Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-02-12
Muscatine.

Muscatine.
AT meeting of twenty-five prom
inent manufacturing and business men
plans were made to erect new $780,
900 hotel here in the spring.
Des Moines.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Bolander, of Des
Moines, are the parents of daughter
born at the union depot in Des Moines.
They were about to start for their old
home, East Peru.
Des Moines.
Claude c. Holly, Miss Daisy May
nard and Miss Marion Brown were Sc
verely burned when fire broke out in
the office Of the Holly Supply house.
Des Moines. Gasoline explosion caused
the fire.
Mark.
William vanlandingham of near
Mark, an old resident of Davis county,
Sc years of age, fell Tuesday and sus-
tanned injuries to his head, shoulder
and hip from which, it is feared, he
can not recover.
suIly.
The large barn on the Perry Taylor
farm east of Sully was burned to the
ground. The fire caught from a de-
fective fue. The loss is estimated at
$4,000, $1,000 Of which was covered by
insurance. in the Farmers Mutual.
Des Moines.
AS rapidly as big force of men
can do the work preparations for the
combination of the Iowa and Mutual
telephone systems are going on. Gen.
eral Superintendent Hall says that the
company now plans to combine the two
systems about May /.
Diagonal.
Postmaster Henry Todd, aged rs
years, died Wednesday night. He was
one of the earliest settlers of Ring
gold county and was treasurer during
the '70s. He had been postmaster at
Diagonal for the past fifteen years. He
is survived by large family.
Fairfield.
Arrangements were completed re-
Gently whereby the Frank FL Wells &
Co.'S shoe store was sold to G. e. An
derson, of Charlottesville. The an
nouncement of the change comes as a
surprise to the people of this city, for
1t was supposed that Mr. Wells was
permanently located in this city.
Milo.
The funeral of Mrs. Abbie Clark,
who was fatally burned last Satur-
day, took place at Liberty Center
Wednesday. Mrs, Clark was taking the
ashes out of the stove when a spark
fell upon her dress, setting it afire.
She survived till Sunday evening, when
she died after giving birth to a child,
Shenandoah.
Thurl Pursell, who works in the
Field seed house, had a narrow es-
cape by being caught in the shaft Of
the rotary pump. His coat was caught
in the machinery but when he came
in contact with the belt his weight
threw it off Of the pulley and SO saved
scare.
Keokuk.
A number Of girls were skating on
the canal opposite the steamer Ottum-
wa Bell when three of them thought
they would go down farther to skate.
but they ventured too far and the ice
broke and gave all three of them a
ducking in the fey water of the canal.
They were rescued by some of the
lock men and carriage was called
and they were taken to their homes
where they received dry clothing. No
serious results followed the mishap.
Muscatine.
A tragic death threatened Capt w.
A. Hysell while crossing the railroad
track. ~hen he was struck by an en-
CINE and painfully bruised. Hysell had
stepped aside to allow the switch en-
CINE to pass and as he did SO he placed
himself directly in front of an ap-
preaching locomotive which Is being
used to haul construction trains. He
was knocked down and pulled for sew