Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-10-13

ing. when the news Of the robbery
spread. The men had broken one OF
the windows in the store and took a
quantity Of revolers. shot guns. rifles
and knives. They left no clew what
ever for the officers to work on.
West Union.
Buying and selling goods In West
Union on Sunday is a thing of the
past. The lid" was put on the past
week, and Sunday. Oct. 8. marked, the
beginning Of the new order Of things.
Not many business houses had been
keeping open Complaint was made to
County Attorney Lewis and Sheriff
Clark. and those officers visited the
business men. explained to them that
Sunday selling is against the state law.
and obtained from them a very ready
agreement to obey that law. From the
operations of this law = the eating
houses are OF course. excepted. a sim
liar course wa& Dnrsued within recent
weeks in clayton county. the business
houses closing In Elkader upon request
Of the officers.
Dubuque.
John Dickson has been indicted by
the grand jury on q charge OF arson.
Dickson was bound over to the grand
jury on a charge Of setting fire to
the lumber yard OF the Dubuque Cas-
ket Company on the night of July %.
On this occasion. following the two
fires at the Standard Lumber Company,
the flames We're discovered and eX-
itinguished before they had lone any
large amount Of damage. The grand
jury has indicted him on two counts.
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Casket company case. the other
charges him as the author of the fire
in the Standard lumber Company's
yards on May 30. The two lumber
yard fires represented a loss Of 81. OOO,-
saw mill Of the company was DESTROYED
and which never will be rebuilt. threw
500 men out of employment.
Aigona.
Harry Brown. son of George Brown.
of this city. vino is In the employ OF
the Western Electric Telephone Com
pany. was badly hurt at Mason city
last Wednesday. He was assisting in
loading one of h company's large
spOols of cable wire INTO a freight car
and the fastenings. holding the spool
in pitch over partially catching Brown
betwee the roll OF wire and the car.
Fortunately he was STOPPING over when
the accident happend. and the
the heavy weight failed to catch his
head between the car and the spool. or
the Young man wOuld never have lived
to tell how the affair happened. When
Brown was picked up he was uncon-
scious and taken to a hospital Mt Mason
City. AT that time IT was supposed
that he was either dead or at least dy-
ing and 1t was several hours before the
physicians could u any prospects
of his recovery. He was brought to
his home here several days later but
it will be weeks before he RECEIVERS.
Charles City.
Four stores were broken into in
Charles City Wednesday night. The
pack door Of the c. G.. Gray grocery
store was pried off and the thief took
all OF HI loose change ron the cash
register. Mr.. Gray does mo- know just
how much 1t contained but the sum
was small. A number OF things were
taken, however. including a quantity
OF chewing tobacco. Then the Herman
dry goods store was entered from the
back door and 81 in money and several
pairs Of shoes were stolen. The third
place was the Peterson drug store. A
hole was cut In the back door 80 tho
bar which holds the door could be
pushed up. One dollar n ninety
cents in change was stolen from the
drug store cash till. Then the grocery
store of Guthatdt & Toepfer, on the
west side OF the river, was entered and
50 In cash and a cheese carried away.
This is the second robbery within a
In Charles City. but it appears
TO have been local talent.