Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-11-23
Claims Twenty Dry States.
Southern Io1ua Items


is made, he will be ..docked" $3.50, be-
ing fifty-seven days at $40 per day.
That being the difference in time be-
tween the contract date and the ac-
tual completion of the work.
Davenport t4oD
Peter Bein, Is North Pine street.
Davenport, age SO, an employe OF the
Kohrs Packing Company, sustained
fractured hip and severe decorations
of the scalp about 1920 Friday morn
ing when he was struck by a Rock
Island passenger train at Fourth and
Division streets and hurled several
yards to the ground. Immediately
after the accident he was removed to
| St. I.uke's hospital where he was at
tended by DR.. George u. Middleton. IT
is not thought that the injuries will
prove fatal. altho the victim will be
confined to his bed for several weeks
IndianoIa.
1t is not the saloon that was closed
this time for indianola never did boast
OF saloon, but il is the restaurants
and ice cream parlors that received the
blow. The city council has passed a
decree forbidding places of business TO
open on Sunday. Every ice cream
| parlor will be closed promptly at mid
night and will remain closed until
! Monday morning. The restaurants will
| be given a short time to open in order
1 to serve their customers but they. too,
will be forced TO keep CLOSED shop"
/ Merchants around the square are very
much stirred up about the matter.
! Every door knob down town has been
draped in black as are the traffic posts
/ also. Various forces have fcr the last
year or two been endeavoring TO make
| this little city a place, seemingly
| world ide in its fame, as being an
idealistic community. Some effort even
has been expended to close the moving
picture shows, but the matter has
never been pushed enough to come to
any results.
Davenport.
| Mrs. Mary Beck, 7o4 Gaines street,
sustained serious and perhaps fatal
injuries about o'clock Thursday eve
ming at Eighth and Gaines streets
when she was struck by an auto truck
| owned by the Northwest Davenport
Auto Company, and driven by George
Trende1, proprietor OF the company.
DR.. T. D. Starbuck was called to at
/ tend the woman and announced that
she was suffering from q severe con-
cussion of the brain and was badly
bruised around the body. Witnesses
to the accident carried Mrs. Beck to
her home, a few doors from the scene,
Immediately after it's occurrence, in q
semi-conscious condition, and the ex.
act extent Of her injuries OF the prob
able outcome has not yet been de-
termined. According to Mr.. Trendel
driver Of the truck, the aged woman
had just alighted from street cal
and the rain and darkness prevented
his seeing her. AS he started up, MR.
Beck stepped directly in front Of the
car and was thrown heavily to the
pavement. Mr.. Trendel says that the
accident was unavoidable.
Shenandoah.
NJ. J. WEIGH, or Mike as they cal
him. an employe at Ernest Fischer
farm east of Shenandoah, finds him.
self transformed from an ordinary
farmland to we'll fixed young
farmer as the result Of romance w
to date, in which he has the promise
of bride and a 160-acre farm. Pre-.
vious 70 lOct. he was employed By
William ~, Segelka, a wealthy farmer
near Sutherland, Iowa. Young Welcf
. fell IN love with Ella, the farmers
, pretty daughter, and the affection wal
returned. But fearing parental dis.
: pleasure the young man skipped on
about Oct. ] and came to Shenandoah
where he secured employment on thu
farm Of Ernest Fischer. He proved {
good hand and seemed like an indus
trious, agreeable and intelligent youni
man. Wednesday Mr.. Segelka AM
two daughters arrived here on thei
, way to Excelsior Springs, Mo-. wher
, the elder daughter will take treatmen
: for rheumatism. Learning that -;
E WEIGH was employed here the fathe
] and daughters drove out to the Fische
e farm and found the young man an
\ brought him to town and made ar
: engagements for a wedding.