Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-08-12

NdnAWnA.
Kanawha will have it's annual harvest
picnic Aug. II. The committees have
secured the very best Of attractions
and are prepared to entertain large
crowd The program will consist OF
music, races, baseball. street shows.
etc.
Okoboji.
The young son Of Mr.. and Mrs Els
worth Turney is not expected to live
from injuries sustained when the Tur-
ney auto was wrecked near here. The
| explosion Of the engine wrecked the
car. Several others were slightly in
jured.
Fraser.
Fraser will celebrate Labor day this
year as it has never been celebrated
before. Everybody is coming home
to visit among friends and enjoy
the amusements and festivities. Two
grand balloon ascensions will be among
the attractions.
! Dubuque.
The airdome at Cuba City burned to
the ground on Monday night. The fire
started in box near the moving pic
| ture operator The latter permitted a
flood Of light from the machine to rest
upon an end of film. which, becoming
| ignited. started a blaze, and the de-
struction of the place was the result
Gilbert.
| Las. Tuesday Harry Doods had rath-
| err funny experience with young
team of horses which were not thor
oughly broken to drive we'll to a wagon.
In about an hour they ran away three
| Io.p ~
| the wagon; nearly ran over boy and
came near running into the hardware
store.
| Benson.
The little adopted 5-year old son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Bernard Smith. living
near Benson. fell from hayrack whilo
at play last Saturday and sustained
a badly fractured arm. The bone was
broken In two places. and altho suf-
fering intense pain, the little fellow
bore I'D heroicalIy and stood the ordeal
of setting the break most bravely for
one of his years.
| Bellevue.
! "Wednesday and Thursday, Aug IT
and IL, have been decided upon by the
committees az the dates for the holding
Of the Bellevue firemens tournament
and field meet. There VIII also be boat
races, in which entries will be on hand
from Sabula. Clinton and Dubuque, as
we'll as from here. so that the occasion
ought to prove attractive to home folks
and visitors alike in all regards.
Dubuque.
| Fire which originated from an I'M
known cause in two-story frame
barn located near the railroad tracks,
between Sixth and Seventh streets, at
1910 o'clock Tuesday morning, COM
p1etely destroyed the barn and one of
Felix G. Becker's coal sheds, and badly
scorched four Milwaukee box cars,
which We're on a side track. A horse
belonging to T. w. Moffatt. the groc-
eryman. as in the barn and was burned
to death.
Cedar Falls.
A large crowd was attracted to the
show windows Of the Johnson &
Thompson market where an 1914 pound
catfish was on exhibition. The big
fellow was taken from the river at a
point near the bluffs by young man
by the name Of Hudson, who was alone
at the time and had desperate fight
in his efforts to land 1t In the boat
This is one Of the heaviest fish ever
caught in the Cedar at this point and Is
certainly one that fellow might feel
proud Of
Boone.
A tough 1oking black man was ar
rested late Monday evening by Con-
stable Roach and hailed befor JUS
tice Carswe1l for trial. When his peck
lets were searched they were fond to