful work
in the Presbyterian church of Malvern,
has resigned to accept the pas,orate
of the First Presbyterian church Of
keokuk
Keokuk has indeed lost one of its
most valuable friends among woman
kind. In the sad death of Miss Cora
H. Pittman the city is bereft of one
whose noble work has been one of the
principal factors in the upbuilding of
the educational facilities of keokuk for
more than quarter of a century.
Hamburg.
Leonard Monroe who was working
for Kelley Richardson, near Hamburg,
committed suicide by shooting himself
with rifle. Mrs. Richardso was at
one of the neighbors and when they
returned home in the evening Mr..
Richardson went to do his chores
and found the young man dead in
the barn. There is no known rea-
son why he shot himself.
Jefferson.
The city is changing the appearance
of an old landmark by cutting the
thus making less abrupt turn in this
road at it's last descent into the river
bottom. Dynamite is being employed
to loosen the clay in the high bluff.
and the dirt will be pulled southwark
and used in the grade widening now in
progress all along the bottom.
Iowa City.
After several life-and death opera
tions in the University hospital here,
Ernest Grimm, of Clermont, has i'm
proved greatly and will live. He came
here twelve weeks ago with practically
TO hope, horse having kicked him
terribly in the abdomen, rupturing his
intestines The surgeons consider lis
recovery almost miraculous. He Will
go to his home in Clermont soon.
Oskaoosa.
Under a suit by the Mahaska county
federation in the name of the state,
Judge Clements has issued perman-
ent injunction against Fred Blattner,
restraining him from selling liquor in
Iowa. The injunction hinged on a
technicality of the mulct law in that
his place did not front on business
main street. Otherwise he had COM
piled with the provisions of the law.
Muscatine.
Thru the activity of the labor bureau
of the Muscatine Commercial CUB,
which was resumed only short time
ago, about fifty men have been attract
ed to this city and placed in the Mus
catine factories This means an in
creased population during the past
three weeks of more than hundred
people. Another encouraging feature
of this influx OF strangers into the city.
is that they are all being properly
housed.
keokuk.
Max walch, who has an unsavory
police record for one of his age, was
arrested by Officer Fuqua, he being
accused of stealing Marlin repeating
shotgun valued at s22 and which was
owned by his brother, Herman Walch.
He disposed of it for 81 to a second
hand dealer and from whom 1t was
recovered Walch. who acknowledged
stealing the weapon, was locked up
peudirs trial. lie tooa .hhe gun from
his brothers home Saturday night.
Davenport.
The funeral services OF the late
Mai M. L. Marks, who died in Flor
ence, italy, will be held Thursday af-
ternoon at the Unitarian church. Rev.
Arthur NJ Judy, former pastor OF the
church and Rev. NJ. L. Lilliefors will
conduct the services. A telegram was
received by the members Of the family.
from New York, stating that the body
had been sent from there to Chicago.
and would arrive at the httsr city
Tuesday afternoon. and would then bs
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Dos Moines.
Burns from the explosion Of gasoline
Saturday afternoon proved fatal to Mrs.
G. A. Robinson, daughter OF J. r Will