Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-04-27
Mount Ayr.

Mount Ayr.
DR.. Samuel Bailey has received a
telegram announcing that his brother
in law, John D. Merrill, had been killed
by a train at Glendora, a surburb OF
Los Angeles. Cal. Particulars in regard
to the death were not given.
Upton.
Senator Cummins has nominated
Charles C.. BARLEY of Upton, to the
military academy at West Point. He
takes the examination at Fort Sheridan
May S, and reports at West Point June
Is If successful.
Dss Moinss.
Iowa women are to have suffrage
school where they will be taught the
proper method Of voting, how to make
public speeches, etc. The state suffrage
board has arranged to have such
school open in Des Moines June %.
Mrs. Ella S. Stewart. Of Chicago. will
have charge The school is open to
any woman in Iowa free Of charge.
Des Moinss. :,
To paint all poles and improve all
road markers is the object of the Iowa
officials of the coast to coast highway
who are in session here. Those pres
ent are: J. w. Foster, of Guthrie Cen
ter; v. Russell. of Abel; E. H. Spauld-
ing. of Grinnell: O. H. Carpenter. of
Iowa City; H. H. Polk, Of Des Moines
and Lafe Young, ST., of Des Moines
Abba.
Jay Hinton who was a candidate on
the republican ticket for state repre-
sentative, mailed his nomination pa
pers Saturday evening to the secretary
Of state and they have been lost and
Wednesday the %, was the last day
for filing them with the secretary OF
state, so w. E. Giltner is the only one
on the republican ticket for representa-
tive.
Fort Madison.
Committees have been appointed by
the Fort Madison Launch Club and the
city council to act Jointly towards the
securing Of launch harbor here. Rails
ing of the state of water in the Mis-
sissippi has rendered useless hundreds
of boat houses. The water power COM
pany presented the city with $4,000
for harbor protection, and the commit
tees are Jointly seeking to use this OF
part of it. for the harbor.
ksokuk.
Mrs. D. A. Collier has been elected
vice regent OF the Iowa Daughters OF
American Revolution to fill the va
cancy occasioned by the death of Mrs
H. /. Sawyer. The election took place
at meeting Of the officers and dele
gates of Iowa in executive session in
Washington, D. c., Thursday. The
telegram announcing her election was
received from Mrs H. r. Powell Of Des
Moines, who is in Washington.
Fairfield.
Only one new case Of smallpox has
been reported to Fairfield health au-
thorities the past week. Miss julia
Bartz was taken i'll the 14th inst. and
was Guaranteed with the family Of
Frank Lane. 1t is probable. however
that there may be cases In other fam
flies now in quarantine which have not
been reported. 1t is very certain thai
there are no new cases which are sub
ject to quarantine, and health authori-
ties are hopeful that the disease has
passed its crisis. There are eight homes
under quarantine regulation in the city
Knoxville.
On May the southeast section OF
the Iowa state librarian association
will convene at Knoxville. The meet
ing will be held in the main room Of
the library and those especially In
terested in library work are invited
Delegates from twenty-eight libraries
will be present, coming from Dies
Moines, Burlington. Ottumwa, Mount
Pleasant, Oskaloosa, Washington, etc
There will be two sessicns-ncrninS