Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-11-04
Northern Io1ua Items

, have been taken in all. A number Of
automobiles were stolen but the ma
jority were found short distance from
where they had been taken.
shelisburs.
Rev. f. NJ. Wood. pastor of the
| Christian church, Of Urbana the past
| four years, has resigned his position
and accepted a. call to Kansas City,
Mo-, where he will be leader of con-
gregation of 600 members. Rev. MIR.
Wood has gained the title of the
fighting parson." During the early part
OF his ministry in Urbana he became
involved in several fstic encounters
and being man with muscle and
quick action he was victorious over all
his opponents. Rev. Mr.. Wood was
architect and supervisor Of the con-
struction Of the beautiful new church
which was dedicated free from debt
the past summer The church is one
Of the most beautiful houses of wor-
ship in Benton county. The best
wishes Of many friends will follow Rev.
Mr.. and Mrs Wood to their new home.
Lake City.
Work on the new Coon river bridge
has been completed this week and the
tar and gravel has all been placed on
the floor This bridge Is the Marsh
rainbow type of concrete structure.
and was erected by the Iowa Bridge
Company at cost of $4,000. The
county will hurry the work of build
ing the abutments, and the bridge will
he opened for traffic about Dec. l..
One thousand yards of gravel and five
carloads of cement were used in this
bridge. The bridge has three seventy
five foot spans. the abutements are six
teen feet in length, and the total length
Of the bridge is 271 feet, with an
eighteen feet roadway. There are twen-
ty seven piles in each pier and twenty
four in each abutment This is the
largest bridge Of its type in the United
States.
Scranton.
James Sayre the 9-year-old son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. C. A. Sayre. is lying Sc
verely i'll at the home of his parents
as result of injuries received in an
automobile accident. The lad with two
older brothers and Harold Cromwell,
was returning from . hunting trip.
Near the G. d. Mcdonald home two
calves started across the road just
ahead of them. The car struck the
calves and killed one of them. James.
who was in the back seat, was thrown
over the rear end Of the car sustaining
severe injuries on the left temple. The
lad was UNCONSCIOUS for fourteen hours
following the accident altho 1t is be-
lieved that he Is improving and will
recover. None of the other occupants
of the car We're hurt. The young men
report that they slackened speed for
these calves and that the accident was
unavoidable.
Sioux City.
James A. Allen, 210s Nash street. un-
familiar with the mechanism of a
motor car, touched lever curiously
Monday as he sat in standing auto
mobile at Fourth and Pierce streets.
The automobile jerked, swerved and
lunged ahead. A woman jumped to es-
cape its path. Allen, sitting at the
steering wheel. jerked nervously. He
tried another lever. failed, and pulled
another. The machine refused to stop.
Traffic Policeman Fred Spencer d.
recting traffic at the corner waved the
automobile back. The Inexperienced
driver tried another lever. The automo-
bile numbered past Spencer. grazed
street car and an express wagon and
shot square against the corner Of the
Todd-Becker drug store. A dozen
pedestrians standing in front of the
drug store lodged its path. AS the
motor car hit the cornice, Allen was
thrown out. Patrolman Spencer
jumped into the car. threw reverse
and backed 1t from the sidewalk. Then
he took Alien to police headquarters
and made report of the accident.
Allen was dismissed with warning
against tampering with automobiles,