Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-08-11
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northeast Of the city IN Boone county
and every precaution Is being taken to
prevent the spread Of the disease
among the herds Of the neighborina
farmers. DR.. Repp was called out to
look at the sick PIGS and after post
ing one found evidence OF cholera
He vaccinated twenty-five of the
thirty-five pigs in the herd and be-
cause Of the prompt action taken 1t Is
believed most Of them will get we'll.
The farm is out of the Jurisdiction or
territory assigned to DIR. ]. S. Koen
but the latter and his assistants will
doubtless volunteer their services
should there be another outbreak.
i Scranton.
| The first Greene county threshing
reports come from In the vicinity of
Jefferson and they sound good. Cap
tain Head reports having threshed
! over fifty-one bushels per acre from
fifteen acres Of wheat, while Tucker
Bros. have threshed ten acres OF oats
and secured yield of nearly ninety
| five bushels per acre. The weather has
| been dry during the past week, and
smiles are chasing the gloom from
| many faces. Two weeks Of sunshine
now will do wonders for corn. Oats
are safe almost all the reapers in the
country were running all day yester-
day and the previous Sunday in be-
lated effort to save this important
| crop.
Davenport.
Arthur Neumann. 40S Western ave-
nue.. Davenport, clerk in Hickey's
No. cigar store. was badly injured
about 1880 Saturday afternoon at
Fourth and Harrison streets when he
was struck by an automobile owned
| and driven by Henry Gruemmer of
Durant, and occupied by William
! Better, a prominent stock buyer OF
Durant and the latter's two daughters.
In his effort to avoid the accident Mr.,
Gruemmer drove his car into an iron
electric light post on the corner and
the front Of the machine was badly
smashed. More than 100 witnesses
saw the accident and the injured
youth was picked up and placed In the
police ambulance and rushed to Mercy
| hospital where he was attended by Drs.
E. o. Ficke and C. L. Barewald.
Gruemmer and Better were taken to
police headquarters, across the street
from the accident and held until the
the extent Of the boys injuries were
determined and then released upon
bond.
Davenport.
Eight persons narrowly escaped in
slant death about o'clock Saturday
night about one mile north of Daven-
] port on the dubuque road, when two
| powerful touring cars crashed to-
gether. throwing the occupants of both
cars to the ground. One Of the cars
was 3 big Mitchell owned and driven
by Louis Freund. Of Eldridge. who was
accompanied by his sister. Mrs. T. G.
Gehring, and Mr.. and Mrs. J. p. House,
all Of Eldridge. The owners and driv-
er OF the other car, which bears a New
York license number. are unknown,
none Of them having been injured suf-
ficiently to make medical aid neces-
sary. The car was a Cadillac 49," and
10 now at the garage Of the Iowa Auto
q Tire Co. According to the state
ment Of Mr. Freund, he was beheind
another car bound for Davenport and
attempted to pass It at the scene Of
the accident The New York car was
coming toward him. but thee binding
glare ofsthe lights on the on-coming
machine confused him and he could
not estimate the distance correctly.
Tho cars crashed together the big
Mitchell stricking the Cadillac almost
sQuarely In the side.