Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-06-06

ON the part OF ethe factory TO get tHe
stone here at this time. Bishop Gran
ston. Of Washington, D. c.. was to
| have officiated at the service. The
committee has done everything within
its power to avoid this disappoint-
stone here as expected. Announce
1nent Of the time win be made later.
| OttumWA. =1.3rt%
|. Twelve. nheas9nt Chicks. Matched a
week ago at the-fafm of James Shields
five miles west Of Ottunhwa, are thriv-
ing and their owner. Assistant County
Auditor Charles Mccarthy, is a happy
man. The birds are the offspring Of
two ring neck English pheasants pre-
sented to Auditor Mccarthy some time
ago by State Game Warden George A.
Lincoln. Mr.. Mccarthy sent the fowls
to the farm Of his father in-law. Mr..
Shields. where they have been cared
hen with motherly instincts We're
brought into use. and after the allotted
time a dozen pheasant birds were
Matched:
Muscatine. -
That the school children Of Musca
tine will take a prominent part in the
Grand Army parade to be held in US
catine on June IA. the second day Of
the state encampment. was decided
upon at the meeting Of the general
committee held at the rooms of the
Muscatine Commercial Club. 1t is
planned to have the school children Of
the city lined along West Second
street from Linn to Chestnut streets.
The children will all carry flags and as
the veterans march past they will
wave a salute to the heroes Of the six
ties. The line of march will be chang
ed so as to include this interesting fea
ture.
| Boone. it
A confederate soldier, named Red
i mon, is buried in Linwood cemetery.
He was a prisoner of war at Camp
Douglas, Chicago, where he was taken
very i'll. He had relatives in Boone
county who secured permission Of the
commander in charge Of the prison to
bring him here. and nurse him, but he
grew worse and died. He was buried
/ near the northeast corner of Linwood
cemetery where he lies in an unmarked
grave. It is a coincidence that in 1863
T. r. Ayleswprth, of this city, MEM
/! Der of the. Twentieth Indiana battery,
then stationed at Nashville, Tenn, was
| sick and a southern lady named Red
mon took him to her; home and cared
| for him. She had at This time hus-
band and two sons i'm the rebel army.
all prisoners of, war. Comrade Ayles-
| worth, who knows this woman saved
his life. takes 1t upon himself to lay
& bouquet of flowers upon the grave of
her relative every Memorial Day. a
tribute to the noble woman who took in
and cared for one whom she regarded
as an enemy.
Muscatine.
| Because the groom In his perturbcd
state Of mind forgot that the state of
Iowa still required that contracting
matrimonial parties be armed with q
license, the marriage of Miss Rosa
Klein and John Gauler was delayed for
almost two hours Saturday night. the
lcouple narrowly escaped missing the
train on which they had planned to
start their honeymoon tour. and be-
cause Of the lateness they were unable
| to evade the rice shower and other
pranks Of admiring friends assembled
at the Rock Island passenger station.
Realizing that they would be subjected
| to the usual Inconvenience and en-
barrassments provided young married
couples upon their departure from,
their home city. the parties had ar
ranged to be conveyed in an automobile
| to FruItland, where they would meet
Rock Island passenger train No. 80. ar
riyius here at o'clock. but the delay
not only made It impossible for them II
\ carry out that part Of the program.
but had 1t not been that the train ar
rived here ten minutes late. Mr.. and