Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-07-23
Newton.


A very important business chanse
took place in Newton last week when
C. U. Jarvis sold his Bazaar to the
Sturgeon Mercantile Company of Chi
caeo. which operates chain OF variety !
stores in many of the cities OF Iowa ana
Illinois. 1t is understood they Will
call the store The Leader.
Dss Moines.
Damages Of $4,000 are demanded Oh
the city in a petition filed in the DIS
trict court by Mrs. Lila Matheriy. she
claims to have been severely injured
when she slipped and fell on an ice
covered sidewalk on Feb. 20 last. me
city is charged with negligence IN faii-
ing to remove an accumulation OF sno"
and sleet from the sidewalk.
Davsnport. M
Poor thievery technique was shown
nv William Burke. former county
charge. when he broke into and bur-
elarized the poor house Monday night.
Burke stole large quantity OF shoes
and clothing. He was caught as ne
attempted to dispose Of his loot at a
pawn shop. Burke was formerly an IN
mate of the institution.
Perry.
The cornerstone Of the African
Methodist Episcopal church. the hrst
of the kind to be erected in Perry, was
laid Sunday with appropriate ceremon-
les. There are at present about 25o col
ored people in Perry and the work OF
soliciting funds for the building mas
been carried on for several weeks. All
OF the ministers in the city took part
in the exercises Sunday. The Rev. MI.
Daniels Of Kansas City, a colored
preacher. has been secured and IS now
In charge of the church work.
Des Moinss.
T. e. Core of Michcllville reported to
the detective department that he had
been robbed near East Tenth street. and
Court avenue about o'clock Tuesday
morning by three masked men. Core
declared that the robbers had taken $50
from him and then. pointing their re-
yolyers at his head, informed him That
the healthiest thing he could do would
| be to beat It," Core is alleged to have
got slightly tangled in his reports of the
affair. however, and the police gave 1T
tie credence to his story.
Des Moines.
| Discouraged because he could not
| sell papers upon the streets like other
boys of his age, Johnny Hall, years
old. left home last week. He was
barefooted, but he walked all the way
to Oskaloosa. According to the story
he told the charity workers IN Oska-
loosa he was unable to earn any money
| as a newsboy and decided to seek ms
| fortune in a new world. The charlty
workers notified the Associated Chart-
ties of Des Moines of the boys arrival
| Horace s. Hollingsworth, secretary OF
the society, gave instructions for the
return of the boy.
Davenport.
.Curbing high cost Of living got to b
such a mania with thrifty oil" LddWis
Pfannkuchen, wealthy retired German
farmer that he is now giving his wife
but 81 a week in which to run thu
household. He expects her to board
herself himself and their son. The so,
ia a cripple and is able to earn ba
small wages. He contributes 20 pei
week. The couple are nearly % year,
of age and have been married more
than tnirty-five years. Mrs. Plum
kucken has filed suit charging non
support. Her husband owned consid
cradle property in Davenport.
Grinneii.
| A vicious assault was made upoI
the members of the D. w. White fam
ily Monday evening. They We're sittini
in the porch with several friends, In
GLIDING their daughter, Mrs. Preston
and her baby. A boy passed by tn!
house on the NJ. & st. L. railroad tract
and without warning commenced
throwing stones at the group on tn
porch. One missile just missed Mrs
Whites head and another came clos
to the baby that was lying In cradle
Mr. White chased the boy as far a
the park but could not catch him. II
thinks that he will be able to identif.
him and II he does he will prosecute
the case as vigorously as possible.
IFt. Madison.
John Meisel has been q resident q
Green Bay township for the past SIX
teen or eighteen years. successtu
and well known farmer. M0nday morn