Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-18
Northern Io1un Items



The public schools have closed here
on account of lack of COAL. The cleo
trio light company officers have also
close down unless coal is secured soon.
The college also approaches the limit.
pes Moinss.
The residence Of James Sharp, owner
of the Sharp taxicab service, was en-
tered at night and ransacked from one
end to the other. The robbery oc-
CURED between the hours Of 1880 and
II p. m, at which time Mr.. and Mrs.
Sharp were down town at a theater.
The robbers secured 335 in cash.
Scion.
H. d. Adams is exhibiting an ear OF
corn which for size is hard to beat
this year. The ear has thirty rows of
kernels in it's circumference instead OF
the usual sixteen or twenty. Owing to
the dry summer. the ear is shorter than
it would have developed. but still Is
large.
Shenandoah.
The home Of Lewis Bode. four miles
north of Shenandoah. was burned to
the ground, leaving Mr.. and Mrs. Bode
homeless. They had resided In the
house twenty-seven years, and Bode
refused to make any repairs, climbing
thru a window when the door refused
to work. He is Is years old and is re-
puted to be wealthy, altho he keeps no
money in bank.
Fort Dodge.
Passengers on three interurban cars
stalled three miles south of the city
were transported to Fort Dodge Mon
day night in the fashion of travel pre-
valent in the days of '49. Seeing that
the cars would be unable to move until
morning the interurbar officials Sc
cured carriages from Fort Dodge livery
barns to go out into the country and
bring the travellers to this city.
Sioux City. j, !, asr. .es si
Alleging that his business reputa-
ton has been damaged to the extent
Of $25,OO0. C. ]. Snyder, a druggist OF
Cleghorn. Iowa. instituted libel pro-
ceedings Monday against the Sioux
City Tribune. The suit is brought as
the result Of an article published on
Saturday afternoon in which 1T was
implied that Mr.. Snyder was arrested
for participation in immoral acts al
legged to have been committed by sew
eral young people Of Cherokee. Iowa.
Rockwell City.
The trial of Lloyd Richardson, under
indictment charging perjury. was be-
gun Monday in district court. Wher
the evidence for the state had beer
heard the defendants attorney made
motion for directed verdict, which
was sustained by the court. and We'd
nesday Richardson was dismissed. The
trial Of Joseph Dewey and Fred
Slaughter, the alleged kidnapers, upor
charge Of conspiring to commit fell
ony. was begun.
OysrsviIIe.
MI. and. Mrs, Joseph .schmitt, ont
of the older couples Of this. city,, cele.
brated their golden wedding anniver.
sary at their home in this city. Mr.
and Mrs. Schmitt were married a
Bankston, Iowa, and have lived in Du
buque county during the fifty years o
their married life. About three year!
ago they moved to Dyersville. Thei
married life was blessed with famil!
of eight children, seven Of whom ar
living and who were permitted to at
tend the golden wedding Of their par
ents.
Waterloo.
That the cost to the county to sup
port and care for the insane at the hos
pital at Independence Is q heavy drai'
on the county treasury Is shown b.
the rep6rt of the board of supervis
ors. In the last three months of tn
year just passed the seyenty-six pa
tients have cost the county $3,34t
While the per capita expenditures dur
ing the period is not large, it is said t
! be considerably in excess of wha
/ would be expended f the patient
could be.ecared for 1T the count.
! home. -
Boone.
! Fred Dale. Of Boone, on trial L
Crookston. Mimi. for the murder o
Ole Kjormoe. who wassdrugged in al
East Grand Forks saloon Christina
night. pleaded guilty at the close o
the testimony for the state. 1t IL un
derstood that M. n. Peterikin. Fran
Hawkes. and Joe Carroll, Dale's allege
! aaeesso.:.s S!.ces also. will enter pleas 9
guilty to an Indictment OF manslaugh
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