Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-21
Mount Ayr,

Mount Ayr.
G. S. Saiser is manager Of the Saiser
Pu blishing Company, which issued the
first issue Of the Ringgold County Re-
publican this week. Mt. Ayr now has
| three newspapers.
Cedar Rapids. !. :: :
Mrs. Enie Post OF this city has sued
DIR" W. o. Collins Of the Collins in
stitute for $1,000 damages. Mrs. Post
alleges that her arm was broken by
Collins while she was -UupdeEGqng
! manipulation for the cure OF rhedhfa-
tfsm in his sanatorium in August
| 1915. - 49, -
| Perry.
Edith Smith. IL years old. is given
permission by Judge W. W. Cardell.
! Of the superior court here, to continue
as a circus performer. The girl has
been placed in charge Of her aunt,
Mrs. r. q. Orton. Of OrtonVi!le. The
girl is a bareback rider. Her parehfs
were divorced and the girl Is unablS
to get along with her foster father.
Scranton.
w J. Cromwell was exhibiting on
Monday an interesting relic in the
way of an old land patent which he
found among his mothers papers. It
was issued by President James Mon
| roe to John Wayne conveying quar-
| ter section of Illinois land as home
stead to a soldier Of the war OF 1872.
| Illinois was at that time a territory
and the paper is dated Nov. 26. 1917.
| 1t is nearly 100 years old.
Brighton.
Brighton has a hobo cure for
! nj I1 tt>.aVy wpYp
sheltered at the city Jail were charged
with vagrancy before Mayor Shyrock
and sentenced to labor on the streets.
They were put to work digging
trenches for the electrolier conduits
on Front street, and it is supposed
the same method will be used each
day until the work is completed.
Grand Junction.
| A new consolidated school district
was formed Tuesday by vote Of three
| districts centering in the town OF
Beaver. The vote was 90 to q. The
districts are Beaver Independent dis
tr!ct, known as the old Dewey. and
the district north, which is an old
fashioned township district, and the
district south which is called the
| Pleasant View independent district
Sixteen sections are Included Id the
now district. !. 80
| Scion.
Mrs. Frank Pohler has Just received
a letter from Oakland, Cal, announc-
ing the death at that place Of Albert
| Hubbard at the age OF almost z 30
years. Mr.. Hubbard lived on farm
south of Scion for many years, leav-
! ing the old homestead . few yeare
| ago to find a home in the west in his
| declining years. He was one OF the
earliest pioneers Of Johnson county
and is recalled by some Of the older
residents. .r."-- ~ nv =
Davenport. 81" r.
The decomposed body Of Charles
Brown, wealthy travelling salesman
missing since last January was found
Saturday afternoon in the mississippi
river by a fisherman. Brown had beer
=, :oS scca many weeks previoue
to his disappearance. He was found
missing one night and IL Ia presumed
he left his sick bed, found a hole II
the frozen river and then Jumped fl
He was identified by means OF q tat.
too on his arm. - f.az !. u ~,
Missouri Valley. u
i While driving his automobile on tn
Sunnyside road j. N. 3Tamisiea turne'
out to avoid = mud hole and the sca
skidded, turned over, throwing tn,
, nine occupants into the mud. Luckii.
NO one was injured. but were badl.
frightened and somewhat muddy. On
Of the women was holding. m hHb.
. which was asleep on her Iap ana vl1e'
they tipped She = !,
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