Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-02-11
Northern I01va Items

Titonka.
II. c. Armstrong has purchased the
old Lewis hotel property of Corwith
parties and will sell it to some one in
this vicinity or wreck it and build a
couple of dwellings.
osIwein.
S. Blanchard was brought to Oelwein
from Dubuque, charged with purloining
goods from c. q. w. freight cars and
was lodged in Jail. He was before Judge
OConnor in the superior court and
waived examination. He was bound
over to await the action of the grand
jury in the sum of $500.
Sioux City.
Petitions bearing over 1900 sigma
lures were presented to 7. c. Prescott,
secretary of the school board, yester-
day afternoon by the free text book
committee of the trades and labor as
sembly, asking that the proposition OF
free text books be put on the ballots
to be used at the election of the school
board, which will be held on March H.
Sioux City.
G. A Nash, who lives in South Sioux
City, walked in front of a team Of
horses attached to dray wagon and
He was taken in the police ambulance
to the Samaritan hospital for treat
ment He was injured internally and
suffered great pain. He was partially
under the influence Of liquor at the
time
Waterloo.
Arrangements are rapidly being per-
fected for the securing of a herd Of
deer for the city by State Deputy Game
Warden Yordy. The work was started
some time ago. MIR. Yordy has his
choice from three different herds and
will act so soon as q suitable place is
secured by selecting three from one Of
the herds and bringing them to the
city.
Cedar Falls.
Arrangements were perfected In
Cedar Falls on Thursday morning
whereby Wilson & Harlan. the we'll
known clothing firm. dissolve partner
ship, E. II. Wilson disposing of his in
terests to c. G. Harlan. w. w. Ran
some has purchased the interest of F..
F. Gerken in the Gerken Hardware
Company and is now the sole proprie-
tor
Dubuque.
Altho authorities believe the ac-
ton portended white slave business,
two young men who had declared their
mission the organization of a theatri-
cal troupe were dismissed and Aman-
da Schroeder and Fay Mitchell of
Montana, still in their teens, were
turned over to relatives, who had been
notified Of the situation OF the girls
They were promised they would be
placed on the stage in Denver. Evil
dence against the young men was
lacking.
New Hampton.
About O'Clock Wednesday evening
fire and smoke were seen issuing from
one of the upper rooms OF ST. Joseph's
convent and an investigation revealed
the rooms all ablaze. The fire COM
pany was hurried to the scene and but
for their prompt action and the pres
ence Of mind of several of the sisters
the beautiful buildings would have all
gone up in smoke. Considerable dam
age was done by the fire as well as by
water and it will be several days be-
fore it can be fully repaired. It is not
known exactly how the fire originated
Nashua.
A peculiar co-incident happened be-
tween mother and daughter. tho they
were separated by hundreds of miles,
Miss Lola Bradford. who makes her
home with her grandparents. J. +.
Shattuck and wife, received a letter
this week stating that her mother.
Mrs. ]. w. Bradford OF Chicago. for
merly Of Nashua, had met with a
painful accident while sewing upon
q machine by running the needle
thru her hand. On the same day that
Miss Lola received the letter she met
with the same kind OF an accident and
in the same way.
Nashua.
j. F. .Shattuck. one q the otdesi uu,i--
ness men in this city. closed his gro
Gerry store by giving bill Of sale In ia.