Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-09-02
Northern I01un Items

Spencer.
The contractors are busy in Sioux
| township building eight new school
houses. For a time it looked as tho
they would not be able to get anything
done. The first election was not legal.
and the next time the proposition was
defeated, but at recent election the
project carried handsomely.
Cedar Falls.
The breaking of all previous records
at the local plant of the Cedar Falls
Canning Company was accomplished
Tuesday when 1900 cans Of sweet
| corn were packed and turned over to
the transfer company in ten hours.
This means that the force Of men en-
! ployed in the plant were idle very few
minutes of the day
Dubuque.
Ninety years old and childish. Mrs.
Andres an inmate OF St. Francis Home
for the Aged, was picked up by the
police Tuesday might while she was
wandering aim,essly about various
down tow nstreets. The aged woman
was taken to the police station and
placed in the matrons' quarters. On
Wednesday morning she was taken
back to the home. 1t is believed that
she escaped from the institution with
out the knowledge of the caretakers.
Cedar Falls.
A meeting OF the stockholders OF the
Cedar Valley Building and Loan Assoc
citation was held this week at the office
Of w. T. NJ. Aiken. secretary of the as
ISOLATION. 1t was voted to renew their
Fo~
dating from the list Of August, 1911.
structed to take the necessary steps
looking to renewal Of the charter. in
accordance with the laws of Iowa gov
erring such institutions.
Ida Grove.
While answering an emergency cali
from Mrs. Constine Nelson near Galva,
who had been operated upon the day
before and was in a serious condition.
DR.. T. j. Houlihan was arrested last
Thursday for fast driving Of an auto
mobile within the city limits. The new
speed Of motor cars to ten miles Ian
hour mad just been published the day
before. DR.. Houlihan's hearing came on
before Mayor Brananan Tuesday and
the case was dismissed for insult
flciency Of evidence.
Cedar Falls.
Robbers have been working at the
C. c. Boysen home on Irving street
some time during the past two weeks.
AS result OF their visit the Boysen
family is minus three dozen quarts Of
canned fruit, which Mrs. Boysen had
canned during the past few weeks for
M
covered until yesterday when Mrs.
Boysen returned from the country
where she has been spending the past
two weeks visiting. and went to the
cellar and found the jars missing Mr..
Boysen is the chief engineer at the city
pumping station.
Dubuque.
Clerks in the store OF the Iowa Shoe
and Clothing Company, Fifth and Main
streets, were startled shortly after
noon Wednesday when something
crashed thru a large plate glass window
in front Of the store. The missile
proved to be square piece Of lead
and the window glass was thoroughly
shattered. No one could tell whore
the lead came from and It is not be.
lieved that any one hurled it thru the
window. Several bystanders were Of
the opinion that 1t was thrown from a
passing street car. but that the at
fair was purely accidental.
Waukon.
Glenn Dundee met with a serious
accident Tuesday. The young man was
engaged with a force Of road workers
and while digging into clay bank
along the road near the J. 8. Ryan
place in Jefferson township. cave-in
resulted and Glenn was q little close
when the cave came and was caught
and buried under about fourteen tons
81 dirt When, he was extricated from
his perilous situation 1t was found that