Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-07-09
Northern Io1ua. Items

The mail clerks believe thew owe their
| lives to the fact that they had a steel
mail car which cars are now required
] by law.
Hubbard.
What might have been a most seri-
| GUS accident happened on the county
line road north of BOWS at o'clock
sunday evening. Elmer Starr and
Miss Bertha Sargent were driving near
the c. A. Nicholson place when the
horse became unchecked. AS Elmer
got out of the buggy to check up the
the horse, the animal started out on
run, overturning the buggy and
throwing Miss Sargent to the ground.
She was picked up unconscious and a
physician was hastily summoned It
was feared for time that her injuries
were severe as she was thrown heavily
upon her head and shoulders, but
luckily there We're no internal injuries
or fractured bones, and she is rapidly
recovering from the shock she re-
ceived.
MeGresor.
Prof. A. c. Trowbridge. Of the geo.
logical department of the Iowa state
university, and party of twelve stu
dents are camped on McGresor heights.
Ihls is the second visit Professor
Irowbridge and his students have
made to McGregor and other points in
the river counties. Their work this
summer is similar to that of last sea-
son. They are studying rock forma-
TONS mapping the district and collect
ing specimens for the state geological
department. They expect to remain
here until Saturday. Before coming
to McGregor they were in camp for a
number of days at Lansing and Wan
kon Junction. The party will 60 from
this place to the mouth of the Turkey
river and expects to spend month in
northwestern Iowa.
Hampton.
An auto party Of two young men
and women. supposed to be from New
ton or Nevada. ran into the ahutments
of new bridge being constructed on
the road north Of here and eight miles
east of Chaplin. The county has q tenn
porary bridge built to one side and tha
auto running at high speed was forced
to turn on this. A team was on the
bridge and to avoid a collision. thew
turned out and ran squarely into the
new bridge. The car was demolished
and the occupants hurled out, but NOT
seriously injured. The car was taken
to local garage. The parties refused
to give their names. but threatened
prosecution of the county. alleging
there were not sufficient barricades.
The occupants of the rig never halted
when the accident occurred The num-
Der Of the car Is 4051s Iowa.
Waterloo.
In the short space Of two years
death has wiped out an entire Water
loo family. Two years ago Frank
Walker died of blood poisoning ieav-
ing a wife and infant child to face tho
stern realities of life single handed.
Last August the child died and Satur-
day evening at 5 o'clock, Mrs. Myrtle
Elva Walker. the Borrowing mother
and widow, succumbed to tuberculosis
after a lingering illness. Neighbors
say Mrs. Walker never recovered from
the blow occasioned by her husbands
death. She rined, grieved and fretted
ever since the sudden termination OF
his life. When the baby, her only
earthly consolation, was snatched
away the childless mothers grief
reached boundiess proportions. Friends
declare she lost all interest in life
Death came as welcome release from
mortal pain and suffering. Mrs. Walk
er was born at Dewitt. May 20, 1856.