Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-07-08
Northern Io1ua Items

| wealthy furniture manufacturer and
treasurer Of the Presbyterian church.
was married Sunday morning to NJ. ]
Clarke, by Rev. Comerford, pastor of
the Catholic church. while her parents
We're attending morning services at the
Presbyterian church, Miss Hemingway
met the groom to-55o after spending
the morning at the Presbyterian Sun
| day school and hurried to the par
| ochial residence for the marriage cere-
mony. After the ceremony the newly
married couple departed by automobile
for a months honeymoon.
Sioux City.
New British horse inspectors who
have been transferred to Sioux City
are far more critical in their buying
| than any of their predecessors since
the opening of the Cannon fodder
| market Inspections Of horses for Brit
ish army use are held thrice weekly at
the stock yards. Several causes have
been attributed for the stricter exam
nations. One is based on reports that
there is a considerable lack of gold in
England at the present time, and that
the government has become more con-
serVatlve in its expenditures temper
arily. Buyers have limited their pur-
chases TO 100 animals day, and are
paying their contractors only twice a
week for the horses, instead Of daily,
as formerly was the custom.
Fort Dodge.
E. E Prussia, pioneer Of Fort Dodge
and president of the Prussia Hardware
Company, died Sunday morning at Z: 30
at his home in Pacific Grove, Cal. Mr..
Prussia was 80 years old. His death
was caused by complications resulting
from his advanced age. The news OF
the death of this prominent Fort Dodge
man came as a great surprise to his
friends in this city. No notices of
sickness had been received here, and
the last letter from Mr.. Prussia, writ
! ten last week, told Of the plans he was
making for visiting the exposition at
San Francisco. Mr.. Prusia's only
child, Frank Prussia. of this city, was at
Lake Okoboji, at the time of his faith
ers death. He was notified Immediately
and left for the west The body will be
brought back to this city for burial.
Waterloo.
Waterloo's streets resembled a battle
neid after the Fourth and the devasta-
! ton on every hand would indicate that
w e'ee|S>ii!S party ndQ Dv8Q success
fui. Plate glass windows were broken.
stands that were filed. with fireworks
Monday evening were DESTROYED and
powder marks on windows, and build
ings told the story Of the usual Fourth
OF July cannonading. The first break
in the rules resulted when Ernest Mey-
ers of LaPorte City created q small.
sized riot on Fourth street west by
tossing a lighted frecracker into q
large quantity Of fireworks on a stand
in front Of the Peter Mavrelis store.
The fireworks were Immediately ig-
nited and pedestrians were compelled to
fee to places Of safety. Meyers was
taken into custody and was given thir-
ty days in the city Jail when he entered
"a plea OF guilty to charge Of Dis
orderly conduct. Scores of young men
had been waiting until the police ban
was raised and as soon as the clock
struck IL the excitement started. In a
free-for-al fight bricks were thrown
thru large windows in KohIs shoe
store and the Washington Dairy lunch.
Officers were Immediately notified, but
the guilty parties had ded. Fifty zone
arrests were made, /. =.