Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-10-14
Northern Io,ua Items

front yard and to the gate. which is
held shut by the strap. The latter
was hanging loose however. and in
some manner the boy inserted his head
, in the loop. The walk is on an incline
at the gate and he swung free from the
walk, hanging himself
Dubuque.
Wednesday marked the passing of
two Dubuque pioneers. Walter Cook.
native OF PENNSYLVANIA. where he was
horn in 1892. coming to Dubuque coun-
ty with his parents in 1885. passed
away at the home of his daughter. and
Mrs Samuel Elmer a resident of Du-
buaue for eighty-one wears. a native Of
Germany. where she was born in 1926,
answered the last call.
vinton.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. T. Urice celebrated
! their fiftieth. or golden wedding ami
versary last Friday. They We're mar
+, ried in Washington county. this state.
which is the birthplace of Mrs. Urice.
After their marriage they returned to
| this county by wagon 70 jackson town
ship. this county which was MIR. Urces
home. They have been honored citi-
Gems of this county ever since, for the
/, past several years being residents of
Einton.
Sheldon.
The small son of L. C. Williamson
, was hit and badly injured by passing
automobile Saturday. The boy was
playing on the street when the care
came up. The boy started to run across
; the street and the driver turned out
to let them by. The Williamson boy
, stopped. turned back. and then started
ahead again and by that time the car
which was being driven quite slowly by
a party from Remsen. struck the boy.
knocking him to the brick pavement
and causing a bad conclusion of the
! brain.
Sioux City.
Rose Hansen was nabbed by police
officers on Fourth street Sunday even
ing. In response to telephoned infor-
nation that she was carrying a gun
with which Ito get her man" The gun
was found secreted IN the woman's
bosom. In police court she told Judge
kellogg that her former husband had
beaten her so badly thar she had been
! compelled to lie IN a local hospital for
several weeks. Hubby had threatened
| to shoot her when she got out of the
; hospital. Mrs. Hanson said. and she
was carrying the gun for protection.
She was fined $40 or three days.
Mason City.
Like story of I.upo, the Wolf.
whom officers of the states and the
! nation hunted for wears ran that
! wnicn local Italian related to 20
lice OFFICERS Saturday regarding an
alleged attempt to levy tribute OF
considerable sum upon him for a
local Black Hand organization which
ne says exists For obvious reasons
mis- name has not been revealed nor
have the details of his story. The man
fears that should the men who threat
ened him learn he had visited the po-
lice they will take his life. Briefly.
he claims he was accosted at a house
where he Was calling and told that un-
less he produced the required cash that
night. he would never get home. He
claims to have been waylaid on the
way home and attacked by two men
both armed, whom he asserts he worst
ed in the encounter.
Cedar Rapids.
The building Of the tabernacle for
the union evangelistic services to he
under the direction of Brown and
Curry. evangelists, Is going to afford
an opportunity to the people of Cedar
Rapids to see the ministers clad in
overalls putting up a good blum at
| hard work. and perhaps actually per-
forming 1t. The erection of the taher-
nacle will begin Wednesday morning,
! Oct. IA, with rush and enterprise
| characteristic of Cedar Rapids A ~uffi-
cient force Is expected on hand to
finish the building in two days, COM
plete: and an invitation Is being ex-
tended by the committee in charge to
every kindly disposed person within
/ the city limits to come with hammer
and saw ready 10 hoist timbcrs, drive
nails or do any other needful thing
| toward rushing the building to an
early completion. To make the arr
rangement complete lunch will be
provided for everybody who works.
AZ high noon they vii! adjourn to the
Commercial club rooms and. like old
fashioned harvest hands, take an hour
on TO feeo