Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-31
Northern Io1va Items
RiehIand.


Earl Lewman. 15-year-old son Of
William Lewman. living near Linby.
four and one-half miles west Of here.
went to one Of the neighbors Monday
on an errand and has not been heard
OF since. AS he is subject to BRAIN
storms they fear something has hap
pened to him.
Cedar Rapids.
George Hopple. farmer residing
near Atkins, smashed the barley price
record completely on the Cedar Rapids
market street Tuesday. He sold his
barley to the local brewery, and re-
ceived $1.05 a bushel. This Is by far
the highest price ever paid for barley
in Cedar Rapids.
Rock Rapids.
One hundred and seventeen horses
have been entered for the harness
races for the fair this week. There
are eight races. with purses aggregat-
ing $4,000. The entries in the stock
department are larger than any other
year before the opening day. lndica-
lions are for big fair and a large at
tendance.
Danbury.
A beautiful bronze sanitary drinking
fountain will soon adorn the corner in
front OF the Danbury State Bank. The
fountain Is a gift of Mrs. !. B. Santee
in memory Of her husband. the late
Hon. l. B. Santee, for the benefit Of
the public and especially the patrons
Of the bank Of which Mr. Santee was
president for 80 many years.
Ida Grove.
g. L. Frisbie has sold the Ida Grove
Record Era to A. b. Harrington, who
has been foreman os the plant for the
past six months. Harrington at one
time owned the Record before It was
bought and consolidated with the Era
F'risbie goes to Biloxi. Miss. soon,
where he and his son Lloyd own the
Gulf Coast Advertiser. a weekly. which
is to be made daily at once.
R;ehiand. III
Andy Blattner. living east OF Tally
grand, was learning to- run his new
automobile Tuesday when he gave the
steering wheel wrong turn which
sent the car off the bridge they were
crossing. The car fell into ditch
seven feet below. There were seven
occupants in the car and the only one
who was hurt was the young son OF
Mr.. Blattner who had an arm broken.
Iowa Falls.
The large residence on the Andrew
Hamilton farm near Pleasant Ridge.
ten miles north of Iowa Falls. burned
to the ground Saturday soon after din
ner. The fire was caused by a spark
falling from a chimney above the roof
over the kitchen. The farm is occupied
by A. T. Hamilton, q. son OF Andrew
Hamilton. who was away assisting
| some Of his neighbors to thrash when
the fire started.
Dubuque.
The temperature at Dubuque dropped
to 45 degrees early Tuesday morning.
or 8 degrees lower than previously re-
corded this August by the weather
bureau. A lower temperature has not
been recorded here in August In eigh-
teen years. and during this period 1t
has been equaIled only once. The low
est August temperature ever recorded
at Dubuque was Al degrees In 1875, but
with this exception ~ degrees was the
lowest.
Abba.
James Page, a scotchman. who has
been in this country only short time,
was accidentally injured at Coalfeld
Saturday evening while trying to board
a moving train and his face was split
open and his body terribly mangled.
He was brought to the Abba hosp:ta!
and given attention but he was beyond
recovery and died during the night. He
had no relatives in this country and
his remains were placed in charge OF
Took 4. Humeston and were taken to
Coalfleld Monday where the funeral
was held.
Fort Dodge.
Nearly 1000 corn binders have been
sold in the sixteen counties served
by the Fort Dodge general agency
Of the International Harvester Com
pany. The dry weather which played
havoc with the hay yield has made
II imperative that the farmers shall
get some kind OF food for their stock
and they must fall back on corn jfod-
der. The sales from. the general
agency will amount to practically as
much as in any normal year. not
withstanding the light yield OF hay
and corn.
Pennington.
Fred Williams very severely cut VIII
liam Coons and Samuel Coons. Satur-
occurred among members Of the Bur-
lington bridge gang. Of which Swanty
Jones IL foreman. The cause OF the
fight IL not known. but several mem
bers Of the gang had been drinking
heavily, 1t Is alleged and 1t is thought
the scrap was a result of remarks
made by several Of the party. Williams
sla shed a piece Of meat out OF William
Coon's face, while the son Of the latter.
Sam Coons, was badly cut In the leg
and groin. He is now on crutches.
Clinton.
Enraged over the fact that Claus
Duhr was not prepared at once to
marry his 1s-year-old step-daughter.
William Draycott. 31s Harrison street.
went on a rampage Saturday night.
Failing to md a gun, he armed him.
self with q Ratchet and chased the
young man. Duhrs hat fell on m the
excitement Of the chase and the ram
M vlov father nrocceded To c,,f n IN