Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-03-12

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the Madrid station waiting for the thru
train. Howard had uncoupled the Des
Moines sleeper from the day coach and
was raising his head when it was
crushed between the vestibule and
platform Of the two cars. It is sup
posed that the brakes which had been
set were reieasedaby escaping air and
made the unusual casualty possible.
i Howard is the son of ]. w. Howard, a
| travelling salesman Of 1913 Twelfth
street. Owing to the health OF the
! mtoher, she was not notified of the ac-
cident until Tuesday morning The
father was out Of town. The young
man lived with his parents.
Davenport.
Passing worthless checks and de-
frauding local merchants out Of over
$4OO, DR." Frank Richards, who is said
to be well known in Des Moines, has
not been apprehended as yet. 1t is
thought that he returned to the capital
city. Richards in addition to cashins
checks with merchants turnout the
city, defrauded his landlady. Mrs. Fan
ME Levi, No. Hastings flats of Sl5.
The rental for his room came to s42
and he presented the woman with a
Bank for s45, receiving in return SO
cash. He also victimized F. A. Gruenau
at 42S West Second to the extent Of
casAing $50 worth Of the bogus paper.
One check for $50 on the Scott County
Savings and $40 check on the Union
Savings Bank. The fraudulent passing
of the paper on other merchants about
the city brings the total up to over
$4Oc.
Mount Pleasant.
James Hemming, we,l-to-dc
farmer, aged 50 years, and a former
resident of this city, committed suicide
at his home near Hillsboro, last Sun
day morning by hanging himself from
a beam in the barn. The deceased was
in good circumstances financially, and
his health was unusually good for Il
man of his advanced age. Sunday
morning his daughter, Kate who has
been keeping house for him, made her
usual arrangements to attend church
and bid her father goodbye as was her
custom. At that time he did not in
the least seem disturbed or distracted.
On her return from church. she noted
her fathers absence from the ',ouse
but thought that he might be attend
barn and went in search of him. Upon
opening the barn door the first sight
to meet her eyes, was the body of her
ftaher hanging. suspended. with rope
around his neck from a beam running
thru the building. Aid was secured and
the body was cut down as soon as pos
sible but life had been extinct for some
time.
Davenport.
A total of 1886 meals is whole lot
for one woman to serve. and the sum
Of 12,753.6S is big sum for a woman
to take in as the result Of hard work.
Eut It mus. be born IN mind that of
this sum, not more than $3,543.S0 was
profit. Mrs l.. Dean. ST. Main street.
who has cooked meals for prisoners in
the city Jail for thirty-one years, says
these figures are approximately cor
rect. Last Sunday Mrs. Dean cele-
brated the thrty-first anniversary Of
her term of service as city cook" Mrs.
Dean charges IS cents for each meal
prepared. She makes about 5 cents on
every meal. Thus 1t can readily be
seen that her profits are not large and
that for her hard work and the length
OF time that she has been cooking for
the city's dodgers. Mrs. Dean has not
been more than fairly compensated.
Since the tiiso0Ht:n1ance CT the :siu:s!c-
fpal rock pile about six years ago, Mrs.
Dean has not cooked as many meals
each year as she did when the rock pile
was in existence. She now supplies
only the city Jail and the house OF de-
tention, when formerly she had three
departments to prepare meals for,