Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-12
linton.

vinton.
Keystone, this county, is making pre-
parations to have one of the strongest
farmers institutes on Dec. Is and II
ever held in the county if the quaran-
tine edict does not put stop it.
Clinton.
Miss Marie Moeller. employed by a
Clinton laundry. stepped into theSshaft
after the elevator had gone down and
in her fall broke both ankles Thursday
morning. She is IN Mercy hospital in
serious condition.
Marcus.
Altho he has fallen heir to $780, 900.
Gilman Nordhongen.sa linotype opera
tor OF Marcus. says he will stick to his
old Job. Nordhpngen.s father was the
inventor of rataryssnow plow which
formed che bass fhetune.s
Humboldt.
The Humboldt poultry dressing plant
is in full blast now. receiving many
carloads daily of live poultry and
shipping each day about. carload of
dressed birds. Mild weather and lack
of funds for placing the birds in cold
storage have made the business slow
over the state this year until recently.
Northwood.
A meeting of the Trinity congre ga
ton of the. Northwood. Shell Rock and
Deer Creek churches was held Sat the
church in this city to decide upon a
minister to take the place of Rev. D.
Stoeve who recently rendered his res
ignation to go to Grand Forks. N. d. "A
call was extended to Rev. Fodness,
80 70 fn h.
wood to act as pastor for the three
congregations. Rev. Mr. F'odnes is
highly recommended and it is hoped he
will accept the position.
Waul<on.
Waukon has fine public spirited
citizen in the person of President o. j..
Hager of the First National Bank. Mr..
Hagers philosophy is in the form Of
unitarian gift to the Waukon high
school thru it's school board. and con-
sists of complete play ground equip
ment for the school. The gift repre-
sents about $1,000 and will INCLUDE a
full set of gymnastic appurtenances,
including swings. see-saws, rings, etc.
This splendid gift of Mr.. Hagers to the
Waulson schools is very commendable.
Clinton.
Railroad business in Iowa has shown
remarkable stimulus in the last few
weeks. In three weeks, the Chicago &
Northwestern has added seventeen
train crews to it's force in this state.
and in five days has put on fifteen ad-
olitional brakemen. An average OF thir-
teen extra freight trainA every twenty
-four hours are passing thru Clinton.
They are principally solid. thru trains
OF grain consigned to Chicago and Mil
waukee. The Milwaukee has $50 men at
work in the Clinton repair yards. with
over 4 200 bad order cars ahead OF
them. The capacity of the yards, is 100
cars per day. The force, now unusual-
" large. may be increased in order to
get freight cars into service to supply
the demand.
Sioux City.
When Pete Schiskoff. a laborer at
the Milwaukee roundhouse. was missed
Wednesday afternoon. search was
started which resulted in the finding of
his mangled Ssoo;::.y ;' caught Ii the great
cogs OF the coal crusher into which he
had fallen. No one saw the accident.
He had gone to the top Of the tower to
oil the cogs. The back OF the mans
body from the waist to the head was
torn into shreds. Draga Meteor. room
mate Of Schikoff. at 514 Morgan street.
found the body. Schiskof was rs years
of age. He came here from Bulgaria
seven years ago. He was soon to have
been married to Miss Helen Keller.
2439 Adams. street. Chicago. Coroner
Carver decided that no inquest was
necessary. 34.
psvyitt.
A recent Denver publication contains
the information that A. G. Wallace.
formerly Of Dewitt. and well known
here. has purchased the Congress no.
tel 1873 Glenarm street. and after
thorough rernodeling and redecoratinR
will open the hostelry under the name
of the Hotel DeWitt.sa pretty cotnpli-
ment to his former home. This II one
OF the leading hotels Of Denver. con
.tajns sixty rooms Handsomely fur
nishse. ane saulped , 7. syery nsosltp