Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-11-25
Southern Io1ua Items

COullEy uTc hHllllHS LUZ IIlc SOAuIeIS.
Her various cousins and other relatives
are in the army, and she sends mes
sage from one of them to q nephew
OF Miss French who had met him in
Poland. Me says he hasn't had his
clothes of for q week." she writes.
"and that his diet has consisted mainly
Of wild plums: but he is feeling fine"
Marsnso.
Robert Martin. son Of william Mar
tin Of Washington township, had the
misfortune Of having his leg broken.
the result Of fall from q horse on
Wednesday. The fracture was reduced
by q surgeon and he IL getting along
nicely but viii be laid up for some
time. The Martin family seem to be
! among those classed as unlucky. Meas
les, diphtheria and smallpox have Wis
tied their home during the past year.
eleven persons being i'll at one time
and the place quarantined for many
weeks, the little daughter dying. Some
weeks ago Mr.. Martin had a bad acct
dent by his team running away. he be-
ing badly bruised. while an aged UNI
Gle suffered dislocated hip and in
ternal injuries. These injured per-
sons are now being cared for in the
Martin home.
Massena.
The r. E. Downey garage was de-
stroyed by fire Sunday night. causing
n loss estimated at from $1,000 to s6.-
900. The fire originated in the office
part of the building, but the cause Is
not known. The building was two
story brick and at the time of the fire
contained only two machines. one q
Ford and the other a Zip. The fire
caused a great deal Of apprehension as
! Massena has no waterworks and the
blaze had to be fought with bucket
brigade only. Raleigh Church's con-
fectionery store adjoining the garage
was badly scorched and his loss Will
probably amount to 800. DR.. Pen
quite's office next door also had mar
row escape. the fixtures being damaged
TO some extent. Owing to the inflam-
mable nature of oils the garage fire
was difficult to extinguish. There were
several explosions The amount of in
surance carried is not known. but 1t is
! understood that 1t will at least partial
ly cover the losses.
Elliott.
Rev. w. p. Crewdson was hurt
quite badly while on his way to Red
Oak. He was with Wade Hully, who
was driving his car The steering rod
broke. throwing or turning the car
crossways In the road. Mr.. Crewdson
was thrown thru the top. lie had two
! ribs broken In his back and one rib in
front. One knee was cut badly and his
head was also cut. DR.. Riley, Of Red
Oak, was called and brought the in
jured man home. He is getting along
as we'll as can be expected. Mr.. Crewd-
son was going to Red Oak to take
train for Pacific Junction to attend the
funeral OF his wife's father when the
accident occurred. Mrs. Crewdson had
been at her fathers bed side for about
ten days. She was called and car
met her at Red Oak at o'clock a. M.
arriving here about 4. 1t was feared
Mr.. Crewdson was hurt internally and
at this date the full extent Of his in
juries cannot be determined.
Muscatine.
James W. Richardson. former we'll
known grocer in this city, died shortly
after 10 o'clock Sunday morning at
Mercy hospital at Burlington. Mr..
Richardson was the proprietor Of u
grocery store at Burlington and Satur-
day morning while cleaning up around
the store. found a jug Of insect poison
which he thought contained small
portion OF wild grape wine. Needing
the jug for another purpose he started
to drink the contents and had already
taken swallow before he detected
the difference. At the time he felt no
III effects but about an hour later he
complained to his son. Daniel, OF feel
ing burning sensation in his abdo-
men. and stated that he thought he
would lie down for a few minutes.
When the pain grew the services OF a
physician were summo ned and the man
was Immediately rushed to the hospi-
tai where every possible effort was
made to save his life. but the effects
Of the poison were too strong, and he
died about 10 o'clock Sunday morning.