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

Mount Ayr.
The plan for the new Baptist church
to be erected in this city in the near
future has been displayed In the Iowa
State Bank. The new building is to ne
a two story structure and will cost IN
the neighborhood Of $4,000. Rev. w.
e. Pastor Is the loctal pastor.
Fairfield.
A young man giving his name as
william Costello recently passed sew
eral checks at Lockridge which bore
the names Of other men. One called
for IS, another for $3.50 and q third LOT
IS. All were drawn on Salem pank.
Costello was arrested at Burlington and
and is now in custody. He has been
convicted of like crimes before and was
paroled from the FIT Madison prison
Feb. 16. 1911,
Grand Junction.
Gustav Zieman, who Is well known
in this part Of the country. died Sat
urday afternoon in a Perry hospital,
OF lockjaw. He accidentally injured
a finger couple Of weeks ago, pu'
| thought little Of it at the time. A
week ago tetanus set in. and aitno
famous physicians were summoned
they failed to relieve him. He was %
| years old and leaves wife and three
! adopted children. He is sincerely
/ mourned by hundreds of friends.
Hedriek.
The board Of directors Of the First
National Bank and the Hedrick State
Savings Bank met in regular session
Monday. The affairs Of the associated
banks were checked up and found te
be in excellent condition. The usua
| semi-annual dividend was declared and
/ a neat sum passed to the undivided
/ profits account. N. w. Bowlin was
4 elected assistant cashier of the asso'
ciated banks.
4 Fairfield.
Jesse T. Widger, we'll known Fair.
1 field resident, ended his life by usinf
| a shotgun at his residence, at an early
hour Thursday. The top OF his head
was blown off by the shot. Temporal,
| insanity was assigned as the cause. HI
was an inmate Of the state hospital Al
| Mount Pleasant on two occasions anf
had been unable to eat or sleep fol
the last week. He arose during thu
early morning hours apparently to fake
medicine when his wife heard the sho
which caused his death.
Scranton.
A real estate deal involving over $780,
900 was closed in Scranton between
James Cairns. of Brookfeld. Mo-, and
]. r. Snapp, of Galesburs. Ill MT
Cairns traded Mr.. Snapp his 160-acre
farm In Kendrick township ct valua-
ltion OF $500 per acre and his 240-acre
farm at Brookfield. Mo-. at valuation
Of SITS per acre for four sections OF
land in the Panhandle country In
4 Texas. This 10 one Of the largest real
4 estate transactions ever made in Scran'
ton. Mr.. Cairns has not decided def
nitcly as to his future residence,
| Hamburg.
Leland Watson, the 13-year-old SOL
1; Of Mr.. and Mrs. John Watson. me
! instant death Tuesday afternoon whel
belt which he was attempting to rul
onto the pulley on line shaft be
came entangled and twisted him man
i times around the shaft before he wa
i discovered by his father. When th
motor was stopped by MI. Watson IN
boys head was torn loose from tn
body and lay on one side OF the room
4 the body on the other, white the risf
arm and his sweater coat Was still an
tangled In tho belt. The boy and hi
brother were working about the ale
vator whore The father = Il snpaoys