Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-01
Northern Iowa Items

home Mr. Snyder opened thesdoor to
the barn. and saw that,ssome one had
pitched a quantity of hay from the
loft. Climbing up the ladder leading
to the hay loft he found the dead body
of his neighbour lying face upward
the fork lying across his shoulders
The condition of the body indicated
that death came soon after Mr.. Singer
left the house several hours before.
Esthervilie.
George H. Woodhouse. of Fergus
Falls, Mimi, recently leased the old
Orleans hotel at Estherville. The
owner is spending $4,000 remodelins
the place. The interior. when COM
pleted will be one Of the best of the
state. Mr.. Woodhouse expects to
spend $4,000 refurnishing the hotel.
The name will be changed to The
Iowana" Mr.. Woodhouse is not a
stranger in Estherville, as he once
made his home in that city. He is an
excellent man and one who will do
much for Baskerville.
Cedar Rapids.
The famous incident regarding a bull
in a china shop was a tame affair as
compared with that which an energetic
cat suddenly precipated in q case filed
with silk thread and crocheting ma
terials, in the opinion of the proprietor
y the Cooper grocery, $50 South Six
teenth street. Mr.. Cooper keeps his
stock of silk thread and other similar
goods in show case near the store en-
trance. The top of the show case was
weak, and this fact was evidently
known to some chap who waited at
I,
to the rear of the store. The mischief
maker then heaved a big cat of bel
ligerent disposition on top of the show
case. and the animal went thru the
glass In it's efforts to get out of the
case the cat became entangled in sew
eral hundred spools of silk thread, and
glass almost caused riot in the
neighborhood. The cat finally man
aged to escape from the case, and ran
ont of the store with considerable por-
ton of the stock of silk thread trail
ing behind. Now Mr.. Cooper wants the
police to find the man who threw the
cat
Sioux City.
Names unprintably vile are frequent
ly used in a signed statement issued
by Frank Walklin, secretary Of the
T: o. T. S.. in an attack upon Mayor
A. A. Smith. The acrimonious row arose
out of the exhibition OF nude dancer
as an entertainment feature Of fair
week by the T. o. T. s.. an organiza-
ton including all the prominent bust
ness men of the city The mayor bit
terly criticized Walklin for permitting
the "disgraceful exhibition" Walklin
comes back with the statement In
which he personally attacks the mayor
as liar who has permitted the gross
est conditions Of vice to run rampant
in Sioux City during his administra-
ton. He also accuses the mayor of
being in charge of a carnival here a
few years ago in which lawlessness
held full sway He declares that the
hope of political advantage led the
mayor to rush into the papers with
an attack on me-" As to the actual
merits OF the case. everybody is in the
dark. That the girl danced in nude at
one OF the feature shows is estab-
lished and is conceded on both sides.
But here the trail divides. The show
manager says the committee told him
20 make Il raw" Welklin SAYS he
knew nothing OF Il. The mayor hlan,es
Walkin and other T. o. T. S., officials
for their failure to know about It.