Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-27
Hamburg.

Hamburg.
The Hamburg electric plant b busy
this week installing q new crude Oh
engine. This plant II the first any
where in this section OF the country te
try out the crude Oil engine for sener'
ating power and the outcome Will OF
watched with considerable interest by
other electric plants.
Shenandoah.
Henry Field is preparing to mail bis
annual catalog to his customers ana II
running his private printing plant con-
tinuously, night and day. to get 2oo.'
900 copies ready by the last OF this
week. On each catalog sent out the
company will place q scent stamp and
to put the entire list in the mails MT
Field will spend $4,000 for postage.
Newton.
The news Of the marriage Of a New
ton couple last summer has just come
to the surface. On the 26th day Of last
August. Miss Fern Stephenson and
Lacy Horn and Miss Myrtle Hall and
Ray Bell went to the state fair. They
also went on to Abel, where Miss
Stephenson and Mr.. Horn were mar
ried. so the records show. Miss Hall
and Ray Bell were the witnesses.
Knoxville.
Mrs. H. J. Bon1feld, a pioneer Of
Marion county and one of the original
charter members Of the Seventh Day
Adventist church which was organized
in Knoxville during the early COS, died
at her, home in this city at 10:30 Sun
day morning. She was the wife of
local contractor and mother Of A. A.
BoIiifield, foreman with the J. W.
Turner Construction Company of Des
Moines.
Creston.
Conductor NJ. D. Thorne and Rear
Brakeman E. G. Burgeson of the Bur
lington, were injured Saturday in the
Creston yards. A draw bar had pulled
out between the tender of the engine
and the first car, disconnecting the air
hose and bringing the train to a sud-
den stop. Both trainmen were in the
way car at the time and We're thrown
violently against the furniture of the
car, Conductor Thorne had some ribs
broken and Brakeman Burgeson In
jured one knee cap.
csntervills.
A new Catholic church in Centerville
is expected to become a fact before a
great while. The congregation Is
working to that end and some investi-
CATION is being made as to the most
suitable site, whether to extend the
grounds some and remain where they
are, or to build elsewhere. nearer the
uptown section. 1t is said that about
$4,000 Is the amount contemplated to
be put in a building. The establish
ing OF a school in connection is also
a possibility. More definite plans for
these future improvements will be
worked out before long is the report.
Hamburg.
Despite the fact that another chap
ter has been added to the Everett MO
Cracker case since he was seen and
spoken to in Omaha Wednesday after
noon, the mystery OF his strange dis
appearance from the home Of his moth
er here. Aug. 20. remains unsolved. An
unsigned postal card, anAiieI from
Omaha and purporting 20 be from hes
son, has been received by Mrs. Nc
Cracker, stating that he was alive and
well and not to worry about him. It Is
believed the card Is from the boy, but
the mystery Of why he left without
saying anything to any Of his frientzs Is
still as deep as at first.
Sidney
Galen Mcintosh, an old man residing
in Sidney. has spent the fall and win
ter trapping. and has collected pelts to
the value OF about $50. He kept these
locked in a smokehouse at his home.
Last Saturday morning he discovered
that some one had broken the lock and
stolen the hides. He Immediately tel