Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-05-25
Northern Io,ua Items

ty carried the formers invalid mother.
Mrs. Broughton. aged 30, out Of the
burning building The fire started in
the summer kitched. Mrs. Lowry was
awakened from her slumber by the
cracking Of the burning timbers The
loss is partly covered by insurance.
Mason City.
OF the 3,ooo and more foreigners in
this city 6s4 are Greeks. This fact was
| revealed by the recent community
| survey taken by the Y NJ. c. A. The
majority OF the Greeks are men. work
ing In the cement plants and brick and
tile works. 1.776 Is the number of
foreign born persons living in Mason
City. Children of f,. eign parentage.
even though they do not speak English
are not listed as foreigners. The num-
Der Of persons designated generally as
foreigners however, exceeds 1000.
! Italians number 335 while other south
east European countries have contrib
uted about 500 people to the population
OF the city. 1t is a peculiar fact that
| there are few Scandinavians and Ger
mans here The foreign element Is
| comprised mainly Of Greeks, Italians.
Austrians, Montenegrins, Russians and
| Servians.
Sioux City.
Discouragement over her physical
| condition and the lack of employment
is assigned by Marie Brown as the
cause for attempting suicide Friday
morning. She lives in room 23 Of the
Lerch block. The Brown woman and a
friend. Ethel simson, had been spend :
ing the evening out They came to her
| mid ov,
were much depressed. About 3 o'clock
this morning, the Brown woman as
tonished her friend by crying. II be-
; lieve I'll commit suicide?" Her frien d
laughed at her. The woman went to
! the dresser, seized a bottle of carbolic
acid and swallowed about tablespoon
| full of the fiery stuff before she could he
| prevented. The Simpson woman took
| immediate means to save her by adj
| ministering an emetic and calling q
/ physician. Dr. p f. Keeffe arrived ON
the scent IN a few minutes and ad-
ministered other antidotes. It was not
thought necessary to take her TO a
hospital and she is now out Of danger
Her mother is caring for her at her
rooms. ut burned like everything while
! was drinking IT. said the woman. ~
guess must have been crazy"
10 Mars.
While approaching the city Of lie.
Mars abou: five o'clock on Tuesday
AFTERNOON, D. Brown and DR.. Ewert. Of
y Waterloo, were the victims of an auto.
} mobile accident. They were driving ar
automobile and were on their way tc
| North Dakota. At a point about two
miles east Of LeMars the car wa.
. ditched at narrow culvert. Brown
was driving the car at the time The
car skidded and in trying to right 1
Mr.. Brown turned the steering whee
sharply. The gearing failed to worl
and the front wheels buckled and tn,
car went IN the ditch, turning end To-
end Mr.. Browns rain coat was cauRh
under the hind wheels and he had t
extricate himself from the garment b!
an acrobatic feat before he could get o,
his feet He then went to the assist
ance Of Ewart, who was caught unde
the car. People in the vicinity came t.
{ their assistance and car was sum
t moned from town to bring In the in
, jured men. They were taken to tn
: office Of Dr. Fettes where DR.. A. "
. McQuillan made an examination
Brown was suffering from bruises an,
) was hurt in the region Of the ribs wher
he had bumped the steering whee
, when the car swerved DR.. Ever
!. was badly bruised and was sufRerlnl
!. greatly from nervous shock.