Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-05-11

Batavia.
Superintendent Leon O.. Smith. of the
Batavia schools, was reelected to the
SUPPLEMENTARY of the Keosauqua
schools. He has been in charge Of the
Batavia schools for the past two years.
Knoxville.
H. A. Overton, living nine miles
| southeast Of this city. reports a re-
| markable wool yield. His flock Of nine
ty-one head yielded f1eeces averaging
| fifteen pounds each. One fleece from a
young Merino buck weighed over th1r-
ty-three pounds, and five Of the larg-
! est aeeces punched and weighed to-
gether tipped the scales at 1876
pounds.
c~enterviIIe.
The Hercules Manufacturing Com
pany of Centerville is seriously con-
sidering-a new. location. 1t. is'the larg-
est manufacturer Of stump pulling ma
chinery in the world today. but lack
Of capital and facilities. with inability
to fill orders sent it is causing trouble
and loss of business. Centerville peo-
pie are asked to subscribe $4,000 for
stock at par and a plant costing $780,
900 is to be erected.
Hawkeys.
Going to attend the funeral Of her
old neighbor, Mrs. Ohler, and having
reached the steps Of the church in
which the funeral services were being
held, Mrs. Elizabeth Pepper, a lady high
ly esteemed in this community, felt
faint. sat down for q moment, grew
rapidly worse, was carried to the lear
! by. parsonage and in ten minutes she
was dead. The trouble was heart fail
ure.
Hancock.
Charles H. Converse. of Glendora.
Cal, formerly a citizen Of Avoca, and
whose father. William Converse. lives
here, was killed in a railroad accident
at Glendora Saturday evening. Mr..
Converse was a prominent attorney
and we'll known in this county. His
son, Lawrence Converse, assumed a
national Importance during the Madero
revolution in Mexico by getting arrest
ed and thrown into prison and but for
the intervention Of his father, might
have died there.
Davenport.
According to an estimate Of the
amount Of money belonging to Mrs. VIII
NCl11l1ne dulcJlAdhip S"V "SSN NO
who is now at Mt. Pleasant hospital
for the insane, she possesses a small
fortune Of about xz,430. Papers were
filed in the district court by Attorney
William Chamberline in behalf of the
estate in which application for the ap-
pointment Of a guardian Of the woman
is made Attorney Waldo Becker mas
been named by Judge House as the
,-l hic 1nnnd fYaH at
Sc. 600.
Winfield.
Harley Swartz is quarantined at his
home in Winfield, with n IS re-
ported to b. a light case OF smallpox.
He is doing we'll and h ease Is strict
Nv uuarantincd so that no spread OF the
disease is feared. Some two weeks
a minister from Des Moines was IN
Winfield, representing som charitable
organization. and stayed over night.
Soon after his return to Des MONIES
he was taken i'll with smallpox.
notified the Winfield people. a
was employed at the place where ne
stopped and caught the disease nom
him it is supposed. &
lows City.
Iowa city is to welcome a new hotel
mar in the person Of o. b. Hixon, Of
wapeilo. who completed a deal with
]. r.. Donovan by which he becomes
the new proprietor OF h st. James
hotel in this city. Mr.. Hixon has been
running a hotel at Wapello for the past
four years. out previous to that time
he was in business in Indianapolis.
Ind. The new proprietor Of the st.
James expects to make a number Of
improvements. He has already In
creased the capacity of the hotel by.
the addition Of sixteen beds. and anti
cipates having much yremodeling done
tn the office and lobby.
Perry.
Farmers in the vicinity Of Gardiner,
southeast OF this city. are considerably
ag::ated Owe the appearance Of q cou-
pie of cases Of blackleg, which are re-
ported In that vicinity. They are the