Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-07-08

keokuk.
The country club will erect a new
home in the near future to be the equal
| every way of the club house burned a
short time ago. 1t is expected to cost
in the neighborhood o. $4,000 Funds
for the building already have been
| raised
Woodbine.
| Sixty-five members of the Upper
| family were in attendance at the
! church to hear Rev. Charles B. Topper
of Sioux Falls at the Christian church
of Woodbine With the exception OF
two families, all reside in Harrison
county.
Fairfield.
Many Fairfield people are sorry to
learn that DR.. Charles Preston Fore
man, pastor of the First Presbyterian
church here for the past two years. has
rendered his resignation to take ef-
feet within a short time. This action
J was taken by DR.. Foreman because OF
his continued i'll health.
ottumwa.
Mrs. Carey Johnson. wife Of the
! manager .: the johnson Motor Com :
pany, who disappeared from Des
Moines on June %. does not believe
that her husband killed himself In
Omaha. because his financial affairs
were in good shape Johnson was last
seen at the Foster Hotel in Omaha.
He left a wife and four children.
Davenport.
Thinking that bed in a display
! window of furniture store was In ms
own home, Jack Britt. aged %.
ho
he had been doing at $3.50 Tuesday
morning and walked thru plate glass
window. He was badly lacerated about
the head and throat and was taken to
a hospital.
Fort Madison.
Edward l.. Boyles lies at the point OF
death. having been injured by the ex-
plosion Of an ammonia tank at one OF
Fort Madison's new factories. the Lar
| sen ice machine factory. Flying frag-
ments fractured his skull and broke
his left leg in two places. The attend
| ing physicians hold out scant nope Tor
his recovery. The patient is a youne
married man.
Des Moines.
Burglars, Friday afternoon, entered
the residence Of Fred w. Lehman,
Jr., Des Moines attorney. and son oi
the famous Fred Lehman. of St
Louis. and escaped with silverware and
iewelry worth $500. The booty includ-
ed wedding presents given lehman
when he and Miss Marjory Mills. pop
ular society girl, were married. An
other daylight raid at the Payne home
netted the burglars 5000 more.
| Museatine.
George Bodman, engineer for the
Muscatine Lighting Company. was
electrocuted in the local power house,
having come In contact with one OF the
l.high powered wires. $500 volts passing
thru his body. Mr.. Bodman was clean
| ing Off a transformer and was on top
of a ladder about fifteen feet from the
floor. His hand came in contact with
one of the feed wires. His cry for help
brought Other employees to the scene
but they were poNerless TO give aid.
Dss Moinss.
with view Of realizing her life
long wish. that Of giving her 13-year-
old daughter the best education In
music that money can provide, Mrs
Cora BARTLETT attempted to annul the
death bed marriage Of her mother-in-
law. Mrs. Bartlett, to w. H. Bowling
aged rs. The ceremony was perform
ed q week ago. But Tor the belated
marriage the girl could have laid claim
to- an estate valued at $4,000, which
now goes to the 76-year-old groom.
Manning.
Word reached here Thursday that
John Hartew. a recluse who had lived
in seclusion from the world on his for
ty-acre farm about five and one-half
miles southwest of town, Respondent
because of Ill health. committed sui
eide by shooting himself thru the heart
with . shotgun. It IL supposed he tool