Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-12-02

clowbar. Mr. Ferguson chose.H Satur-
day afternoon as the proper time for
the stunt to be pulled off. presuma bly,
IN order to provide Mr.. Pybuin with
as good sized audience as possible.
c'he streets were lined with interested
spectators and Mr.. Pyburn faithfully
paid the beta Mr.. Ferguson accom-
panied him with a sack Of peanuts
and when one8was broken another was
provided. A great deal Of merrment
was provided for the onlookers.
Sioux City, sssss5 n y
Women ofslhs9city are terroriZed by
the activities Of a choking burglar who
cutters homes and grips his victims by
the throat The last victim Of the
ehoker is Miss Grace Blood, 10 years
cid. daughter of Coroner Elmer Blood
The. choker was frightened from the
Blood residence by the barking of a
bull pup after he had severely choked
the young woman. On the previous
right. Mrs. Elliott Lum. wife Of a
travelling man. awakened by the fingers
of the choker closing about her wind
pipe. She succeeded in freeing her
self enough to scream for help and
the noise frightened away the in
truder.
Mason City.
Most Mason City Greeks would be
lined up on the side Of eX-Premier
Venizelos and his provisional govern
n,ent which has declared war on Bull
saria, and against King Constantine,
and the Royalist- Germanic party, ac-
cording to leaders Of the local colony.
THIS is not because they do not like
the king. and think he is following his
zeal convictions, or because they
specially favor the entente allies
cause Of the depredations Of their
hereditary enemies the Bulgarians.
That has led local Greeks to think that
lie country should now align herself
~ the side of the entente allies.
Fort Dodge.
Fire Of unknown origin practically
destroyed the garage and a fve-pas-
senger Stearns knight touring car for
james Fitzpatrick at 1902 Fourth ave-
.ue north early Monday morning.
Ben Black discovered the blaze on his
way home and turned in an alarm at
1910 a. m. For some unknown reason
the gasolene in the tank in the car did
not-ignite. in spite of the heat and the
near destruction OF the machine, CIV
ing rise to the theory that the flames
started in the building. The car had
been used during the afternoon and
was returned to the garage about SEQ
o. m. The loss was estimated at $4,000.
There was no insurance on either the
machine or the garage. The car was
purchased last June.
Mason City.
Edwin Nichols Of Clear Lake was
awarded the first prize in the Cerro
Gordo county acre corn contest pro-
NOTED by the cooperative extension
department Of the I. s. c., the prize
emitting him to free trip to the In
ternational live stock show to be held
at Chicago during the first week In
December. The winner hos been roti-
fed Of the fact by r. G. Bishop. state
club leader. The young corn grower
scored q total of 1873 per cent, the
yield being 85.2 bushels on dry
shelled corn basis The winners OF
the county contests will meet at Amcs
en- Saturday, Dec. 2 and spend day
at Iowa State College, leaving for CHI,
3cago in two special COACHES on the fol-
lowing day. They will return to their
homes Dec. s. The boys will be ac-
ccmpanied on their trip by Mr.. Bishop
and make their headquarters at the
II. NJ. C. A. Hotel while in Chicago.