Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-02-19
Northern Io,ua Items

ton of the country have 50 many pub
lie sales been held nor 80 much stock
been shipped from this station in the
past two weeks. Last Friday was
record breaker in the number of car
loads sent out, twenty-five cars being
shipped.
Clinton.
Rudolph Kettelsen. OF Clinton, was
given five years ma Ximum sentence
in the state reformatory at Anamosa
by Fudge Barker, after entering plea
Of guilty to the larceny of hides from
Chicago & Northwestern cars. Deputy
Sheriff Otto Burrows has gone to
Cascade to take charge of y. ,Schlem-
mer under arrest on y charge OF en-
bezzlement filed against him by Coun-
ty Attorney George Claussen, of Clin-
ton county. 1t is alleged that the de-
PENDANTS failed to account for several
hundred dollars collected for Dan Har
ing of Clinton.
Maquoketa.
Paul Goodenow. II -year-old son of
Winnie Goodenow, was sta"ding by
stone pile at Lameys corner Monday
after school when sled containing
Donald Cram and Myrtle Ristine came
L
saved one of their heads from concus
sion against the stone pile. but severed
Pauls leg all but the skin. Boys car
ried the sufferer to a LEGAL physi-
clan, who made him as comfortable
as possible Tuesday p. W. Tracy
broke his shoulder blade at Ironhill a
local doctor set it. Rich Wrg fell off
a wagon Tuesday and hurt himself
badly.
Clinton.
While Chester Stratton, in company
with Frank Holman, Of Thomson. ILL.,,
was crossing what is known as Otter
Creek bridge near Fulton Wednesday
morning he was struck by Burlington.
passenger train, south bound. The
buggy, in which the two men were rid
ing was demolished. Mr.. Holman es-
capped injury, but Mr.. Stratton's left ell
bow was crushed. The injured man
was taken to Agatha hospital in Gin
ton, and he is reported to be resting
ca silly. He is the junior PARTNER of
Potter & Stratton. liverymen at Thorn
son. and was on his way to Fulton or
Clinton with Mr.. Holman.
Bertram.
Isaac Wolfe died at his home in
Bertram on Saturday Feb IL, at the
age of 5S years, 10 months. He was
born in Marion township, where he
lived until he was ) years old, when
he moved with his parents to Bertram,
where he was married to Elizabeth
McLand in 1891. His wife and five
children survive him. Milo James,
Everett Oliver, Ida Evelyn. Henry
Hanson and Celia, all at home. He
had five sisters and one brother living:
Mrs. Sarah Reyes, Mrs. Cara Fetters.
of Cedar Rapids; Mrs. Dora Wieden-
burg, of Palo, and James Wolfe, of
Missouri.
Cedar Rapids.
Mrs. Laura A. McKibben Shaffer, n
resident of Linn county since 1S47,
died at the family residence, 2lA4
Grande avenue at n. m. Wednesday
after an illness of ten weeks duration,
heart trouble being the cause of death
Mrs. Shaffer at the time Of death was
20 years old. Laura A. McKibben was
born at Elmra, N. Y, April I, 1915.
and when two years old her parents
came west with the tide of emigration,
arriving at Muscatine by way of the
Mississippi river. From Muscatine the
family continued the Journey west
ward. prairie schooner affording
the means Of conveyance. and settled
at Springvlle in 1s47. Mrs. Shaffer
was one OF the oldest graduates of
Cornell College at Mount Vernon, hav-
ing been student at that institution
when it was known as Draper Acad-
envy. She was classma.e of Milo p.
Smith, of this city, judge of the dis
trict court, and Mrs. NJ. e. Bunting. of
Marion. She was married at Marion
Sept. IA. 1865, to 8. b. Shaffer. who is
a veteran employee of the Chicago 4
Northwestern railroad and now on the
pension list of that corporation. He
entered it's service In 1864. Two chill
dren resulted from this union, Mrs. d.
d. Cutler OF Chicago. and IL. H. Shat
Ter. Of Clinton.