Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-04-28
Southern Iolua Items

pany plant. In. company with other
youths he was playing on pile OF tele-
phone posts when they started to roll.
One Of the heaviest ones rolled over
his head and pinioned him to the
ground. The cries for help brought
several people to the scene and 1t was
with difficulty that they lifted the
heavy post from above the crushed
and PROSTATE form. DIR. z. B. F'uiiam
was called and after hurried examina-
ton ordered that, tho hoy be taken to
Bellevue hospital. za1t was found that
his head was badly1tcrushed and the
physicians last evening had but little
hope of his recovery
williamsburg.
Bertha, the five year old daughter of
! Mr. and Mrs. Henry Brockshus Of York
township. who was badly burned died
Thursday At the Brockshus home a
stove was in the back yard and on this
washing had been done. With the
smouldering fire in the stove the chill
dren We're playing and in their sport
the clothing of Bertha caught fire: the
child ran towards the house. the stlff
wind whipping her clothing into flame
and before help could reach her the
little one was burned: the entire body
| from the knees up was blistered and IN
places the skin was entirely destroyed.
Drs. Long and Schug made hurried
run to the home and the victim OF the
accident was made as comfortable as
was possible under the circumstances.
J They found it one of the most serious
cases ever visited in this vicinity. The
entire clothing worn by the child was
entirely destroyed and even the hair
| was badly burned
Davenport.
1t has been learned that the Bet
| tendorf car works are to be removed
! from Davenport to South Bethiehan.
F., Pa This concern has been one OF
| the main stays of the city OF Daven-
port and is one OF the largest indi-
vidual manufacturing plants in the
state of Iowa. In the removal Of the
plant Davenport will sustain the hard !
est blow it has ever sustained. as
nearly 1000 workmen now employed by
1 the factory will be out Of employment,
or will remove to Pennsylvania. along
| with the members of their families. A
strenuous effort Is being made by
| Davenport business men to retain the
/ factory here but this Is believed i'm
possible in view Of the following tele-
! gram message from South Bethlehem
| "Charle.s NJ. Schwab today announced
| that thru his steel companys efforts
1 the Bethlehems are to have new in
/ dustry, the Bettendorf car works. no"
| located in Iowa, which will soon locate
/ on land purchased by the steel com
] pany. Schwab also stated that in the
next three years $25 100000 is to be ex-
pended in improvements at the stee
plant"
/ Charlton.
| The largest transfer OF real estate
ever made in Lucas county has just
been contaminated, the Inland Fue
! Company, transferring its holdings to
/ the Central Iowa Fuel Company. The
transfer was also the largest ever made
In Iowa coal land. and the acreage n
greater than any other body of Goa
known to exist in the state. The lane
transferred consisted Of about 5000
acres In order to secure so much lano
900 acres were thoroughly prospect
ed. There are five distinct coal beds OF
fields in the holdings OF the present
company and they lie In the ownerships
4 OF Cedar. Pleasant, English and Lin
| coin. The vein OF coal averages about
six feet in thickness. and IL pronounced
by mining experts to be Of the best
quality with no stone or shale In 1t
It is easily mined and there Is nc
water to bother. The consideration
| paid by the Central Iowa Fuel Company
was 100000. This company has beer
| in possession OF the property severa
1 months ana has expended many thou
sands of dollars in tracks, q new stee
tipple, etc, ana they are expendine
many thousands,..more in sinking 9
! new shaft In the 3Oimitz feld. One OF
tho transfer lists covered sixteen pages
OF typewriter manuscript It is the
largest deed ana longest list OF trans
xers ever transcfibed in the county.