Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-14
Northern I01uu Items

several years after it was built by
George Weare. who used it as bank
and real estate Offices. Later it was
occupied by the FRS; Congregational
church members as a meeting place.
number of years later it was purchased
by the directors of the Sioux City
school district and was used as pub
lie school house. 1t was not the first
school house In Sioux City. Councilman
| Lewis said, but IL was the first owned
| by the district. In the early par. of
1890 the building was moved TO the AL
| lisogs property, where 1t was located In
the rear of the Allison home for use as
a playhouse and as q servants home.
In recent years it has been used as a
| warehouse and fuel shed.
Waterloo.
Waterloo is now thinking Of expert
menting with the city manager plan
| of municipal government. This newest
Ephase of city government was ex-
planned in detail by II. l.. Haywood of
Webster City, at the rooms of the Wa
terloo Commercial Club. There was
| large attendance of voters at the mass
meeting Mr.. Haywood is capable
| speaker and he had many good argu-
ments in favor of the city manager
/ plan of municipal government. At one
! time he was member of the Ohio
bureau of municipal research and he
has always been a close and thorough
student of municipal affairs. He was
a resident of Dayton, o., at the time
the manager system was adopted.
Greene.
Earl Shaw, proprietor OF the Sun
shine laundry. had very narrow
escape while repairing an auto In c..
W. Soesbe's garage. He had the car
blocked up and was under the car lying
on his back working underneath when
the car swerved Off the blocks, coming
down with the wheel on his chest.
nearly crushing him. The wheel kept
slipping slowly on him until it was di-
rectly across his throat. and would
soon have choked him. had he not been
able to reach @ Jack which was lying
near and got it under the car and sue
ceeded In lacking 1t up enough so that
he could breathe. He was pinned down
under the car for two hours before he
was found. He was very badly bruised
and no doubt would have lost his life,
| had the jack not been within reach.
Fort Dodge.
| An odd state OF affairs Is revealed
in a case from Wright county which
will be heard here by Judge Mccall
next Monday. A section man on the
Chicago Great Western railroad was
killed some time ago in the wreck at
Cornelia. Before his death he was
thought to be single man. Two weeks
ago a woman claiming the name OF
Lulu Reynolds. announced herself as
the dead mans widow. She appeared
Il Il yvk4 nd, t,tc
tratrix OF his estate. The parents OF
the young man, hearing OF the action.
at once started legal proceedings to set
aside the appointment. claiming the
woman was not their sons wife and
that II she had married him the mar
lriage was void because she had an un-
divorced husband living. With this ac-
ton hanging over her head the alleged
wife has brought suit for large dam
ages against the railroad.
Sioux City.
More than 400 men have been given
work by the city. They will be kept at
work as long as 1t Is necessary. There
is really no need for the men. It was
stated, but in order to relieve the "un-
employment" situation the city council
decided to employ the men until they
i were able to care TOT themselves ana
get other work In the course Of the
next few weeks 1t Is believed that most
lof the men will be able to get jobs.
Many are expected to leave the city
I,for other fields. No more employment
cards will be issued. More than fifty
men were refused cards because the
city officials stated they could use no
more men. The plan is to retain the
4 400 men that were given cards until
Ahey can ret other work. There were
only two cases out OF the 400 given
credentials that proved unworthy OF
assistanoe.