Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-07-12
Southern Io,ua Items

| fifty influential business men Of this
city sent joint telegram to President
Wilson urging peace. The message,
which was signed personally by the
fifty business men, reads as follows:
Murder is never justifiable, even I'M
der the guise of national dignity. Keep
us out of war" The telegram was for
Warded TO the president at his summer
home at Cornish, n. II.
Davenport.
Chauncey Thode aged %, we'll known
local business man, was killed when
he was thrown from an automobile
while going at high rate of speed as
the car bounced over a railroad track
three miles west Of this city. At the
time Of the accident Thode was driv-
ing in company with demonstration,
in an automobile which he contem-
plated purchasing. Deceased was a
member Of the Henry Thode company.
wholesale liquor dealers. He leaves a
wife.
Museatine.
An unidentified man was struck by
Milwaukee train Thursday afternoon
at F'airport at 3 o'clock and killed in.
stantly. According to stories told by
was walking along the ends Of the ties.
either did not hear, or paid no attention
to the repeated whistling of the APP
preaching engine. The engineer put on
the brakes in an effort to stop his train,
but the speed Of the train was not
checked sufficiently to prevent the ac-
cident. One leg was cut off, and it is
apparent that the mans back and neck
III, ;c of
Fairport, and judging from his appear
ance is tramp. The inquest was held
at the depot in Fairport, and the cor
deptal death.
College Springs.
Holmes Stokesbury, the youngest son
Of Mrs. Minnie Stokesbury of Red Oak,
met with very serious accident last
Monday morning While in Des Moiaes.
He was assisting in remodeling one OF
the large churches of that city. and ac-
cidentally fell from a scaffold twenty
five feet high. He was severely cut and
bruised and Is suffering from concus-
sion Of the brain. The doctors also
fear internal injuries. The young mans
mother and brother. Arthur are at his
bedside Holmes was the youngest son
OF the late Rev. J. w. Stokesbury. who
was pastor of the Methodist Episcopal
church Of College Springs for five
years. After the fathers death the
family were residents Of this place un.
til about two years ago, when they
moved to Red Oak. Holmes Stokes.
bury is a brother Of Mrs. ]. C. Dow of
this place.
Fairfield.
Cupid is creating havoc In the ranks
Of the rural teachers OF Jefferson oouI1-
IT, and Miss June Chichester. county,
superintendent, has ceased to wonder
when a nice looking successful teacher
enters her Office and says that she
don't think she will teach this fall. or
when the postman brings the plain
white oblong envelope which contains
announcement cards of the wedding OF
some of her best instructors. With the
arrival Of Wednesdays mail Miss
Chichester received notice of the TWEEN.
tty-second wedding out Of her ninety
one riral teachers and two weddings
have lately occurred in the city schools.
II reports are true several more teach
5ers vii take life partners before faii
and thus will not apply for places In
the schools. There are always q num-
Der Of weddings among the teachers
but thus far this year the record has
been broken by several. ~