Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-11-05
Northern Io,ua Items

I ~ cooked. She is in a serious condi-
tion and will have to be removed to a
hospital but it is the opinion of the
attending physician that she will re-
cover.
Webster City.
The families of S. r. Phillips and y.
r. Kamrar came near having a se:'-
Gus accident Sunday afternoon "h>ie
ell route to Fort Dodge. The two fami-
lies went over in the Mrs. T.. j. Steele
car and were travelling about sixteen
miles an hour-more or less-when
they had blowout just this side OF
that city. When the blowout occurred,
the machine left the right-of-way ana
sailed across a ditch and thru wire
fence. taking with it the wire of said
fence and two fence posts and stop
ping within few feet of a big tel
egraph pole. None of the party was
thrown from his seat. nor were they
injured. A lucky escape.
Waterloo.
Robbers entered the office of the Ce-
ment Tile Machinery Company on
Rath street Monday night and pro-
cured about So in currency. The
money was in the cash drawer in the
safe, but the safe door was not locked
and the burglars had little trouble
making the haul. Not satisfied with
| the money taken from the safe the
! night providers rifled every desk in the
office. presumably searching for more
money. There was considerable money
in the vault Monday, but the cashier
! deposited a large sum during the aft
ernoon, leaving only sufficient funds
to make change. The fact that there
!, had been large sum of money in the
building leads the officers to believe
that some one who was acquainted
f, with this fact was responsible for the
robbery.
Waterloo.
i Four persons had almost miracu-
lous escapes from death at $40 Mon
day afternoon when an automobile
| owned and driven by NJ. A. Peterson
of Cedar Falls, crashed thru the rail
| ing on the Avalon bridge and plunged
down the embankment. The car turned
completely over, entrapping the four
! passengers, but Miss Ruth Bergstrom
(, of Cedar Falls, was the only one Sc
riously injured. The young woman
was injured internally and was also
injured about the back. No bones were
|
pants of the car escaped with only a
| few bruises. Mr.. Peterson was stunned,
but David Christensen and his sister
(; of Newell, suffered only slight injuries
/ Mr.. Peterson and Miss Bergstrom were
removed to a physicians office in the
police ambulance, while the young
! woman was later removed to the Pres
! byterian hospital.
Sioux City.
Farmers along the main highway
leading from Sioux City to Sioux
Falls, s. D., are urging an early move
| looking toward the paving of that
! highway. Already plan to pave from
Sioux City to Jefferson as an extern
sion of the work already done this
summer on the military road, is taking
/ definite form and work on this project
will begin next spring. Farmers be-
jond Jefferson see no reason why they
should not have paving also and suffi-
cient assurance has already been re-
ceived to call for q meeting which is
! to be held some time this month at &
town about midway between the cities
Highway paving is coming into high
| favor here. since Sioux City has com.
, pleted forty -four miles of concrete
4 DAVlnS WltIlH tu0 CITY, Auu lHTSe IIOi
/ highways leading into the city will b
paved out distance Of from three t
Ave miles early next summer.
Clinton.
/ Every member of@a party Of sever
| Clinton county people was injured Sat
urday afternoon when an automobile
in which they were riding from
Wheatland to Lost Nation went int
a ditch, turned completely over, ant
then righted itself. The accident wal
one Of the most remarkable which ina
ever happened in this section of tn
Icountry. In the car were Mr.. ant
Mrs. Arthur. Stevenson and two chill
dren, Of Lost Nations Mrs. Wlach
mother of Mrs. Stevenson, of Oxfor
Junction: Mrs. Sabotke and daughter
Murita, of oxford Junction. The acct
dent occurred in front of the Steve
Hart place at 5 o'clock in the after
noon. Mr.. Stevenson had his head Sc
verely cut, and seven stitches wer
necessary to close the wound. He ais
sprained his wrist and knee. Mrs
stevenson broke her arm. Mrs. Sabotk
fractured her foot, and Mrs. Wiac
sustained the fracture of bone i
her hand. The children were cut an
bruised painfully. but escaped with
out broken bones.