Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-03-30
Southern Io1ua Items

farm property Of his mother. Mrs. A.
Jesse, in Lake township. proved fatal
TO the young man, death resulting the
day following the accident Mr.. Jesse
remained in a precarious condition
from the time of the accident. and the
medical attendants held out but slight
hope of his recovery when the nature
of his injury was discovered. The man
was kicked in the abdomen by one Of
the horses on the farm; when he was
erdeavorins to hitch the animal to
a farm wagon.
Masssna.
A deal has just been closed by
which H. E. and Harry Harlowe be-
come the proprietors Of the Maflowe
& Co. clothing store. which has here
tofore been owned by Henry Mehlman,
Of Wallace. Neb., and g. e. Maflowe,
/ the latter named gentleman and Har-
~ Marlowe attending to the business.
The stock will be invoiced and the
new owners take possession immedi-
ately. c. E. Marlowe contemplates
| moving to Council Bluffs. where he
win engage in the automobile business
with his brother Frank. Massena peo-
pie will regret to lose Mr.. and Mrs.
Ma.lowe but will wish them success In
their new venture and also the new
owners Of the excellent clothing store.
Luther.
A big fire in Luther Saturday after
noon threatened for time to wipe out
the whole town and a good share Of
the countryside too. An explosion OF
gasoline in the William Russell black
smith shop soon reduced that structure
to ashes. consumed the Fehleisen lum-
Der yards. burned portion of the Mil
waukee right of way for mile and a
half towards Boone. burning the grass
and fence posts as il went along. When
the FIRE had reached its height at about
3 o'clock the Boone fire departm emit was
called and Jesse Girton was, taken In
the Clifford car with two small fire ex-
| tinguishers but altho they made good
run they were unab Bile TO make any
j enectual effort 20 check the flames
which had gained such Roadway.
| Davenport.
| The fire department inspired by the
Washington park disaster m New
York started TO make humber Of
tests in regard to the stand pipes
which have been placed on the build
! ings In conformity with the ordinance
which requires that all buildings above
! two stories shall have stand pipes that
shall have standard CONNECTIONS 70
| enable the fire department to connect
| its hose in case Of fire. On tho build
| ings tested by the chief 1t was found
the connections could not be made
with the hose used by the city OWNS
to the fact Of the connections on the
| pipes not being up to standard. The
pipes on the buildings tried were
equipped with eight threads TO the
inch, which 10 a half thread moro than
the standard and for this reason the
hose connections could not b made.
Logan.
When taking the census here, Sc
rious Of likes, unusual coincident In the
lives OF two business men Of Logan
J. T. Case and o. L. Case. were dis.
covered that would justify the behe'
that the two are related. but such Il
mot true, however. they are Of the same
name, they were born In the same
state, the same year, the same montf
land the same day. Both are. bald. b0tf
same colored eyes. both wear . mus
tache alike. both are alike In the like.
and dislikes OF what they eat boil
Z, were married nearly the same time: II
the J T. Case family there are twt
cnliureIi,. i,uti, .iaus...o:rSs-: L: the ~
Il Case family there are two children
iboth daughters. Both men have live
in Logan eighteen years: J. T. Case. I
hardware merchant; o. L. Case, rea
estate dealer.