Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-07-28

ciety held IL meeting In spencer last
week About LEO were present. Dele
gates from nsighboring towns attended
aud speakers were present from Des
Noines Fort Madison. Kansas City and
Naryville.
Attorney r. F. Faville, OF Storm
Lake, underwent an operation for ap :
pendicit1s at the Malone hospital In
Storm Lake last Sunday mornlns'
Judge Faville has been in poor health
for the past year and frequently was
troubled with mild attacks OF this dis
ease. He is at present getting along as
we'll as can be expected.
Sunday afternoon. thru some un-
unknown agency, the tent back OF the
u r. Seaton home took fire. Had 1t not
been calm day very disastrous nre
might have resulted as the tent was
within few feet of the house. Articles
of clothing, books, ETC.. to the value OF
$50 were destroyed by the fire.
The Citizens National Bank of Spen-
Ger has just about completed one OF the
most to date and complete safety
deposit vaults in the northwest part or
Iowa There are 500 boxes in all OF
different sizes and the lock and door OF
each is finished with as much accuracy
finishing with the exception OF the
hinges and locks is all of gun metal.
The vault is used exclusively for safety
deposits.
An ordinance was presented to the
city council at its last meeting by the
Gas Construction Company. Of Omaha,
asking for a twenty five year FRANCHISE
for the installation and operation OF
gas plant in Spencer. The city council
has not vet taken action.
One day last week when Mr.. Will
loughby and wife and child We're driv
ing to the lakes in their touring car
they were struck By a MILWAUKEE,
switch engine The switch engine was
doing some work for the brick yafo
Just north OF town. The automobile
struck the engine and damned in under
the driving rod. Both were stopped al
once and IL was impossible TO get the
auto away from the engine until hep
was summoned from Spencer. Inc
auto was an absolute wreck and was
taken 10 Spencer for shipment to the
factory. But the fine feature OF the
accident was that TO one was seriously
injured.
Born 70 Mr. and Mrs. George Strike
on Thursday, a pair OF twin girls.
Mrs. Sarah Rapensparser is reported
TO be quite low and her people enter
tain but little hopes for her recovery.
Born 10 Mr.. and Mrs. Babe Towne,
last Friday, baby girl.
Corn is badly in need of rain near
Spencer The last rain was on july
s. Since that time the thermometer
has been soaring near the 100 degree
mark A heavy rain visited section OF
the vicinity south OF Spencer last
Friday evening and about twenty miles
north III the lake region they have had
frequent and heavy showers. Pastures
are very bare and potatoes need rain
very badly.
Alfred Eaton. of Webb. arrived at
his home from Iowa City last week
where he has been in a hospital haV-
ing an injured eye treated For sew
eral years he has been blind in his
other eye but an operation on II re-
stored his eye sight. He now has two
good eyes whereas il was reared ne
would have none at all.
Arthur Bjorustad and Waldo Thrush
returned home Saturday evening from
a two weeks vacation trip which took
them 10 Denver Boulder Manitou and
Pueblo, Colo. returning home by way
Of Kansas City.