Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-09-26
Northern Iolua Items

7 the Piper automobile struck the side
of the car from Norwich, breaking the
! engine out The Windshield was brok-
| en- into pieces and the tenders were
| smashed. The Piper car was damaged
| slightly. lamps were broken and the
| frame smashed. The visitors Ware in
| a large Nyberg car valued at $1,000.
! Lloyd Elmer and Earl King were rid
| ing in the automobile but We're not hurt
| much. The girls We're taken to j. L..
| Gwvnn's home where Mrs. Gkynn adj
mislstered first aids.
Pennington.
| One of the country homes OF F. G.
| Knapp burned to the ground Monday
afternoon about O'Clock as a result of
! the explosion of a sasolene stove. Mrs.
! Knapp was burned about the face and
| arms but not seriously as her clothing
( did nor catch fire. She and her sister
Miss Duty were alone in the house
! and the telephone was In the room
| where the explosion took place SO help
could not be summoned and every
! thing in the house was burned includ-
| ing fifty dollars in money. Fortunate
J ly some of their best household goods
| had recently been moved to their town
| residence.
| Audbon.
| The local authorities are searching
| tor Anna Hansen. a girl about 10 or
| IL years of age. who ran away Sum
| day evening after having returned
! from church, When but a baby she
was adopted in Chicago by a Danish
couple by the name of Hansen, who
| lives in Extra. Following the death of
| Mr.. Hansen several years ago, she WAS
| sent to the orphans home at Elkhorn.
! A few months ago she refused to
| remain there. and was transferred 10
| the county home in this county. From
| this place she ran away and was found
| hiding in a cornfield. where she had
| made a shelter of cornstalks. and was
subsisting on green corn. She was
| then given In charge of Mrs. \. Conklin
| of this city from whose home she dis
appeared.
| Knoxville.
| The people of Dallas township, ten
miles southwest OF Knoxville, are un-
| ders ding hydrophobia scare which is
| developing almost into a panic. Sew
| eral dogs and other animals have died
of the disease or have been killed while
| suffering paroNysms of what the vet
| Urinary surgeons say Were undoubt-
| eddy caused by the Infection of rabies.
| AS far as can be learned the trouble
originated on the Joe McConaughey
| farm. where one of the dogs developed
| hydrophobia and finally died in a
spasm after biting young Lloyd Nc
| Conauehey. another one of the family's
| dogs a hog and several other animals
! Young McConaughey is now at the
! Pasteur institute at Iowa City taking
! treatment Dogs at the J. \. Harms
! place and Tom Galvin's. all In Dallas
| township. have developed rabies and
! have died or been killed.
/ Grand Junction.
The store of l.. F.. Hillman & Son
| was quite badly damaged by fire at
/, an early hour Tuesday morning. The
conflagration started in the north
| east corner of the Hilman block. in
| Dr. Humphreys dental office. People
nearby were aroused by an explosion
| about 9 a. m, and soon that part of
| the building was in flames. Ere the
| fire department got numbered the
rear upper part of the east side of the
| big double store was ablaze, while
water and burning embers damaged
| the dry goods stock beneath very bad
! Is. The office rooms of DR.. Scar
borough were wrecked. and almost a
| tota! loss, while more or less damage
resulted to the law office Of W. w.
Turner in the front of the building.
| on the hardware side of the Hillman
| store there was. fortunately, no dam
| age from the confederation. Messrs.
| Hillman have about $500 insurance,
| and DR.. Humphrey $500 on office fur
| niture The Elliott & Mason photo
| graph gallery was also In the building
| and their materials We're all practical
! ly destroyed. The gallery was in the
rear next to the Humphrey office.