Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-03-07
Mount Pleasant.

Mount Pleasant.
| Merle Henthorn, charged with steal
ing furs from a storehouse in Trenton
township and selling them here,
pleaded guilty. He was given six
months in the county Jail.
Bloomfield.
DR.. ]. Barker has resigned his posi-
! ton at the national military home at
LeavenWorth, Kan, to become head
surgeon al the national military home
at Johnson City. Tenn, receiving a
salary Of $4,000 per annum. Dr. Barker
is the son Of Mr.. and Mrs. John Barker,
of Bloomfield, and is we'll known in
Davis county, where he grew to man
hood.
Mount Pleasant.
| Mount Peasants city council cons
templates the extension of the city
sewerage system for five bIocfss in the
main part of town, according toia reso-
Tuition of necessity ordered published
by the council Property holders OBJ
iections will be heard March % The
salary of the superintendent of the
municipal lighting plant has been
raised to 800 per month. Thomas Nc
MILAN now has the position
Knoxville.
During last week there We're eight
weddings in Marion county in which
one or both parties to the nuptial
contracts were Pella people. OF the six
teen persons nine had surnames be-
ginning with Van. The title of each
marriage follows: Van der Haar-Van
Zee, Van Zee -Tysseling, Van Vaar!l-
Van Klootwyk Van Aarkel-Nan Beo!
som, Van Baale- Rietveld, Hoxenber
en-Van Zee, Van Wyngaarden- De
Jong.
Fort Madison.
Death due to natural causes came
to Carl Lenhardt, so years old, as he
knelt beside his bed in his home here
Sunday night but his body was not
discovered until Tuesday. Neighbors
noticing there We're no signs of life
about the Lenhardt home, caused au
thorities to burst in a door. Lenhardt
was a retired farmer. A daughter, Mrs.
Ross Hanna of Danville, Iowa, and a
son, Charles Lenhardt of ST. Louis,
No. survive him.
Stockport.
A stubborn blaze which was discov-
cred about 1870 Tuesday night. total
y
one-story frame structure north of the |!
bank The flames had gained such
Roadway before the fire fighters arrived
that it was impossible to save any of |
the furniture and fixtures. on which !
there was no insurance. The building /
was owned by Stillman, Whitaker & |
Harlan and was insured. 1t was 1 |
o'clock before the flames were sub
dued.
A petition has been presented to the
city council signed by large num-
Der of the business men of the city |
asking that the council give the people
the privilege Of voting on the ques
ton of whether pool and billiard halls
shall be licensed in Washington. The /
question was up four years ago and the |
proposition lost, since that time no
pool or billiard halls have been Ii
censed in the city. The council
granted the petition and the PROPOSE
ton will be voted upon at the spring
election.
Des Moinss.
Frank Trotter. 60 years old. Of South |
Ninth street and Mckinley avenue, sus-
tanned a fractured skull when the
wagon in which he was driving was
struck by an Ingersoll park street car
at Fifteenth street and Grand avenue
Wednesday morning. Trotter was
brown to the pavement in the collision.
He was taken to the Mercy hospital and
placed under the care Of DR.. T. F. Du-
higg. Trotter was employed by H. v.
of Southwest Twenty first
street and Mckinley avenue, and was
driving a team belongingito Hetershaw
when the accident occurred.
Des Moines.
The seventeenth annual meeting Of |
The Iowa Independent Telephone As
ISOLATION will be held in the Audi
forum at Des Moines, March II, IL
and 13. These annual meetings of
the managers and telephone people |
are very important. as it serves to
give a uniform system. throughout the
entire state in the operation Of tele- ]
phones and thus give the public bet