Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-07-21
Iowa Falls.

Iowa Falls.
S. Freedman has filed a petition in
bankruptcy and lists his Liabilities at
$4,000 and assets at nothing. A meet
ing OF the creditors will be held July 25
For year or more Freedman has been
manager Of the Black Hawk Chattel
Loan Company at Waterloo.
Remsen.
Young Edward Strohbeen is suffer
ing from blood poisoning Of his hands
and arms, contracted by handling the
hide Of a beef that died Of blood pois-
oning. The farmer on whose hands
the animal died, took off the hide and
sold 1t to HAITI & Strohbeen without
mentioning the cause of death. and
consequently the young man is suf-
fering and his life in danger.
Story City.
When getting ready to drive to town,
Ralph Switzer got his face cut quite
severely. He was about to put some
medicine on one of the horses feet
when the animal became frightened
and kicked him in the face. Several
stitches had to be taken to close the
wound. Had the cut been a quarter of
an inch lower it might have proven
more serious.
Dubuque.
The Chicago Great Western railway
has bought one acre of land near the
site of the old shops and within the
next few days will begin the construc-
ton of "Y'' on which to turn the
engine used in and about Dubuque.
and within a very short while longer
will begin the construction of a small
four or five-stall roundhouse in which
to house the locomotives in use about
Dubuque and the way freight engines
engaged in traffic between Oelwein
and Stockton.
Sioux City.
Money hidden in sewing machine
proved insecure when roomers at the
home of Mike Limone. SOC Water
street. investigated the sudden disap-
pearance of another roomer. A man
who was known by the name Albert,
making slight noise. departed from the
house about 4 o'clock in the morning
1t was discovered few minutes later
that s37 which had been hidden in the
machine was gone with him. A sacoue
coat and a watch and chain also were
missing.
Alton.
a tramp was looking for doctor
early Friday morning almost crazy
with pain in his ear He had slept on
the ground the day before and thought
fly had crawled into his ear. Dr.
Gleysteen attended the man and took
eighteen maggots-worms-out Of the
mans ear which had lodged near the
ear drum The fly did not get into his
ear. but deposited the eggs and the
man himself evidently pushed them in
Matched.
Fort Dodge.
Nels Knudson and Henry Kehm.
masons working on the Magic theater,
were injured in a fall from a scaffold
Wednesday morning. The scaffoldin1
on which the men were working was
twenty-five feet high and as result
of the fall Mr.. Knudson sustained a
broken leg and Mr.. Kehm had his nose
and hand severely cut and was other
wise badly bruised. Another man was
working on the scaffold at the same
time but saved himself from falling A
number OF cement blocks were pre-
cipitated by the accident but luckily
none of them fell on the men.
Remsen.
When Fred strohbeen passed by the
rear Of the new Groth block, he heard
a grooming from someone in the base
ment Looking for the cause he saw a
man PROSTATE on the basement floor.
Mr. Strohbeen summoned Mayor All
mann. and the two assisted the man
to his feet. steered him to the Hofr-
mann house and secured the services
Of physician. The man, whose name
is Jack Keenan,, belongs to a. gang of
roofers. He preferred to sleep on the
floor of the upper room Of the build
ing, and about o'clock in the morn
ing. when 1t began to rain, he got up.
and mist king the elevator nnenins. Hn,.