Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-07-25
Southern Ioua Items

King was found in JKeokuk county. ans
brought back to answer to the charge
Of wife desertion. At the conclusion d
the trial Monday, which consumed the
greater part of the day, he was bound
over to the grand jury by Squire Fos-
ter, with bond fixed at 5000.
Muscatine.
Muscatine will likely enjoy the dis
tinction Of being the scent of the las,
reunion Of the First Iowa infantry. The
regular triennial reunion of this peer
less fighting organization will be held
in this city on Aug. II, and in the Off
cial notices being mailed out to the
surviving membership full attend
ance is urged as it is set forth that tho
present reunion will likely be the "last
in this world This regiment was
made up of the flower and chivalry OF
the Hawkeye state. 1t was in rendez-
vous at Keokuk twelve days before the
proclamation for troops was issued by
Lincoln and awaited there, the only
body Of trained fighters in Iowa, the
order to proceed south At that time
the regiment was made up of ten full
companies and included almost 1000
well drilled men and today it is not
thought that more than 100 survive
The ladies of Colonel Hare Circle, G..
A. r. are now planning for the enter
tainment for the remnant of the regi-
ment when it assemblies here.
Muscatine.
An unusual series of forgeries vi
have their echo in the juvenile couHt
today when quartet of boys from
Nichols, ranging from 10 to 10 years
of age, will be arraigned before Judge
l.. J. Koran. The lads. who are Russell
and William Odds, Emil Browning ard
Thompson Supton. We're today nance
as defendants in an information filet
by County Attorney II. G. Thompsoa
and will be charged with being incor-
rigible. The lads forged about eight
checks and secured about fifteen dol
lars from business houses and banks at
Nichols before forgery was detected,
according to the information received
by the county attorney. The youthful
offenders spent the major share of thu
money thus obtained for the articles
which they coveted most, while jn
other instances they made desirable
purchases and turned in spurious
checks. The names of c. p. Reynolds.
the justice of the peace at Nichols. and
T.. II. Schmitt were attached to the
checks which were found to be forged
shortly after they were received.
Abba.
AS per the agreement at the last bi
annual meeting of the United Mine
Workers of America. new home vii
be erected in this city. The two lots
of DIR. C. B. Powell, one block east ct
the public square and near many fin
buildings, has been purchased. an6
plans are being gotten ready. 1t J.:
not the intention to erect a great biz
building. but it will be such a buildine
as will provide ample room for all tht
offices. The building will be made u:
in beauty as to what it will lack in szT
The land purchased will allow air
enter from all sides, and there will ee
the surplus ground of 90 feet on tn
west side, which can later be sold IL dc
sired The ground is a bargain at price
and goes to show that the people O!
Abba attempt no "holdup' when there
, is the opportunity to secure such q
building. The central location of tht
building will be one of the main things
II Is near the Evans Carnegie library
across from the opera house, near the
, hotels. and there is but one block tt
, the public square Appropriate in.
scription will he made over the doors
The building will be raised about foul
feet from the ground and will be fitted
for the business forsWhich it will os
put IN use.