Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-02-09
Southern Io1ua Items

| Alderman William II. Gosch, leader
of the democrats in the city council,
and one Of the most popular party
leaders here, eloped to Chicago
Wednesday night and was married to
Miss Caroline Kindle, a bookkeeper.
Muscatine.
li More horses for artillery service in
1.-THE British armies were purchased at
Mnscatine Saturday. Fred Dunbar OF
tGalesburg, a we'll known Illinois stock
man, secured twenty-eight head of
VALUABLE horses here this afternoon.
They will be shipped to England at
once. A larger purchase of horses was
made in this city by Dunbar about ten
days ago.
! keokuk.
| Lee county is getting entirely too
popular with the Weary Willies.' is
the opinion of the supervisors. AS
means of eradicating the evil the board
contemplates the establishment of a
hobo cop in Keokuk and Fort Madison.
But one duty is to engage his attention
and that is to keep all the tramps on
the move. The sheriff has been provid-
ing all manner Of drudgery work this
winter for prisoners. but that has
caused no let up in visitors who
seek the warm comforts of the Jail.
Fort Madison.
| Huddled up together scarcely clothed
sufficiently to keep warm, and with
| that do or dare" look upon their
faces, five small boys were taken from
the blind of one of the baggage cars on
Santa Fe train No. 5, early Friday
morning. That they would see the
great worlds fair before returning to
their home at Chicago was the de-
termination of all five of the small
lads, the Oldest of which was hardly
| 16 years old and the youngest barely 3.
Davenport.
| Claiming that he was damaged to
the extent of $4,000 two years ago.
when his buggy was struck by c. b.
& Q. engine in the town~of Princeton,
John Knox, a 62-year-ofd physician of
that town, has filed suit against the
railway company for that amount.
according to the petition, DR.. Knox
was driving across the tracks about s
o'clock the evening of Feb. II. 1913,
when the engine struck the buggy, de-
molishing it and throwing the doctor
from the conveyance, injuring his arm.
shoulder and side. He was also hurt
internally, is the allegation.
Durant.
Three thousand seven hundred and
eighteen eggs from thirty-two Iowa
J hens in the course Of one year, is the
record set by q flock Of Mrs. Jacob Car
| stems Of this place, the fiscal year OF
the hens laying contest closing Satur-
day morning. Mrs. Carstens. since
Feb. 6, 1914, has been keeping accurate
tab on the eggs laid by her chosen
flock of thirty-two blooded chickens.
The average per hen is 116 and a
fraction eggs during the year. a big
average, considering the number in the
flock. The chickens are Of the White
Plymouth Rock breed.
Shenandoah.
A small girl, a pupil in the grades
Of the Shenandoah public schools, is
addicted to smoking, according to the
faculty's report on the number OF
smokers among the school children.
Accurate figures were obtained by the
different teachers and one enumerates
among the victims Of the tobacco habit
young miss in her early teens. The
total number Of smokers in the grades
is sixty-nine, which is 10 per cent OF
/ the boy students. The greatest num-
Der of these is fifteen in the fourth
grade. The per cent in the high school
| Is as. or nearly one-half Of the enroll
Iment. The per cent in the several
classes is as follows: Freshmen. 10;
sophomofes, 10; juniors. IS. and SEN
iors 43.
Newton.
The Jasper County Improved Stock
| nrandoro, Aocoriatfou has erected n
new sale and show barn to replace the