Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-03-06

Fort Dodge.
| The Western Union Telegraph Com
pany is defendant in suit brought by
HI. r. Nelson, who claims the word
draft was substituted for draw and
81 900 was lost on a sale Of land.
Hopkinton.
| Elliot d. Parkhall. son of Rev. and
Mrs. j. w. Parkhall. has received an
appointment to an assistant position in
English at the Syrian Protestant Col
lege at Beirut, Syria, and will sail in
June.
Clear Lake.
/ Assurances have been received by II.
H. Shepard. who is president of the
| Clear Lake Protective Association, that
the present general assembly will pass
a bill appropriating from $500 to 49,
900 for dredging Clear Lake.
Clarion.
Mayor p. H. Goslin sprained both
ankles while out in the country buying
buggy broke letting the pole partially
the mixup the mayor was thrown from
| the rig, spraining his ankles.
lsMars.
County Auditor G. NJ. Smith received
a letter on Wednesday from Ed Will
kins, Of Kingsley. in which Mr.. Will
kins rendered his resignation as a
take effect Immediately. Mr.. Wilkins
Is moving out Of the state to live on his
farm near Redfeld, 8. d.
Sioux City.
The trades and labor assembly con-
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before the legislature and adopted res
olutions in which they asked Repre-
sentatives Whitney and Harding and
Senator Hunter to use their efforts to
defeat the bill. The resolutions say
that the bill would increase the illegal
sale of liquor and would deprive some
craft Of organized labor Of employ
ment.
Hampton.
Earl Ferris discovered prairie
wolf in his evergreen grove the
other day. The animal had a collar
Of the pet wolves we often read
about He was undoubtedly up tc
his native tricks of straying away
from his place of captivity as soor
as he got old enough to realize that
he had been Captured" when g
youngster.
Mason City. ..
George lack was given 1t hot and
heavy in Justice w. S. Rankin's court
He was arrested for Bookkeeping. and
| this makes something like the thirty
fifth fellow arrested for this kind OF
business in the last nine months. lack
was wise and entered the plea Of gull
~ ~
the court The amount OF his fine was
not announced but 1t was OF sufficient
proportions to teach him that it is not
profitable business in Mason City tc
bootleg and get caught at It.
Keystone.
Mrs. Louise Silken died Thursday
morning, after suffering and lingering
for many months. It was hoped thai
her youngest son Herman. could reach
her before she would breather her last
He had come all the way from the
state Of Oregon all In vain. The de-
ceased was born in Germany ~ years
ago and was united in marriage a
Davenport. some so years ago. to he'
deceased husband. William Selken
years ago.
Mount Vernon.
The Rev. E. T. Gruwell. former pas
tor Of the First Methodist Episcopa
church at Waterloo, now superinten'
dent Of the Cedar Rapids district Of
the Methodist church. has the unique
distinction among Iowa clerygmen also
Of Ibe::1,s mayor ~ city Mr.. Gruwel
resides at Mount Vernon. and his fellow
1 townsmen, elected him mayor las'
spring. IN the year that he has beer
in office. the preacher-city executive
4 has made q gratifying record. Only
\ recently the contract was let for a new
sewer system. comprising over sever
J miles Of mains. and costing $4,000.
I, vinton.
County Attorney Brown has filed g
motion to dismiss the charges OF cirm-
inal operation against DIR. A. r. Eel
lows. AS the result Of an attempt or
the part Of Elizabeth Achuff TO extor'
hush money from DR.. Fellows. against
1 whom she had made serious charges
the county attorney has dismissed the
cause It appears that Elizabeth Achuff
i the complaining witness. has. since the
finding OF the Indictment, written
letter demanding the sum Of so IN
| consideration AZ which she would leave
the state OF Iowa and not appear as a
j witness against the defendant.
Fort Dodge.
| II. r. Russell. manager OF the EN-
| pire theater has been dismissed fol
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