Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-30
Northern Io1ua Items

ears, nose, hands and toes were nipped.
For q number Of years Hoffman has
been working at various farms in this
vicinity. He developed q religious
mania and when captured was sitting
in the Miller granary reading his
bible. He is said to be about so years
of. age and single.
In proportion to their size, Ida
Grove, Ho1stein and Danbury were
among the largest contributors to the
starving Belgians of any of the hun
dred odd towns in the Eleventh dis
trict. John R. WEIGH, of Mapleton, the
district chairman of the Belgian re-
lief. reports that a total of $2063S was
raised in the district. Sioux City gave
$3.1S1; Sheldon. $1,6SS; Danbury, 1898;
Ida Grove. 1884; LIE Mars, $500; New
ell, $500; and several other towns
carload of corn each. valued at $3.50.
Galva's contribution was $15S05 and
Battle Creeks $73. Besides this, sew
eral large sums were not handled by
Mr.. WEIGH at all but sent directly to
the foreign consuls. This includes
$500 raised around Holstein and 1927
from Battle Creek.
Fort Dodge.
The national guard officers who were
in council in the city for two days met
at the armory Thursday afternoon.
The study of military strategy was
taken up. For this work long table
containing sand Is used to show the
lay of the land on which the fighting
would be going on If there was war.
Maps are studied and the position of
the different land forces located. The
meeting closed the two days session
of the officers school. Most of the
men leave for their respective homes
this afternoon and this evening, The
men all expressed themselves as being
we'll pleased with the entertainment
given them by local officers. All the
men attended the banquet and saw the
picture of the encampment which was
taken at Dies Moines last summer. The
banquet was very informal. The officers
attended in full uniform.
Sioux City.
II satisfactory conditions are pro-
vided by the Sioux City Commercial
Club the main factory Of the United
Glove and Mitten Company, of Water
loo will be moved here. J. B. HoltZ.
president of the concern, and Ansel
Humphreys. a veteran glove maker,
were here Thursday looking into con-
ditions. The company now has branch
factories at Boone, La Porte Center
Point and Urbana, Iowa, with head
quarters at Waterloo. It's products
are working gloves OF all descriptions
The factory is going to be moved
soon' Mr.. Humphrey admitted, "but it
is not certain we will come to Sioux
City. Cedar Rapids offers an excellent
field and other Iowa cities are being
considered as possible locations. We
are inclined to favor Sioux City if the
situation here Is what we expect to
find. We are making no bonus of the
Commercial Club"
Webster City.
A rather strange story has come
to light here. c. c. Hall, a retired
farmer living on West Walnut street, |
has gone to visit his aged father whom
he had long thought dead Mr.. Hall
was for years prominent farmer liv-
ing near Bancroft. He was a little
motherless boy living with his father in
Dubuque when the civil war broke out.
The father enlisted in the union army,
leaving his son with friends. The war
ended and Mr.. Hall grew to be almost
an old man himself, but nothing was
heard from his father and it was sup
posed for fifty years that he was dead
After Mr.. Hall grew to manhood he
took care OF the people who had reared
him as long as they lived. A few
weeks ago Mr.. Halls father began adj
vertising for him in a Dubuque paper
and a copy of the paper happened to
come into the sons hands and thus he
learned after all these years that his
father was still among the living. Mr..
and Mrs. Hall have been in Ravens
wood, West Virginia, for several weeks
visiting MI. Halls aged parent