Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-10-10
Northern Io,ua Items

in time for school next fall. The plans
while not complete. probably will be for
six class rooms, one room for the do
mestic science department and another
for manual training. A big lecture room
probably will be put in the basement
plans. OF the five districts that have
been consolidated, one is in Green
county.
GoIdfieId.
Work began this week on the new
elevator at the Farmers Elevator Com
pany's yards. The building is to be
2fX29 on the ground, 40 feet to the roof.
and will be about 20 feet high at the
highest point. The Claus Construction
Company, of Sibley. is doing the work.
Aside from the building operations
there, the farmers concern is a busy
one. During the month of September
they received twenty-five cars of mer-
chandise. and of course shipped out
many. Their September business eX-
ceeded the business of the same month
in 1919 about $4,000. the total business
for the month reaching over $4,000.
GAINESVILLE.
No trace has been secured of Mrs.
Fred Timion. who disappeared from her
home. two miles southeast of here,
Saturday while her husband was in
town. Mrs. Timon gave no intmation
of her intentions. it is said and evil
IDENTIFY left hurriedly, taking only few
of her clothes. The husband says their
domestic life of more than twenty years
was happy and he can assign no reason
for his wifeS actions. Mrs. Timion is
As years old and prior t. marriage was
Miss Ollie Howe. The couple has two
children, Lee, age 20 and Sarah, II.
About year ago Mrs. Timion was in
tensely interested in her fathers will
which was fought in the courts. The
strain of that experience may have re-
acted in this manner.
Jefferson.
Ed Elliott, son of b. Fl. Elliott, was
the victim of a near fatal accident. Mr..
Willett, of Manson, drove team of
horses here and Ed was stabling them.
While he was passing between them
with basket of feed. they suddenly
reared and struck him down in the
stall, trampling on him. Ed retained
presence of mind enough to drag him.
self forward and climb up by the man
ger. thus escaping from his perilous
position. but not until he had been
bruised and cut all over the body. the
ILL uTlSS luSIuOiIlS d lTdCluEe VI tWo
ribs. He Is getting along very well
under the circumstances. and will suffer
no lasting injury The team is said to
be vicious one, and has done the same
t.ing before. nearly killing woman
few weeks ago.
Aigona.
Lewis Fl. Smith returned from the
west recently He has made that trip
with minor variations every year but
one since 1856. Before that he visited
the country twice. once in 1865 and
again seven years later. In the former
year he travelled in wagon train
guarded by soldiers. He was at the
head of a government expedition which
was laying out a road. This road was
never built. however. the reason being
that the coast was reached by railroads
before work was begun. thus making
great continental highway compare
lively unnecessary. Returning from
Salt Lake City after his work was done,
ne paid $3.50 for Il ticket on a coach line
to Omaha. In 1872 he went out and
| back by rail. 1t took six months to
make the trip before the railroads were
| built and one had little chance for
sleep en- route. Now the trip home takes
only forty hours and one can sleep COM
fortably all the way at night in a Pull
man berth.