Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-01
Ottumwa.

OttumWa Will play most 10 tae Iowa
State Sp!ritualistic Association. Dec.
t. ), 6 and :, at which time there Will
be large number of adherents OF this
sect from all over the state, and from
other states as we'll, in Ottumwa. An
Ottumwan, Mrs. Jennie V. Shafer, act
ing president, will preside.
Davenport.
Davenport will get the tri-city auto
show, the members Of the Tri-City
Auto Trades Association so voting at a
meeting held at the Kimball hotel.
The dates set were Dec. II. Is, 10 and
20, and the show will be held at the
Armory hall. Gus F. Burmeister, who
has piloted all previous shows to sue
cess. will again be manager. He was
unanimously chosen by the members
at the meeting.
Davenport.
ST. Joseph's Maennerchor gave g
farewell reception and banquet Thurs
day night for the Rev. John Scherf,
the assistant pastor of St. Joseph 8
Catholic church, who left Friday after
noon for Burlington to become pastor
Of a church in West Burlington. About
seventy men were present and num-
Der Of addresses were made. The
Maennorchor presented Father Scherf
with a purse filed with silver as a
farewell token.
Coin.
William Dawson, of Coin. an old and
respected citizen, while coming down
stairs Tuesday night. fell over the
railing and when picked up he was
dead. He was one of the pioneers Of
this county and leaves large fortune.
In his younger days he was grea
temperance worker. He was of Cana :
dian birth, and leaves a wido NV and two
children. The exact cause of death
was not determined, but is believed to
have resulted from the shock.
Des Moinss.
Orville Dennison, 5-year- old son of
]. D. Dennison, of 1865 Fifth street.
may lose the sight Of one eye and be
disfgured for life, as the result Of an
accident when a. skillet OF hot grease
was overturned upon him. The boy
was playing near the cook stove upon
which there was a Skillet of hot grease.
He accidentally hit he handle Of the
skillet, causing the skillet to over
turn and spi!ling the entire contents
upon him. 1t is feared that the boy
will lose the sight Of one eye and re-
ceive scars upon the face and head.
csntsrviIIe.
The Mccain g Hoover general store
and warehouses and four other build
ings. including a barber shop. a pool
hall and two dwellings, burned at the
camp at Mine No. 80, of the Carbon
Block Coal Company, South OF this
city. Wednesday. The fire is said to
have started in the southeast part Of
the store building and had pretty
good start when discovered. 1t was
only by hard work on the part Of vol
unteer fire fighters that the whole row
Of houses. including the Italian and
CroaGan store did not burn.
centsrviIle.
After several years Of effort to get
a contract to supply the Burlington
road with large quantities of coal from
this field, the Thistle Coal Company,
of Cincinnati, has succeeded in landing
a fine contract for the coming year.
The Burlington will take $4,000 tons
during the year from the Thistle mines
at Cincinnati. As this coal will be
taken much of it during the summer
months it means a much more steady
run for these mines in the future. This
will result in about eeventy-fi five more
men being employed, and may be a
factor in fastening the extension Of
the interurban line from Centerville to
Cincinnati, the survey for which has
been completed. The Thistle mines
are controlled by the Dining and
Steel families. of Cincinnati.
Davenport.
Clarence Higss, 20 years old, Of Wat
erloo. when arrested by q railroad de-
tective for riding on the blind baggage
OF Rock Island passenger train
which left Davenport at 7:1s o'clock
Thursday night for Muscadne, con-
fessed. 1t 10 claimed, that he had robbed
. house in Davenport, and wAs turned
over to the police ct Nuscatine. Riggs
vas brought back TO Davenport early
Friday morning by Police Detective
Frank Brady and the police claim that