Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-09-24
Northern Iowa Items

had killed it with club. The snake
: had evidently crawled into the house
thru an open door and went to SLEEP
under the table ,t
Keystone.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Never. of Lake
Park. arrived here last Saturday morn
ing from their-trip to Germany. They
had not intended to return until next
month but learned that a boat was
to leave Rotterdam and they secured
passage thereon. They had no trouble
whatever in getting thru. Mr.. ana
Mrs. John Tansk expect to sail for
home Oct. s, and at present anticipate
no trouble in getting away. They are
far enough north in the empire to ne
out Of the trouble zone and are report
ed to be enjoying themselves as much
as is possible under the circumstances.
Clinton.
Ruth Melville. the girl who was SEN
fenced to serve ten days in the county
Jail when she was arrested by the po-
lice after claiming that she had been
attacked by crowd of young men In
the vicinity of the Jefferson school.
has repaid would be benefactor, who
gave her work after her release from
Jail. by robbing him. The mans wife
needed assistance and he therefore
gave the girl a position. Saturday
she left, returning late at night. and
according to the report to the police.
decamped with hat and sweater, the
property Of the lady. She has not
been seen since.
LaPorte.
II, l,;r 10 Fo,. Y
G. McQuilkin southeast OF town col
lapsed one day last week just after II
had been filed The silo was of the
hollow tile variety and had recently
been constructed. The silo had been
filled only few hours when 1t began
to give way and in a short time COM
pletely collapsed. MIR. McQuilkin at
tributes the collapse to faulty con-
struction and failure on the part of
the workmen who put it up to proper
~ bind the structure. The capacity of
the silo was about ESQ tons Of silage.
Mr.. McQuilkin will construct another
silo but may use different material.
Webster City.
While in Lehigh Monday raising
three bodies in the cemetery there pre-
paratory to bringing them to Grace
land cemetery in this city for burial
Fred L. Miller. the undertaken, suffered
a painful accident. MIR. Miller and his
helpers had raised one body and were
in the act OF raising another when the
grave caved in and he Mr. Miller) fell
into 1t head foremost. He struck with
such force that his left shoulder was
dislocated. Mr. Miller showed great
deal OF grit by withstanding the pain
until after the other men had finished
the work and he had returned home
1t caused him much pain while 1t was
being set.
vinton.
E. G. Brown. the electrical contrac-
tor. Ia always after the new things in
the electrical world and this week he
In busy putting in n wireless telegraph
station. The station will have suffici-
ent power to receive from distance
Of 1000 miles and sending capacity
from $50 to 200 miles. One side OF the
receiving and sending apparatus Will
be attached to an upright extending
above the city hall tower and the 9th.
er side will be from Il pole sixty fee,
high with an extension Of twenty feet
above that. No license IL required
where the station does not operate out.
side the state, otherwise a government
license ID necessary.