Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-12-11
Southern Io1ua Items

| posscfTice in Iowa. II was for this
| reason that posSoffice authorities de
cided 10 change the name OF the place.
| There is a. postoTice named Williams
and another called Williamsburg in
| Iowa and II WAS TO AVOID. confusion
and delay in delivery OF mail that the
name Of Grunweld was chosen. It's a
pretty good name too. for hustlnF
little town. s.-~ 4rs.- sg-
Yorktown. asg.sz..aar
A large barn OF Otto Youngberg.
burned at his farm seven and half
miles northwest of Yorktown Moncay
at II a. n. Nj ~Youngberg was away
! from home and Mrs Youngberg didn't
know abou, the fire until the company
call was given over the line. Two
! horses we're burned all the harness, q
! NOW full OF hay and q large quantit,
Of straw were burned Mrs. Young
. berg was busy washing and had just
noticed the barn about fifteen minutes
| before while hanging out clothes and
| the barn was apparently all right Mrs.
| Youn gberg was greatly frightened for
| fear the 5-year-old. son was in the
1 flames. bu, he was found safe. ln-
isurance Of $3.50 was carried on the
| barn but no insurance was carried on
| the contents -r-zT-.
| PIeasantviiie.
! Mrs. P .. Proffitt met with rum
| away accident Monday and was seri-
! ously injured. She was returning
home from Pleasantviile Monday morn
! ing after spending the night with her
| sick mother, Mrs. Hugh Logan, when
her horse was frightened a, some OBJ
| iect and became unmanageable. She
| was wearing a shawl on her head and
the wind blew this over her face.
! binding her for the time. One OF the
! front wheels Of the buggy was broken.
which caused Mrs. Proffitt to be thrown
J from the vehicle and she landed on the
| hard road. One shoulder was dislo-
Gated, her face was badly lacerated.
her front teeth were broken out, be-
sides receiving other painful bruises.
| keokuI.
| When Charles A Schenk, manager
| OF the Central store. read the story OF
| the passing OF a worthless check for
s42 On the Wetzei hardware store at
Hamilton last Friday by young man
in a navy Uniform, he suddenly re-
membered that he had been yictimixed
! on just the same game. only the check
was for 1850. And now he Is pre-
pared TO receive the news that he IL
out $14 IN merchandise and $3.50 in
cold cash. The check WAS deposited
at a local bank on Saturday and sent
out to Chicago to the Union Trust
Company on which It was drawn. Mon
day morning. The stranger, who gave
his name as Edward L. Davidson. the
same one he used al Hamilton. made
his purchases at the Central store on
Friday afternoon about 4 o'clock. There
amounted to s14 and he offered Mr..
Schenk the check for $46.50 made out
to him and stamped with the navy
seal and signed By Captain W. C..
Castleman. almost identical with the
one passed at Hamilton.
Council Bluffs.
Mrs Elizabeth Greteman, wife Of a
prosperous TempIeton merchant, and
mother Of ten children. and James Nc
Queen, aged 80, farm hand, will be
a--a:SHea e Justice Jcser.;'s court O.
serious charge. The two were ar
rested at 1922 Avenue c by Captain
Shafer and Detective Peterson shortly
before II o'clock Tuesday night on .
warrant sworn out by the husband o.
the woman. after two men. from q de-
tective agency had followed them from
Broadway to the house where tte3
,, were found by the police. He always
made me work so hard said th'
woman to Chief Of Police Wen In ex-
planning SHY she !es. her Temp!etoI
home after she had admitted, the chic
said. that she had done wrong, AMI
wanted to return to her home. TIL
;iaEnaIid mad reientei when nc REQ S;.Ssi
lpolice headquarters. and insisted tina
he wanted her TO return home wit,
E him. and when he learned that sh
e would be held insisted on spending tn
: night in jail with her Nor did tn
a night In Jail dampen his ardor, 70
when she was removed to the count
: jail he accompanied her and Mcqueen
e walking beside his wife as II to guar
g her away from the other man.. ush
a Il kent seyers1l Iaaceu II, fhS. Lead ~