Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-02-01
Southern Iolua Items

be held soon between the city officials
and the car company officials, who are
coming down from Davenport to inves-
tigate the conditions and they may DE
remedied.
centerviIle.
The grand Jury visited both the Jail
and county farm and made rather
! startling report about conditions at the
| jail. The county farm was found in
good shape and clean. The men say
they have visited the county Jail and
have examined it carefully and recon-
mend the kitchen on the south part
Of dwelling be repaired, plastered and
, papered, wood work inside painted and
windows repaired and glass put in.
Also floors repaired and also roof
patched, new walks in where needed
Found cellar in unsanitary condition,
recommend drainage of the same; also
toilets be inStalled in the building, all
fences be repaired and gate be hung
between barn and south fence; also all
outbuildings repaired and painted.
THEY found rubbish and litter on lot
and recommend the same be removed
at least once a. month.
Abba.
Two early morning fires here Friday
caused a loss of about $4,000 to two
mercantile firms and a local dentist.
The Circle Electric Company was the
heavier loser, it's plant taking fire from
an unknown cause about 2:30 o'clock,
was burned with a total loss estimated
at about $4,000. About two blocks from
this fire there occurred another about
$3.50 o'clock in which the office Of DR..
c. G. Hoober, a dentist, and the Golden
u arrvo IL $t,S, ctr e,,,f
losses estimated at about $1,000 each.
The origin is said to have been in the
waste paper basket in the dentists Of
flee. The interior Of the Office and fur
nishings were greatly damaged The
clothing store suffered water damage,
the fire failing to burn thru the ceiling
to the extent of damaging the stock.
Insurance was carried on all the places
! burned.
Fort Madison.
Fort Madison is to have a free en-
ployment bureau, exclusively for the
use Of the girls and women of the city.
At the meeting of the Silver Cross cir
Gle of Kings Daughters, held recently,
the members decided that to meet the
demand of the unemployed girls and
! women and to save time and trouble in
securing work and to secure help for
those who want 1t, that it would be
advisable to carry out their plans for
free employment agency. The head
quarters will be in the rest rooms, 219
Pine street, and applicants may either
call and register or phone in their APP
plications to be registered on the book,
stating just what kind of work they
would like, such as domestic, dress
making, industrial, etc. Citizens wish
ing to employ help will have the OPP
portunity of calling and getting the
names and addresses Of those wishing
work.
Mount Pleasant.
| in the Henry county district court
Thursday arising out Of an accident
which befell a party of young people,
employees of the state hospital, who one
Sunday last fall were celebrating the
wedding of fellow employee. The party
(! in question had decorated hay rack
| gaily and met the welded couple as
| they were coming back from their we'd
| ding trip. On their return to the hos
pital, one of the employees, Mrs. Retta
Hughes, a young married woman who
was employed in the matrons depart
ment, and who had charge of the at
4 PENDANTS dining room, was seated at
the rear Of the hay rack with her feet
| dangling down. A motorcycle ridden
! by Mount Pleasant young man. Ralph
| McKinnon, ran into the hay rack and
severely hurt the young woman's right
ankle. On Thursday Mrs. Hughes filed
suit in the district court against Nc
Kinnon asking for Judgment in the sum
Of $1,000 damages alleged to have been
sustained by her from the collision.