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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-02-19
Motto. to Tax Payers.

Taxes will be delinquent March !.
and unless first payments. including
remittances by mail are received pc
fore the close OF business March 81
penalty will be added April i, on the
whole. S. n. Cause, County Treasurer.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-02-19
Or. Ensign Fluent Speaker.

o. more than passing merit VAS the
thong ded-catory address DR..
Ensign delivered. His subject was not
announced. but Il was a discussion OF
the relationship OF the Y. 81. c. a. 20
the public as supplement. 10 our
schools and It's influence on the boys
and rourg r1en I, tn,,ches.
IN a sense We can not dedicate this
building" hs said. that has already
been done. We are going 20 rejoice
for a while here tonight"
Summarizing the associations inAu-
erce on the town, rs said. 1t holds
much OF promise for those Who shall
come ID live here
He SAID the Y. u g. A. occupied a
unique position. 1t holds a very Pc
culiar and very special social purpose
he said. 1T Is part O. our great
school system The Y. II. c. A is 70
catch boys IN their adolescenr period
and lead them along il their education
70 manhood
TIE value Of the youth Is without
measure" he said. VINO VIII give rs
me measure OF the value OF one Of
these youths to- which you have set
aside -his spot and established this
, valuable property. L % too precious,
there IS 10 measure Of its value"
II closing he said. Il take il that the
purpose q this building Is that men
may come one step nearer to the
real!zacio OF the deals Of Jesus Chris,
{ <0r -,7e-1
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-02-19
Applaud Male Quartet.

Three OF the four members OF the
International Association Quartet had
arrived for the state convention and
sang Trey were E ". Peck, e. NJ.
keeler Minneapolis. and Paul Gilbert,
Elgin, III. P Il Metcals. OF Cleveland,
did not get here until today. General
/ Secretary Henry Z. Wilson substituted
( :or airn. The committee sang Il Shall
Z Not b Moved" and u am With You,
and was most loudly applauded, and
/ responded 70 their second number with
At encore
/ Rev. c. G. Zeigler. read the scripture
/ lesson and Rev. Orlando Ingvoldstad
/. prayed. Rev. James P. Linn delivered
he cedicatory prayer. The audience
! sang Luther's old hymn. a Mighty
! Fortress Is Our God" and the doxology.
Taken Thru Building.
/ In the receiving line in the lobby
we-e Messrs. H. K. Denmead. Harry
y. Jennings, J. ". Hook, II. II. knudson
= c. Trlne. Il F. Trusler, Aaron
Palmer. I. z. Lynx. Dwight II. Den
mead. George r. Thayer. II. s. Law
renee. z. 2 Lay. ". F. Inres ana I. o
keEnble.
Before and after the program TIM
following young men directed the crowt
about the building: Earl Pickett. Rus
sell Pickett. Charles Lampman. Gienr
Reynolds, Cole 3icCreery. Byron Ruth
Leon Brintnall, Early Nyce, Franz
Walker. :. q Morrison, Robert Mos
Grip. z. z. White, Eugene Higgin ant
Albert HUH.
\ Palms and ferns were used in In
lobby. social rooms, banquet room AM
gymnasium for decorations. Two 0
tae most interested OF the audienc
were Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Wilson, o
Winnipeg. parents Of General Secretar
Henry z. Wilson. who came to be wit
their son al the dedication.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-09
PROSPEROUS NEGRO FARMER At
FORT DODGE vlcTlMlzED 8Y
FORTUNE TELLERs.
MADE TO BELIEVE MiSER
BURIED MONEY ON LAND
Puts Up $1,000 in Cash to Assist in
Prosecuting observation-disclosures Leave
to "Put Money to Work" and Have
Not Been Seen sincs--PoIice Inves.
tisatins.

Fort Dodge Oct. 9.-The police were
solicited to help find money for a col
ored farmer who had been swindled,
according co his story, by two alleged
mediums. Joe Miller, a colored man,
rents farm east of town.
Some time ago two women. playing
the spritualistic game, came to him
and asked him to have his horoscope
read. He consented. BY peering into
glass ball. or shaking hands with a
skeleton they discovered that some
where on the farm $4,000 was buried,
belonging to some old miser, who had
forgotten where he buried it. OF course
the spirit refused to tell the exact To-
cation of the treasure, so money was
needed to hunt thes pot. 1t would cost
about $1,000 to examine the land close
~, the mediums are reported to have
told him. He told them he did not
one of them offered to put in $1,000
and share the find if Miller would put
in the other This he agreed to do,
and drew his money from one of the
local banks. He says the medium also
got $50 from his niece. The two me-
diums then left with the money, to put
it to work, they said. 1t must have
worked itself to death, for Miller has
never seen it, nor has he seen any one
making a Careful examination" of his
land.
Police are investigating the case. Z
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-09
REITERATED AT PROPER TIME.
August Brandt, Near Hampton, Mar.
rowIy Eseapes Serious Injury or Death

