Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-08-10
Southern Io1ua Items

Fire Chief J. j. Brown, William
O'Keefe George L. Trummp. Edward
Kinkler, John Neibert and John Wen
dinger. Athletic events will be INDUCED
in. including tug ofwar between the
members of the hose and hook and
ladder companies. Arrangements are
being made to have the launh Cozy
convey. the people to the island
Cedar Rapids.
w. j. Coonred, of near this city,
narrowly escaped death Thursday
when threshingi engines he was driv-
ing along the highway and the separa-
tor behind the engine went thru q
seventeen foot bridge near the w. G.
Lille home. Coonrod had been thresh-
ing at the Lille place and after fin
ishing drove his rig toward Marion.
When he went upon the bridge the tim
bers gave way and he did not even
have time to jump, and wen. down with
the engine to the bottom OF the ditch
ten feet below. The separator piled
in on top of the engine and both ma
chimes were somewhat the worse for
the experience. Mr.. Coonrod luckily
escaped with slight scalding on one
limb.
Mount Pleasant.
1t looks as tho Burlington has scored
one on this city and secured the bene-
fits of the Red Ball Route" from st.
Louis to ST. Paul. Some time ago 4
north and south automobile route was
laid out from ST Louis followed the
river as far as Keokuk AMI then going
north thru Salem. Mount Pleasant and
Odds to Iowa City, and thence to Min
I I'll. III p,,,.
| ton, so she commenced to get busy.
Committees were appointed, interest IN
the smaller towns created and finally
cracker jack of route was laid out
! from Keokuk to Iowa City running by
| the way of Fort Madison, Burlington
and Wapello. There will row be two
roads and it remains to be seen which
| will be the most popula: one.
/ keota.
! Mr.. and Mrs j. o. Singmaster and
| their son. Charles Omer. who are max
! ing their annual trip to Europe to pur-
chase an Importation of horses for the
/ Singmaster barns. are tied up with the
! American tourists in London. Mr. Sing
master had secured tickets for passage
on the LaFrance. which sailed from a
/ French port on Aug. g. bat deciding Ii
| would be we'll to leave France as early
as possible, he sold those tickets and
bought others for another boat which
was due to sail a week earlier. The
! latter boat was confiscated by the
! French government for marine service
and ticket holders were left without
Transportation. Mr.. and Mrs. Sing
master and their son then crossed to
/, London, where Mr.. Singmaster hopes
1 to secure transportation from the
company that has shipped his horses
| for a number Of years.
Marenso.
I Wednesday was the second day of
/ the Iowa county fair and the attend
ance was large. A shower in the
| afternoon laid the dust and put the
race track in better condition. Four
races were pulled off during the aft
| ernoon, the 2:24 trot with seven start
| ers, 2:25 pace with fourteen starters
I, the 3-year- old or under trot with seven
starters and a half mile dash with
seven starters. In the 3-year- old
or under race the track record for that
age horses was broken, they making
! the mile in 2:22A. The thrilling act
! performed by the Fearless Gregs,
| two automobiles descending an in
clined track, the autos passing in mid
air, was marred by an accident, the
head auto in which the man was seated
| skidding. turning over twice in the air
! and plunglng to the ground, pinning
the occupant beneath the car, the
woman in the rear car made her leap
lin safety and descended to the
ground. The man was knocked sense
less but other wise ESCAPED injury.