Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-01-01
WapelIo.

WapeIIo.
| ]. c. Hunsicker dropped dead at his
home Monday. He was soldier Of the
civil war, Company K, Eighth Iowa
| Volunteers. He was II years of age,
and has been q citizen of Wapello
practically all his life, having come to
| Wapello with his parents from Penn
| sylvania-
Des Moines.
Poisoned by bootleg whisky given to
him by friend, Eugene Jones, an en-
4 ploye of the Great Western round
\ house, is in a serious condition here
4 and the police are looking for the man
with the poisoned bottle. One drink
of the illicit booze was all Jones con-
sumed. An hour later he was believed
I to be dying. 1t is believed the drink
i contained wood alcohol.
Leon.
A party of Burlington civil engineers
were in Leon last week, surveying the
ground north of the passenger depot
and the latest report is that the rail-
\ road company is planning to build
/ new freight depot just north OF the
passenger depot. We have been with
out a freight depot for so long 1T would
seem strange to have a real depot
again.
Perry.
| Ninety families nj Perry, comprising
practically every family that is poor
or needy, were given a treat Christmas
by the Big Brothers organization. The
treat was in the form of a substantial
Christmas dinner. In addition there
| were toys and candy for every child IN
! each family. The baskets were taken
out in a dozen automobiles on Christ
mas eve and left on doorsteps.
! Perry. ,t5-,
| Altho he is carrying bullet that
passed thru his left. arm, both of his
| lungs and his liver, and which also
| grazed his heart, David Johnson, ne
gro of this city, is still alive and the
doctors say he has fair chance to re-
cover. Sam Boyd, the man who shot
him, is in the city Jail charged with
! attempted murder, having been caught
after an all days chase The shooting
was the result Of family quarrel at
the Boyd home.
| Keokuk.
William Outright. colored, was en-
! amored of Laura Caruthers, an ebony
| belle of regalty and was jealous Of the
glances she cast at Robert Fulton, also
colored, and sought revenge on both.
FIe. shot the Caruthers woman In the
hipfand fired twice at Fulton. but both
shots missed their mark, The woman
will recover if blood poison doesn't set
| in. and Outright is Illuminating on the
fickleness Of the fair sex in the county
Jail. -
| Knoxville.
| paul Black, son Of Mr.. and Mrs
Marsh Black, who has been acting as
an assistant to the county engineer the
| past summer, has been chosen by the
city council as city clerk, taking the
place made vacant by the resignation
of the present incumbent c. ii. Stay
man. Mr.. slayman resigned In order
| to 60 to Florida, where he and his
wife will make their future home, and
they will depart some time next week
| for Lake Worth, Fla. Mr.. Black will
take his position on January 1.
Ottumwa.
! -Four Ottumwa merchants were the
victims of a forger who worked clev-
erly in each store and made his escape
with about $65. The checks used by
the man were drawn on four leading
wholesale firms, and that the forger
was acquainted with the men employed
| in the different places was evident
when he answered questions put to
him by the store owners. good de-
scription of the man has been turned
into the police department. but the au-
thorities have been unable to locate
ham. s.. G. Cullen & Co.. Creswell &
frost, N. F. Freedman and ]. B. Scase
& CO.. were the stores that cashed the
worthless checks.
Mount Pleasant. .::iss3
a church that Will s!sss be . Gem
munity center was Dedicated at Tren-
ton, village nine miles north Of here
last Sunday / 10 ~ BY " g
q cost OF 5000 and special attention
lwas paid to preparations for the social