Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-12-01
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/, once, and Marshall /. D. Nichols and
DR.. HinshaW, the coroner got the body
and took it, at once to the Morgan UNI
dsrtaking parlors, There an autopsy
was held by Drs. Hinshaw and Smead.
They decided that the body was that
Of o natured baby girl, but on careful
examination Of the lungs they were
certain that the child had never
breathed. They say that it has been
exposed from one to Ave weeks.
Council Bluffs. s
Miss Ruth Harl, former Council
BLUFFS girl, who has recently made her
home In Chicago and Is At present in
New York City, will sail Dec. is for
France, where she viii Join forces with
the Red Cross society and assist In the
care of the wounded soldiers. Miss
ffarl,s plans are not definitely; !!;;::c.,n
| here, her aunt. Mrs. N. J. Hunt, hav-
Ing been advised of her date for sail
ing but not vet having received full
particulars. Miss Harl is daughter
Of the late Charles NJ. Harl ana has
won considerable success in literary
work. She is also much interested In
the suffrage movement, one of her first
stories appearing in a suffrage paper,
Muscatine.
ium of the Presbyterian church was
formally dedicated by the congrega-
ton Sunday morning with appropriate
services. The auditorium was COM
fortabiy filed in spite of the disagree
able weather and the event viii long
be remembered by those fortunate,
enough to be present. After a short
| musical program the formal presenta-
ton of the building committee followed.
Henry F, Giessler on behalf Of the
trustees, accepted the gift. The con-
gregation then joined In a specially
prepared responsive reading Rev. J.
B. Kendall led the dedication prayer
and the church remodeled and srefin-
ished was formally ready for regular,
use.
Davenport.
Two horses were burned to death
Sunday night, when at 10 o'clock, the
barn In the rear OF the residence OF
August Pfannkuchen. 1851 Prairie
street, caught fire. The total damage
win amount to about 800. The ami
mails were Insured. The fire was not
discovered until the flames had burned
thru the outer walls OF the building;
The cause has not yet been deter
mined. The alarm came in at 1910 at
the central fire station. and within
half an hour the Are had been extin-
gulsied. The horses were dead when
the department arrived It was their
agonized screams that gave the. first
alarm. The building was the property
OF G. Petersen There. was some tn-
surance on the barn. Considerable
harness was lost.
West Liberty. ~ @ 500
In an effort to save two, horses. with
which he was plunged into q deep ditch,
Steve German. living north Of town..
almost gave his life. Two neighbors.
who saw the plunge hurried to his
assistance and succeeded in drawing
him and the horse to the bank. DUR
ing the repairs being made on the5road'
bridge near Germans home. the resi-
dents OF the community have. used a
patti, thru the fields which leads OYER
drainage ditch. where the water, Is
more than three feet In depth, The
|, pa ssa geway Is but eight feet wide. and
Germans wagon, luckily, caught ION a
pier, else its weight would have
crushed the man understfle wates4aGor.y
man held to. thesthorsea heads butwas
rapidly becoming exhausted when help
arrived ~