Special to iimes-Republican.
Hampton. Oct. august Brandt.
who resides short distance north Of
town, mus. have been born under a
lucky star, for he narrowly escaped
very serious injury if not death, and
on Friday, too.
He and MI. R. F. Schaefer own an
ensi1age cutter and were filling a silo
at the Schaefer farm, one mile north
Of town. All was running nicely un-
til Mr.. Brandt. who was feeding, heard
very unusual noise in the machine.
His, first thought was to signal the en-
gineer to stop Before he could do this,
however, he realized it would be bet
ter to run, and run he did.
The machine was stopped as soon
as possible but not until all three Of
the heavy steel knives had torn them
selves loose and flown in different di-
rections. Orc landed exactly where
Mr.. Schaefec had stood, and another
flew eorty feet to the engine Upon
examination the large cutting wheel,
four and one-half feet in diameter,
which weighs some 800 pounds and
revolves about 700 times per minute,
was found to have broken in two
places and only the strong steel band
about it saved it from flying to pieces.
No one was hurt and the only damage
was to the machine.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-09
1raer News Notes.

Special to Times Republican.
Traer, Oct 9-W. f. Kerns. in north
Geneseo, received three full-blood Jer-
sey COWS this week which he purchased
at the dairy congress In Waterloo at
something over $500 He has five full
bloods now and in Traer he finds
ready market for his butter.
Fred Striley, southwest OF Traer.
who has been In failing health all
summer, is noticeably worse of late
and his condition is causing his fam
lily no little apprehension.
There is new boy at the Martin
Blazacek home north OF town.
The cornerstone of the new Carnegie
library will be laid on Friday OF the
coming week. There will be short
program appropriate to the occasion.
Professor Bangs speaking on behalf Of
the school children and Secretary VIII
son on behalf of the general public
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Stuart. CT
Eagle Grove. have been here since
Tuesday with relatives. MT. Stuart
now has passenger run IN the c. &
n. W.. having served as freight con-
ductor for many years.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. III. Gregg arrived
Tuesday night from their western trip.
They were absent over two months
A, NJ. Glaze left Thursday for Flax
on, n D., near the Canadian line,
where he expects to spend some time
with his son Bert and family. Bert Is
engaged in general merchandise
business. 1t Is probable he will re-
main greater part Of the winter.
George Brown was called to Kansas
City Thursday by the death Of his
brother Henry. who was locomotive
engineer for forty years and had fire.
amently visited in Traer.
Mrs. George Townsend went to Iowa
City Monday for the long deferred OPP
Grafton upon her eyes for the removal
of cataracts She has been nearly
blind of late. At her advanced age
some apprehension is felt as to the
outcome. Mrs T. r. Cohrt accom-
panied her and was with her during
the operation.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-09
HONOR IOWA FALLS WOMEN.
Mrs. Coo 10 President Of Minnesota
Clubs, and Mrs. eurdiek Lecturer.

Mrs. Coo 10 President Of Minnesota
Clubs, and Mrs. eurdiek Lecturer.
Special to Times Republican.
Iowa Falls, Oct. 9.-Honors have
come to two former well-known Iowa
Falls ladies. the news Of which is re-
ceived with pleasure by their old
friends in this city. Mrs. w. T. Coe,
of Minneapolis, but better known by
her maiden name of Miss Annabelle
Collins has been elected president OF
the federated women's clubs of Mime
sofa.
Mrs. Coe is the wife Of w. T. Coe,
well-known Minneapolis attorney and
a former Iowan. She is a graduate of
the high school here and was interested
in club work as member of the
Parchment Club.
The other lady is Mrs. Anna l.. Bur-
dick. who has been named as one OF
the lecturers on vocational training
before the National Educational AS
ISOLATION. Mrs. Burdick was formerly
superintendent of schools here and
since going to Des Moines has attained
prominence as an authority on voca-
tional training in the schools. Mrs.
Burdick's son, Charles, who has been
studying in Germany, received his de-
gree of doctor of philosophy recently
in Switzerland. Mr.. Burdick is only 90
years of age and is a graduate of
Drake University and of the Boston
School Of Technology.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-09
POOR AND INSANE COSTLY.
Webster County Spends $4,000 70
SUPPORT Of DEFENDANTS,


