Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-03-23
Northern Ioua Items

Hartley Thursday night. both Of the
Sanhorn teams We're victorious the
Hartley teams Won one and lost one,
while Primghar lost both. The ques-
tion was: Resolved That all corpora
| tons engaged in interstate commerce
should be required to take out federal
charters, it being conceded that such
plan would be constitutional ami
that federal license shol not be avail
able as an alternative plan" The vic
| torious Sanborn teams We're composed
entirely OF girls, Mary Powers, Marie
Flint and Ellen Lowe. upholding the
negative against Hartley. and Nellie
Mayne, Anna Keifer and Gladys Clark
UNFOLDING the affirmative against
Primghar
Waterloo.
The Iowa building at the Panama
American exposition, to be built by
Waterloo is assured and plans are be-
ing made to advertise this city and
Iowa in way never before attempted.
The committee will begin at once to
ascertain what eastern cities or states
will send special trains to San Fran
cisco next year. AS many special
| trains as possible will be induced to
pass through Waterloo. and an urgent
invitation Will be given f." the eEcGr
sionists to stop here Automobiles
will be at the trains to take the pas
sengers for ride about the city. If
stops of an nour o: more are made
formal entertainment: will be provided.
including luncheon. a fund will be
raised for this purpose, the promoters
being Of the opinion that the money
will be we'll spent.
Cedar Rapids.
The unusual sight Of runaway
horse in a touring car held the gaze
of hundreds of spectators on Third
street, near the post office at . O'Clock
Friday morning. The baggage wagon
team of ". B. Mullineaux broke loose
from its fa.s tening near the union depot
and went on. a wild rampage down
Third street. The automobile of W.
S. Miller was standing in fronm of the
Western Union telegraph office. The
team did it's best to hurdle the machine,
wagon and all. One horse went clear
| Of the car but the best the other could
do was to land across the wind shield.
The horse hung, half inside the car
and half out, for minutes, while many
men worked strenuously to release it.
The radiator of the car was damaged
both lights We're ruined and the wind
| shield broken into n thousand pieces.
Queer as 1t may seem, the horse was
not badly injured.
correetionviils.
A newspaper notice of the issuance
of marriage license to Harry Cohrt
and Miss Alice Parks. in Sioux City,
was the first intimation their parents
had that the wedding was imminent 1t
was also Inc first notice the parents
had that the groom was 90 years old
and the bride was 49, They had
thought the boy but II and the girl
| but 16. \ reported attempt by the
father OF the groom Herman Cohrt a
real estate man here. to head off the
wedding. was futile and the young peo-
pie were married at the home OF Oscar
Wright. west Of town, by Rev. j. A.
Campbell Of the United Evangelical
church Of this place Mrs Parks,
mother OF the bride. and a widow. was
visiting her son in Kingsley and knew
| nothing Of her daughters intentions
1t is not known whether an effort to
annul the marriage will be made. This
Is the second 16-year- old bride Cor
! rectionville has furnished in the past
month. Both were elopements.