Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-05-11

oSouA SISy.
Sioux City's effort to pass the $4,000
mark in the present census will fail,
saws Assessor Gray. The total popula-
ton SO far listed in $4,000, and there
are about 1000 houses which the emu
| merators must visit. The remaining
count will bring the mark up to $1,000,
| the assessor estimates This is a gain
Of 10000 since the last federal tabula-
| ton.
Sioux City.
Little Nellie Gordon. 7-year-old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. William
Gordon, OF South Sioux City, died
Wednesday of burns she received three
weeks ago. At that time the little
girl thought to surprise her mother
by preparing supper during the latter's
absence, and in lighting the fire her
clothes got ablaze, she receiving burns
! from which she died.
Dubuque.
! The Y. M. C. A. of this city is am
bilious to equal Davenport in having
100000 home. With that end IN
view building campaign has been
started to raise that amount by sub
scription. Much enthusiasm is being
shown over the movement in the city
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the success of the project. So far
81 900 has been raised.
! Clinton.
| The Clinton school board has gone
! on record in favor of re-establishing
! the old curfew rule. designed to keep
children off the streets after 8 or $3.50
o'clock. This rule was in force in
Clinton, as in many other cities, years
ago, but the younger generation In
the city, now has never had to hurry
home. at the sound of the bell. The
board in its resolution stated that 1t
favored the rule but the details of its
/! enforcement were not worked out
| Waterloo.
| Two Joy riders will serve thirty days
in the city Jail for attempting to steal
an automobile near the baseball park.
Frank Thompson and G. L. Hickman
entered pleas Of guilty to charges OF
being drunk and disorderly and each
was sentenced to thirty days at hard
labor. The police judge also issued
instructions to the officers to compel
both young men to work in the street
gang and to be confined in the main
jail.
Arlington.
| C. J. Keve, an aged resident Of Ar
lington, died Friday morning at S:15
o'clock. Mr Keve was in his sgd
year and retained his facultiese up to
the last few weeks when he was
stricken with dropsy of the heart. He
leaves, besides his wife, one daughter,
Mrs. Johnson, of Morley, and two sons,
Albert and John, of Arlington, who are
engaged in the Keve Lumber Com
pany. He has also number Of grand
children.
| Monticello.
Mrs. Thomas Cassidy Of this city
who was taken to the sanatorium al
Iowa City last week for an operation
on her eyes, had to have one of them
removed entirely in order to save the
sight of the other. A few weeks ago
Mrs. Cassidy complained that she felt
that there was something In her eye
but thought it was nothing serious
No foreign substance could be located
by the attending physician. At the
i end Of month the eye was so much
worse that it was thought best to
submit to an operation.
Cedar Rapids.
Since last winter J. A. McCully, jan
itor at the city hall, has experienced
o gnaWing sensation In his bronchial
tubes. and no matter how much food
i he ate he was hungry. He could not
understand what was the matter with
him. Finally q hacking cough de-
veloped. and John became frightened
He had visions OF tuberculosis and
consulted a physician, who informed
him that something had lodged in one
of the bronchial tubes. John contin-
ued to eat more. but the gnawing sen-
lsation continued and 30 did the cough