Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-08-05

, the train officials since he was riding
on first class passenger ticket. Anr
other thing, the train officials made no
attempt to enforce the law regarding
! intoxication on trains and therefore,
| thru personal injuries sustained in the
fracus in addition to the doctor bills
and loss Of time, it is thought that
Mr.. Hatch has sufficient reason upon
which to base the damage suit
| Shenandoah.
| Friday night Glenn Howard, the mail
clerk, set a trap and then left on his
| trip. Sunday morning when ne got
back his wife had forty-fve rats laid
out in rows. and festoons and he held
funeral services over the remains all
! Sunday forenoon. Just as he would get
a good sized grave ufll she would come
with another trap full of rats and he
would have to enlarge the vault. He
says he did not suppose there were so
! many rats In Shenandoah. They used
an ordinary wire trap with chicken
bones for bait.
Muscatine.
| Prof. Glenn E. True, the lately elect
ed principal Of the Muscatine high
school, has arrived in this city and has
already assumed his new duties. He
has opened his office at the Muscatine
high school and will be pleased to meet
all those who desire to secure inforna-
| ton regarding their entrance into the
institution. Mr.. True comes to Musca-
tine from Dowagic. Mich. and his wife
Is expected to arrive In this city some
time during the latter part OF the week
Professor True is making friends
rapidly and the members of the board
of education feel certain OF his sue
cess in his work here
Emerson.
Homer Adair, living on the Wilbur
Adams farm west OF town, had a thrill :
ing experience. He was hauling hay
and when coming down q hill near the
Abe Shanor place his team beca me
frightened and started to run, resulting
in the load being tipped over and
| landing squarely on top Of him. 1t
| was some little time before Mr.. Adair
could extricate himself from under
/: meath the load, but after putting and
sweating until almost exhausted he
managed to crawl out only to find that
| the team had disappeared. They pulled
tho front trucks loose from the wagon
and came to town, where they were
| caught
Centervile.
The Christian churches of eighteen
southeast Iowa counties gather at
Centervile September to with the
| Central Church Of Christ as their
hosts and with the entire city extend
ing the welcoming hand. The Boost
er committee OF the Commercial Club
yesterday assured Rev j. II Booth
that provision would be made TO give
the delegates who Will number from
15o to 200 Soy ride" In autos about
tho city during tho convention This
will probably be at the close OF an
afternoon session. The owners OF the
sixty autos in town will be called upon
to do this boosting act for the town In
showing the guests over the city
Mt. Pleasant.
Files Black, living on tho Trenton
road, west Of the city. met with SER
ious and very painful accident as he
was driving along the road. He was
riding In covsred buggy, driving one
horse and leading another one with Il
strap halter. In some uneccountahle
manner the horse made a sudden pull
and jerked OFF the first finger OF the
light hand at the second Joint The
s.cora AID lAird fingers of the same
humid were terribly lacerated, and al
together he was a badly bruised and
hurt man. He was taken to Trenton
and received medical aid and eansid :
erins the nature OF his injuries he is
resting as comfortable as could be eK=
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