Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-25
Southern Iopa Items

he attended the school for four years
and was a member of the graduating
class Of May, 1912 at which time hi
was publicly presented with dun
mp" diploma pending the arrival of the
real article, which, he says, has never
been delivered.
Museatine.
According to the reports from the
farmers Of the surrounding com
munity, the apple crop this year IS
of the fruit this year, the farmers
say is not up to the average. Many
apples have been shipped during the
mission dealers and the season is
now drawing to close. The apples
which still remain in the orchards
will probably be used by the farmers
themselves, during the coming winter
The size of the fruit this year is not
quite as large as usual, and some say
that the lengthy drouth during the lat
ter part of the summer was the cause
Of this.
Muscatine.
Because her mother would not per-
NIT her to attend a dance Thursday
night. Miss Gladys Dickerson, aged 16
years, made an unsuccessful attempt to
end her life by taking cllloroform ac-
cording to admissions made by Mrs
Dickerson, the girls mother Thursday
The Dickerson girl, about 10 o'clock
Thursday morning. walked into the
home Of Zero Hoskins, who resides at
the corner of Fifth and Orange streets
and announced that she had swallowed
a dose Of chloroform. Medical aid was
Immediately summoned in the person
Of DR.. j. L. Kiln. who administered an
emetic. According to the physician
but for the fact that the girl had eaten
breakfast but a short time before. the
attempt would have been successful.
Davenport.
1t has been decided by Circuit Judge
Bird here that Samuel Inman. 81 years
old. who, upon starting on n trip to
Europe two years ago. fearing some
thing might happen to him. turned
over his controlling interest in local
box factory to three sons, will not lose
his control Of the business. When
he went abroad Inman divided his
twenty seven shares. valued at $50, 900
between the sons equally. These and
other papers were placed in safe
to be opened should the father meet
misfortune. On his return they re-
fused to give him back his business
This is an exceptional case" the
court said. II will not see this old
man. who spent his lifetime building
up business dispossessed by three
young men who believe they know
more than he
Mt. Pleasant.
John Cruikshank, father OF the SUI
perintendent of public schools, who
lives rear West Point, and is said to
the the oldest native citizen OF Lee
county. having been born there in 1885
was recent visitor here. Over in
Sharon cemetery the state Of Iowa
about five years ago erected a monu-
ment to the grandfather of Mr.. Cruik
shank who was a revolutionary soldier
having been one Of Marion's men in the
Carolinas where he was born. Years
afterward he came to Lee county and
in the forties died and was buried near
West Point. About five years ago q
few handfuls of bones were taken from,
the grave and with proper ceremonies
transferred to Sharon and over The
remains the state erected g ,nopumer.
like the one in Forest Home. which
was erected in memory Of James Shep-
herd. Mr.. Cruikshank's grandfather
and father lived and died in Lee coun-
ty; he. his son and his grandchildren
were born In Lee county.