Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-09

| keokuk.
Evangelist Scoville is meeting with
great success in his tabernacle revival
here So far 642 have hit the religious
path since he began his services here.
, On Sunday l4l persons walked down
the baled shavings to the glory row.
Tempieton.
! The barn on the Henry Wilhelm
, borg farm, east of Templeton. was
t burned. Two horses Mt. Wilhelmborg
! had purchased the day before persisted
in the flames Seven sets of harness.
! forty tons of hay and some grain were
! destroyed.
; Des Moines.
! Entries in the equal suffrage poster
contest are all in and judging takes
place today. There are from sixty 20
seventy posters entered. The judges
are J. ~ Darling. Mrs. Gardner Cowles.
Mrs. J. F. carpenter. LATE Young. W.
: G. Hale. Mrs. r II. Belmage is chair
man Of the committee in charge OF the
! contest.
Fort Madison.
, William Long. an ex-convict and
! George Tubbs. were arrested here
charged with grand larceny, following
/ the theft Of hog from W. c. Willard
farm Wednesday night. 4 letter ad-
dressed to one of the men, found on
! the farm caused them to be suspect
! ed. When arrested they were render
| ing lard.
Des Moines.
When Miss Augusta Knies. 25 years
! old. applied at the courthouse for
license to wed Harley Deckert, a young
! No o1y ho had
taken advantage Of her leap year pre-
rogative and had popped the question.
She came here a few weeks ago from
Lansing. Mich, 70 vlsl. friends and
met Deckert.
| Burlington.
William Baker, a civil war veteran
and an honored resident Of Burlington
for many years, died at the soldiers
home in Quincy, H.. aged 10 years.
Mr.. Baker was born in Germany and
came to the United States when
youth Nine children survive him. one
daughter. Mrs Roy Appleby, residing
in Davenport. Iowa.
Council Bluffs.
Sheriff Thomas Canfield OF Greene
county, is here searching for E. c.
Martin, SO years old, a rich farmer
near jefferson, who disappeared sew
eral days ago after marketing car
load OF hogs at South Omaha. He had
the money derived from the sale OF his
stock with him and it is feared that
he met with foul play either in Omaha
or Council Bluffs.
Burlington.
A carload Of postal cards amounting
to 100000 in number and valued at
lS61, 100 will be unloaded in Burlington
this week at the supply station at the
postoffice. These cards will be used
to fill acquisitions during the next few
months from cities such as Peoria,
Davenport, Rock Island, Cedar Rapids,
Ottumwa, Keokuk and many other
cities in Iowa and Illinois.
Randolph.
Some two months ago a dog belong
ing to A. II. Sheirborn was killed by
him for its peculiar actions. Sunday
DIR. Humphreys was called there on
account of a sick cow. He pronounced
the animal affected with rabies and
killed it. Thursday DIR. Cotter was
called to see another cow. which M
pronounced as sick with the same dis
ease. The doctor informed Mr. Sheir.
born that he had killed several cattle
near Tabor for the same disease and
that number of dogs had been killed
Anita. -
4 Twenty-Five years ago last saAurda!
the late Lewis Beason sold his NM
1 farm few miles west Of Anita to tn
late Rev. NJ r. Hendricks. fathAr d
Stgel5 and Rev. NJ. f. Hendrich. ami
Mrs. s. K. Wilson, OF this city. wht
had but recently moved from Illinois
In those days this was considered on,
Of the finest farms lin. I.ass county
land the price at which it sold, IS;