Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-06-29
Southern Io,ua Items

CenterviIIe.
Postoffice at Unionville near here
was entered by robbers Friday night,
who broke the safe and got away with
2 small amount of cash and stamps.
Shenandoah.
The contract for the $4,000 Catholic
church that will be built at Imogene,
L., has been awarded to G. w. Sprague
& Son of Omaha. The structure will
take the place of the one that recently
burned and will require 100000 bricks
to lay the foundation alone.
Lisbon.
Emery Kohl while working on the
farm of Frank Plattenberger, was
thrown from horse Wednesday and
severely injured. DR.. Gardner was call
ed and he was taken home. 1t was
found no bones were broken. but he
was internally injured. 1t will be some
time before he will be able to be about
again.
Washington.
Washington is very fortunate in the
number Of elderly people in her midst.
Sunday Mrs. Rebecca Fleming, east OF
town, celebrated her Goth birthday an
niversary quietly, only the near rela-
tives spending the day with her. She
is a remarkable woman, and was con-
sidered one Of the finest horsewomen
in this part of the state when she was
younger. She rode horseback until she
was past IS years old.
Des Moines.
Fred Morton, miner, employed by
the Des Moines Coal Company, died
at Mercy hospital Saturday afternoon
from injuries he received in the fore
noon from fall of slate. The COM
pany's mine is located near the Iowa
Portland cement plant. The police am
bulance was sent to the scene and
Morton was taken to the hospital suf-
fering from broken right arm and Sc
we're internal Injuries. He lived at
Ninth and Locust streets.
Atlantic.
Audolph Kluever, aged 80, end res
ident of Audubon County practically
all his life, was found dead in field
about a quarter of mile from his
home Wednesday evening. He had
gone out to cut weeds and his par
ents, who lived with him, becoming
alarmed at his continued absence,
started out to hunt him and found him
lying dead in the field. Death was the
result OF apopleXy, similar stroke
some sixteen years ago having para
lyzed one side Of his body.
Davenport.
The body of a baby, fully developed,
which evidently had been killed short
ly after birth by blow on the head,
was discovered at AIS O'Clock Satur-
day afternoon, lying under a stairway
in the rear Of All West Second street,
by Fred Harkup, clerk in the Noel
Ter grocery store. The body was wrap
ped in a piece of dirty checkered call
leo, brown blanket and several news
papers, and judging from the advanced
state Of decomposition had been dead
for the past two or three months.
There was absolutely no clew as to its
identity. 1t was q white child.
Hamburg.
Lightning has performed several
freakish stunts around here during the
past few days. During the storm a
few days ago it struck an apple tree
in the Simons' orchard and jumped TO.
the telephone line near by, completely
burning out the heavy wire between
the poles and splintering each of them.
A part of the charge followed the un-
broken line into the house and drop
ped ball Of fire over the dining table
while the family was seated there. No
one was injured. At the Simp Finnell
farm home bolt the same day splin-
tered a large tree in the yard and
broke every window pane in the front
of the house.
Davenport.
After trading his fathers car in
Davenport, claiming that friend"
who had taken the car received In re-
turn was an automobile thief and hold
ing to this story for more than three
weeks John Rich, son OF Charles Rich
Of Cedar Rapids, retracted and told
the real facts to the parent. NJ. NJ.
Neither, the victim Of the youths men,
dacity, brought back from Cedar Rap
ids by Davenport police, was thereupon
on the charge Of having stol-
en- the automobile and the youthful
and his father returned to
their home. Young Rich had come to
Davenport with his fathers Cole tour
ing car. Neither rode to this city with
him and when they arrived here the
youth traded the car Of his father for
a Midland touring car. He then put
the Midland in garage and Neither