Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-11-01

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sion opened here Tuesday evening, Oct
81. and Will continue twelve evenings
! Rev. w. B. Crewdson. of the Christian
church here. and Elder c. Scott, OF
Council Bluffs. will be the n1oderators,
but the selection Of the chairman as
yet has not been made. The Christian
Bold. Of Mount Vernon, III, and the
Latter Day Saints church by Edgar
Scott. of Coldwater. Mich.
Shenandoah.
Tuesday morning while playing with
number of his playmates on Valley
avenue. Earl Homes, the 7.year- old
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Doc Homes, re-
ceived injuries that for time were
| thought to be very serious if not fatal.
The children were playing in the road,
when Earl tripped over a tin can and
fell directly in front of a team and
wagon which were coming from the
Lake brick yards. The wagon was
loaded with four-inch hollow tile, such
as are used for building purposes. The
wagon passed over the boy in two
places. seriously injuring him. Two
ribs were torn loose from the breast
bone and number others injured The
wagon also passed over the lower part
Of his abdomen, this also injuring him
seriously.
Nashua.
John Jahr, Of Plainfleld, who went
from here to that place last summer,
having conducted a saloon1 in this
place for the past few@years, has met
with some trouble and opposition
since going to his new home. Judge
Kelly. of Charles City. opened court
Saturday at that place to hear argu-
ments in the matter Of the Anti-Sa-
loon League of Iowa. VS.. John Jahr
Of Plainfield. who runs nulct saloon
at that place. The lea que claims that
Janr was not qua1iied voter at the
| time he secured his : permit b open
UP saloon, and that he has not the
consent OF all the property owners IN
the prescribed area. The Illinois Cen
trail company being one. Dawson and
| Farewell of Waverly are Jahr's At
torneys.
Waterloo.
The property occupied by the c. J.
Miller drug store on West Fourth
street, has been sold by the heirs of
the late Jacob W. Miller to Henry
Prestien. Of Bremen county. according
to a warranty deed filed with the
county recorder. The exact amount
Of consideration in the deal is not
given in the deed, which simply states
that the transfer is made in considera-
ton of 81 and other valuable consider
atoms. The grantors number twenty
and the deed is a remarkable fnstru-
| ment in point of the number Of ac-
| acknowledgements attached thereto. Ac-
acknowledgements to the deed were TAX
en- in six different states and all of
them are attached to the papers. Two
were taken in Fresno county, Cal; two
in Twin Falls county, Idaho; two In
Otero county, Colo; two in Brown
county, Iowa. and seven in Thayer
county, Neb.
Algona.
A nice legal question Is raised in an
appeal which attorneys for defendants
have taken to the supreme court in
the cause Of the First National bank
of Titonka VS.. Casey & Halverson,
which was tried at the .ast term Of the
Kossuth county district court and de-
cided adversely to the defendants. I'm
| til few months ago the defendants
We're operating Titonka meat mar
bank on firm notes and also overdrew
their account. When they quit bust
ness they owed the bank 1898. Later
when the bank began to press them
for money, Halverson sought to evade
liability by setting up a claim Of min
GRITTY. The bank then brought suit. 1t
was shown at the trial that Halverson
would not become OF age until Decem-
Der, 1911. His defense was therefore
made by a guardian. The plaintiff Of
fered evidence to show that Ha1verson
had concealed his minority from the
bank. The defense moved the court to
direct the jury to return a verdict for
Halverson, but the court denied the
motion. Motions for a new trial and in
arrest OF judgment were likewise. over
ruled. Judgment was entered for
$1,13A32.