Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-26
Southern Io1ua Items

Guthrie Center.
Boosters of this city and of Panora
met here recently and completed plans
for a permanent good road between
here and Panora. Gravel will be used
to improve the highway.
Iowa City.
That club building for the students
Of Iowa University, costing between
100000 and 100000, will be built
within a few years was indicated in a
talk made by President Bowman before
the Iowa Students Union.
keosauqua.
The Lee Fellows family has been re-
leased from the diphtheria quarantine
They went into quarantine Friday. Dec
1, and were in quarantine period OF
eleven weeks Three members Of the
| family, including Mrs. Fellows, had the
disease.
creston.
Property interests amounting to $40
900 were sold at auction in LenoX t.
close up the business. Of the Meaghel
estate. The sale included several resi-,
dences, number Of business lots anc
half interest in the opera house. The
tiers, as had been arranged previousl!
by the will.
Charlton.
Charlton is to have two new stores
A 5 and 10 cent store will be opened
in the new Deming & Hollinger build
ing on March 2. and will be under the
management of A. A. Fosdick, Of OF
tumwa The j. A. Brown building, for
merly occupied by the Dorm clothing
store, has been leased by Mr.. Spurgeon
Of Ottumwa, for a racket store.
Des Moines.
a state convention for the Iowa
State Automobile Association has beer
called to meet here March 5. The
principal business will be to select
route for state tour to include many
of the cities of the state and there i
great rivalry among them. The asso-
citation will put up permanent trophy
to cost about $1,000.
Seymour.
A message has been received here
telling of the death of Bert Conger at
the home of his father, c. A. Conger, at
Los Angeles, Cal. The Congers are
spending the winter in California. and
the body of the son will be placed in
receiving vault until their return
here in the spring, when 1t will be
brought here for burial. Mr.. Conge1
bore the distinction Of being the first
child born in Seymour and was 40
years old.
Cedar Rapids.
Wellington Miller. being held at the
county jail under sentence OF year
in the reformatory at Anamosa, es-
capped by walking out with the other
prisoners. Miller is the young mar
who established a brand new record
for nerve by stealing an overcoat be-
longing to w. Dament from the Mont
rose hotel, putting that up as security
for board bill and then going back
to the hotel and stealing another over
coat.
Woodbine.
Fire destroyed the home Of w. III
Harper recently. A neighbor's little
girl noticed smoke coming out OF the
roof and went in and told Mr.. Harper
that his house was on fire. Mr.. Harper
went upstairs and found that fire hac
started in some way between the walls
four or Ave feet from the chimney. By
that time a neighbor had arrived and
and an alarm was sent in. The f1remer
carried water upstairs, but the fire mao
gained such q start that nothing coulc
be done.
sayIor. .
Gingleo Miglion, an Italian. "a years
old was buried under fall OF slate al
savior mine No. Friday afternoon ane
instantly killed. Miglion was working
IN the mine when a piece OF slate about
twelve feet long fell suddenly. buryine
The miner beneath 1t. The slate wa:
removed in few minutes. but the
body was badly mangled and lie was
extinct. Miglion was native OF italy
and had been in this country but 8
short time. He is survived by a w1f<
and baby, who live in italy.
Hamburg.
An organized hunt for real pan
ther that has been seen lurking neal
Hamburg recently, proved unsuccess-
full for the forty men who participates
s. 4. .,..e bur. eetea until sunset, al
tho many OF, the men quit the chase
shortly after noon. The others claimed
they had travelled thirty miles. One