Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-10-10
Northern Io1ua Items

futurist vaudeville hereabouts anC
elsewhere for fifteen years. Plaintiff
/ asks OF defendant the sum OF $4,000
alleging that in the presence Of several
| named witnesses the defendant false
| ly, maliciously and wwilfully charged
the plaintiff with being thief, mean
| ing that the plaintiff had been guilty of
| larceny.
Dubuque.
| More than score Of persons were
| injured. one young lady seriously and
perhaps fatally, Friday, when two
street cars collided almost head-on a!
| Thirteenth and Main streets. The ac-
cident happened when two cars were
approaching a switch below the corner,
each car in an opposite direction. The
nOrthbound car reached the switch
! first and slipping on the rails jumped
| the track, plunging directly in the path
Of the southbound car. Women
screamed and passengers on both cars
made mad rushes for the exits, trip
ping over one another in their panic,
| several going thru the doors and win
dows. Both cars were badly damaged.
With the exception Of one young lady
| none of the passengers were seriously
injured.
Mount Vernon.
The bad turn on the Lincoln High
way near the F. P: Travis farm, about
three miles west Of Mount Vernon,
claimed another car victim Friday aft
ernoon. A six-cylinder machine driven
by a Mr.. Wranfacker, Of Nevada,
careened over the bank spillinY its oc-
cupants into the road below. Mr.. and
Mrs. Wranfacked accompanied by a
Mrs Cook, Miss Dillon and a Mr..
Shamrock, all OF Nevada, were, en-
route to Rockford, III. The driver Of
the motor, never having been over the
road before, was unacquainted with it's
turns and dangers. Instead Of slow
ing down he evidently gave the engine
more gas and the car plunged across
the bank by reason Of its own weight
and, speed. With the exception OF few
bumps and bruises none Of the party
| was injured The outside wheels OF the
car were crushed. making 1t impossi-
BILE to continue the journey until re-
pairs arrive. The wrecked machine was
towed in to a local garage where re-
building will take place.
Dubuque.
II you stay in Dubuque you will be
safe, but il you cross the river and en-
ter East Dubuque, ILL.,. you are taking
grave, chances with your good health
and pocketbook If you carry any sort
| OF roll at all. For the past week the
Illinois town has been celebrating. Per-
fectly good farmers have gone over
there, leaving their families in Du-
buaue at the big exposition, have taken
with them what money the family
drought with them, and when they
wanted to come back were forced to
borrow bus fare. It Is estimated that
robbers, second story men, crap shoot
ers, card men, three-card monte oper-
| ators and the old pea and shell game as
well as dozens Of confidence men, coll
llectively have cleaned between $40,
900 and $4,000 from visitors to the lit
le town during the past five days. To
cite the big cases, one farmer Went
over after glass Of beer. He carried
a little over $500 with him. Some
pickpocket got him and relieved him Of
every cent he had. To make matters
worse, ne nearly vas put of the bus
/ because he didn't have cents to pay
his fare. some one .nally coming to his
rescue