Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-05-22

Vitlisca.
| At a ome-comlng and reunion held
! here by Company r, one of the earliest
organized militia companies in Iowa,
there We're four members present who
were members of the company in the
| year 1876
Muse atne.
In the district court Wednesday
/ morning Henry Kaiser, administrator
/ of the estate of William Kaiser filed
! objections 10 the claim of $4,000 of the
| Muscarne State Bank against the
estate of the decea sed.
VIlisca.
! Mrs E. p. Reynolds and her brother,
who is visiting here. were badly in
| Jured here when their automobile
turned turtle Mr.. Reynolds was driv-
ing the car when ne tried to pass a
team The machine ran into ditch
and turned over.
Mystic.
Ruby, the II year old son of Mr.. and
! Mrs. John Sylvester, disappeared from
his home Friday evening and no infor-
nation has been received concerning
him. The boy was dark eyed and dark
/ haired. of Italian parentage, speaks
English brokenly. No reason is known
for his leaving home.
West Liberty.
The first of series Of neighborhood
festivals was given Tuesday evening
! in the Central school house on South
Prairie, where concert by the West
Liberty band preceded the opening
I Of the dining room and its booths. The
affair was given by the South Prairie
grange. a particularly active organiza-
| ton, and a considera BILE sum of money
was cleared The band appeared in
J the new suits, recently purchased
! Des Mones.
A G. Miller, former president of the
Home Savings Bank, and his associates
! have purchased controlling interest
! in the Des Moines Trust Company. Mr..
Miller was a once elected to the office
Of president, which he held last year
until the 1st Of January, when other in
terests gained control and A D.
Struthers was chosen to head the COM
pany. The transaction was the biggest
of its kind that has taken place in Des
| Moines for several years. About 400
I shares of the trust company's stock
changed hands living nearly $4,000
! The new owners paid actual cash for
; the stock.
| West Liberty.
| Harry HORNED. for many years the
| leading figure in local baseball circles,
| viii receive the proceeds of a game
to be played here Decoration day aft
ernoon, with Muscatine. He has been
! in poor health for some time. HORNED
| first attracted outside attention while
a member Of the high school team OF
| 1901-1902, which defeated all Corners
! and until the final game OF the double
season had maintained an errorless
outfield. Later he played semi-pro-
fessional ball in various parts of the
state and became known to many
managers and players who have gone
! into fast ranks.
Muscatine.
| George Brown, beggar, who has
been about the streets for the past
| couple of days and has annoyed resi-
dents by begging from them, was
| picked up by the police Tuesday eve
ming He is charged with vagrancy
and the the police claim that he was
abusive in his talk to people when they
refused to give him money In one
of his pockets he carries a very small
white poodle dog which is inseparable.
! He appears to be an ablebodied man
and what his purpose fs in begging
about the streets is going to be de-
| termined by the police before he is
given his liberty.
| Des Moines.
Nicholas Williams aged so, went
down a siSty-foet dug well on a lot
! owned by John Hughes, and rescued
Fred Drexel a young well-digger, had
been overcome by gas shortly after
! - o'clock following the lifting Of