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

L. J. NeWquist, a farmer living near
here, has discovered seventeen-year
locusts on his farm. This is the year
for the visit Of the ravaging pests.
Clinton.
The seventh annual meeting of the
Iowa District Gas Association will be
held in Clinton May 24-26. and 800 Wis
itors are expected to attend.
West Liberty.
A horse hitched to a buggy in which
Fred Lmpa and his two sister were
riding frightened at an automobile and
ran away. AL were thrown out. Limba
| suffered broken collar bone and both
girls were badly bruised.
Des Moinss.
A report received by Secretary Sum-
! ner Of the state board Of health leads
| to tho belief that a small child at Men
10 has been stricken with pellagra
This il the first case Of the disease re-
! ported in this state.
Boone.
The Younslove Construction Com
pany Of Sioux City have been given
the contract to erect q 10000 bushel
elevator for the Farmers Elevator
| Company Of Ericsson. The elevator will
| be modern in every particular.
Fairfield.
| J. T. Davies has purchased the inter-
est Of c. W. Trowbridge in the Trow-
bridge-Davies Furniture Company OF
this city. and it will be operated here
after under the name Of the ]. T. Da-
Wis Furniture Company.
Seymour.
The men of all the churches have
organized the Men and Religion Club. y
| with H. c. ,Sawyers. president. Recent
ly they held the first OF series OF
mems banquets. The speaker Of the
evening was Claude r. Porter Of Gen.
| terville.
Clinton.
Officer Funnel Of the Clinton po-
lice force on Tuesday evening cap
tured Emil Anderson, Dave Carlson
and Lawrence Stoer, three runaway
! boys from school at Batavia. Ill. The
boys ran away about two days ago
| They will be returned to the school.
Blanchard.
]. A. Miller had a horse frightened to
death by an automobile on Saturday
afternoon. AS he was driving In from
the farm he met a car about one mile
frightened, shook with fear and then
dropped dead.
H,\an.
c. p. Larsen, prominent farmer liv-
ing south Of town. has been stricken
with trichinosis and is in a very SER
ious condition. A singular coincidence
in connection with this is the fact that
Charles Thompson. who lived in the
same house over thirty years, died
with the same disease.
Clinton.
Michael Faston, an Italian laboreI
was severely injured about the legs
Tuesday afternoon at the Northwest
ern round house, while working be-
tween the cars. In come manner the
cars were backed together, catching
Mr.. Faston. He was taken to Agatha
hospital in the city ambulance.
Ottumwa.
lamp Terrill, the negro who walked
into Ottumwa police station with hill
throat cut from ear to ear, surprised
the nurses at the Ottumwa hospita
Tuesday afternoon by leaving bed anc
walking to his home in Smoky Row.
The great vitality Of the negro IL al
that saved his life.
Denison.
Sears McHenry, cashier Of the First
National Bank, has accepted the con-
tract from the Commercial Club to
keep the streets sprinkled at the price
Of S24 per week. The council claimed
It could not be done at this price and
! the club set out to show 1T could be.
and in good shape.
Shenandoah.
One would think that with the ire
mendous Increase In the use Of auto
mobiles that the horse market would
decline, but such seems not to be the
case. One horse. buyer has shipped out
Of Shen andoah sixty-three cars OF
horses In seven months, averaging
twenty five horses to the car ard for
which he paid an average OF $40 per
head.
keokuk.
Al tho baseball parade was turning
into Fourth street from Main at. q: 80
o'clock Wednesday afternoon a street
car backing up from the track on Main
street colllded with, the Taber eisc-
trio truck. on which was the Keckuls
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pared to Jump rom the trucl. and
ono Of them dropped his instrument.
In the confusion that cnsuod = Snpm-
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