Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-06-29

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! city council that the water force is so
great that flushing the pavement would
be detrimental in that it would remove
| the sand filler between the bricks.
However. a trial Of the scheme proved
that but very little of the sand was dis
| turbed.
Forest City.
To expend about $4,000 In large
| addition to Waldorf college was the
vote of the trustees at meeting at the
! college building. The building. 96x
/! 100 feet, will be three stories high and
will be constructed Of white LaShelle
brick. The building will contain a
for boys. For the past few years the
attendance has. been growing SO that
more room Is now, needed.
Sioux City.
Striking iIfsympa thy with the twenty
| drivers and feeders who quit work at
the stock yards Friday and Saturday
seven of the men who had been en-
ployed as section hands by the Stock
Yards Terminal Company laid down
their tools Monday and walked out
when they were requested to aid in the
work which heretofore had been done
ny Lie StTiASIS.l IIt IuSH SdlO lIlcS
We're hired as section men and would
work only in this capacity.
Dubuque.
What is calculated as a million dol
lar rain. fell over Dubuque and vicin-
ity Sunday afternoon and evening. saw
ing thousands Of dollars worth of gar
den and field stuffs and giving new
life to the more tender vegetation The
rain of Dubuque amounted to 1888 and
was the heaviest in the entire country
| with the exception OF Prairie du CHEN
The ten days OF temperature OF 90 and
over with hot, glaring sun. had fairly
baked the earth, and the county farm
ers were beginning to be alarmed over
the condition when the saving rain of
| Sunday fell.
Perry.
Arrangements are nearly completed
| for one Of the largest firemen's tourna-
| ments to be held In Iowa this year II
is to be under the direction Of the
Perry fire depart ment A score of towns
have already entered teams. among
them Madrid. Woodward. Nevada. Og-
den, Grand Junction, Dayton, Bayard,
Coon Rapids. Guthrie Center. Panora.
Yale and Granger. Entries are coming
| in every day and big meeting is as
| sured. Hose racing. ladder climbing
coupling. tug of war, baseball. foot rae
ing, auto races and other contests will
be held The dates set are July 10, 20
| and 81. r. j. Dooley is secretary.
Fort Dodge.
In marked contrast to pioneer days
when the bridal party Travelled on
horseback and those who came to the
wedding travelled in the same way, was
the journey made by a party Of Vim
ton residents to Moreland TO attend the
| marriage of Miss Lille Mird or Moore
| land and ~ D. knapp OF Vinton The
party composed the members of five
families and W. W. Craig, special rep
resentative of the International Har-
vester Company and who was in
charge of the five automobiles. While
not attempting to make record the
party made an average OF eighteen
miles An hour.
Dubuque.
At an inquest held to investigate the
death of Baby O'Brien. an illegitimate
child OF Rose O'Rrien was held at the
morgue. The child was born Satur-
day and died under peculiar circum-
stances Monday evening. At the in
quest it developed that the girl had
been staying at the home of q family
on Chestnut street. where the baby
was born. Monday AFTERNOON the
mother went to her room to rest leav-
Ing the baby in charge Of the lady Of
the house, who put 1t to sleep on q san
itary couch in an adjoining room lat
er in the afternoon one OF the police
matrons, who was interested In the
case. telephoned to the house and In :
quired about the baby. The woman
told her that she was sleeping and that
she would go and see how she was get
ting a, ,ss::S Er+e-..ss the. room and
picking p.the baby she was shocked
at finding 1t dead. It seems that the
baby had been bundled UP In blanket
which had fallen over its face and suf-
located it. Accidental death was the
verdict. IN "A
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