Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-02-17
Northern Io1ua Items

F., up. This man caused a girl to write
to another girl in Missouri to come to
4 Clinton and referring to the eStab-
lishment as a wide open" place. The
| girl came, and was followed by her
!, lover who removed her from the
! house at the point of u revolver. The
county attorney says that besides en-
forcing the law regarding houses of
| this sort, he is going after any cases
of matchmaking that is done by any
one under the guise of law enforce
ment.
Cedar Rapids.
| New equipment for the Waterloo,
| Cedar Falls ana Northern interurban
which cost $4,000, has reached the
city and will be placed in service be-
tween Cedar Rapids and Waverly as
soon as the new time card can be ar
ranged which probably will be about
Feb. Is. The equipment consists of
seven all-steel observation ears Of the
latest type of construction and five
electric locomotives weighing sixty
! ton EACH which will be used in the
freight service.
Waterloo
Despondent because of i'll health,
Joseph d. Thomas. aged rs years, end
ed his life with n 32-caliber revolver
early Monday morning at the home of
his son. George j. Thomas, 1113 Sec
| ond street west. His usual time Of
rising in the morning was Z o'clock
and when he did not appear at break
fast about 1880, his son went to inves-
tigate He found his father lying in a
natural position in his bed with bull
let hole In the right temple. Death
had been instantaneous and the de-
| ceased man still held the revolver in
his hand. 1t is believed that the trag-
edy occurred about o'clock this
morning, for Mrs. Thomas heard a
sharp noise at that time and got up to
see what 1t was.
! Onawa.
| The Frank Wise restaurant was de-
stroyed by fire about 5 o'clock Monday
| morning and the Wise drug store adj
| joining was badly damaged, the stock
! being almost totally destroyed from the
com bned effects OF fire, smoke and
| water. while the building was dam
aged to some extent The fire is sup
| posed to have originated in the restaur-
ant kitchen. Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Bon
! ner who We're in charge OF the res
taurant, and boy assistant. all OF
whom were sleeping upstairs were
| awakened by smoke and barely es-
capped alive In their night clothes. They
lost all OF their effects. nothing being
saved from the restaurant building.
The loss is estimated to be about S.
/. 900. which is covered by insurance.
| Mr.. WISE who conducted both the
drug store and restaurant business and
| owned both buildings. will rebuild and
continue In business.
Ames.
With every bit OF his clothing ex
cept his hat and shoes, torn from his
body, Glade Stills had miraculous
escape from death when his jacket was
caught in some shaftiny at the Lock
| wood elevator. Stills was working at
the corn shelter when the accident oc
| CURED. Instead OF stepping TO one side
to reach a part OF the machinery, as
the instructions call for, he attempted
! to reach over rapidly revolving shaft
! and received an experience that he viii
remember the remainder OF his life.
Catching the bottom OF his jacket on
| a set screw his clothing was wrapped
around the shafting so rapidly that
before he could realize what was hap
pening he found himself standing
clothed only in hat and pair OF
shoes. Shivering with fright he called
| 20. help, and was. able to borrow
clothes enough from other workmen,
to enable him to get home.
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