Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-07-28
Southern Io,ua Items
the loss In this way being covered BY
insurance In the County Mutual.

Insurance IN the County Mutual
crssten.
fhe federal officers have secured ev-
loence In the Frank Shull white slave
case from Corning which they believe
treaty strengthens their case AGAINST
the young man. Letters have been dug
up which were written by Shull to two
earis by the names Of Elsie Moran and
Georgia Jensen, who live in Omaha.
and who It 10 alleged Shull enticed
across the state line over. into iowa
Tor immoral purposes. The two girls
ana Shuu and another young man were
arrested at Corning soon after the girls
nad come to Iowa In response to the
letters. and were hned $25 and costs
each under the state charge. shull has
been bound over to the federal grand
jury under $500 bond.
Yorktown. d R4e
Al observer tells with much enthus-
iasm about an old fashioned Nichols
and Shepherd threshing machine.
owned and operated by Thomas John
son. on the Waubonsie trail, who still
uses the machine to thresh his cane,
and being pressed into service he 10
doing neighborhood threshing. The
machine Is 81 years old and does per-
feet work. Mr.. johnson required the
help Of only two men besides his own
family Of nine boys and two girls, to
do his own threshing. The observer
states that he had not seen a Nichols
and Shepherd in operation for twenty
five years. and 1t reminded him of his
boyhood home down on the farm,
where he used to cut bands at $1.25 per
day.
Knoxville.
Safe blowers. probably on-profes-
sionals, and perhaps OF the home
grown variety, entered the office Of the
Beal Milling Company some time dur
ing last Thursday night, placed and
exploded charge Of powder in the
safe, blew of the door and escaped
with their booty. amounting to about
$S5 in cash and checks to an amount
sufficient to make the total upwards OF
800. The checks. Of course. will be
useless to the robbers. If the work
was that Of amateurs, as is generally
believed. 1t was as neat and complete
in it's execution as could have been
pulled off by professional yeggs and
there is absolutely no clew to the
perpetrators, at least as far as is
kncwn to the general public.
Muscatine.
Miss Hattie Parker. an instructor in
the local public schools residing at
$40 East Sixth street. has been made
the victim of a new finn fam game. 1t
appears that a man presented himself
at her home cstensib!y fer the pur-
pose of soliciting orders for a cleaning
establishment. Several dresses and
other clothing were given the can
vasser for cleaning. The man in ques-
ton returned to the Parker home the
day with the clothing neat
~ wrapped in package. He asked 81
for the cleaning work which was
promptly given him. Later. upon
opening the package. Miss Parker dis
covered that the clothes we're returned
in their original state and that no
cleaning had been done upon them. In
the meantime the man had made his
escape with the money.
Knoxville.
The very latest, biggest and most
project in tho Knoxville build
ing boom of 1913 will be launched.
when q stock company with George H.
Ramsay at its head. will begin prep
arations to Immediately erect forty
new hvo-Yoom dwellings on what 10
known a. the l. K Butterneld tract in
North Knoxville. The new addition Is
to occupy the west ten acres Of the
tract referred to and will extend from
the present limits of North Knoxville
to within one-fourth Of Q mile OF the
line at Lovers Lane" Ac-
cording to the plans. Kent street, upon