Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-02-10
Northern Io1ua Items

Usage.
A fall of fifteen feet from scat
| folding, striking his back on a rock.
resulted in a dislocation Of the spine
of Albert Stinson, a carpenter at
Usage. Stinson's condition is critical
Mason City.
o. E. Crane, machinist here for the
| Milwaukee road, has been promoted to
| the position of foreman of the shops
at SaHborn vice c. E. Corbett, who
or
LeMars. (
Hermann Schultz sold eighty acres
OF land in Stanton township to Will
Dobbert. the purchase price being $l3j
per acre. The price Of land in Plymouth
county is increasing steadily, as this
sale indicates.
correctionvilIe.
No great rush has occurred for posi-
| tons as census enumeratorS in this
section. It is understood that not over
fifteen have applied for the more than
twenty positions to be given out by
Supervisor McCulia, In Woodbury.
county, outside of Sioux City.
Akron.
The fifty fe Of cribbing on the new
| farmers elevator was completed Tues
day noon. Wo:k is NV under way on
tie cupola, which IS considerably
| ls>rger than the former one, ana part OF
.ie machinery is also being put in
place. The middle of the month Will
\ sec the structure about finished.
| Spencer.
| 1t is understood by the members Of
the local fire department that three
fires always follow in quick succession.
The second of the series called the
boys out early across the river, the
scene of the blaze being the store con-
Quoted by Ira Harris and son. The
/ building and contents We're totally de-
| stroyed, as there is no means of fight
ing fire in that precinct.
LeMars.
/ w. H. Miller, one of the well known
and long time residents Of Plymouth
county, passed away at his home west
! of the Floyd bridge. after q long and
painful illness. He had been an in
| tense sufferer for the past few months
and for some time it was seen that
the end was not far off. His death
was caused by cancer of the stomach
| Mr.. Miller was one of the pioneers OF
nor thwest Iowa and came here from
Sioux county more than quarter Of a
century ago.
Merrill.
Miss Mabel Pritchard was the vic
| tim of most painful and serious &C :
cident. She was accompan ying her
sister, Miss Olive, to the train and
when just in front of DR.. Berner's she
slipped on some ice and in falling broke
her ankle, tearing all the lfgaments
! loose and pulling the limb out of joint.
She was Immediately taken into the
doctors office. where the limb was set
and had to be placed in cast. Her
many friends will regret to learn OF
her accident.
Boone. -,
Word has just been received of the
death of one Of the Swedish pioneers
of Marcy township, Gust Bergstrom.
He had suffered some time with cam
Ger Of the stomach, and altho death
was expected it came as surprise
Mr. Bergstrom was born in Sweden
sixty-six years ago and came to this
country forty years ago. settling In
Marcy township, where he remained
the rest Of his life and reared his large
family. He leaves wife and eigh
children, four sons and four daugh-
tiers.
Akron.
/ Ed Sanford. who works for Ton
Maxwell, northeast Of town, was ar
rested by Cons table Var sasofi and Lar
shall Anderson and arraigned on 9
charge Of setting dre to q stack Of
4 about ten tons OF hay In that vicinity
owned by George Byrne. The IRE wa:
seen by q neighbor at an early houl
in-the morning. who notified Mr. Byrns
by telephone. He Ct once began inv re-.