Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-11-21

Tabor.
Rev. and Mrs. Elmer Gait, of Tabor
will sail for China Nov. % They will
do missionary work at Tungeho.
Iowa City.
The Epsilon Tau sorority, one of the
foremost Greek letter organizations at
S. U. l., has honored ten senior girls by
initiating them into that sisterhood.
Ames.
Carl NJ Bemrath. of Ames, has been
appointed veterinary inspector in con-
nection with the bureau Of animal hus-
bandry located at Chicago.
oscsoIa.
A recount Of the vote in the Third
judicial district shows that j. II. Jane
son, Of Osceola. was elected judge by a
majority Of six over Thomas Maxwell,
Of Creston, who was thought to have
carried the district.
Enterprise.
Helen Samuelson, aged 5, the little
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. John Samuel
son, OF Enterprise. died Thursday
morning OF MANTLE paralysis after
an illness Of only one day.
Menio.
The barn Of w. T. Tafara was burn
ed to the ground. 1t was we'll filled
with hay and corn. The building and
all was valued at from $1,000 to $1,000.
The barn was In one OF the most thick
ly settled residence parts Of the city.
Do Witt.
At business meeting held at the
Congregational church it was decided
to extend a call to Rev. A. b. Tickle of
int
manifested and word has been receiv-
services Sunday morning.
Museatins.
BY the collapse Of a portion OF the
embankment surrounding the excava-
ton for the addition to the Vienna
button factory, Albert Cooper. who
was working in the excavation. mar
rowly escaped death. the falling dirt
almost burying him.
creston.
Announcement of the engagement Of
Frank Fariday, state food inspector,
and Miss Beulah Davis. of this city. has
been made. The marriage takes place
Thanksgiving day. Miss Davis has. un-
til recently. held the position of deputy
county treasurer.
Davenport.
Mrs. Anne Eliza Jordan an old resi-
dent Of Davenport and a sister of Judge
John +. Dillon, Of New York. is dead
at her home here, after long illness.
She was "a years, 4 months and days
of age. She lived in Davenport ever
since 1888, when she came here with
her family.
Ne. Ma;a~e
While violently insane in his room
at the kirkwood hotel. Ben II. Brown.
a former football star on the East high
team proved match for Ave deputy
sheriffs and it was only after a hard
and taken to the county Jail. Inforrna
ton charging Brown with insanity was
filed by his father T. II. Brown. a
merchant of Runnells, Iowa.
Des Moinss.
Nearly $500 was spent In trial held
before Judge Howe SO that A. NJ. Miller,
plasterer, could recover $40 from p
H. Ryan for labor performed. Miller
mastered a three-room addition to Ry
ans house and a misunderstanding
arose over the work. and before the
matter could be settled it necessitated
the expenditure of thirty times the
amount OF the claim.
creston.
The Strauss Dry Goods Company OF
this city and A. Rosenfield, Of Chicago
have bought the Summit hotel property
here, estimated at from $4,000 to $50,
900, and as soon as the present lease
expires, held by c. A. Allen, the new
owners will begin extensive improve
ments on the hotel. The two principal
hotels in this place are now owned by
the Strauss Dry Goods Company.
Oes Moines.
Charles Davenport, the Des Moines
negro sentenced to life imprisonment
for burglarizing the home OF Earl
Graham. must serve his sentence. The
supreme court declined to interfere
with the action OF the Polk county
district court. He received this heavy
sentence because he armed himself with
the stovepoker after entering the house
and when Mrs. Graham scrsaEed he
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