Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-06-21

Clear Lake.
Preparations are going steadily for
ward for the interstate picnic of the
Yeomen of Iowa and Minnesota. to be
held at Clear Lake on Aug. 10, 20 and
81 An attendance Of from 5000 to TO-
600 is expected.
| Dubuque.
The fortieth annual commencement
exercises of the Dubuque high school
were held at the Grand opera house.
The graduating class was one Of the
largest in the history of the school and
numbered sixty young men and wom-
en-.
Dubuque.
Louis Knocked suffered a painful ac-
cident while at work unloading car
Of lumber at the Metz Manufacturing
Company yards. two ribs being broken
in his fall against the side of a wagon
on which the lumber was being piled.
1t is also thought that he received in
ternal injuries.
Sioux City.
Burglars entered the residence of B.
A. Tharp, Sunday evening and secured
rings and other jewelry valued at $500.
Mrs. Tharp left home at o'clock for
a drive. One trunk had been forced
open and its contents rifled. The con-
tents Of the drawer which had contain
ed the jewelry were strewn about the
floor.
Forest City.
Rev. Stephenson Smith. who is now
acting pastor of the First Baptist
church at Newton, has received let
ter from the Baptist churchmen of
Forest City, extending a unanimous
call to the local minister to take
charge Of the field here. Rev. Mr.. Smith
occupied the pulpit at Forest City re-
Gently and the call is the result Of the
favorable impression made.
DyersviIIe. {
The Improvements and repairs which
have been in progress on the postoffice
here for several months past have been
completed. and the town is now justly
proud of it's federal building. The in
terror Of the structure has been entirely
renovated and handsome new fixtures
installed 1t is now superior in all
ways to most of the postofYices found
outside of the larger cities Of the state.
Fort Dodge.
The coroner's jury returned verdict
of accidental death in the investigation
of the killing of Thomas McCue by an
Illinois Central passenger train We'd
nesday. No blame was attached to
the train crew for the man was lying in
a. cut near the end of a curve and could
not be seen until the train was $50
feet from him. Witnesses declared the
train was going at forty five miles an
hour.
Sioux City.
After an illness Of four days. Russell
p. Hampton, who came to Sioux City
Just a month ago to succeed e. A
Clark s district commercial manager
of the Iowa Telephone Company. died
saturday in a local hospital. Death was
caused by acute appendicitis and bowel
trouble. He was SO years Of age. Mr..
Hampton came here from Muscatine.
and was in excellent health. He was
married about year ago there.
Sioux City.
Children. prematurely celebrating the
Fourth of July in barn in the rear of
w. N. Schlosser's grocery, Cecilia av-
enue, Sunday afternoon caused the
third fire in Morning Side within the
last few weeks. The loss was between
$14, 900 and $4,000. mfr. Schiosser ran
general store with a. stock OF feed.
furniture and groceries, which was
worth $500. The feed was stored In
a barn in the rear OF the building. This
barn burned. and two horses were in
cinera leu. Inc 81. s.sSt the
ond floor OF the store, and had expen-
sive household furnishings. His total