Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-18


work for herself and son. Many OF
her neighhors and friends dropped in
with little gifts and CONGRATULATIONS
on her natal day and she moved among
them happy and smiling, visiting with
each a little while, thanking them for
their kind remembrances Of her and
with her faculties but little impaired
it would be hard to realize her adj
vanced age.
Fairfield.
A large force of workmen began the
excavating Monday morning for the
new Masonic temple building to be
erected on the corner of Briggs and
Court streets. The. basement will be
seven and one half feet deep and the
necessary amount OF dirt to be re-
moved will consume some time in
getting ready for the brick and stone
masons The basement will be placed
under the entire building, which is to
be 132x7o feet. The basement rooms
will be made modern4so that they may
be used by lodge and the tenants,,
and work on tho new building win be
pushed as rapidly aAsspseib1e. Mem
bers of tClintont loaGesA. p. a. AZ NJ,
who formed stock company some
time ago, are very enthusiastic about
the new temple and are rapidly paying
in their shares of stock. The building
of this new temple will furnish ern-
pIoyment to a large number of men
all summer and fall.
Monroe.
Dr. W. H. Shaw, a well-to-do and
widely known physician OF Monroe.
died at his home there Sunday after
~ ,yt ~
pneumonia which he suffered last
Tuesday DR.. Shaw went to Mon
roe in 1855, shortly after leaving
school. and he had been practicing
there ever since, except for the last
few years when he stopped making
calls and has only done a little office
| work. DR.. Shaw was charter MEM
Der of the Odd Fellows lodge in Monroe
and served that order as treasurer for
twenty-five or thirty years, he was also
president of the bank at Monroe. DR..
Shaw, who is past 10 years OF age.
leaves his wife. three sons, Harry Mark
| and Earl and one daughter, Mrs.
George circuit. The oldest son, Harry,
| lives in Des Moines, and the other chill
dren live at Monroe. The two younger
sons being in the produce business
/ there.
Davenport. {.
Work on the longitudinal dam and
locks which will make II possible Tor
boats to pass around the lie Claire rap
| ids instead Of navigating that treach-
erous racing stretch Of water. known 70
pilots as the most perilous In all the
Mississippi's length has been begun
by the government. A camp has been
built just west of LIE Claire which has
it's own sewage system, lighting plant,
water works, ice house. commissary
kitchen and administration building In
| addition TO bunk houses capable OF
1 $50 men, which will be about the mum
1 Der employed on the project during the
coming summer Few Davenport peo-
pie know that the government. goine
at things in it's usual methodical. thor
ough way. Is prepared to tackle the
building of the longitudinal dam and
| locks, which constitute a part OF the siA
i foot channel project from st. Louis tG
Minnea polls, just as soon as the lasl
ice goes out Of the river and the fros,
! leaves the ground.
Ecreston.
( Charles Marion stearns, who re-
isides at 30s South Cherry street. and
loHS VI lbc oid ciiiPiOySo " eiAS
lton shops at this place. committed
isuicide Sunday morning about
O'Clock at his home by cutting his
throat. He was suffering from small
lpox, and it was thought that he, was
delirious at the time Of committing tbs
deed. He was As years Of age. He left
his bed about 8 o'clock in the morn
ing, and although his wife heard hin
get out Of bed, thought he went intt
the sitting room to sit by the. stove
The discovery of the rash act was moi
made until about 1880 o'clock, SwheI
Mrs. Stearns again awakened, and 60
ing into the kitchen found the lneles'
body lying upon the floor. The unfor
tunate man had used a knife in com
hitting the deed. infiicting wount
extending from the left ear to th'
throat and severing the left jugufa
lvein. The only cause which the VIII
| is able to assign for the deed is tina
he had brooded over the fact that n
! had exposed so many at the shops t
the malady, and while suffering from
a high fever and in a delirious stat
quickly conceived the idea OF endini
]. Ibis life. He had menttgned exposinl
. 1.-THE shopmen several times Saturday
; but appeared to be in his usual SCUM
Imind.