Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-11-19
Northern Io1ua Items

, and that ne would investigate immedi :
ately. DR. Alexander Johnson. OF New
Jersey. expert on feeble minded chill
dren. declared ii incredible that this
practice of an unenlightened time could
I be possible today, and urged instant
action 10 prevent such wholesale dis
tribution of children.
! Sheldon.
Frank Lynch, six miles northwest
/ of Sheldon. had The misfortune TO shoot
himself in the right leg last Friday
night. Mr.. Lynch thought that there
were providers in mis- chicken coop so
he put on a heavy overcoat intending
10 investigate. He got out heavy re
volver and attempted 10 slip il into his
right coat pocket Instead Of going into
his pocket however, the revolver
slipped over the lapel and fell TO the
floor AS it struck the aoor i; was dis
Heshy portion of the right leg and On
/ UP into the ceiling OF the room.
/ Allison.
! Il Smith who lives OF the Mrs.
Phelps farm down near Coster met
with serious misfortune las: Friday
when the house. barn. grana-y and
! wood shed or the farm was destroyed
1 by fire. When the fire was discovered
/ by Mr.. Smith who was working near
I the barn the inside o. the barn was
practically ali on FIRE. The house.
wood shed and zranary all caught from
the barn. Mr.. Smith loses all his win
tiers supply Of potatoes and vegetables
an6 provisions which were stored in
tn. cellar The large barn was full
of hay and 1000 bushels OF oats were
destroyed. One morse persisted in the
fire.
/ Vinton.
George Rinderknecht, the newly
elected supervisor from Fremont
township. has been elected president
OF the Atkins Savings Bank 10 succeed
James Beatty. deceased. y. G. Arm
strong was elected vice president and
". A Fawcett cashier. Mr.. Fawcet'
has already served the bank for six
teen years and is one OF the ablesi
cashiers IN the county. Miss Marie
Fritz. DAUGHTER of Gus Fritz. of AZ
kins. will succeed D. Van Metre, VINO
mas been elected CLERK of the courts
Of Cedar county. The Atkins bank,
under the management. Of ". A Faw-
cett. its cashier has the reputation OF
being one OF the most successful banks
il the coa2ty.
Spirit Lake.
A deal has been ciosed this week
wherein H A. Miller has traded his
large farm northeast Of the Orleans
for the stock Of dry goods at Sibley
known as the Sibley Dry Goods Com
pany. The stock is estimated at a val
| uat.on OF between s25.ooo and $4,000.
Mr. Miller is now at Sibley assisting
! in the invoice. Mrs. Miller and Mott
viii go TO Sibley on Monday to assist
( In running the store. 1t Is a clean
stock turnout and has been doing an
excellent business. Mr.. Miller ex-
poets TO move to Sibley and continue
the business. The store is one of the
largest exclusive dry goods stores In
northern Iowa,
LsMaes.
An automobile accident which mar
rowiy missed being serious one oc-
CURED near BrunsviIle on Thursday
afternoon. Mr.. and Mrs. Scott Clarke
Kenneth Clarke and Sheriff Maxwell
were returning from Akron. Kenneth
was driving the machine and comina
down a hill approaching . bridge, tbs
brake refused to work. As the cal
landed on the bridge. Ben Toel, driving
team and wagon was coming on tbs
other end Of the bridge. "A collision
| ensued. The wagon and horses wefs
thrown against the bridge rail, thu
wagon being on top Of the rails and
only By miracle was the whole out
nt stopped from going into the stream
below. Mr.. Scott and the sheriff
! jumped out ana held the horses hesda
The wagon tongue was broken OF ant
the wagon dumped down the bank
Fortunately no one va hurt