Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-11-08
Southern Io1ua Items

coming here before the land in this
locality had been touched by the pillow
or harrow. Jan. 10, 1857, he was united
in marriage to Miss Joanna Barrett,
celebrating his golden wedding three
years ago. He was member OF the
! Pioneers Society of Scott county.
Des Moines.
j. r. Blair. an iron molder. was held
| up between West on Walnut shorty be-
! teenth streets on Walnut shortly be-
fore r o'clock Monday morning by a
masked man at the point OF a revol-
yer and robbed Of $21 in currency. The
masked man. who according to the de-
scription given by Blair. has been con-
nected with all OF the robberies and
| holdups recently pulled off In the city.
was short and wore Il light suit Of
clothes. He ordered Blair following the
holdup to walk directly TO his home.
threatening to shoot in case the order
was disobeyed.
pes Moines..
Mr.. and Mrs. James Fenlon celebrat-
| ed their sixtieth wedding anniversary
here Sunday. Rt. Rev. Mgr. F'lavin OF
the ST. Ambrose Catholic church cell
ebrated the mass Of thanksgiving. q
repetition Of the service which was
held ten years ago on the occasion OF
the celebration of the fiftieth anniver-
| sary. Following a church service
dinner was served at the home to only
| imemiiate members OF the family.
Saturday evening reception was held
at Hoyt Sherman's place. Mr.. Fenlon
! is the oldest travelling man in Iowa.
continuing his business as travelling
salesman at the age OF SO years.
Fort Madison.
+! On information filed by Lee Gallup.
| living in the eastern part Of the city,
J w r. Armstrong was arraigned in a
! justice court on the charge OF adultery.
He waived examination and was bound
over to the grand Jury. Armstrong
has been in FIT. Madison at various
times for Il number Of years. He has
a wife and children at Auburn. Ind
and last year his family came to this
city after him. The entire family was
/! then sent back home the county pay
ing the expense of the trip. He is
known 10 have been arrested on va
rious charges before. The case against
Mrs. Gallup will probably come UP soon
| Mr. and Mrs. Gallup had taken to raise
a child from the Woodland Orphans
home ri Quincy and the status OF the
/ case being made known to them the
humane officer came up and returned
/, with the child. a girl
Farragut.
/ some excitement and lot of COM
rent was the result OF H. H. Rice try
| ing 10 commit suicide. the fact that Il
blank cartridge was used making it
very amusing. No doubt the man was
in mood for suicide, but did not have
the courage to insert real bullet in
| stead of a blank. For some time he
and his wife have been having consid-
erabl, domestic trouble. and the other
morning she was preparing to go to
Sidney to get divorce when he went
to the barn and shot himself with n
blank cartridge. She went to Sidney
just the same. His coat and vest We're
torn and burned and the skin raised
little on the chest, but otherwise he
is all right. There is a joke told on
the undertaken, Archie Campbell. tho.
that beats the suicide. He was told
that Mr.. Rice had shot himself and he
rushed home. got a shave. and then
came down to take care OF the body.
when 10! he was met by the dead"
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