Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-14
Northern Io1un Items

/. for the patient. and how faithfully
she discharged her duty was amply
shown in the subsequent announce
ment made last summer.
Tama.
| The Lincoln highway thru Tama and
/, State street north to the limits will be
oiled next year, and all the dust will
be done away with. In addition Toledo
likes the Tama idea. Toledo men have
| declared that they will oil streets in
Toledo to the limits to make dust.
| less driveway between the two cities.
The oilng is possible because the city
council included mills for sanitation
| tax which is allowed under the law.
The councilmen worked on the opinion
that by eliminating the dust they bring
about sanitary conditions. The work
Of oiling the Lincoln highway and
State street begins next spring. With
out a doubt Tama citizens will show
enthusiasm over the idea. An oiled
Lincoln highway will be one of the best
boosts the city has had in long time.
Parkersburg.
Joe Harm the painter, who lived in
Parkersburg last spring and early in
the summer, has sued the local cleo
trio light company for $4,000 dam
ages, for injuries received by coming
in contact with an unprotected wire
belonging to the company. Harm it
will be remembered, was painting at
the Electric Roller Mill and while
working around the wires leading into
the mill, his arm came in contact with
a live wire carrying 1900 volts, enough
to kill any man. Help was at hand
and he was pulled loose from the wire
in time to save his life. Harm alleges
that he received injuries of per-
manent nature and he is asking that
the company pay him the sum of $780,
900 for them.
AckIey.
A bold robbery was accomplished
successfully, Tuesday, when some
sneak thief entered the Blake & Wag-
ner garage and made away with about
$50 in cash, several certificates of de-
post and some checks The money
and papers were kept in the safe in
the office. Workmen were busy
in the shop and it Is not known
at what time the haul was made but
1t must have been between the hour Of
10 o'clock and noon, when Charles
Blake went to the safe to make change
and discovered the loss. The COM
bination to the safe was not fully set
but the door was shut. The only clew
to the robbery, which is a slight one, is
that well-dressed stranger came into
the office during the morning and told
the employees of some trouble with
car which he said he owned and made
inquiries about adjustments.
Dewitt.
Walter Mueller. Of Calamus. broke
an arm and received various cuts and
bruises on the body and face when
the car in which he was coming to De-
Witt collided with one being driven by
Ernest Fell who lives near Grand
Mound. Mueller, who with his brother
conducts general store and elevator
at Calamus, was coming to Dewitt in
company with Bernie Neff, Fred and
Robert Reyelts. all of Calamus. When
on the Crystal Lake road and about
to pass the Fell car, the rear wheels
slid over the bank, turning the ma
chine crossways in the road. when it
was run into and upset. Other occu-
pants of the car escaped with minor
cuts and bruises, while the Fell party
received no injuries whatever. A
wheel was broken off the Mueller car.
and other damage done. Mr.. Mueller
was brought to the Gleason home in
Dewitt, where he is being cared for
by local physician2