Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-28
Northern Iowa Items

ne in favoe of keeping the property
intact rather than sell a part of the
property 10 liquidate the Indebtedness.
Dubuque.
r. Louis Murphy. collector of inter-
nal revenue for the state of Iowa and
resident of this city has been made
the defendant in a suit to be Instituted
ny the telegraph Herald, a daily news
paper N this city. in which Mr.. Muir
ply is requested to pay TO the paper
the sum of ss.07o.37. This amount. it
is understood, represents the principa!
OF the settlement made by the paper
!. cn-r.ct'or with tha snit for libel
brought by Joseph ]. OFT in 1910, to-
gether wiki the court costs and the in
tarest thereon from that time to this.
Mir. Murphy at that time was employed
on the paper IL the capacity Of editor,
and II is said, wrote some editorials
which brought about the libel suit.
Sioux City
Isaac McAllister, SIS years old, was
found dead N his bed at o'clock Sat
urday morning in his room at local
rooming house His death resulted from
asphyxiatioa. The electric Light II Ice
room was turning. and the gas let
was standing wide open. and it $
] thought Mr.. McAllister might possibly
! have turned the gas jet open, thinkir
ne was turning the electric light out.
He Ia been dead some time when he
was iiscotered by the laadlady who
was attracted 10 the room by the smell
/ of gas, winch was escaping from the
crack arouno the door. Mr.. McAllister
was wealthy bachelor, and while ne
| mas been making his home at Battle
| Creek Iowa he came to that place
J from Lyon county where he vas prom
| nently know az a stockman.
Sioux City.
/ Sioux City bankers are receiving let
! tiers protesting against any participa-
ton in the Anglo French billion dollar
/ loan which is to be raised in the
| United States by a syndicate Of bank
| ers for the purpose Of aiding the allies
/ in prosecuting the war. A few OF the
! protests come from depositors having
| pro-German sympathfes who threaten
withdrawal Of deposits If the bank in
! question shall participate in the under
writing of the loan. Bankers suspect
a sinister motive in other protests
which are mailed out Of New York OF
/ Chicago and bear the appearance OF
being circular letters issued by Ger.
man societies. Letters OF this type
contain threats of business boycott anc
are signed by names unfamiliar to the
bankers. The banks. however, will ac.
cept their share of the loan IL re.
| quested TO by the eastern banking syn
dicate
Monticello.
"Buttsrnilk day" was observed a
Amper, sinai town e.s.s mig: t-c..
Monticello. Thursday, the 2Sd. Tit
day had beer well advertised for sew
eral weeks before, consequently ;
I large crowd was in attendance. A larg'
/ delega ton from this city drove out il
4! automobiles 70 witness the principa
{. event of the day which consisted of
hotiy contested game OF baseball be
tween the Anamosa Fats and Month
cello Fats The game was specially in
terestine because Of the spirit OF oil
| time baseball rivalry existing between
aTamcsa and Mnnticelln ana Wnicl
seemed to be still in existence, judgini
from the do or die" spirit manifesto
by .ne participants. The score STOP
10 to II in favor Of Monticello. Fin
, addresses were made by 9. =. Bltsi
inc crop expert GO Scott county: M,
Sadler, of waterloo. the editor OF Kim
balls Dairy Farmer, also by expert
representing the extension department
, Of the Iowa State College. Premium
. were given for the best corn ana 70
the best preserves, pickles. jellies. Ell
, Prizes were given to winners OF ditfer
, ent races and games.
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