Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-12-17
GiIIstt Grove.

| The entire business section of Gillett
| Grove was destroyed by fire Tuesday
night. The bank, two stores. a hard
ware store and the postoffice are a
complete loss. There was small insur-
ance The cause of the fire is un-
known.
Charter Oak.
The board of education Of Charter
Oak has just placed an order fol
Kagerah's chronological cabinet. and
will receive the first set ever brought
| to America. This is German OUTFIT
arranged by a brother of one of our
German merchants. and the American
rights were given him short time
ago as Christmas present.
Charles City.
William Hausburg, aged q. vice
president of the First National Bank
is dead at Rochester Mimi. where he
was operated upon for gain stones. He
was the oldest merchant in Floyd
county, starting in the mercantile
business here in 1856. He was born in
Germany in 1888. arrived in New York
in 1855, moved to Lyons, Iowa, and then
to Charles City.
New Hampton.
Maurice Condor, county attorney of
Chickasaw county. was SUDDENLY talk
en- ill Monday afternoon and rushed to
a Chicago hospital. In the evening
kilograms from several towns along
the route stated his condition to he
much worse, but he reached Chicago
in safety. His mother. who is very
aged and feeble, was greatly shocked
and there is anxiety for her welfare
as well as for that of her son.
Dubuque.
Mrs. Juliette Peaslee. of this city
died suddenly at the Grave residence
Wednesday afternoon. Death came to
the highly regarded resident sudden
ly and without forewarning and has
caused widespread sorrow in the COM
munity Mrs. Peaslee was on her way
to the Graves residence for a brief call
when she was suddenly stricken to the
sidewalk and passed away. She COM
planned of a slight indisposition on
Wednesday morning but her illness
was not considered serious.
Fort Dodge.
Fred Butler was given hearing be-
fore a justice of the peace on the
charge of rape. The alleged victim is
his 15-year-old stepdaughter. Butler
waived hearing and was bound over
to the grand jury under bonds of $500
He emphatically denies the charge
and asserts that it is a put up job on
the part Of certain persons to pro-
cure the girl for immoral purposes. The
defendant has hitherto borne good
reputation. His wife believes in his
innocence and appeared in court with
him.
Waterloo.
While returning from his home on
vinton street, Lamar Kennedy was
struck by a Chicago Great Western
passenger train at the crossing on
Barclay street near the Waterloo Skirt
and Garment factory and narrowly es-
capped death. The young man was
hurled several feet and sustained a
number Of severe bruises on the body
and right arm. He had just stepped
across the tracks when he heard the
roar Of the oncoming train. Turning
to see what it was he was struck in
the side and the right arm and thrown
to the side Of the right Of way.
Fort Dodge.
Tom Sickle. employed as fireman
and janitor in the First National
Bank building, met with a bad acct
dent and received some severe injuries.
Sickle was on the fourth floor repair
ing some of the frame work incasing
the shaft on the elevator and in doing
80 he was forced to work with his
body in the shaft. Sickle had not
thought oss ::!!::S elevator, ..,.o,, was on
the top floor at the time he began his
work and consequently he did not no.
tice 1t on its decent. Thomas Cunning
ham was running the elevator 30 and