Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-29
Southern Io1Ua Items

the p,avor announced that should any
more cases break out. the whole town
should be quarantined.
Madrid.
All Madrid people interested IN the
success of any enterprise whith
means the employment Of labor and
the bringing OK business to Madrid,
will learn With pleasure that the
Sutherland Nine-in-One wagon box
manufacturing establishment is to be
re-opened and Is once more to become
a going business. The business was re-
Gently purchased by J. N. Carlson at
the sheriff sale. held to satisfy an ex-
ecution against the defunct Sutherland
company, it will be remembered.
Washington.
The city council has under consid-
Grafton, the erection of a new city hall
rather than remodel the old city build
ing. An investigation has been going
on as TO the feasibility of this plan and
it is believed that the proposition can
be financed 80 thar there will be practi-
cally no additional tax burden. The
city hall now in use is an old edihce,
inadequate in many respects. especially
in the matter OF housing the fire de-
partment. The new building planned
would have q fire room, city jail,
council chamber. mayor and city clerks
offices and a small assembly room.
Shenandoah. ~asE
When a car containing four passen-
gers plunged over a fifty-foot embank-
ment at Porter's lake Sunday afternoon
turning turtle A. Z. Lindburg, postal
clerk at the Shenandoah postoffice, was
severely injured. His right arm was
broken in two places and 1t was nee
essary to take stitches in a scalp
wound. His back received a hard blow
and physicians are unable to determine
whether he is injured internally. In the
car with him were Ollie Odin, manager
of the bottling works. and Mr.. Lind
burgs son. Charles. They escaped In.
jury. Mr. Lindburg purchased the car
last week. - ~
Scandal. -
Joe Chesie, a young Italian miner
employed in the Scandia Coal COM
pany's mine at Scandia. lost his left
hand Sunday afternoon as result OF
the accidental discharge Of a shot gun.
Chesie was out alone in his boat on
the Des Moines river when the acci-
dent occurred. He saw a snipe and
hastily reaching for his gun, pulled 1t
towards him. The hammers Of the
gun caught and the contents OF one
barrel took effect In the left wrist,
fracturing the bones. The young man
was brought to Madrid where the arm
was amputated at a point about three
inches above the wrist. Drs. Ear
wood. Shaw and Farr performed the
operation. Chesie was taken to the In
dustriaI hospital in Des iMoines by DR..
Earwood. ~ H.
Dss Moines. =. .
Herman " Kimber. an agent for the
Pickering Automobile Company. died at
1870 a. m. Thursday from a fractured,
skull received Wednesday afternoon
when a car he was driving thru Bird
land drive, crashed into tree. KIM
Der had been i'll for several days and
was subject to severe bilious attacks.
When he left his homezat 1884 East
Thirteenth street Wednesday morning
| to go to his office in the Observatory
building, he complained TO his wife Of
feeling sick. She advised him to see his
doctor during the day He neglected
to do this. At $3.50 Kimber started for
home in a new Stearns car which he
had been using for demonstration pur-
poses. Mike Kautenberger. druggist
at 625 Grand avenue. accompanied him.
They drove thru Birdiand drive The
explanation Of the accident In believed
by his wife TO be that he was suddenly
taken with a violent attack OF the nj
ness and was unable to control the
machine. The big car crashed into q
tree near the Belt Line bridge. Kimber
was thrown forward and his head hit
the iron frame of the Windshield, crush
ing the sktll q !, ,.,., q. s,o,x,v,
clear OF the car and suffered painfui
cuts and bruises. The automobile was
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