Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-06-04
Southern Io1ua Items

fy. It is interesting to see-alto-
gether too interesting to sui, the farm
ers. for the pests are 9oing good
deal of havoc In the wheat fields where
the grain was planted carly last fall.
Nicola.
Frank Hadfeld passed thru a rather
hazardous and terrifying experience
last Thursday which may terminate in
serious results. II occurred while he
was endeavoring to control mad dog
on his farm. The dog had become al
fected with the rabies and WIS running
wild and in attempting 10 catch him,
Mr. Hatfield was bitten On the hand.
The greatest injury sustained in the
conflict was the tearing open OF sore
which he had received some time pre-
v,ous. Fearing that the sore had be-
come infected and that blood poison
might set in, Mr. Hadfieid left for
Council Bluffs to consult Il specialist
In regard to the matter. The latter
advised him to go to Iowa City and
place himself under the care OF the
professors Of the laboratory a. the uni
versity This Mr.. Hadheid did.
Oakland.
Titus Fehr a prominen. farmer liv-
ing five miles west Of here. met with
serious accident with his automo-
bile. Mr. Fehr was returning home
from town and after crossing the river
bridge he lost control OF his auto. The
car ran off the high grade and fell
distance OF ten feet into .he river. pin
ming Mr. FehT undo: che cay. John
! White was the first one to appear or
+, the scene Of the accident. and made
| the lift of his life by raising the car
with one hand and pulling the injured
man from beneath with the other hand
Help was then summoned and Mr.
Fehr was taken TO his home and two
physician, were cai,ed. 1t was founc
| he was badly injured, with little hope:
| Of his recovery. 1t is not known jus'
i how long Mr.. Fehr had been under thu
| car.
| Museatine.
The city FIRE department held theil
annual election of officers at the coun
Gil chamber in the city hall. A goot
portion of the members were in at
/ tendan Chief ]. j. Brown was elected
by a ne ndsome majority, there beina
but 13 votes for another candidate
Chief Brown well deserves TO be re
turned to the head of the local fire de-
partment. He has been At Its heat
for the past year and has proven him
self good and efficient officer, Away
on hand and working hard at fires ant
/ alert at all times to establish means
whereby fires may be avoided AM
property saved thereby. Along wit
the reelection Of the chief the men o
the department also reelected bot
the first and second assistant, Johl
! Maisenbach and Charles Schroeder
Both men are we'll known as fir
fighters and good men at the head
the organization.
Muscatine.
i portion Of the loot obtained fron
the merchandise cars which wer
broken into last Thursday night in tn
south end of the city was discovere
Monday near the Yarck button factor
when Z twelve pound box OF Tobacco
was found in the willows where 1t ha
evidently been thrown by the perso
4 who stole 1t when ne found he ha
no use for it. Evidently 30 far OBJ
tanned very plainly points to hoboe
as the perpetrators of the robbery o
the freight cars as the nature OF tn
articles taken would indicate that
4 was tramps who needed them mos,
4 the robbery on last Thursday nish
has added one more to the already lon
h list Of cars that have bean robbed, 9
claimed to have been robbed, In thi
city. III every instance merchandis
4 THAT could be used without excitin
n much suspicion has heen taken. y
!, arrests have been made in connectto
! with any Of the robbefies.