Fort Dodge. Oct. 9.-"The poor We
have always with YOU declares the
good book. Webster county officials
know it for the bill for support of the
poor amounts to $4,000 annually in
this county.
AS the weather grows colder. the de-
mands upon the county poor fund Will
increase. The cold snap of the last
few days has stimulated the demand
already. Some of the dependents on
the fund secure cash allowance while
others get groceries and coal. Two
dollars week is the limit for each
person.
1.-The poor bill in Webster county Is
larger than in most of the counties in
this section" said J, l.. Hanrahan.
county auditor, this morning. This
county is larger than many others and
where there is city as big as Fort
Dodge in county, the amount eN-
pended for poor is more than it is
where a county has many small
towns
Webster county's bill for care Of in
sane amounts to $4,000 year. In
all, rs unfortunates from Webster
county are cared for at Cherokee.
The bill for criminal prosecutions
and care of criminals, $4,000 brings the
county's expense in these three de-
partments up to the big sum of $4,000
annually.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-09
Southern Io1ua Items

the south line of what is known as
the Charles Moser block in the south
| east part Of the city. 1t is thought OF
the council now to let the contract for
the work Of paving in the winter. be-
lieving that at that time much lower
bid for the work can be obtained.
keokuk.
At the session of the Iowa Seed
Dealers Association which was held
here Wednesday in the Iowa Hotel,
George Kurtzwell, Of the Iowa Seed
Company. of Des Moines. was elected
president; j. d. Ourren. of the Ourren
Seed Company. of Council Bluffs, vice
president; A. NJ. Eldridge, of the Field
Seed Company, Shenandoah. secretary
and John T. Hamilton. of the Hamilton
Seed Company, Cedar Rapids, secre-
tary. No place for the meeting next
year was named, this being left to the
option of the members and officers as
it was this year.
Now Sharon.
Miss Leila Longaker gave her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. A. E.. Longaker. Of
Taintor. a scare. She unthoughtedly
pulled g castor bean from a branch
which her mother had brought into
the house and bit it in two. Noticing
that it was bitter, she Immediately spit
it out and began to inquire if it was
poisonous In a short time her mouth
and throat became swollen and her
eyes also were swollen and affected
and she was sick at the stomach. Milk
was given as antidote, which produced
vomiting and a physician was sum-
moned. She got over the effects OF
the poison with no more serious re-
suits than q sore mouth and eyes and
a bad scare.
New Sharon.
The newly organized Farmers Ele-
vator Company Of New Sharon is pre-
pairing to build at once. A site for the
new elevator has been selected on the
NJ. & st. l.. right oe-way across from
the John Stephen home. The COM
pany has not formally approved the
selection of ground but no objection
is anticipated. The directors of the
company are figuring with contractors
for the erection Of the building and the
work will be started in the near future.
D. L. Ray has been employed as man
ager Of the elevator and he will move
here with his family from Maxwell,
Iowa, next week. Mr. Ray is brother
Of the state secretary of the Farmers
Grain Dealers Association Of Iowa, and
has had six years experience in the
elevator and grain business.
Knoxville.
Sam r. Hunt, superintendent Of the
poor farm is laid up as the result of
a runaway accident which happened at
the farm last Saturday morning, when
he was thrown from a wagon in such
manner that his left knee was dis
located and the upper end Of the tibia
broken of. Mr.. Hunt will suffer much
pain and Inconvenience within the
coming few weeks, however, DR.. Weiss,
who was called in attendance hopes to
get the man on his feet again without
a stin leg, which is usually the result
Of knee dislocation with fracture in
close connection. The report which was
circulated to the effect that the knee
cap had been broken in
half dozen pieces" is not true. That
sort Of an accident would certainly re-
suit in q stiff joint whereas the sur
geon hopes to avoid such contingencies.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-09
DEATH DUE TO ACCIDENT.
Postmortem Examination Fails to Indi
cate Foul Play in Death Of Anderson.

