Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-18
Sioux City.

Sioux City.
b. II. kingsbury, president OF the
Sioux City Brewery Company an
nounced that the directors had de-
cided to change the name to General
Manufacturing Company OF Sioux City
and the articles of incorporation to
correspond The brewery will be turned
into a creamery or wholesale gro
Gerry.
Sioux City.
William +. Berry. formerly an en-
gineer of the Omaha railroad. is seek
ing to recover $50 900 in a damage
suit against the road. trial Of which
has just begun before Judge George
Jepson and a jury in the district
court. Berry alleges he was thrown
out of the demolished cab Of his en-
CINE and was partly paralvzed when a
switch engine collided with his train
in the local yards, Jan. %. 1914.
Fort Dodge.
Two motor generator sets. each
weighing eighteen tons. have been re-
ceived by the Fort Dodge Gas and
Electric Company for use in convert
ing twenty-five cycle current received
from Fraser to sixty cycle current for
lighting purposes here. The switch
board, already sixty days behind date
of delivery. will be shipped from Pitts
burg Oct 81 according to the latest
promises received by the local service
company.
Sioux City.
The coroner is investigating the
killing of 16-year- Archie Strong.
whose body was found In the street by
girls driving ar auto. 1t was sup
posed that Strong had been killed in
alighting from a truck. A report from
a railroad man who was on a train
passing at the time. however, says that
as the lad dropped from the truck he
was struck by an auto following. The
auto driver sped away without at
tempting to determine the extent of
the boys injuries.
Waterloo.
Wednesday afternoon Judge Mullan
passed sentence upon Fred Elmer
Smith. address unknown. for taking an
automobile from the Cedar Valley fair
and aband oning it near Parkersburg.
Smith. who refuses to tell where hfs
relatives reside and where he has his
permanent home, was indicted by the
grand jury on new criminal statute
that OF malicious mischief and tres
passing The law was enacted to pun
ish those who appropriate automobiles
for n joyride. 1t was the first convic-
tion in the county under this statute.
Smith was sentenced to serve not to
exceed one year in the reformatory at
Anamosa.
vinton.
A runaway team was the cause of
the death of William Myers, a prom
inent farmer in Benton county. about
six miles east of Vinton He was re-
turning home Just about dark We'd
nesday when his team ran away. 1t
was found at the end of the street at
the cemetery by Ed Means He. with
others. traced the wanderings OF the
team back to the paved street at the
corner of Main but found no one. Some
time afterward the body Of Mr.. Myers
was found in a pool Of water by the
side of the street No one knows wha
caused the team to run away, neither
can it he determined whether Mr.
Myers was killed by being thrown
from the wagon or whether he was
smothered in the pool of water. The
body was taken to the Fry undertake
ing parlors.
ST. Anssar.
Twenty-Five of the men OF town and
community enjoyed the hospitality ~
r. J. Sedlacek in his dining car last
Monday evening and they had one of
the finest feeds" they ever sat down
to. and royal good time generally
The occasion was the celebration of
finishing the harvesting OF the largest
amount of potatoes ever harvested by
one man in any one section of the
state of Iowa-40O00 bushels. II has
all been done since the 2Sth day of
August To do this required large
force of men. 1t was not possible to
gather the required number of men
from around here. so many Of them
came from the cities There were no
less than eighteen pickers. besides the
drivers and others necessary. bringing
the whole number UP tn about thirty
five. II was not possible to take care
of this large number in the houses On
the place, so he erected large tent