Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-02-09

pavilion will cost about $4,000, all
steam heated and equipped with plenty
| OF show room and comfortable seats
and boxes for bidders. w. J. Miller,
the Aberdeen-Angus breeder, known
thruout the United States for Mis-
| thoroughbred stock, is president and
sales manager. 1t is the associations
aim to make Newton one of the great
| sales centers of the country and to this
end dates have been arranged for Feb.
1926. Carey NJ. Jones, of Chicago,
will be the auctioneer. United States
Senator-E Elect Shellenberger and eX
governor of Nebraska, bought his
| original herd of famous Shorthorns of
| Hess Parsons, of Newton, and will at
tend this big sale. The estimated value
of the stock to be sold is between
| $4,000 and $4,000.
Burlington.
Mrs. Samuel Mendelsohn, of $50
| South Seventh street. was held up by
a negro Friday night at the south end
of the Sixth street bridge. Mrs.
Mendelsohn had been down town shop
| ping in company with her two little
children. She had been into the ST.
Louis shoe repairing shop to see her
brother, and noticed a black man hang
ing around the entrance. but did not
pay much attention to the fact. After
completing her shopping, Mrs. Mendel-
sohn started home, reaching the bridge
| about half past nine. At this point
her little girl became too tired to walk
further and asked her mother to carry
her. Mrs. Mendelsohn took the child
on her arm, the one on which she was
carrying her bag. Just at this moment
a burly negro stepped up and grabbed
hold of the bag, but could not pull it
from Mrs. Mendelsohn's arm. He drew
out a knife and cutting the handle,
made off with his plumber. Aroused by
the screams of Mrs. Mendelsohn, sew
eral residents OF nearby houses rushed
to her assistance but the robber made
his escape under the bridge and down
Tie railroad track. The hold-up was
net reported to the police department
until an hour later Mrs. Mendelsohn
described the negro as being above
| average height He wore a dark suit,
dark soft hat and no overcoat. She
is confident that she could identify him.
Fortunately the bag contained no
money so the thief is no better off for
his crime.
1
George Mengel's honeymoon of nine
days was ended Friday when the
wealthy retired brewer and merchant
died at his home Of gangrene. He was
married on his deathbed to Mrs. Bar
bara Schlapp, his housekeeper for
many years, and now sole heir to an
estate estimated at more than 100000.
When Mr.. Mengel applied for mar
cir hi vo11 fo;1 tod
that he was on his deathbed. He was
| then suffering from gangrene which
could only be prevented from becoming
fatal ny amputation of a leg. His
physicians feared to undertake the
Of g. The aged brewer did not rise
from his bed while the ceremony was
performed. Mr.. Mengel had been a
principal in the celebrated Mengel
divorce suit which ran for several
years thru the courts and was only
settled a few weeks ago. The wealthy
brewer was sued for divorce after
marriage of few weeks by Blanche
Maier Reiter Mengal. leading lady in a
German stock company. The suit was
ended by settlement. Mr.. Mengel
was one Of the pioneer brewers of
Davenport. He was born In Germany
in 1874 and came to the United States
in 1865. He conducted brewery here
until the consolidation of brewing in
terests few years ago. when he be-
came vice president and general man
ager of the Davenport Grain & Mating
! Company. He organized the first arti-
i fetal ice company in Davenport and
Twas president of the Tri-City Plate
Ice and Storage Company.