Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-11

Sioux City. #cE
| The fight for free text books waged
during several years past by organized
labor in Sioux City, was triumphant IN
| the school election Monday when by
vote of 1892 to S59 the proposition car
ried. All school books in the future
will be purchased by the board Of edu-
cation and loaned free to the pupils.
Alta.
At a recent meeting Of the directors
of the Farmers, Elevator and Supply
| Company Of Alta, Tom Scambler was
re- elected manager, for another year at
a handsome increase in salary. MT.
Scambler his tbeeas manager OF the
company for the past two years and
during that time has given excellent
satisfaction. ~ q
Sioux City. 6
| Fearing that there may be efforts to
| tamper with witnesses summoned TO
testify in the graft scandal involving
the police department, County Attor-
ney Noglestedt has served notice on
newspapers and the public that any at
tempt to influence state witnesses
would be followed by contempt ro-
ceedings and prompt arrest.
Ida Grove.
| Nine persons were made critically ill
as the result of eating home prepared
pressed chicken. Mrs. Zoa Labertew
her children were spending the day
with Mr.. and Mrs. Ward Krick and
the chicken was served at dinner. Soon
afterward all nine who had eaten were
taken desperately i'll and it was sew
eral hours before they were out OF
danger.
Fonda.
| A. B. Parsons is carrying his head in
sling as the result of an accident he
met with on Monday while moving a
piano for Frank Van Hooser He was
backing up to the sidewalk when
sudden jerk of the dray started the
piano to sliding and he attempted to
hold it with the result that one edge OF
the instrument struck him in the right
temple, inficting a wound that requir-
ed several stitches to close. The piano
slipped to the sidewalk and was badly
damaged.
Fonda.
Tuesday morning about 10 o'clock
the force and a number of patrons OF
! the Witcraft barber shop thought that
| the Germans were attacking Fonda,
when a bullet bored nice little hole
in the north window of the shop. 1t is
a mystery where than bullet came from
but it evidently was fred at short
range as it was going with momentum
enough to cut clean hole the size OF
a .22 bullet without cracking the glass.
Though a close search of the shop was
made for the spent bullet it could not
be located.
| A.a,nosa
| There seems to be prospect OF
| contest at the next term of district
court. over the will Of the late John
Mcdonald of Cedar Junction. Mr. NC
Donald, who was bachelor, left his
large property to his relatives, leaving
some out entirely, and the remainder
to the Monticello State Bank as trustee
/ 10 build home for the poor of Jones
county. Henry Carpenter of Monticello
was appointed administrator. without
bonds. Now the heirs who have been
left out claim that Mcdonald was of
unsound mind, and that he was unduly
4 influenced by Mr.. Carpenter.
Cedar Rapids. :.
Mrs. Cerphina Terrence, 81 years old
ana vino bore the distinction or having
| been a resident of Linn county since
1889, died at the home Of her daughter,
Miss Laura Terrence, 315 A avenue
west, Monday as result Of ailments
! incident to old age. 1t Is believed that
no person now living came to Linn
county previous to the arrival of Mrs
florence. Cerphina Wilson was born
4 in Bradford county. Pa, in 1928. With
her parents she came west with the
tide Of emigration in 1887, the family
\ setting first in Illinois. The journey
4 from Pennsylvania to the west was
made by wagon train as 1t was before
i the day Of railroads. After a residence
OF two years in Illinois the family came
Il farther west, to Iowa territory and
lcrossed the river near the present site