Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-05-17

OuI just SOAtA VI Tic SSdlc AouSSs Illus
ing a resting place on the present site
good snail shells also were discovered
in the gray loess under the drift which
formed ~ the top soil. indicating that
snails found means Of gaining a live
lihood before man was %hereabouts.
Cedar Rapids.
Announcement has Just been made
here Of tho absorption. sby the J. G.
Cherry 81 Company Of the Perfection
Churn Company Of Owatonna, Mimi
and tho Jenseil Manufacturing Com
pany Of Topeka. Kan. A quarter OF a
million dollars IS involved in the deal
and 1t is expected It will bring q large
number OF new families to Cedar Rap
lures cream cry, supplies.
Bayard.
The graduates from the. high school
this year are F7ossie Hughes. Gladys
Gaunt, LESSEE Pulver; Arthur Hall and
John Maxwell. Instead Of following
the practice OF other. years ana giving
orations. the class win render the play
entitled. "A Soldiers Sweetheart" on
Thursday evening. May rs. and the
graduation exercises win be Friday
evening. May Is. The. address will be
given by Judge Church. Of Jefferson.
and Manzy's orchestra will Furnish the
music!
Prescott,
There will be a contract let on
Thursday, June !, for the erection OF a
church building Cor the N. E. consre-
cation at Prescott. The new Building
is expected to cost in tho neighbor-
hood Of $1,000. will be frame and erect
ed on the same lot tho present building
Is on, but not on the same spot. There
has been subscribed over $4,000 for the
erection Of tho building and It. is ax-
pected to secure enough moro so that
when the day Of. dedication comes the
building will be dedicated free Of debt.
Bayard.
Saturday morning as q, carpenters
crew was going east on The Milwaukee
tracks. they found tho body OLA man
literally cut into pieces three miles
east Of town. The legs were cut of
above the knees and the restsof the
bodyswas cut up into small bits. The
coroner was notified and the remains
were picked up and sent to Bagley. A
baggage check. about 81 In money ana
an envelope addressed TO Mrs. Walter
Fif1eld, was found, and with these clues
they found his widow. who was living
in Concord, N. H., and who ordered his
body sent there.
Clinton.
Andrew Stream, residing In CO.
manche avenue and employed at the
Fish wagon works, was severely In
jured Sunday morning shortly after s
o'clock when ne fell from a ladder IN
the factory while repairing q line
shaft. He was picked up by fellow
workmen and taken In the city am
bulance to Agatha hospital. where at
ter q close investigation II was found
that several ribs were broken and that
he was badly injured about the head
Reports from the hospital state that
he is still in n critical condition and
has improved but very little.
Atlantic.
k.huntired residents Of Audubon with
aeban8 Monday morning welcomed the
new train service over the Rock Island
on tho Audubon branch. They took
automobiles early and went to Hamlin.
where they~met the new train and exc
tended, a cordial welcome to Jack Lem
mon. the Old time conductor The en-
tire psrty nled into the train and paid
their fare back to Audubon. Atlantic
ana Audubon have been trying for
several years to get passenger@servfce
instead Of mixed trains, and this Is
the first time their, efforts have been
successful Service was fnaugurated
Monday. ~ ....s.
Dee Moinss. ~:
To the honesty: Of an. elevator boy In
the Capital City bank building. =. a.
Day; great chief. OF records Of the tnf-
proved Order OF Redmen owes hisspos-
session of diamond valued at 1900
Day accidentally knocked . diamond
ring from the window 81. hiA sofnce on
fourth floor Of the building tho othe.
day and 1t fell to- the pavement below,
He recovered It. but. the setting had
been broken and the stonA was lost d
few hours later. Two days afterward
the elevator boy. whom Day had told
OF losing tho diamond. FOUND Il IN q
corner of-the sub posto&nce lobby and
restored Il. Day gave HIM 10.