Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-11-07

Irwin.
Saturday when Ralph Groat was
cranking up the family auto the ma
chine kicked" breaking one Of the
bones in his forearm.
creston.
Lon ]. Richards, young farm hand
"a years of age employed by Gadfrey
Johnson. hanged himself Monday at
ternoon. He was to have been married
in few days to a young woman liv-
ing in Alton.
Abel. 81
Charles Clarke of Abel. son Of Gov,
George w. Clarke. was defeated for
ct by Dugan of Perry, democrat, by $50
votes. The remainder of the republic
can ticket was elected. including the
reelection Of Representative Brady.
keokuk.
Mrs. Esther Patten, a young woman
who has been living with her 3-year-
old child in rooming house at Seventh
and High streets. attempted to end
her life Wednesday evening by drink
ing carbolic acid. Altho her face.
hands and eyes were badly burned. the
doctors who attended her believe that
she Is out of danger.
Page Center.
Francis MCKEE sold his 240 acre
farm at Page Center to Albert Well
housen for the sum Of $45,50O. This
is one of the best farms in Page
county and has sold for the highest
price Of any farm we know Of the
same size, it bringing 800 per acre.
NToKfa hN,,o1,f th{c
years ago at $3.50 per acre.
Des Moines.
Charles Keeling. newly elected SUI
pervisor from the Fifth district, living
in Allen township, reported to the
county authorities that his big barn
was burned Wednesday aight by in
cendiaries. Sheriff Griffin ordered blood
hounds from Waterloo to be placed on
the trail. One week ago an automo-
bile belonging to Keeling was blown up
with dynamite.
Shenandoah.
A new record price for tributary
Shenandoah farm land was made this
week when an unimproved 40" two
miles from town, brought $4,000 cash
or $3.50 per acre. The 40" lies two
miles south of town. near the Frank
shutwell home. and was sold by Ebert
A. Read to 6. w. Ryan, Jr, who will.
improve 1t and make his home there.
Another transaction Of recent
date which gives the "tigh. tines" cry
the laugh was the sale OF the Mccain
mond "160' by Ebert A. Read and Len
Oviatt to G. w. Patton for $3.50 per
acre.
Davenport.
Raffaelo PUGET. the italian SO badly
injured in the collapse of the scafford-
ing at the Ewert & Richter building on
West Fourth street Wednesday morn
ing, died at 4 o'clock Wednesday after
noon at st. Lukes without regainins
consciousness. Neal Parsons, the 9TH
err injured man is very low. altho con-
scious. PUGET had not a chance for his
life. His injuries were such that after
the first examination it was found i'm
possible to save him. Death was
merely a matter of hours. He was un-
scious from the time he was picked up.
Des Moines.
A guy rope stretched across the
street from, pile driver at Twenty
third and High streets, brought almost
instant death to Olaf Dahlstrom when
he ran into 1t with an automobile.
Dahlstrom was chauffeur for Robert
Fullerton. He was 25 years old, and
married. The heavy cable caught him
under the chin and threw him to the
top OF the car His machine tore acress
two yards and was wrecked against
the porch OF the f. Carlson home. Dahl
strom's neck was broken. He was
rushed in the police ambulance to the
Methodist hospital but died on the
way.
Brooklyn.
AL Smith. shot by his II year old
son, Lester. after the latter had killed
his half brother. Frank Rust, has q
chance for recovery. the doctors who
are attending him said. The shooting
took place Saturday noon and up until
last night Il was not believed that he