Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-07-26
Southern Io1Ua Items

residence. and the "gushers" on the
water jenkins and Alex Smith farms,
are still throwing undiminished
streams.
Muscatine.
Draining the contents of a bottle of
Castorla, the 3-Eear-old daughter of
MI and Mrs. Louis Thicker, residing
IN Bloomington township, almost sue
cumhed from the resultant agonies
Inc lnfant discovered the medicine
Whlle the mother WAS engaged in
housework. After some little exertion
the child succeeded in drawing out the
stopper. following which the entire
contents OF the bottle were drunk. The
screams of her daughter attracted Mrs.
Inleker who. unable to relieve the
pace, summoned DR.. f. B. Fuliam The
cnlid VIII not suffer any i'll effects
from its experience.
Fairport.
In a brush fire which started on the
Schroeder and Zoller farm, near Fair
port, recently, twenty-five cords of
wood were destroyed and several houses
and barns We're threatened The cause
OF the blaze was not known. When it
was discovered the wood piles were
burning brightly and a stiff breeze car
ried the tongues Of fire over the parch-
ed brush land at alarming speed. A
general alarm was sounded and with
the arrival Of neighbors bucket
brigade was formed and the concerted
actions Of the in1promptu fire fighters
resulted in checking the advances of
the blaze. Because of the dryness. of
the timber and waste land considera Bile
fear is felt where Il wood fire is dis
covered, for strong wind may easily
cause a serious conflagration.
N adrid.
Will Murray, who resides in Car
den township, was quite severely in.
Jured Friday, when he was thrown from
the top Of a loaded wagon, alighting on
his head and shoulders in the road.
VIII had driven to town in company
with Charles Thrapp and had pur-
chased hay buck which he had placed
on the wagon. The spring seat was
placed on top Of the buck and was
overbalanced when they undertook to
pass another rig north of town. and
both OF them were thrown to the
ground. Thrapp was uninjured but Mr..
Murray did not escape so fortunately.
The force Of the fall strained the liga-
iAiSii - III IFS ISSh very severely. ana
painfully bruised his shoulders.
Havre.
Yves Gesling met with serious ac-
cident recently. He was helping Art
Long run his threshing outfit, and they
were moving. when "a little ways south
west OF Havre. a small country bridge
broke down with the traction engine.
Gesling was guiding and he was pinned
| hr,tI
ment. being caught across the upper
part of his stomach, breaking two of
his ribs and otherwise crushing him
quite severely. but it is hoped that he
is not seriously injured internally. DR..
WOODBURY. was called and was soon
there, and the man was made as COM
Portable as possible in the back seat
Of the doctors auto and brought home.
Art Long escaped with only few
minor bruises.
Columbus Junction.
Another petty theft has been COM
mitted here, as part Of the stolen goods
were found Sunday by Alice, Hattie.
Leila and Lille McCleary, the four
children Of Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Nc
Cleary. They had gone to the woods
back of the school house to play, when
they discovered q large box hidden In
the underbrush near the railroad track
The box was filed with small shoe
boxes, about twenty-four in all. The
children hurried home and told their
father what they had found. Mayor
Burlington was notified and he sent
men to the woods to get the goods.
There had been three pairs OF shoes
taken out of the boxes. The lid of the
box was gone and no name was on the
box. No doubt it had been taken from
cars standing in the local yards. The
goods were placed In the city hall to
await investigation.