Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-07-27
Cedar Rapids.

Effective August l., postal savings
depositors will begin operating in the
following Iowa cities and towns: AL
Ilison, Columbus Junction, Coon Rap
ids, Cumberland, Elma, Glidden, New
Sharon and Swea City.
Dubuque.
Earl Fuller, charged with Tipping
trains, was in police court Wednesda!
morning and was given ten-day sen
ltence, but the sentence stanCs suspend
ed during the good behaviour Of tn
young man. He is 10 years OF age.
Denver.
While operating gasolene engine
which was being used to run a grinder
Fred Harms had the misfortune t
have the belt slip off from one Of the
wheels, striking him on the head will
quires several stitches to- close. FREQ
is doing nicely now.
Fort Dodge.
Joe Cassiti year old son Of Julius
! Cassiti, Is seriously i'll at the CAST
home in Mineral City Park, as the re,
suit of bite which doctors believe t.
be snake bite. The lad maintains g
] bee stung him. Blood poisoning set ir
and there is little hope for the lads re-
I covery.
Fort Dodge.
Members Of the board Of supervisors
increased the assessment for drainage
ditch No. 40, 9 per cent over the orig
nal assessment. The reassessment
! amounts to $1,000. Had it not beer
for the $1,000 judgment obtained aginst
the bondsman for the contractor who
did not finish the work, the assessment
would have reached that much more.
Titonka.
In a runaway near Titonka Mr.. and
Mrs. Anton Anderson, who reside Or
the Roy McGetchie farm between AL
coma and Titonka, suffered severe in
juries Mr. Anderson was badly bruised
but no bones were broken. His wife
sustained fracture of one OF her fore
arms. They were taken to Algona in
an automobile for treatment.
Sac City.
Archie Gerry. well digger, was
killed Thursday on the B. F.. Leavens
farm six miles west of here. He had
the well dug to the depth of twenty
feet While going down he was over
come with the deadly damp and fell
to the bottom, breaking his neck. He
was about 40 years Of age. He leaves
wife and family.
Berkeley.
Berkeley is now an incorporated town
and at an election few days ago, John
Phelan was chosen as the towns first
mayor and o. w. McGregor, Charles
Phillips and F. p. Mcdonald the first
couhcilmen. Their papers will be COM
pleted as quickly as possible and the
town take up its life as separate
corporation and outside the control of
the township.
Sioux City.
Every freight train out Of Sioux City
these days Is carrying besides its regu-
lar cargo. throng of harvest hands
who are responding to the call from
Nebraska and Dakota for help in har-
vesting the big crops this year. Tempt
ing wages are being offered and the
railways are permitting all harvest
effort to get in to the grain country
Waterloo.
w. w. Ellington, a pioneer Of Black
hawk county and q veteran Of the civil
war. who died at his home here. was
born in Ohio on Feb. 8. 1910, and moved
to Iowa as boy with his parents, who
settled in Linn county. He acquired
his early education in the public
schools Of that county and at the be-.
ginning Of the civil war enlisted - 1
volunteer.
Parsersbura.
The creamery was sold last week TO
= man named Trinble who will move
his family here and occupy the Neis
oleson house. Mr.. oleson and family