Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-04-04
Southern Io1ua Items
New London.

New London.
Several of the members Of the aid
society Of the Christian church drove
down south Of town where they have
rented piece of ground and are plant
| ing potatoes to have to sell next fall.
Iorimer.
Fred Swanson shot himself thru the
temple at the home of his brother, AZ
fred Swanson, a prominent merchant of
Lorfmer, with whom he had made his
home and for whom he worked. So
far as known there was no reason for
the rash act.
Cedar Rapids.
Freight handlers at the Chicago &:
Northwestern freight depot struck Fri
day for increase in wages. The
company 1T in Greeks to take their
place and then the checkers walked
out also, refusing to work with the
foreigners.
Attica.
A farm house on the ]. Gullion place,
one and three-fourths miles southeast
Of Attica, was burned to the ground
one day recently. House and house
hold goods are a total loss, with no in
surance on either. L. w Spaur, who
had recently purchased the place, had
just moved in the day before the fire
keota.
Ralph Hamilton, of Keota, has sold
his thousand dollar saddle horse to w.
j. Hobson, Of Davenport, secretary of
the Gordon-Van Tyne Lumber Com
pany. The animal in question is fine
black and a beauty. Ralph had a deal
on to sell this horse to William J. Bry-
an and it is by no means certain that
he would not have done so had not
Hobson made his choice just at this
time.
Deep River.
Lightning struck a telephone wire
leading into the home Of Clyde Ringle,
a mile south Of town, and set fire to
the building, which, with its contents,
was consumed, entailing a loss of
something like fifteen hundred dollars,
on which there was some insurance,
but unfortunately the papers had not
been transferred, they having but re-
Gently moved into the building from the
old Ringle homestead
Perry.
The strange disappearance of John
Foulke is causing many of his friends
to fear that he has met an accidental
death by drowning in Coon river. near
the place where two years ago Will
Kirgis was drowned. He was last seen
headed toward the river seeking to
cross over to the farm Of O. w. Colts
chalk. That was nearly two weeks ago.
Since then no one can be found who has
seen him or heard of him
Newton.
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came to the home of Benny Spencer
with wee baby girl and asked Mrs.
Spencer to adopt the little one. Mrs.
Spencer thought she would like to have
the child and went to consult her hus-
hand about keeping 1t. Upon her re-
turn the mother had gone and left the
child. The little one is being tenderly
cared for at the Marshal w. F. Wade
home until permanent home can be
found for it.
Iowa City.
Sunday morning the compressed air
tank in the Holmberg garage and ma
chine shops, guaranteed to withstand a
pressure of 200 pounds, exploded while
under a pressure half as great. doing
considerable damage to the shop. The
old automobile which D. u. Brown used
lO uI-lVS, was DdOly u0IlOllSAeu. u. +
Holmberg suffered some severe bruises
and lost good suit Of clothes He
states that 5000 would not more than
reimburse him for the damage sus-
tanned.
Newton.
Rev. w. Luther Bright has been in
stalled as pastor Of the Lutheran
church. The Rev. Harvey M. Leach,
Of Dubuque. who is the president of
the Iowa Lutheran Synod and Rev. A.
B. Learner, pastor Of st. Johns church
in Des Moines. both delivered the
charges, the one to the pastor and the
other to the congregation. After the
installation a reception was held so all
the members could become better ac-
quainted with the new pastor and his
wife,
Upton.
A shocking accident resulted IN the
death Of the little daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs George Burrows, aged years. re-
Gently. The parents, who are both
hard working and Industrious, took the
little one to the home Of it's grandpar-
ents In the south part Of town where
5le Mi st Sc cerAA for while they were
at work. The child had been playing
about the yard. but At noon when The