Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-28
Northern Io1ua Items

sick for some time previously. The
disastrous experiment with the heater
occurred about o'clock. A wood al
cohol can, which Miss Wagner was
emptying. was blown open. as was also
the stove.
leMars.
Some unknown person or persons
broke into the Central school build
ing Monday night and with some black
paint defaced six busts and portion
Of frieze that adorned the walls Of
the assembly room. An entrance to
the building was effected thru win
dow in the gymnasium that had been
left unlocked. No other damage was
done and no motive for this act has
been discovered. The busts and frieze
were presented to the school by the
class of 1910 and cost about ,$175. The
busts are rendered .pra ctically worth
less by the application, of, the colored
liquid as it soaked into the plaster
paris and discolored It, Only one slab
Of the frieze was spoiled and that can
be replaced without great expense.
Rockwell City.
DR.. fireman has at his office the
lungs Of a hog butchered Saturday and
the history Of the same emphasizes
the necessity Of people having their
stock examined for tuberculosis. Last
summer the owner Of the hog had a
COW which began to fail and fearing to
use the animals milk It was given to
the swine. A number Of the hogs were
sold and four we're kept for home con-
sumption. The four were killed Satur-
day and showing signs Of disease DR..
fireman was sent for and upon ex-
animation found that all OF them were
more or less afflicted with tuberculosis
and ordered them disposed Of. There
is no doubt but that the hogs were
inoculated from using the milk Of the
COW which was victim Of the disease.
Goldfisld.
In an effort to save the life Of little
Selman Amosson. years old. who was
burned so severely six weeks ago that
it was thought he could not recover. ten
men submitted to the removal OF skin
from their arms and 1t was grated on
the boys body One hundred inches OF
skin was used. two or three strips an
inch wide and three or four inches long
being given by each man. Selman Is
the son OF Mr.. and Mrs. Amos Amos
son, and the little fellow has suffered
greatly since he was injured. All
the men who submitted to the oper-
alton are farmers. In addition to the
boys father, Amos Amosson. they are:
George Tokheim. Albert JergenserS Eric
Guam. O. Amosson. Lais Torland. Oscar
weltha, Thomas Dister. n. X. Nelson
Erick Heskje.
Waterloo.
Because he threatened to kill an old
man 65 years Of age. and struck MIN
on the chest with a Ratchet In a room
over the Two Petes' restaurant on East
Fifth street, William Cody, IS years
old was arrested Saturday afternoon
on a charge of disturbing the public
quiet. He was sentenced to serve ten
days shoveling snow on the city streets
Cody and the old man became engaged
in a heated argument over the politi-
cal situation and the chances Teddy
Roosevelt would have Of again sitting
In the presidential chair for four years.
During the fracas which followed Cody
struck the senior debater with the tool
he was carrying. He pleaded guilty TO
/ the charge and started to serve out his
time welding a shovel for the street
commissioner.
Whiting.
It seems that a head-on collision be-
tween the 6:26 a. m. flyer and freight
was narrowly averted at this place.
| J.. w. Huff and Donald Yates were
at the depot to take the flyer for Oma-
ha to consult an eye specialist. and the
passenger not stopping. it was tagged.
After the boys had boarded the pas
senger it started to pull on to Onawa
and had Just got under sood headway
when the headlight Of the approaching
freight from Onawa was seen thru the
heavy fog The passenger engineer
I reversed his engine. sanded the track
and applied the air brakes, and man
aged to stop his train just few feet
from the freight train. Had the pas
senger not been tagged. 1t Is quite
likely that It would have crashed into
the freight with direful results The
TO t,;s,oys ws.e WARMLY thanked by the pas
senger conductor and several OF the
a passengers.