Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-08-06

Hedrick.
While en- route TO OttuEnwa on
motorcycle Ben Porter and Otis Davis
met with a serious accident A tire
blew out and threw them several feet
Davis had two ribs broken and several
ligaments were cut in his leg. Porter
arm was fractured.
Mount Pleasant.
former resident Of this county.
Walter Gray, was killed in an automo-
bile accident at Kahn, \. D. sunday
evening. No particulars OF the acct
dents are forthcoming. Tho deceased
man leaves a widow and three children
and is the brother of former County
Attorney j. V. Gray, Of this city.
Des N oines.
Fourteen farmers living near Fert'ie
were fined total Of $22Soo on COM
plant of the state food and dairy com
mission for the sale Of rotten eggs the
Gepa rtment issued an order that the
farmers selling eggs must canole them
to eliminate the 'rots. In some parts
of the state the producers nave paio
no attention to the order. The -FOUR
teen were caught in ons day by the
inspectors at Fertile.
Victor.
At meeting Of the building commit
tees of the German Lutheran congre-
CATION wedne sday morning the con-
tract for the new church was let TO
Kari Kerr at $4,000. Work Will be
commenced as soon as possible. There
was only one other bid in, that OF j.
H. Brockman. OF Cedar Rapids, whose
:. IN FUR
nish the furnace and do the excavating
work.
Hepburn.
Milo Smith was brought home with
a compound fracture of beth bones OK
the right legt just aoot, the ankle
Joint. Smith drives the water wagon
for the Briggs threshing outfit, which
was engaged threshing for j. ". Cold :
worthy. northeast from Hepburn. HIS
team became frightened and ran on,
/ throwing the water tank into ditch.
Smith jumped, with the result as
stated.
Dss Moines.
| r. ]. Hid. prominent druggist AND
/ CAPITALIST Of East Das Moines. was
given a hearing in police court on the
charge of assault made by Helen
Mathis. aged Il, daughter of Mrs. f.
! Mathis. of 500 East Grand avenue. the
girl says the assault took place in MS
| office on April 10. but Hid says ne
hardly knows the girl and that nrs'
he knew OF the case was telephone
call from her in which she demanded
that he pay her 81. 900. Mrs. Mathis re-
fuses to discuss the case until she
goes on the witness stand.
Macedonia.
John Lavaiiey was badly burned
about the face and arms Friday wher
he lighted a match above an open wei
which ne was trying to pump dry. He
was working on the Pearl CharroI
farm. northwest of town, and wa!
pumping the water from the well will
a gasolene engine. Thinking that thu
water was nearly all out he raised
board from the well curb and sfrucl
the match. An explosion followed
which resulted in his injuries. 1t !!
not known whether the explosion came
from the gasoIene engine or from the
well.
Davenport.
Ida Lingard. the 7-year-old daughter
Of Mr. and Mrs. William Llngard, diet
at the family home, 1913 Christie street
Saturday from blood poisoning. Twt
weeks ago the little girl stepped on
weed and cut her foot. which developed
into blood poisoning. At first the in
jury was not considered serious. Sew
eral days ago tine little tots foot began
to swell to twice its normal size.
physician was called, who pronounced
1t case OF severe blood poisoning. TIL
child became worse and worse, and al