Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-02-01
oes Moines.

Des Moines.
Al May, aged %, died at Mercy hos
pital Friday, the result Of injuries sus-
tanned Wednesday when the truck he
was driving was wrecked by an in
terurban car.
Des Moines.
Following the report that the first
jitney bus cleared So in half a day. it
| was announced that four more will
commence operation Monday. Dexter
& Veins, drug gists will put on line
to Highland Park.
Winfield.
Larson &Peterson's general store OF
this city was burglarized early last
Wednesday morning. The robbers Sc
cured 800 and made their escape. They
blew open the safe with nitroglycerine
completely wrecking it and making it
fit only for scrap iron. Papers in the
safe were badly damaged.
Ottumwa.
An auto occupied by r. H. Looney, OF
Fairfield, L Keith and Carl Bradshaw,
Of Batavia, was smashed into smither-
Gems and the men buried in the debris
when a freight car hit it Wednesday.
No two parts of the machine were left
intact. Strange to say the occupants
of the car suffered only from bruises
and being badly shaken up.
Wilton.
The home of Henry Miller, residing
near Moscow, was completely destroyed
by fire last Wednesday afternoon en-
failing an estimated loss of from $1,000
to s1,500.-The origin of the fire is un-
known, but is supposed to have, orig
In cd in ho q 6afpCt3Ve
chimney. All of the household effects
were removed from the building before
it was consumed.
Shenandoah.
Begging has been cut down a great
per cent since the establishment Of the
free employment bureau by the COM
mercial club here, officials of the assoc
citation state There are a number of
families now that earn their bread and
butter that heretofore have been objects
of charity. Everything from Smelling
corn for the farmers to shoveling snow
the needy ones to do.
Des Moines.
Mrs. May Marques, SO East First
street, was found unconscious from gas
in in her room early Friday. She was
taken to- Mercy hospital where her con-
dition is critical. Police say a quarter
meter is responsible. The gas issued
from a stove left burning Thursday
night. The supply of gas was shut off
during the night. Some one who did
not know that the stove in Mrs. Mar
ques' room was open dropped a quarter
into the meter and the flow started
again.
Fort Madison. ~.
Little Lloyd Wellington, the infant
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. George HI. We'd
dington, Of 1918 Third street.. received
severe and painful injuries Thursday
afternoon when he was scalded by a
cup of hot coffee. The child was seated
at table and accidentally pulled over
the cup Of hot coffee which spilled over
his face. neck and shoulders. scalding
him severely. Medical aid was immedi-
ately summoned and the patient made
as comfortable as possible, altho he
suffered great deal of pain. AS far
as could be ascertained by the att
tending physician 1t is thought that
accident.
Musca tins.
At the last regular meeting of the
city council the city engineer was au-
thorized to make test of the local street
cars and see II the required amount Of
heat, as authorized by the city ordi-
nance, was being closely adhered to by
the car company. Since that time, sew
cral tests have been made by Engi-
neer Young and in nearly all cases,
they were below the requirements. In
some Of the vestibules Thursday the
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