cate Foul Play in Death Of Anderson.
Special to Times-Republican
Mason City, Oct. "a postmortem
was held yesterday afternoon on the
body of A. c. Anderson, the wealthy
farmer who was found dead in an area
way on South Main street yesterday
morning. Relatives and friends ar
rived from Sheffield in automobiles.
and were present when the examina-
ton was made under the direction Of
Coroner Long. The only bruise was
over the right eye Of the dead man.
An examination revealed that there
was a blood clot just beneath Nothing
else was found irregular. The body had
lain where found for possibly eight or
ten hours. 1t is not believed that there
was any foul play connected with the
death.
The supposition is that Mr.. Ander-
son stepped into the area way to take
drink and in doing so leaned against
an old rusty sign. which gave way and
he fell backward distance of twelve
feet and died from the effects of this
fall.
Mr.. Anderson owned a half section ot
land five miles west of Sheffield on
which he lived. He was interested in
500 acres more. He was said to be
worth at least $4,000. His body was
taken to the old home and burial will
be on Sunday.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-09
EIGHT ATE roApsTooLs.
Party Of Foreigners Made Seriously II
by Mistake in Food.

by Mistake in Food.
Fort Dodge, Oct 9.-Toadstool soup
may be appetizing, but 1t is not an
especially safe kind to serve. Eight
Slavs and Hungarians will testify to
this fact for they have been deathly
sick all week from the effects of toad
stools eaten by mistake for mush-
rooms.
The trouble was all started by a
friend whose intentions were Of the
best, but his knowledge of this tempt
ing article Of food Of the worst. He
gathered what he supposed was two
large mushrooms and presented them
to a friend. The generous hearted re-
ceiver of the gift, not wishing to en-
joy them alone invited in several
neighbors to share them. They were
cut up and put into soup. Several Of
the party did not partake, but eight Of
them did. Later in the afternoon the
party all attended christening and a
second feast was served. The enjoy
ment Of eight, however, was not per-
mitted to last long, for the effects of
the toadstool soup began to tell. Physi-
clans were summoned and the suffer-
ings Of the eight relieved. They are
only just recovering from the feast.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-09
Storm Lake Items.

Special to Times Republican.
Storm Lake. Oct. 9.-Mrs. Bessie NJ.
McClurg is visiting in the home of her
uncle, G. w. Moore.
Mr.. Ed Lewis, proprietor OF the
Newell restaurant. was hurt badly when
the auto he was in went over an en-
bankment near Sac City. One of his
companions was killed. Mr.. Lewis is
a son of r.. Lewis. of this city
The Christian Bible school will hold
Sunday school institute the Sth. 9Th
and 10th. conducted by L. S. Dudley.
OF Des Moines. state Sunday school sec
rotary.
Some one has started n subscription
paper for money to investigate the road
system of Buena Vista county. The In
vestigation will cover the board Of sup
ervisors and the county engineer.
The mission at st. Mary's Catholic
church closed Sunday evening. Some
eloquent and powerful sermons were
d. 'ivered in the course of the mission.
The audiences were made up of ST.
Mary's parish and OF those OF other
faiths.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-09
Centervillo.

centerviIle.
A court docket rivaling Reno's
promises to make Centerville one Of the
big divorce centers Of Iowa. Fifty
divorce suits have been filed.
keokuk.
One thousand Masons from Iowa
Illinois and Missouri are expected tc
be III Keokuk on Nov. ~, when big
Masonic meeting will be held. The de-
gree work will be put on in the after
noon with team from Quincy, ILL.,
Des Moines.
Marcus Crost, patrolman, was shot
in the foot in a revolver duel while
trying to arrest highway robbers whom
he saw attempting to rob Mr.. Kohr
aged "a. However, Crost was success
full in landing one of them, NJ. "
Smith. Crost knocked him down.
Fort Madison.
Engineer ]. B. Warner of a Santa Fe
freight. was jerked from his engine
cab Thursday when his head was
caught by girder on bridge twenty
miles west of here. He was brought to
the hospital here unconscious and re-
members nothing of the accident.
Shenandoah.
Earl Smell, who was recently brought
back from Sioux City after he had
jumped bond, pleaded guilty to a
charge of robbery and was sentenced
to ten years in the penitentiary. He
was parolled to Fred Fischer, attorney.
Smell was charged with holding up a
farm hand, Charles Lovewell, of Col
Inns. Mo-. and obtaining $53.
Iowa City.
Tho local city editors SHE'D at the
story. the truth Of the following item
is couched for by those from whom it
eminated. Miss Flora Pancake, for
merly student in the domestic science
department of the state university has
become a member Of the teaching
staff of the domestic science depart
ment of the state normal school at
Cedar Falls.
Brighton.
William Hendricks, who has been
falling both in health and mind for the
past year or more, became mentally
unbalanced Monday. He knocked his
wife down, tore up the carpets. broke
in the door panels, used a gun freely
and committed havoc In general. DR..
Terry was called and he phoned for
the sheriff and he was taken to Wash
ington. He will probably be confined
at Mount Pleasant.
Knoxville.
A very queer and serious accident,
one for which the parents are unable
to account, happened to little Miltin.
3-year-old son Of Mr.. and Mrs. w. T.
ridden on Wednesday afternoon Of last
week. The mother had noticed the
little fellow playing in the grape arbor
and. moment later. when he began
to scream, he was picked up with the
left thigh broken a few inches above
the knee. Such accidents to the soft
bones Of a small child are very rare
and unless they result from high fall.
seldom occur.
EddyvilIs.
At the regular meeting Of the city
council Monday evening resolution
of necessity was passed looking to-
ward the paving of five additional
blocks. Tho paving under considera-
ton are the blocks to the south Of the
Pierce addition and running south t,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-09
FIGHT PROPOSED RATES.
Creamery Men Object to New Tariffs
Urged by Railroads.


