Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-05-12

Dewitt.
John A. Emmert, 81 years of age. a
prominent citizen of Dewitt, COM
mitted suicide at the home of his son
here Saturday by hanging him self. He
had been respondent for some time.
Dubuque.
William Sexton, q Dubuque structur-
al iron worker, was killed at Greeley
Mont, by falling from a building. His
brother, Frank, engaged in the sans
business, lost a leg in Omaha las
week.
Remsen.
A man named Mccarthy, while at
sen, fell between the cars and was
killed Trainmen say he was intoxi-
Gated. Ills home was at Cherokee
where he has wife and family.
Wesley.
Rasmussen Rheinholdt, one of the old
residents of this city, died very sud-
denly at his home in this place. He
was taken sick about $3.50 p. M, and
his wife at once called the doctor by
| phone, but before he arrived MIR
Rheinholdt was dead.
| Dubuque.
Holan Brinkman has filed suit in the
district court contesting the election OF
George Wybrant as city treasurer The
city council as a canvassing board gave
Wybrant, republican, z plurality. Later
in squabble over the admissability OF
some ballots, the vote was declared a
tie. A recount of the entire vote for
treasurer is asked for. Brinkman is a
holdover
EIdora.
Resigned to his fate after having
been denied admittance to the United
States army. William Anderson. a IA
year-old boy, has just been returned
to the reformatory here, from which
he was released a short time ago. An
derson sought to forget his troubles by
enlisting in the United States army
but his age was an unsurmountable
barrier and he was turned down by the
examiners at Fort Des Moines.
Fort Dodge.
Another addition to Fort Dodge
which will be even more remote than
the plymouth addition tho for time
will remain in Cooper township, is
under way at the present time near
the site of the Corn Belt Packing plant
south of the city. The acreage, pur-
chased recently by the packing COM
pany, is available as a building site
because of the fact that it is practically
all level, finely wooded and of de-
sirable distance from the packing
plant and the gypsum industries.
Webster City.
Arriving home from couple of
weeks stay in Minneapolis, where she
was called by the sickness of q sister,
Mrs. +. r. Dalbey, had hardly more
than alighted from the train here, till
she WAS taken sick. A physician, after
careful diagnosis of her case; pro-
nounced it smallpox and the Dalbey
home was placed under quarantine
Monday afternoon. Mr.. Dalbey accom-
panied his wife to Minneapolis and
they arrived home Saturday night.
While Mr.. Dalbey is not afflicted with
the disease himself, he is quarantined
with his wife.
Roland.
Able S. Helvig, a well known pioneer
of this place, was badly injured when
a horse which he was driving became
frightened at a cement working ma
chine which was being operated north
of the city by Paul Nockling. and ran
away. Mr.. Helvig was thrown from
the buggy and sustained serious injury.
Up to this time it is. hard to tell the
extent of Mr.. Helvig's internal injuries.
as he is an aged man. In the buggy
Mr.. Helvig had a couple of Edison
monographs, together with a large
number of records and they were also
dumped out and badly damaged.
Sioux City.
Half the winter wheat in this section
of the country. is dead. thinks A. T.
Bennett, who keeps in close touch with
the farming condition of this and aa-
joining counties. This is especially
true OF the lowlands, where most of the
winter wheat is planted. Farmers tell
him that the frequent SHOWS of the
winter caused a succession Of freezes
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