Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-08-31

Buck Grove. 49,.
saturday. the 18th, there was frost
visible on the depot here, but no Gam
age is reported.
Corning.
The Scott family reunion, profaois
the largest reunion ever held IN Iowa.
was held here last week at the NOME
| of s. c. Scott, banker. one nuhoreu
| and tifty-seven relatives were present
South English. 80
MISS Grace Roland, the 17-year- old
| dauchter of Albert Roland, who h'es
| two miles west of town, was olscoseieu
to he III with infantile paralysis and the
family were placed under quarantine
Monday by DR.. Wellman, who is at
| tending her.
Brooklyn. -,
Henry McNally was found dead be
low a window OF Ernest Pattens resi-
dence here Tuesday. He had taIleh
from the window to the sidewalk. It IS
believed. He was a painter 40 years
old and unmarried Little is known
concerning the accident or how he hap
pened TO be at the Patten home.
| Altoona.
Miss Beatrice Mansfield Of Altoona
made a cleaning in prizes for chicken
raising a, the state fair. She won seven
blue ribbons for White Wyandotte
birds. They were the following classes:
Best flock, beet cock, best cockerei, pest
hen. best pullet, best pen fowls ana
best brood Of chicks.
Fort Madison.
DR. Jacob Goldbrown. local veterin-
| flEn
emDloved for cavalry horses at Fort
Sam Houston, Texas, mas recei'eu
| call from the British government. He
accepted and will report for duty at
Montreal and will either go to England
or the continent.
Oskaloosa.
| An auto belong ing to Mrs. j. E.
Swalley of Des Moines, was burned
here late Friday. Mrs. Swalley and her
| daughter were en- route home from In
diana. Gasolene flooded the engine
hood. Mrs. Swalley hunted for the
trouble with a match. She found 1t.
Fire department was called to put Out
| flames after the explosion.
GIcnwood.
Richard Hunt, aged s, the son of Mr.
I ).
serious accident this week. While play
ing soldier with several other children
a long sharp tine that had been broken
from pitchfork was being used as a
make-b believe sword or bayonet. The
Hunt lad had the tine in his mouth
when he was accidentally pushed over
| by a playmate. He fell forward, driv-
ing the tine back into his mouth. He
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sis and throat. A physician was call
| ed and the boys wounds treated 1t is
thought he will entirely recover.
Burlington.
One child is dead and seven people
are in the hospital here from injuries
sustained when Muscatine, Burling-
ton and Southern train collided with a
motor truck car mile west Of Oak
| Vile. The dead: Gladys Tisor, n
years old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
Harry Tisor of Burlington. Injured:
Mrs. William Wilson, right leg broken
William Wilson, badly bruised and
shaken: Walter Tisor, bruised; Five
children of the Wilson family, minor
injuries The party was returning
from days outing near Erich juno
ton and tried to- beat the train from
EIrick Junction to Oakville. They mis-
calculated the time and met the trair
on q sharp curve. The adults barely
: had time to seize what children they
. could and jump
Audubon.
III Alice Eddy, well known girl o
: Audubon committed suicide by takini
a dose of carbolic acid Sunday after
. noon. Miss Eddy lived with her mothe