Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-08
Southern Iowa Items

woman Who was bitten by a poisonous
snake while performing her duties as
snake charmer" at the West Point
fair was brought before the board OF
supervisors at this Si,,.- Mrs. Anna
Reese. aged 20, and pretty, is the VIC
tim of the incident She is without
home and penniless and to top it all
off her husband has deserted her,
since her illness following the day she
was attacked by the monster snake.
The young woman is now improving.
The heroic work of physician at
West Point who remained with her
night and day following the incident
probably saved her life. At times her
entire body was swollen. She Is now
a county charge aud the authorities
are wondering what to do with their
patient after she RECEIVERS.
Montezuma.
Sunday afternoon Ralph Morris. IS
years old, son of Ed Morris, climbed
the frame work OF the new lumber
shed of the Montezuma Lumber Com
pany to the comb of the roof, where
there was an opening extending the
entire length OF the buildings. The
carpenters had not then completed the
work OF covering the roof. Peeping
out Ralph saw Bush Griffith walking
along the Rock Island track across the
street and proceeded to throw a nail
at the pedestrian and dodge under
cover He threw the nail. but in dodg
ing under the sheeting lost his bal
ance and fell to the ground. distance
of twenty-five feet Ralph was taken
home. where he regained conscious
ness He sustained fractured left
arm. fractured nose and other painful
bruises and contusioas. The only
wonder is that the injuries were not
fatal.
New London.
A very bold robbery was pulled on
Tuesday afternoon. some time after 2
. O'clock when rohber shot a hole
thru the parlor window of the W. H.
Safer home. one mile and half east
Of this city. turned the catch. raised
the window and made himself a home.
He ransacked the house from top to
bottom and took three watches, Mrs.
Saters. Miss Ida Sater's and Mrs. Ray
Yount'S- of Burlington. who was visit
! ing at the safer home. Mr.. and MIS-
Safer and family were entertained at
the home Of their daughter. Mrs. G. g.
Swan. who lives just few rods from
their home. ii being their forty-fourth
wedding anniversary. and motored TO
! Mount Union in the afternoon, and
nothing was known of the robbery un-
til they returned home about O'Clock
! in the evening. Mr.. Safer suspects q
tramp who slept In his hay stack
!, Tuesday night. He has reward out
for the recovery of the watches.
| Gale.
Warren Ffscel met with an awfully
! c.!Hf.! accident last Friday while
helping to haul bailed hay on the farm.
(! He had succeeded in putting on large
| load and in the act Of driving to the
| barn the bale ON which he was sitting
! fell forward, throwing him down be-
tween the horses which by this time
were running as fast as the load
would permit In falling off the boy
had presence Of mind sufficient to
grasp the reach and hold on until his
body became straight with the wagon
| before letting loose else the wheels
would have passed over his chest and
| instant death resulted. AS 1t was he
had one ear nearly torn from his head
! and one arm badly fractured. On
! Saturday he was taken to an X-ray IN
I'Panora and the extent Of his injuries
further traced. where his arm was
found to be badly broken and siivered
at the elbow. At present he is se&t,ne
along very nicely. His parents were
( away at the time OF the accident but
returned by auto. arriving in Yale al
about I o'clock Saturday morning. The
boy was taken to the home OF Uncle
Nose Dearborn until further arrange
..ents cc-ia be made The family has
the sympathy of the entire community