Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-12-10

Missouri Valley.
The corner stone Of the new high
school was laid Tuesday afternoon
under the auspices Of the Masonic
grand lodge. Several of the grand
lodge officers were present and in the
evening a banquet and reception was
given in the lodge rooms.
Randolph.
Farmers in this vicinity are feeling
fine over the corn crop. which will av-
erage around fifty bushels to the acre
with not nearly as much soft corn as
vas expected. eYing to the excessive
rains There is more corn in the fields
Yet than there has been as late as this
for a number Of years. -
Davenport. " #-N
The senior class Of the Davenport
high school voted farorably on the
proposition to petition the school board
to increase the course at the schoo!
| two years with q view to provf0ing
two years otscollege work. The course
would then embrace six years work.
The new department would be in the
nature Of university high school. The
membership of the senior class this
year includes rs pupils.
Columbus Junction.
Fire destroyed the house on the John
Bebb farm, occupied by VIII Wall.
three miles west of Cone. The blaze
had gained considerable Roadway when
discovered, but all the contents Of the
! house were saved. The house was in
sured 1t is supposed that the fire or
; iginated from a defective fiue. Mrs.
Wall had just returned from an Iowa
City hospital where she underwent a
serious operation four week ago and it
is hoped the shock will not cause her
to suffer a relapse. .-.
Davenport. --. .~-..
| One of the carriers from the Dav-
! export postoffice equipped himself with
| a lantern in preparation for the
| lengthening in his route brought by
the service changes which went into
effect Friday His route is three miles
longer than 1t was before the changes
went into effect. One of the rural
routes has been taken from the Dav-
; export postoffice and is now routed
out of Bettendorf. Before the new or
! der went into effect the Davenport Of
flee served 1000 rural customers. Now
the number is about 100. -
| Council Bluffs.
| Frank. Parlato, an Italian about SO
years old, living at Eighth street and
Avenue II, was overcome by gas short
ily after o'clock Tuesday morning
while digging side laterals on the
Second avenue sewer between Tween
ty-fourth and Twenty fifth streets. He
was revived with the pulmotor in the
hands of Patrol Driver Ed Larsen, and
later sent by DR.. Harry Kelly to the
Mercy hospital, where he is now re-
covering, The italian is member OF
one Of the sewer gangs employed by
Contractor E. A. Wickham. and was
working in company with number OF
other laborers when overcome.
GIenwood.
Mrs. Eta Branson, grand chief OF
the D. of H. lodges Of Iowa, was in one
of three auto loads which came from
her home town of Shenandoah Friday
evening for the purpose of installing
the officers elect of Glenwood's lodge
Soon after alighting from the cal
about 7 .. m. she probably got con-
fused as to the direction to the hal
and went to the rear Of the new jail
building and in the darkness fell back.
ward into a cement area way. Thf
fall caused her to receive severe in
turies to her back. Mrs. Branson wa.
conveyed to the Commercial house
and DR.. Agan was called. His exam
ination resulted in finding no broker
bones.
centerviIIe.
:. When Samp Smith accidentally sho
and killed his little 7-year-old grand
son, Emery Smith, a week ago Sun
day afternoon while getting q rabbi
: out OF the brush Pile, he saw enacte
: before his eyes what he had seen in
. dream a week before. He had dreame,
, that he held the bleeding, dying bo
in his arms and he awoke chilled wit
/ fear and became possessed with E
| great dread that HIS favarite grand
: child was to be taken from him. Tn
; thoy was dearly beloved by him an
: the attachment had grown go great be
r tween grandfather and grandson tha
Y the little boy had voluntarily gon
) IRON his fathers home In the sam
{ lneighborhood to live with his grand
4 tfather. The Smiths are among Il
best known residents Of that porto