Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-11-18
Southern Io1ua Items
Des Moines.

Oes Moines.
Miss Jessie Field of Page county. is
the only woman school superintendent
in the state who owns her owns auto
mobile in which to visit the schools.
Charlton.
The beautiful home of Eric Johnson
was burned 10 the ground with all of
the contents just before noon Thurs
day. The house was worth $1,000, An
over heated furnace caused the fire.
Davenport
Frank Crockett. charged with the
theft OF a motorcycle owned by VIII
LACE, some time ago. was sentenced 20
thirty days in the county jail by Judge
House. The charge OF grand iarcen;
was cut down to petit larceny.
Fairfield.
The eighth annual poultry associa :
ton will be held here Dec. to 9. in
elusive The show Will be held in the
is ample room for display, and the
light and ventilation are of the best.
Oskaloosa.
Prairie chickens are said to be more
plentiful in all parts Of the county
than for many preceding years. This
fact is taken by oldtimers to indicate
the approach of winter of unusual Sc
verify.
! Ottumwa.
/ Matches in the hands Of little
| Joseph Srriegel, the 4-year-old son Of
! Mr. and Mrs. z. Striegel, caused a los!
F., Of approximately $500 to their home
! 800 East Second street. at 2 O'Clock
! Thursday afternoon. The little fellow
/ was left alone on the first floor by his
mother who went into the basement or
! household duties.
! Bloomfield.
( AT a joint meeting Of the CONNER.
cial club and the city council it was
decided to accept the offer made last
week by Andrew Carnegie for the cree
| ton Of a library building here. The
! iron magnate agrees TO give SIC. o0(
/ upon assurance that there will be a
! fund Of $1,000. available annually fol
the library's support.
| Des Moines.
| A serious outbreak Of infantile par
alysis is reported to the state board
of health Thursday from North Eng
| lish. Secretary Sumner has ordered
Dr. Smith. Of Clinton. member o,
the board. to go at once to North Eng.
! lish and make an investigation of tht
conditions which prevail there. An
other epidemic such as visited Masor
City year ago is feared by the state
health officials.
Russell.
An epidemic Of diphtheria is ragin,
S,,
Eight new cases have been reported
within the last forty eight hours. TIL
schools have been closed once airead.
on account of a few cases at first. blu
the spread Of the illness seemed t
. cease for time and school was sta.rte'
again a week ago. In may be mat
ter OF necessity for the board Of healtl
to close the schools permanently unit
the disease is checked.
Fairfield.
Mrs. Catherine Baltinger was strick
I'll with paralysis while seated at tn
supper table in her home on Eas
Washington street Friday evening. Sh
died about two hours later, never re
covering consciousness. She had a Xix
attack about Ave years ago. Mrs. Bait
myers maiden name was McEnnir3
, and she was born in County Cork. Ire
land. in 1871. She came to the Unite
States in 1855 and was married t
Henry Baitinger at Burlington in 1851
The family came to this county in 1874
RichIand.
On the Charles singmaster farm
: northwest of here and near Keota. is
herd Of buffalo. Mr.. Singmaster ha
, conceived the idea OF having a pair c
t these beasts trained to work In haInes
Consequently he has offered John Mil
OF this city e ,1 eHS ard . TIP ac:css =:
5 ocean to accomplish the feat. NJ
Mills has accepted tho proposition an
! feels confident he can accomplish tn
task he has undertaken The com
4 munity is watching the outcome OF til
\ novel undertaking with the hope tbs
8 he will win out.
> Collins.
Ole Washington, a coiored man VII
has been making his home aroun
Collins for a, year or 20, sufKere
burns Monday morning when gaso
> line stove In his home exploded. whic
resulted in his death q few hours late
Washington, who lived alone, ha
e lighted the IRE when the explosio
> occurred and his body was suddeni
enyeloped in flames He ran from Ii
o house and went considerable dis
i lance before he met help Of any kin
e The flesh was literally cooked on h
. face, neck ana body and he sune-s
y untold agony until 1sath relieved htr
d The man dropped into Collias
r year ago this winter and was foun
: at the depot Of tho 1dilWaukee raj