Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-07-27
Southern Iowa Items

the fall and WAS picked up by an auto
list coming from Glenwood. after lying
unconscious for half an hour as indi-
Gated by his watch that was broken
by the fall A stranger brought the
young man home where he secured
surgica! aid, but he vomitad consd-
cradle blood and it may develop that
he was injured internally.
Shambaueh.
This vicinity was greatly shocked
last Wednesday evening by the sud-
den death of Mr.. Joe Callahan. Mr..
Callahan had been suffering from dia-
betes, but was able to be up and
around most of the time. He was
down town Monday afternoon. We'd
nesday noon he ate a very hearty din
ner. About 3 o'clock he asked his
wife to please bring him a drink of
water She got it for him, went out
to the summer kitchen and before she
reached it her daughter. Blanche.
called her back. Mr.. Callahan had fall
len off the chair and was dead. He had
stroke Of apopleXy. Several of the
children came here to attend the
funeral.
Knoxville.
Maroin countys growing and ripened
field crops. already settling in the
mire caused by late July floods, were
again literally deluged and beaten into
the ground Friday night by enc of the
heaviest rains of the season. Union.
Red Rock and Polk townships, at dis
tances anywhere from three to nine
miles. northwest, north and northeast
of Knoxville. report three to five inches
of rainfall in less than an hour. Knox
vile, which already had record of 10
inches of rainfall since July 4, received
Lie inches of precipitation during the
hour between and 10 o'clock. Honey
creek north of Durham; Thunder
creek, in Red Rock township. and
Teter creek, in Union township. Sat
urday morning were the highest eve:
known.
Knoxville.
- Francis Collins, aged abou. 90 years,
farm hand on the John Joe Clark
place. southeast of town. was arrested
and landed in Jail last Sunday evening
on q charge of burglarizng the Iowa
Trading Company's store in this city.
He has confessed the crime and has
admitted to the sheriff that lie entered
the store at night four or five different
times during the past eight months. In
his room at the Clark home prior to
making the arrest, the officers and Mr..
Fred Culver found a large assortment
Of miscellaneous plumber. all of which
was identified as having been taken
from the /. T. Company's store. The
stolen goods consisted of two or three
suits of clothes, several extra pairs of
trousers, one overcoat, one raincoat
dozens of pairs Of socks. boxes of silk
handkerchiefs, suspenders, gloves and
numerous other articles in gents fur
nishing goods.
Davenport.
Claus Stoltenberg. one of the earliest.
settlers Of Scott county and connected
with its development and advancement
since coming here in 1s47. died at 5
o'clock the other afternoon at his home.
els West Eighth street, after an III
ness of about six months. He was 81
years months and % days old He
was one of the founders of the Farm
ers' e. Mechanics Savings Bank. in
1898, serving for many years as it's
vice president. He was elected presi-
dent and took office in January. 1905.
He served for nine years, resigning In
January, 1914. because of his old age.
He still retained an interest in the in
stitution, however, and continued as a
director until his death. Mr. Stolten-
berg was born on April 1. 1891, in
Wisch. Probstei, Germany, and came
to America with his father. Hans Stof-
tenberg, when 16 years old. His mother
died in the old country. They landed
at New Orleans In 1S47. and from
there proceeded northward to Daven-
port. Here the elder Stoltenberg took
up homestead from the government.
The Stoltenbergs were the first OF the
German families to come to this vi
cinity from Hoistein, Germany. They
settled about Ave miles northwest OF
Davenport.