Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-27
Southern Ioua Items

herds on exhibition. Swine breeders
are now considering withdrawing the
cash prizes they offered at the ex-
position. ra
keokuk. G 81
A clever forger got in his, work here
the past week, leading merchants being
his victims. One dealer admits he paid
gu. good money for the swindlers
worthless checks. The forger repre-
scented himself as being an ordinary
workman and explained he had been
doing government work in the city. He
used the local weather forecasters
name on the checks. He was an expert
penman and initiated the weather mans
handwriting perfectly, which leads the
police to believe he was an experienced
operator.
Council Bluffs.
George Lovejoy, pioneer OF Council
Bluffs, and formerly one of the noted
, norsemen in this part Of the country.
was found dead in his bed at the Cres-
/ ton hotel Sunday morning. He was dis
covered about O'Clock by hotel en-
pioyes. who notified the police depart
ment When Officer Becker and City
Physician Moth reached the hotel they
found him dead DR.. Moth said he had
apparently died about 3 o'clock. He
/; had long been suffering from heart dis
F, ease and for the last three weeks had
I! been seriously i'll.
| keokuk
| The city Will give work to Its unem-
! ployed this winter and next spring by
+, starting again on the levee fill as soon
as the last scheduled city improvements
! have been completed. Last winter a
great part Of the bluff on Second street
/ between Timea and Dies Moines was
/ cut down and used to fill in on the river
front as preliminary to the formation
! of the park and the rest of 1t will dis
contract 10 have the hill leveled by
in making the levee Improvement and
in providing work for the idle.
I! Washington.
! Several persons were injured here
Saturday evening in an automobile ac-
! cident which had as Its scene stretch
of road near the old chautauqua
grounds. A team driven by Harry HUT
the son OF Fred HUT, residing near here
was struck by an automobile driven by
Seymour Stattler in which his son
merle and Glen Cudeydack were pas
lsengers. One of the horses was so bad
lily injured that it was necessary to kill
1 II Immediately and the force of the col
i1ision threw the occupants OF the car
as we'll as young HUT to the ground. Al
of the parties received painful bruises
altho no serious injuries resulted. Hut
claims that Strattler was racing with
another car and that upon seeing thu
two vehicles approaching he attempted
to drive his team to the side Of the
road. The automobile was demolished
ksekuk.
! The days Of the horse car were re-
vived Sunday on the Keokuk and Ham
ilton bridge when the intefurban ca
from Keokuk to Warsaw was converted
into a horse drawn car and hauled b.
two teams from the point on the bridg'
where the trolley wire 10 down to tn
point on the other, side Of the approach
where the wire Is restored. The wir'
is down during the reconstruction 0
the bridge. The switch engine which
usually drags the cars from the bridg
to the east approach was out Of com
!, mission. 1t was necessary to get tn
] tfnterurban ovN the distance wher
4 there IL no wire to furnish the power
D and two team. Of heavy draugh
: horses were pressed into the servic'
: The horses seemed to have PRACTICAL
i no trouble in getting the car along. al
e tho they were in close quarters eac
: time on the bridge, after being un
e hooked.