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

Harlan.
The city Of Harlan has introduced
an innovation in regulating auto traf-
fic and protecting the lives and limbs
of pedestrians. One boy scout is placed
on each corner Of the SQUARE and he
carefully directs the autos and pedes-
TRANS in the proper way. The boy
scout troop here numbers thirty-two
members and is under the leadership
of Scoutmaster o. A. Broyles.
Missouri Valley.
The fire department was called to
the Charles A. Clark home on North
Eighth street early in the morning
where a gaSolene stove had exploded
and Sc. the house on fire. When the
department arrived the house was a
mass Of flames and before it had beer
extinguished the furniture had all been
burned and the building ruined. The
loss on both the house and furniture is
partially covered by insurance.
Tabor.
Five days of extra fine clear weather
have given farmers chance to do
much needed work last week. The small
grain is nearly all in the shock and
some have begun threshlng. Corn
blowing and haying. too, are In full
blast. Charles Watkins, of North
Tabor, had thirteen teams piowing corn
Thursday. Several rains came Friday
night, however, that will cause another
setback. About an inch of water fell.
New Market.
The fact that c. E. Mason has q
good cave might have saved thirty
lives oe New Market had been visited
by tornado last Thursday evening, as
this was the number of people who
crowded into his safety chamber. The
wind blew and the clouds looked
Threatening. Most Of the caves and
cellars near the Mason home were wei,
filed with water. The people decided
they would take no chances and made
their way to the Mason cave.
GIenwood
An aged couple, Mr.. and Mrs. Cor
nelius Anderson, Of Glenwood, are both
seriously i'll at their home. Me- Ander
son, whose age is "a. became sick some
ten days ago, and took to his bed last
Friday Mrs. Anderson. only few
years his junior. suffered stroke OF
PARALYSIS on Tuesday and is in a criti-
cal condition, not being able to speak
or move. Not long ago these aged peo-
ple celebrated their sixty-seventh we'd
ding anniversary.
Davenport.
The 1915 watermelon crop, while cut
far below average in quantity, is de-
clared by local men to be the best in
wears as to quality. The melons are
not only tender but have delicious
sweet flavor that ISIS aid to have been
uncommon the past few years because
Of the efforts of the planters to grow
them with stiff rinds to stand
shipping. Railroad men say the water
melon crop is coming into the city
slowly at the present time following
several days Of unsual activity. About
week ago many car loads were re-
-ceiyed but within the past few days
receipts have dwindled.
Essex.
A heavy rain and hail storm strucl;
Essex the other night about o'clock
and the streets were flooded the next
morning. The hail stones peppered
down fast for few minutes and most
Of the electroliers along the business
street were broken. Harry Swalley re-
ports forty two panes of glass in his
green honse broken and the corn in
the vicinity was badly damaged. ]. F.
Porterfeld says that at o'clock there
were still hail stones to depth of two
or three inches in the. trough formed
by the caves of the two lumber sheds
and that the street from the lumber
yard to the garages was filled with
water.
Tabor.
Daniel Blanchard was badly injured
in a motorcycle accident the other day.
His collar bone was broken and his
face and scalp cut and bruised by taxi
ing q header from the machine while
speeding along the main highway about
a mile north of town. Just how the
accident occurred he has not been able
to tell as yet. but he was stunned by