Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-07-06
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A driverless team attached to q cul-
tivator, walking steadily thru the corn
Of Jacob Romang, near here, re-
suited in an investigation by the neigh
bors, who found Romang lying in the
field dead. Heart failure is ascribed
as the cause of death. ~
Charles City. 80
Irving Braend. son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Braend, living south of Charles
City suffered fractured skull as the
result Of being hit with q baseball
while watching a game. He was taken
to Waterloo, where he Is confined in
a hospital. His condition is serious.
Sioux City.
George T. Bell, traffic commissioner
Of the Sioux City commercial club has
accepted an offer to become an at
torney solicitor for the interstate COM
merce commission with headquarters
at Washington The duties conferred
upon him give him almost the power
of a commissioner. Mr.. Bell came to
Sioux City from Kansas City four
years ago.
Cedar Rapids.
The city attorney Of Cedar Rapids.
has raised the question whether cities
of Iowa have the right to take out ac-
cident insurance to protect the city
employees under the employers liability
law which went into effect July !.
The question has not been settled by
state officials and test case is like
ly Only few cities have made pro-
vision to comply with the law so far.
Cherokee.
The average farm in Diamond town
ship contains 22S acres, which Is con-
siderably larger than the average thru
out the country. Most of the land Is
under pillow, and good crops OF grain
are grown. One interesting item is the
acreage Of pop corn. G. Davis grew
300 bushels from ten acres; John Otto
800 bushels from ten acres: F. B. Webb
900 bushels from twenty-seven acres;
w p. Brockman, thirty bushels from
one acre. and John Ganther, 3Oo pu-
shells from ten acres.
Clinton.
The Clinton city council may APP
point the successor of the late Mayor
Farver Tuesday evening. An adj
iourned meeting of council is to be
on that evening, for transaction of
general business. There seems to be
a disposition on the part of the coun-
Gil to lose little time in settling the
mayoralty question, and city officials
have expressed the opinion that &C
ton will be taken next Tuesday. The
regular meeting for the month OF July,
will be held on the evening of the 14th.
The funeral Of Mayor Farver was
held Friday afternoon from the fam
ily residence on Sixth street. 1t was
attended by the city officials and or
ganizations with which the deceased
was identified.
Buck Grove.
For many years there have been ar
ticles in the bee journals and the daily
press praisiEg the poison of the honey
bee as a cure for rheumatism. Re-
ports have been cited Of cases relieved.
The bee sting is SO painful. however,
that the average rheumatic would
sooner endure the Tease than to try
the cure. DR.. Bonney, OF Crawford
county decided there must be concealed
merit in the situation, and after much
experimenting has become convinced
that the use Of honey will relive rheu-
matte pains. One thing Is certain, he
says, and that is the remedy can do no
harm while patent medicines usually
do cause harm. The suggested method
of using the honey remedy is: Eat
honey at all three meals and take
liberal doses Of 1t at night, in the morn
ing and between meals. Positively no
drink OF any kind must be taken for
one hour after taking dose Of the
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