Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-02-03
Southern Io1ua Items
Mount Pleasant.

! Mount Pleasant.
] Henry Van Brussel has brought suit
for damages of 5000 against the Mount
Pleasant Canning Company for injuries
| alleged TO have been received in an
elevator accident last August.
Rome.
! Hiram Messer has filed petition for
damages of $500 against Noble Wal
ton and Patrick Noble of Rome. alleg-
ing that he was assaulted by them and
permanently injured.
Missouri Valley.
DR.. John Tamisea reports twenty
cases of pneumonia on his list. Tho
this number surpasses that of other
localities there are more cases of pneu-
monia at the present time in Harrison
than in any other period in it's history
Clinton.
Worry over socialistic problems has
driven insane John Gill of Port Huron
Mich. who for several days has been
guest of the Lafayette Inn He is
the organizer for the Brotherhood OF
Locomotive Firemen and known all
over the country Relatives are on
their way here to take him home for
L.
Des Moines.
With the weather verging close upon
spring temperature, the Iowa hen pre-
pairing to launch upon a campaign Of
reckless laying and several million
cases Of the heretofore delectable lux
ury being forced upon the 4narket from
cold storage. eggs are now within the
reach Of almost all consumers at IS
cents per dozen.
Council Bluffs.
A number Of Council Bluffs youths
who are interested in aeronautics met
in the basement Of the public. library
Tuesday night and organized the Alba
tross Aeronautical Society, the purpose
Of which will be to study aviation and
experiment with model elders and
probaly in the near future with motor
driven planes. Three Of the members
have built or are now building gliders
and two OF the lads have already sue
ceeded in leaving the earth.
Shenandoah.
After announcing the sale Of the An
drews department store in Shenandoah
to two former Creston merchants. N H.
Green and Louis Rosenfield and hav-
ing the inventory completed, difficult
ties arising from a settlement of the
details have caused the deal to be de-
cared off. Messrs. Green and Rosen-
field had removed their families to
Shenandoah and it is now stated are
formulating plans to start new store
here.
Wilton.
Hundreds of farmers were in town
each with tank of oil in his wagon.
The reason of their coming was that
about week ago a carload of oil was
received here and the farmers from
this vicinity called and got their share
Of the oil without waiting for the form
ality of having the inspector place his
seal on the product. j. T. Risley, the
government oil inspector, arrived and
forthwith summoned all the farmers to
bring the oil they had taken back into
town until he had examined it.
Newton.
Lynn Erwin, son Of Charles Erwin,
Of this city. is in the county Jail
charged with stealing gold watch
from Rasmus Nelson, roomer at Sam
Moss rooming house on Vine street
The watch was taken from the dresser
in Nelson's room early in the morning
about a week ago, Nelson says. Err
win stayed at the Moss home the night
previous and left the next forenoon for
Des Moines, where it is alleged he
pawned the watch. He did not return
to Newton until Tuesday night and
was Immediately placed under arrest.
keokuk.
Ice broke loose in the river and car
ried the cribs of the powerhouse cof-
| ferdams sixty feet down the river.
Frederick Merchant, foreman of the
works who was on one OF the cribs at
| the time, had perilous experience and
a narrow escape from being killed. He
was thrown against some heavy tim
bers and seriously hurt. sustaining
fractures of several ribs as we'll as
numerous bruises and conclusions. He
was taken to local hospital and is In
a precarious condition.
| Davenport.
| The attack Of her husband on her
following a few remarks which
passed between them, was the cause
of Mrs Clyde Van Arsdale appearing
in police court to prosecute her hus-
band on charge Of assault and bat
terry, the woman's arm having been
broken when she fell after being struck
by her husband, AZ she alleges in hel
charge The arrest of Van Arsdale was
made by Officer Schlueter. who
brought the man in from the Mass
livery tarn where he is employed as a
! driver. It is claimed that he was in
toxicated when i,e made the vicions
attack on his wife at the livery.
Museatins.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph L. Harding, Tho
latter formerly Miss Julia Hutchinson
| OF this city,. together with her sister
Miss Ida Hutchinson. Of Muscatine
were within ten miles Of Mount TaAl n
Luxon, Philippine islands, when tn
volcanic outbreak Of that mountain oc.
CURED, resulting IL the destructloa q