Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-27
Northern Io,ua Items

hundred and nifty tons OF Ice. Th1o
prevented the descent OF the nre u
the lower part Of the structure. where
the eggs we're stored. At the tlno
OF the Are about two thousand casoo
OF eggs were in storage, and these arO
considered practically q total loss. Al
tho the fire did not reach them, the IN
tense heat of the burning building and
the water rendered them valueless.s
The insurance held on the eggs
amounted to about $4,000. and this viii
almost cover the loss.
Sheldon.
Hal coffman. OF Emporia, Kan. was
selected by the county committee on
last Thursday evening to be the new
assistant secretary in this county. He
is graduate OF the University OF
Kansas. and was president Of the -.
ISOLATION the past year. He has been
urgently requested by the COMMITTEES
In charge to remain as general sec.
rotary OF the university association 1t
double the salary he will receive here,
blu. believes In county work and IT.
great opportunities. and will be hero
the first OF october TO take charge Of
the work In southern O'Brien county.
SheIlsburs.
4 fire in the cigar factory OF reaso
Jackson of Ninton on Monday night
caused considerable damage. When
discovered the entire roof was In flames.
The origin is unknown. Mr.. jackson
had just received a shipment Of tobacco
valued at $3.50. There Is $500 Insurance.
on the stock which covers about half
the loss Tho building was on the east
side OF Beckett street and was owned
by $. +, Parzybok. Loss on the build
ing was partially covered by insurance.
Mr.. Parzyboi viii not rebuild, but Mr..
Jackson will continue his business az
soon as he finds a good location.
Clape.
The damage suit OF Miss Johanna
Bradley against Miss Regina Griffin.
postmistress of this place. was decided
in favor of the defendant by the Jury.
early last Friday morning. The case
was fought hard for several days last
week In the district court at Fort
Dodge. Miss Bradley. formerly a re-
sident Of Glare. now OF Fort Dodge.
claimed damages in the sum OF $4,000
for injuries alleged to have been re-
ccived because of defective step
leading into the postoffice. The owner
OF the building, Charles Donahoe. was
made party to the defense but the
court ruled that he was not liable. A
motion for a new trial was filed by
Miss Bradley.
Cedar Rapids.
Thursday evening George Poulos. q
Greek laborer. was sitting on bench
in Greene Square with sS5 in his pocket.
Poulos has wife in Greece. and, fol-
lowing the custom of his kind. he In
tended to send the money to her Sat-
urday. when he had sent a sufficient
amount Pouios expects to return to
Greece and live the remainder OF his
days IN peace and idlcness. While
Poulos Was building castles In the air
and thinking of the pleasant days when
he could live in his native land with
out working. two negro women ap-
preached him, They tried to talk to
him, hut Poulos told them to go away.
They insisted on talking. and finally
one of them threw her arms about his
neck and the other deftly extracted the
s35 from his person. The women then
went away, and Poulos did not discover
the theft until an hour later. He re-
ported the theft to the police. and an
effort is being made 10 locate the two
women