Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-24
Southern Io1ua Items

! the city Is the goal of special COM
mittee Of local boosters appointed at
the annual spring cleanup meeting
last week. A committee to further
plans toward securing the desired
plant IS composed of Senator H. L..
Waterman. OFT Tisdale, Louis Goeh-
ring. Emil Fecht and Rev. Malcolm
Dana. Ottumwas only system of gar
| bage disposal consists Of unsanitary
dumping grounds So far it has not
been definitely decided whether the
disposal plant shall be municipality or
privately owned, thes pecial committee
to include In its report g. recommended
ton Of this question.
Shenandoah.
The Wabash train to Omaha was
held thirty five minutes here Thursday
to save the life Of Vera Mitchell, the
14year-o old daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs
G. w. Mitchell. She was operated on
for appendicitis in Council Bluffs
hospital and Is recovering from the
operation nicely. A Council Bluffs ply
ician was called Wednesday afternoon
but missed the first train to Shenan-
doah and did not arrive until sea
o'clock. He was taken to the Mitchell
! home in the country where he found
| the girl to be in a dangerous condition.
and must be taken to hospital at
once. The Wabash officials were ap-
| pealed to. and they held the train 1t
| the Shenandoah station thirty-fiv e
minutes while the patient was being
| brought to town in a car.
Des Moines. .,5?.%
Grey Rex. grey geldng, well known
| f~1l, 80 q
owned by Denny Rally. of this city.
| was bid in for only 1878 at the sale of
racing horses at the state fair grounds
! Wednesday afternoon. The horse was
bought by A. o. Laughlin, who, accord
ing to reports, was acting for Rally.
Bingale. Swear old trotting horse, con-
signed to D. Ryan, Of Clinton, brought
the highest price Of the day. He was
sold to DR.. E. B. Wilcox. of Oskaloosa
for $4s7.50. Wasil. owned by Ross
| Thompson, of Des Moines. was sold to
J. K. Welton,. of Oskaloosa, for $3.50.
! Some of the horses consigned to be
! sold were bid in at low, rates. One
animal went for s35. Several others
i went for $40 to $55. However, the
, horses which showed speed brought
good prices and the bidding was brisk.
Des Moines. =
| Miss Laeta Jacques, charged by Mrs
| R. r. Mcbride with stealing the affec-
lions Of Mr.. Mcbride, who is a we'll to-
do undertaken here, has paid Mrs. Nc
I Bride $500, and a suit for alienation
was dropped. Mrs. Mcbride had sued
for s25 900. The payment was made, II
is stated, to avoid the notoriety of q
trial. Mrs. Mcbride made unusua
charges She asserted that Miss
Jacques began to pay attention to Mr.
Mcbride in 1914, induced him to ac-
icept gifts from her and took him ridinl
often. Miss Jacques was visitor q
the Mcbride home frequently and. ac-
4 cording to the wife, Mcbride fitted vi
I room for the girl at the McBrid'
home. The wife declared she was final
i " compelled to leave her own home
4 In all her charges Mrs. Mcbride In
sisted the girl was tiie ss;sssfs,ressar5 ans
had virtually played the love pirate
Mrs Mcbride denied that she infAndet
to seek a divorce, and Mcbride said
too. that he did not plan - = s 2
Il proceedings. All parties involved Ar'
!, fairly prominent. Miss jacques befong
Ing to an old and wealthy faustly