Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-05-20
Northern Io1ua Items

Alta.
| After long agitation and a hard
fight the town council has removed all
the hitching posts from the main
streets of the town.
LeMars.
On the first of June, A. Sartori. the
! pioneer druggist, will retire crnm ac-
| tive business and will be succeeded in
the active management of the store By
his son, A. Sartori, Jr.
WaverIy.
I. G. Huffman, one of the editors o
! the Waverly Democrat, has been of.
| fered a position in the department. Of
publication of the Panama exposition
| with headquarters at San Francisco.
| Clinton.
What may be the skeleton of a pre-
historic man was found by Peter
Church, a farmer, while blowing in 8.
field near Albany, III. The skull was
J brought to Clinton. The skull is large
| the forehead low and receding and the
features protruding.
Alta.
At meeting Of the board Of direc-
tors of the Buena Vista County Agri-
i "
decided to rebuild the amphitheater at
the fair ground, which was destroyed
by wind storm on Tuesday morn
ing. The new stand will be modern
in construction, with seating capac-
ity Of $500 people.
Sioux City.
Miss Kittie Lucas. aged IS, living
at SIG Morgan street may lose leg
as the result Of picking up coal from
car in the railroad yards early Sat
urday morning. The girl fell from the
car, sustaining compound fracture
of the right leg above the ankle. She
was taken to St. Vincents hospital,
where she was reported resting as cas-
lily as could be expected.
Sioux City.
c. T. Wornstadt, charged with the
killing Of Fay Bently during a fracas
in the kitchen of the Chicago House
last Saturday, was acquitted by the
grand jury on his plea of self defense.
The evidence showed Bently had drawn
knife on Wornstadt when the latter
felled him with his fist, causing him
to sustain fractured skull by striking
the cement floor.
Cedar Falls.
Jack Rasmussen, who has been ass
ISOLATED with John Borreson in the
publication of the Cedar Falls Weekly
Gazette, has severed his connection
with the business and the plant is now
in charge of the junior partner. Ras-
mussen says that he still retains an In
terest in the plant but that a deal is
pending whereby he will dispose Of his
holdings to his partner.
Nj. Vernon.
Frank Kluff. Of Luverne twill repre-
sent Cornell in the state oratorical
contest this week with his Grafton.
America, the Melting Pot" Second
place was won by Henry Carlton of
Mt. Vernon, and third by Harold Carl
son, of Boone. The orations Friday
night all were Of high order. The
judges were Senator Stuckslager of
Lisbon, George w. Fellows of Mechan-
icsville and c. D. Brafler of Lisbon.
Waterloo.
Art Towne, charged with grand lar
ceny by Will Thorpe. a. horse dealer
of Vinton, who claims to have been
robbed Of $500 while in the company
of Towne and two other companions
Thursday night, Saturday morning
confessed to Chief Leighton he had
stolen the money. Towne told the Of
ficer where all that he had left Of the
roll could be found. It was in his
vest, found hanging in the stable left OF
the Thomas feed barn. The roll Of
bills counted out $40. The rest Of it
had been spent or lost. Towne's con-
fession absolved Will Seeley of ViEton
and Ray Smith of Waterloo Of any
completely in the case. as the guilty
party acknowledged neither knew he