Special to Times-Republican.
Mason City, Oct. 9.-Judge w. B.
Quarton, Of Algona, is comforting with
some Of the leading creamery men of
Madison and Milwaukee today regard
ing freight rates, car sreffigeration, etc.
Later he will appear before the inter-
state commerce commission in the In
terest Of Iowa dairymen. His mission
is vital to creamery men and dairymen
all over the state. Creamery men want
continuation Of tho present plans.
Now one tub Of butter may be shipped
to New York as cheaply as car load.
For instance Mason City Is one Of the
centers which receives butter. Here It
is loaded into cars and shipped in car
load lots to the eastern markets. Rail-
roads and commission merchants want
to change the plan so that q tub Of
butter would carry local rates and the
benefit Of car load rates would only
come to the large Ahipper. There IL
hardly a creamery In Iowa that could
ship in such amounts and a hardship
would be theirs.
Creamery men state that should the
plan Of the railroads ana commission
merchants be carried out 1t would
mean that butter Fat would be at least
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-09
TMEsREPUBI1CAN MARsHAILToWN iowa OCTOBER 9. 1918.
to the place where his body was

ed to the place where his body was
found.
Prominent Italians declare 1t Is an
ancient custom in Italy to murder
man who was responsible for causing
his wife to suffer as Mrs. Bushema is
alleged to have suffered.
Harry Frisby and his father. who
reside at III Smith street and who
are employed at the Waterloo Fuel
Company, where Bushema was en-
ployed, declare the murdered man
often referred to his crazy cousins and
told of the numerous quarrels he had
with them.
There are two men living at the
Bushema home. cousins 81 Mrs. Bush
ema, but whether the murdered man
referred to them the officers have not
been able to determine.
The members Of the family are very
reluctant to discuss tire aTairs of the
family and this fact has made IL diin-
cult for the officers to proceed with
the investigation.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-09
Believed Man Was Dead When Throat
Was SIashsd and Body Removed.

was 0VaoVOo anu oOUy neWoVoo.
Waterloo, Oct. 9.-That Joseph
Bushema was poisoned by relatives or
friends Of the murdered mans wife
before his body was removed to the
deserted spot where his mangled body
was discovered early Tuesday morn
ing, is the latest theory the police Of
ficials are working on in an effort to
solve the murder mystery. InforDla-
ton that Bushema had been poisoned
is said to have leaked out from friends
of the implicated parties anil the au-
thorities have been considering the
advisability Of exhuming the body.
Physicians are unanimous in thei-
declaration that Bushema was dead
before his throat was cut as the
amount Of blood would have been
much greater. 1t is claimed, had the
slashing of the Italians throat occur
red while he was alive.
The fact, that the murdered man
was so far from his home strengthen
the theory that he had been killed Or
was unconscious when he was remov-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-09
PREPARE FOR MEETINGS.
People Of Denison Erect Tabernacle
With Capacity Of 1900.

Special to Times Republican.
Denison. Oct. 9.-The people of Den
ison have erected tabernacle, which
will hold over 1900 people, for the use
of the meetings which begin Oct IS
with Rev. Eli j. Forsythe as the evan
gelist. He has just completed most
successful series of meetings at Kinks
vile. Mo. Rev. Mr.. Robbins, of the
First Baptist church OF Council Bluffs,
will have special charge of the dedi-
catory services to be held Sunday eve
ming. The membership of the Baptist.
Presbyterian. German Methodist and
Methodist are united in the undertake
ing. The meeting will last many
weeks. The local people have made
most extensive preparations and in
dication points to meetings which will
be historical in the religious history Of
Denison.