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

Sac City.
Word has been received from Des
Moines of the death of Thomas Taylor.
a well-known Sac City young. man, at
a hospital in that city. after pro-
longed illness of typhoid fever and
+, other complications.
! Dubuque.
Sister Mary Alphonsa, for seventeen
Years a member of Merct and located
in Dubuque for five years past, died
| Monday at local hospital of heart
disease. She was Nellie Mckinley, a
native of Postville, Iowa.
La Porte.
| The voters of La Porte granted the
Public Utility Company new twenty
lyear franchise. 1t was a close vote.
On electricity the vote stood 100 for
and 40 against. on water the vote
stood 1OS for and 80 against.
eIencoe.
The two large hay and stock barns
on the dairy farm of j. T. Atkinson.
west of town. burned Sunday night.
Both buildings were full of fine quail
ity alfalfa hay The loss is about
| $4,000. The barns were insured. The
cause Of the fire is not known.
GIidden.
Bert Kline. who lives three miles
north of here. struck windy well re-
! Gently while putting down three Inch
casing. At depth OF 20 feet wind be-
gan to gush out and for some hours
continued to blow small stones into
the air. whistle was attached to
no lou
blast
Rock Rapids.
The way the potatoes are being
brought to Rock Rapids does not look
as though there would be any scarcity
of them. in this section of the coun-
try at least. Those who were fortu-
nate enough to get them in early sold
at so cents while the price for the
past few days has ranged considerably
lower, So cents being paid here Satur-
day for the late varieties.
Sioux City. ~
Some people may think the stork
does not play favorites, but there are
seven separate and distinct instances
in the John krommenhoek home. 341l
Grand avenue, showing that the bird Is
particularly partial to the masculine
sex. Not once during the years since
the stork made his first visit there. has
he varied. Each time it has been a
hoy. The seventh arrived Monday
morning.
Fort Dodge.
Mrs Annie Snnett, of Gilmore City
has filed suit against the Neal 1nsti-
tute Company Of Dies Moines for $2S.-
1000. Claiming the treatment there for
|inebriacy caused the death Of her hus-
band, Jan. II. 1919. Mrs Sinnett
drought suit for $4,000 against the
Modern Woodmen in the Webster
county district court. This case was
settled out of court. The case against
the Neal Company was brought In
Polk county.
Marine.
j. e. Trailer had the misfortune to
! have wheat bin spout break leak
and about seventy FIVE bushels OF
wheat run out on the ground, to which
eleven head of horses helped them
selves over night and foundered them
selves. A veterinarian was called al
(once, and all the horses we're saved
except the pet of the family. beauu-
l full spotted Shetland pony, which sue
u
The entire family, but especially the
children were deeply sricved by the
loss of their pet.
vinton.
John Clifton, OF Vinton. one of the
early pioneers of the county. who has
passed his S5th year suffered stroke
! of paralysis Monday morning as ne
was coming to town from his farm III
big Grove township. When the stroke
came he fell from the wagon and was
hurt somewhat. He lay on the ground
4 until the rural carrier came along and
| secured the help of one of the nearby
lneighbors who brought him to his home
lin Vinton He rallied considerably
during the day but late in the after
noon was able to neither talk or walk
Cedar Rapids.
A little eight-yea -old girl died Sun
day afternoon on passenger train NO
81, when the train was near Martelle
|The child was the daughter of e. w
Shirk. supply yard foreman for the
Milwaukee at Oxford Junction, ant
was being taken to Iowa City for ar
Operation for appendicitis. The bod!
was taken from the train here ant
placed in charge Of an undertaken. ant
Monday were sent back to OXFORD
Junction. Mr.. Shirk has had more
i than his share OF hard luck. as his wife
ldied this summer after long illness
land the only remaining member o.
the family. little daughter about
years old, Is now very Ill with pneu'
monia and not expected to live.
Sioux City.
Police are puzzled over story toit
! then. by Warren Cops 40 ye.r. 8
age and an electrician by trade. Thu
man says he married an Indian xif
last Saturday and that 1mmsdiaaeE