Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-02
Winterset,

WInterset.
Mrs Joseph Carter, aged 80. died at
her home here Of grip She lived alone
and the fact that she was i'll was not
discovered until friends who became
alarmed because she did not answer
the telephone visited her home. Mrs.
Carter left property to the value Of
$4,000 to relatives.
Scion.
Following the warnings sent out by
the state college at Ames, County
Superintendent Hessenius and Prof.
John Cameron of the state university
conducted a seed corn campaign Sat
urday sending delegates to various
outlying towns to instruct the farmers
as TO testing seed corn and showing
the best method for ii.
Seymour.
a campaign closed last night in
which three -fourths Of the amount was
pledged for the erection of a $4,000
NJ. z. church at this place. DIR. T. G.
lift Of Denver. Colo. assisted by the
local pastor and membership, con-
Quoted the campaign which began Fri
day night by a big banquet provided
by the Ladies' Aid society. 1t is the
season on the site of the old building.
Madrid.
A Black Hand Letter, received by
Oscar Oakleaf, president OF the Mad
rid State Bank. demanding $4,000 on
penalty Of death. was turned over TO
federal authorities Saturday by Mr..
Oakleaf The letter was mailed in
Madrid. The banker was told to leave
the money at a milepost south of town.
Instead he notified the sheriff and lay
in wait. Nobody appeared.
Knoxville.
1t is expected that Judge L. H. Hays.
OF the district bench, will be forced 10
resign. Judge Hays recently suffered
stroke of paralysis, but is now re-
covering. Physicians attending him
, say he will never be strong enough to
continue his duties.
Des Moines.
Fire of unknown origin DESTROYED the
barn on the farm of John y. Reed.
mile west and a mile south of Altoona
early Tuesday morning. Total loss
was $4,000.
Knoxville.
Harry S. Wheaton, OF Dallas town
u,
valuable invention designed to pre-
cent accidents to telephones and tele-
phone users from lightning. The de-
vice is called a combined lightning ar
roster and telephone cut-out. He says
tina. ;hc ac-:ce cen he manufactured
and put on the market cheaply. and
that he has been informed by the
Washington officials that the inven-
| fnl
patent.
! indianoIa.
| While Warren county gained in
forty-five years only about 1900 in
population. It's taxable property has
jumped from s4,365,291 to $101, soST30.
The county's population in 1870 was
1880. In 1916 1t was a trihe over
10000. In 1870 there was one bank in
the county. Now there are nineteen.
The per capita deposits in 1870 were
1850. Today they are $137.50. But
the number of land owners is showing
decrease In two average townships
| in 1870 there were sol taxpayers who
owned land. Now there are 367.
| Davenport. "a X ,3% ~ =lg. q
[ Another movement for the relief Of
| their countrymen In Germany and
Austria, begun here several days ago
by the Steuben society, an organiza-
ton Of prominent German american
women. has resulted in the raising 81
1854 This money goes to the asd OF
| German and Austrian prisoners tn the
prison camps OF siberia. The German
Red Cross here has already raised
$4,000. which has been sent to relieve
the hafdships OF the orphans u Ger