Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-06-27

turn the light out she toucneu SONS
of the fixtures with the other hand.
thus making complete circuit. Had
~ porcelain socket been used it would
have been a non conductor and thus no
such accident.
Madrid.
The fifth death from tho scarlet few
er epidemic at Zook Spur occurred last
Thursday when the 4-year-old son Of
Mr. and Mrs. Tony Blaskovitch passed
away from acute Brights disease,
which followed recuperation from scar
let fever. The child was born in Mon
tana on March 1, 1910, and was years.
months and days of age when death
occurred The remains we're buried in
the Beaver Catholic cemetery. The
authorities are having considerable
trouble in fighting the epidemic at Zook
Spur because of their failure to re-
ceive the cooperation of the families
in which the disease has become man
fest. They object to quarantine re-
strictions and in order to evade the
quarantine many call physicians only
as matter of last resort.
Newton.
Az Dennis had distressing misfor-
Ing cherries in his garden. The ladder
on which he was standing. about ten
feet from the ground, suddenly turned.
causing him to fall, striking in his
descent the stub Of limb which had
been sawed off Two Of his left ribs
were fractured near the spine. his right
shoulder injured and his body other
wise bruised He has suffered terribly
H. <l,to no to-, n~n
comfortab BILE DR.. Hammer, who is car
ing for him. thinks he will soon be on
the road to recovery. Az is an old
veteran of the Thirty-third Iowa, and
it is a strange fate that would carry
him thru three years of war without
a scratch, to be broken up by a fall
from a cherry tree over fifty years af-
terward.
Burlington.
A special from Chicago says Chica
go detectives began a search for Pearl
Harris, agd IA, from Burlington, who
left her home at 403S Somner street,
Burlington on June IL. and whose
mother believes she may have fallen
into the hands of white slavers. The
Harris girl, according to her mother.
Mrs j. II. Daniels, wanted to earn
enough money to buy school gradu-
alton dress. She answered an adver-
tisement in a Burlington paper, calling
for the services of two young girls and
were to be paid SO a day to travel with
man and his wife. She returned
home the following day from Chicago.
The girl announced she had accepted
position soliciting for magazines.
, Mrs. Daniels notified the local police
that she had received letter from the
girl in Chicago saying that she was
being held by two men in that city.
Davenport.
Probably the largest specimen Of
trantula ever found in this vicinity or
at least within the past few years. was
captured last evening at the Roby gro
Gerry store on Hershey avenue Mr..
Roby was cutting some bananas from
bunch which he had just unwrapped,
when the spider jumped. striking him
near the waist and falling to the floor.
The spider jumped about two feet and
for this reason did not get hold on
Mr.. Roby's clothing. This fact prob
ably saved the storekeeper's life for
II the tarantula had bitten him, death
might have resulted. He captured the
spider and put 1t in fruit jar and this
morning 1t was brought up to the
Klaffcnbach print shop where after
using an ounce Of chloroform the spider
finally died after struggling for twenty
minutes The spider measured almost
two and half inches In length and
weighed very heavily. It is planned
TO preserve 1t in alcohol as there are
few specimens Of tarantula this size
ever seen In this vicinity