Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-03-07
Northern Io1va Items

Boone.
| w. A. Bedes, an employe Of the loca
ice plant, was seriously injured whel
| a big icicle fell from the roof Of {
building, piercing him III the back.
LaPorts City.
]. c. McGaheran, democrat, took w
his new duties as postmaster at thi!
place Tuesday Mr.. George Bangor
the retiring postmaster. has held tn
office for eight years.
Clinton.
Howard Whitney, aged 10. was ser.
iously injured Tuesday night under the
falling walls Of the and 10-cent store
building where he was at work. He
was crushed against the side of an adj.
Joining building by falling bricks and
was internally injured.
Anes.
meeting elected the following officers:
b. H. Read. president; Dean c. F. Cur
tiss, vice president; c. c. Aim, secre.
tary: c. l.. Siverly, treasurer; I. o
Hasbrouck, w. H. Stevenson and L. C.
Tilden. governors.
Cedar Falls.
The Minnesingers, an organization
of male singers at the state teachers
college at Cedar Falls, consisting OF
thirty members, are preparing a
schedule for a spring trip covering
the north central states. They ex-
pect to visit Illinois, Missouri, Mime
sofa, Nebraska and Iowa cities.
oslwein.
~ n To- 81 y
bear, bunny hug. and the turkey trot
at dance halls here, and of their not
closing before the church bells ring or
Sunday morning, the city council mas
passed an ordinance to close all dance
halls promptly at midnight and will
employ detective and matron to at
tend all public dances. and no children
under 16 will be allowed to enter.
DEBORAH.
AS soon as the weather will permit
the DEBORAH Elks club will remodel
their building, which they purchased
last fall. They intend spending sew
eral thousand dollars on their new
home which. after completion, will be
one Of the finest Elks' homes in this
part Of the state. The contract for the
work will be let this week and will be
done by local contractors.
Sioux City.
Accused Of stealing his wife away
from her parents home at the point Of
a revolver and carrying her away for
a five-mile drive at night with no pro-
lection but the night clothes she had
on when he dragged her from her bed
Stewart FLEECE, Of Sioux City, is in Jail
at Burbank, S. D. His wife left him
recently and was staying with her
child at the home of her father. j. r.
O'Connor FLEECE, it is charged, ap-
peared there and took her away by
force.
Cedar Fails.
The Citizens Gas and Electric Com
pany has made public, thru letter to
Mayor Merner, an offer Of reduced
rates, provided they are granted five
or ten year franchise. Mr.. Austin Burt,
as manager Of the company makes the
citizens a very fair offer in reducing
rates about % per cent. This is the
first opportunity the taxpayers have
had to know what the gas company
wanted to offer. Coming just before
the special election it has opened the
eyes Of many who would like more in
formation from both sides, before vot-
Ing more bonds on the town.
Sioux City.
With the exception OF few small
requests. including 800 to the First
church, Of which he was
an elder, the late William H. McGin-
mis-, in will filed for probate leaves
h3r a,,%;ro ootof 70 IN ,ic son lanes +.
McGinnis, at whose home he lived up