Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-05-16
Mount Pleasant.

Mount Pleasant.
The drawing Of thirty talesmen after
| the regular panel was exhausted was
necessary in the securing of jury 20
| hear the case OF the state against
| Sherman Dougherty. indicted BY the
recent grand jury ana charged with
I the larceny OF SCI.
OseeoIa.
| Fire which broke out early Wednes-
! day morning in the office rooms of the
/ Democrat Printing Company, did dam
| ge estimated at several thousand dol
| lars The origin of the fire is not
known The loss is partially covered
by insurance. This is the second loss
/ by FIRE this office has sustained within
| three years
Brighton.
The annual commencement Of TIE
Brighton high school VIII be held at
the club house Friday evening. May %
| at o'clock. The class this year con-
sists OF ten members. namely: Russell
Lenley. Harry Wentworth. Wilbur
! Day. Eugene Parks. Carrie Went
worth. Leona Bidwell, velra Bolon
| Mae Morgan. Bernce Funston and
| Goldie Brier.
Ottunwa.
The physicians of the Ottumwa hos
| pital all watched with interest the
+, developments in the first TRANSMISSION
of blood operation performed here. Mrs
William Reece. OF West Ottumwa. gave
six drains Of her healthy blood to be
| transfused into her sister, Mrs. VII
liam Foulkes. Of Battle Creek. whose
corpuscles had lost their color, form
and vitality.
Abba.
A series of accidents near Melrose
twelve miles west Of Abba Tuesday has
! caused the people OF that neighbor-
J hood to wonder what will happen next
| William Carr had a runaway and was
! found unconscious beside the road. A
little son Of Mr.. and Mrs John Mas
siman had a chin bone fractured as the
result of the kick from a horse Will
liam Sheppard had both legs broken in
a railway accident.
keokuk.
Prominent club women have de-
clared that conditions here are such
that curfew law with a probation of
hcer to enforce it is necessary to keer
girls of tender ages from roaming the
streets alone at late, hours. To see
that their demands are answered, the
social service committee OF the Good
Fellows Society has been commits
stoned to make an investigation OF
methods for moral safeguarding Of the
young.
Mount Pleasant.
Mount Peasants old curiosity shor
has been sold. The jewelry stock OF A
Anderson. embracing probably a more
varied assortment Of merchandise thar
any business house in the city, has
been purchased by Fred B. Crane. q
local teweIer, who Will close it out. Mr.
Anderson plans to 60 to Harvey, Ill.
where his daughter resides. He hal
been in business In Mount Pleasant sol
nearly forty years. his shop being 8
mecca for seekers after the quaint anc
antique for years.
Loekridae.
Lockrfdge is to be all incorporated
town. That was decided by a specia
election held on Monday. That this pro
gressive community Is determined T.
put on metropolitan airs is shown b!
the fact that the question OF incorpo
ration carried by q large majority. TIL
question stirred up the community a
nothing has done for a long time
Those favoring the proposition main
tanned that with the new bushes
blocks just erected and the other i'm
orovements recently made, great IN
tire was before the community. Al