Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-10-19
Southern Iowa Items

home. Mr.. Lawrence took occasion TO
walk out on the porch and stumbled on
some tools that were lying on the
steps. Her arm was broken near the
shoulder, A physician was called from
Oakland and set the broken member
Mrs. Lawrence seems to be very UNI
lucky in receiving broken arms. as she
had both Of her arms broken about two
years ago by a runaway team.
Missouri Valley.
y strike was inau2urated in the
Northwestern railroad boiler shops
Monday and all the boilermakers and
their helpers walked out. One man is
TIE cause of it. 1t seems the railroad
hired a boilermaker the other day who
is a non union man. The men began
locking up his record and claim to
have found that he "scabbed" some
place where a strike was on. They de-
cline to work with him and the COM
rany declined to fire. him. so the men
walked out. A committee from the
orga niZation is in session with the
railroad officials and it is believed a
satisfactory adjustment Of their differ
ences will be made. Forty men quit
work.
West Liberty.
The town treasury contains no i'm
mediate funds for the purpose, but
when the council of West Liberty de-
cided on the purchase of an additional
tract of land for cemetery purposes,
Mayor Henry Folders started out, and
in forty eight minutes secured the
signatures of thirty six citizens to six
$500 notes, which the town signs as
principal in the purchase Of the land
desired. The notes run for ten years.
The tract in question embraces seven
acres, adjacent to the present Oakridge
cemetery, and when the time comes the
Roadway separating the two tracts will
be abandoned and new avenue
opened along the south line of the new
plat.
'Muscatine.
When a gasolene iron which she was
using exploded. Mrs. Harry r. st.
Clair. Sis Cedar street. was probably
fatally burned. She is in a very seri-
Gus condition and little hope is held
for her recovery. She Is So years old.
Mrs. st. Clair was ironing clothes with
the iron when the explosion occurred.
Flames were thrown upon her she
rushed out Of the house and to the
home Of her daughter. Mrs. Charles C.
'Bierman, next door. With their as
sistance and with the assistance Of
reighbors. and using rugs. they finally
managed to extinguish tho flames.
Mrs. st. Glars body was almost en-
tirely burned. More than half OF the
hair OF, her head was burned off. and
her eyelashea as we'll. Face neck and
body were burned. only the feet and
lower limbs escaping.
Shenandoah.
A fall Of thirty feet from windmill
seriously injured G.. W. Rogers, Of 3os
Church street, Sunday morning. Altho
no bones were broken he was severely
bruised and will be confined to his bed
several days. He Is unable to move
himself and has to be turned in bed
because Of the severe jolt he ex-
perienced. Mr.. Rogers, whose business
is to fix pumps and wind mills. was
called to the whitehtll home to fix the
Sbig wheel When he was thirty feet
from the ground step on the frame
broke with his weight and he came
crashing down. The force OF the fall
was on his shoulder. The accident oc-
Cured about $3.50 in the morning
MIR. Rogers was picked up and assisted
to vehicle to be taken bach to
Shenandoah. DR.. W. F. Stat1ef was
called and met them about half way
TO town.