Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-30
Southern Iowa Items

I Wilson McClelland, filed in district
court for probate. Anna Bell Nc
Clelland, the widow. and Dick Il. Lane
| are named as trustees, and they are
authorized to invest the money as they
| see fit, looking to the safety of the in
| vestment, rather than the return. 1t
is provided by the will that the trust
fund be divided among the three sons,
an equal share to each. when they
shall attain the age of "a years The
| balance of the property is left to the
widow. The will bears the date of
March /, 1906.
| Davenport.
| A campaign Of publicity is being
planned by the Iowa League of NUM-
cipalities for the furthering of the
| home rule for cities movement and for
| the passage of a home rule bill during
the present session of the general as
semby. AS the first step in this cam
| paign the paper read by Mayor Alfred
| c.. Mueller on the subject before the
Davenport Contemporary Club last
month, has been printed in pamphlet
| form and is being mailed to every
member OF the house Of representa-
| tives and the senate at Des Moines. In
addition to these, the paper is also be-
| ing mailed to every newspaper in the
state which boasts of circulation of
more than $500 copies.
! Wilton junction.
Mrs. Mary A. Ayres, who for the
past sixty-one years has been a resi-
dent of the community Of Wilton. en-
joys the unique distinction of being
| the Oldest lady in this neighborhood.
She was born in Vanango county,
| Pennsylvania. Aug. 4, 1919. thus at this
| time being over % years of age. and is
| hale and hearty as persons many years
her junior. She stays alone during the
| day and cooks her own meals, as we'll
as doing the general homework. She
| with her husband came to Cedar coun-
| ty in 1854, purchasing prairie farm
six and one-half miles north of Wilton.
and on which place she still resides.
her husband having passed away in
! 1901. They came from Davenport in
a covered wagon and were among the
first settlers in this neighborhood.
Davenport.
Henry Kellogg, 55 Glenwood avenue.
lis in receipt Of a letter from Michael
] Doutches, dated Bucharest, Roumania,
Dec. 30, 1914, in which he writes of
ldeplorable conditions in that section
Of the country. Doutches was formerly
a resident Of Davenport, working here
for several years in the Rettendorf
shops. He left here last April and is
now anxious to get back to the United
States. He said in part: 1.-THE other
day l wrote you a postal card telling
you that I had left Monastir and that
i came here and that would tell you
what I suffered there. really escaped
from q real hell. thank God got
away safe from the hands OF those
brutes. the cruel Serbians. That is
not government. IT is really a mess
OF thieves, ignoramous creatures and
brutes. They robbed and desolated the
new provinces which they captured
| or annexed at the close Of the Balkan
war They. are doing things which
mems mind could never imagine
Monastir city OF 10000 before the
Balkan war, today has only $4,000 and
II they would give passes to leave the
city to those who wish them. do not
think anyone would stay there. Bust
ness and commerce are dead. People
are dying Of hunger and the invaders
are still trying to get their unlawful
and, heaviest tribute. How I wish !
lcould tell you OF the things that have
/ happened. but can not. They can
not be written