Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-24
Northern Io1ua Items

she wore in the back of her hair and
which was driven into the flesh by the
impact. For a time 1t was feared the
injury was Of a most serious nature. it
being thought that the skull might
have been fractured but these fears
We're later dispelled when She partially
regained consciousness and in a few
hours was in her normal condition.
Whiting. s.
Rev. w. H. Skentelbury, who was ex-
tended a unanimous call from the Con-
gregational church ofethis place to sue
/, coed Rev. MIR. Heaps, has accepted the
call and will enter upon the pastorate
Of the church beginning with the third
Sunday in May. At the present time
Mr.. Skentelbury is completing theo-
logical course in the Chicago Theo-
logical seminary, and will come to
Whiting Immediately after his gradu-
coming of Rev. Mr.. skentelbury. Rev.
G. H. Croker will act as pastor pro
TEN for the church.
Mason City.
The sixty-second wedding anniver-
sary of Mr.. and Mrs. Aaron Blank,
parents of Mrs. Van Ness, wife Of DR..
j. G. Van Ness. for many years a
prominent preacher and presiding elder
Of the Methodist church in this state.
was celebrated Tuesday evening. Both
the aged people are enjoying good
health. They were married in a vii
lage which is now part of Chicago
sixty-two years ago, and for more thar:
fifty years made that place their home.
Mr.. Blank WAS a carpenter and con-
tractor and worked in the vicinity of
Chicago. A couple Of years ago they
came to Mason City to make this their
home. Mr.. Blank is 81 years Of age
and his wife is 70. He Is probably the
Oldest member Of the Masonic order in
the state.
Wooden.
Herman Buckena and Frank Kratz
were caught breaking into the store
room Of Kramer Bros. by one Of the
Kramer brothers and John Frank. They
had broken the lock and were Just
ready to enter the building when they
were nabbed by the two men who were
on the watch for them. For some time
the merchants OF Wooden have been
pestered by petty thieves and 1t seems
that on this particular night suspicion
vas aroused by the lateness Of the
hour that these men were about town.
and they were watched. Both men. 1t
Is reported, were drunk and had been
during the day. BY order Of the sher-
1T of the county the two mon were
arrested end kept under strict watch
1t the hotel all the next day and night.
They have not yet had hearing. Both
are married.
Mcorssor.
One hundred and twenty-five live
swapping turtles. which weighed 1,22S
pounds, and netted their owner. w. T..
Allen, a fisherman. $3.50, were brought
across the Mississippi river from
Prairie du Chen. Wis. TO McGregor a
few days ago. They were in grain
sacks and filled bob sled box. At
McGregor they were packed IN barrels
by w. H. c. Elwell, Ash merchant.
and shipped to Philadelphia. Despite
the fact that the turtles had been
kept in a cellar without care Of any
kind for four months, they were lively
enough as they were put aboard the
train to snap and bite with consider
sble belligerence. It IN expected that
they will be alive when they reach
| Philadelphia. Some OF them weighed
Etwenty five pounds. They we're caught
I'm one Of the stagnant sloughs OF the
Mississippi the nrst Of November.
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