Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-02-14
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Grant. who was employed as pit boss.
wal coming out OF the mine. when
rocks falling from the roof, pinned him
to the floor. badly crushing his body.
He was brought to the Ottumwa hospi-
tai. where an examination showed that
the pelvic bones had been crushed and
the bladder was punctured. An opera
ton was performed and it was thought
for a time that the young man would
recover. but Inflammation set in, result
ing in MS death.
Council! Bluffs.
Mrs. Catherine Oshl!. 290c Avenue
A. had a narrow escape from being
burned to death while lighting the
kitchen fire at her home Mrs. Oshlo
states that she is not certain how the
incident occurred, but that h had
started to light the fire, using a small
amount Of OIL, when 1t flared up, the
entire kitchen becoming q a Of
flames almost instantly. Mrs. Oshlo
was badly scorched and her clothing
was ixnited. but she succeeded in get
ting Gu. of the room before h was
seriously burned. Thru quick work on
the part of the family the blaze was
extinguished before the department ar
rived.
Magnolia.
Accepting the kind invitation OF Dom
aid aule to have without charge for
church purposes all OF the wood which
the members of the Latter Day Saints
church OF Magnolia could cut In one
day, twenty members Of the church
went to his farm, three miles northwest
of Magnolia. where the men cut two
years supply of wood for church use.
A number of women members Of The
church provided a splendid dinner for
the workers. Mr., Maule, who donated
the wood, is almost 80 years old and is
active in looking after his farm on
which lie has lived since settling Or it
while it was government and nearly
sixty years ago. Mr.. Maule is one of
the oldest chool officers in western
Iowa, having served more than forty
years as secretary OF the school board
| Of the township in which he now lives.
kirkviile.
Claiming to have knocked a gun
from the hands Of a would-b be bandit
who ne said attacked him the other
night on the road near Kirkville, JEFF
Ward. a farmer residing in thai vicin-
fly, gave a glowing account OF his adj
venture by phone to the sheriff and
stated that while out the possession of
a knife, he has instead a new liver
Johnson pistol. In relating the incident
Mr.. Ward said he was drowsy and
ablivous to his surroundings In the ride
home on his horse, but was rudely
awakened and ordered to dismount by
a shighwaysnan. After the robber had
taken his knife. Ward saw an oppor-
tunity and struck the gun from the
others hand and in the rush for II
gained Its possession. He states that
me fired se.era times after the bandit,
who had taken to his heels, but failed
to land his quarry. Nothing has devei-
oped in he case In the sheriffs office.
Council Bluffs.
Additional information regarding the
fided mail pouch which waa found
Thursday In q refrigerator car In the
Rock Island yards, leads to the belisl
that the pouch was stolen ct sens
Colorado point and taken into the car
whore the robbers went thru the Don
tents at their leisure. The pouch end
letters were found thrown into the iel
compartment Of the car, which had
como into the local yards only q COM
psrattvely short time before the dis
covsry. Every piece Of the mail found
in the refrigerator car has been exam
ined In the local postoffice, ana altsa
hesn1 stamped found IN q rded nal
pouch ct Council Bluffs. Ia," sent, r
IT. Destination. All the mail oeaginolol
IN Colorado Offices and was destined
Tar eastern points beyond Chfcaeo.F -
eeoch contained no registered ula3l ~
T = thought that very little monevSel
losnN yaiusbses wa sscp1sd ~ ~