Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-08-24
Northern Io1ua Items

physician, loaf of bread green and
soggy in the middle and with a fright
full odor. She reported the case to the
city health officer that he might in
vestigate and a sample of the bread
was submitted to the dealer who sold
the flour and he in turn has sent it to
the factory for examination
Ida Grove.
During the long dry spell the city
wtaer wells were pumped dry twice
day and it was with difficulty that
this town was kept supplied with
water. Since the sanitary sewer was
put in the town uses four times as
much water. and even the digging of
new we'll last year failed to relieve the
situation Believing that the people are
WaSeful of the water the council has
determined to install meter system.
Fort Dodge.
Mrs. p. NJ. Doud one of the victims
OF the street car accident Saturday, is
making strong fight for life at her
nome. The exact nature of her in
1urles has been found to be a frac-
ture at the base OF the skull under the
brain and a fracture of a collar bone
One Of the attending physicians de-
clares Mrs Dowd has almost an even
chance for life, altho her condition Is
! critical She has been unconscious
! since the accident,
Webster City. -u-c. Va
Mrs. n. H. HELEN succumbed to the
extrens0 hat and suffered a fainting
spell while on her way to the Illinois
Central depot. She was caught as she
fell Aear the Northwestern railroad
crossing by passerby and taken to
tho home of her daughter, Mrs w. f..
Smith, Immediately afterward. Medi-
cal attention was at hand and the
stricken lady soon revived Mrs. HELEN
is we'll along in years. but is healthy
and very active for one of her age
Webster City.
Grabbed by man while passing thru
the court house park about $50 O'Clock
Saturday night. Mrs w w. Wyatt
was very badly frightened However.
| she managed to break away from the
| drunken brute and make her way
down town, when she was given treat
ment to quiet her nerves. Mrs Wyatt
reported her experience to the police.
| giving description of the ruftian
who insulted her. but so far he has
not been found
Sioux City.
One thousand people are expected to
attend the annual picnic of Epiphany
council. No. 743, knights of Columbus
to be held at Riverside park, this
afternoon and evening Returns from
various towns near Sioux City indi-
cate that big delegations will attend
from the neighboring towns LeMars.
| Sioux Falls and Emerson will send the
| largest numbers. Trinity council, Of
/ LeMars. will send 100 members with
their baseball team. which will play the
Sioux City members at the picnic.
Sioux City.
After an illness of over six years,
during which time he was in a Sioux
City hospital and most of the time in
bed c. A. Jessup, of Sutherland was
released from his suferings by death.
Six years ago he came to the Samari-
tan hospital to be treated for rheuma-
tism. For five years he remained UNI
der the care of the nurses and the doc
tors. About year ago tuberculosis
set in and all hope of curing the In
valid was given up. He was formerly
a prosperous farmer of O'Brien county
Mt. Pleasant
In rags ard tatters, and masked Il
hide their features. 100 couples made
merry at the poverty ball and hare
times party III tne paNlllOn Ut vi |
Pleasant park. The whirl of the dane
ers continued until a late hour and il
the opinion of many who attended. the
affair was the most enjoyable socia
event of the season. The costumes
were many and varied. The unmask-
ing occurred at about 10 O'Clock and
much merriment was caused by the
many apparent cases of mistaken iden-
tity
Waterloo.
Because complaint was made to HUI
name Officer Ida A. Burkitt that the
midget dwarf with the carnival COM
pany was confined in a small box with
a small pony and dog, in a Rock Is
t land box car, she and Chief of Police
!, Dinneen had the little fellow removed
, to the Hetropole hotel in a baby cab.
. Tho box that contained the dwarf, the
: pony and the dog was about four feet
, long and two by three feet in the other
Dimensions A carpet had been thrown
over the bo1 when I: was conveyed
4 to tho cas from the carnival grounds.
and the little chap. who has = naeur-
al obstruction to freely wording res
piratory organs. was Sighting for
lbreath.