Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-05-09
Southern Io1ua Items

worthy The child while plny7ng
Thursday evening bslweeIf and 8
o'clock near his homie. fell on some
balinc wire with suffi cient force to SEND
a point of the wire thru his right thigh
until 1t penetrated to the other side.
| The little fellow had a playmate pull
the rusty rod from his leg, standing the
excruciating pain without murmur:
There was a hole six inches long made
thru his limb, which 1t was necessary
to cleanse in an eUdeavor to ward Oh
the dreaded tetanus germs. The wound
was cauterized by the doctor and ne
stated that he looked for the success
full recovery Of the boy.
Davenport.
With two Of the nations noted med
| ical men as guests, loco physicians OF
! Iowa will meet here this week In the
| annual convention of the Iowa State
Medical Society. The convention Will
cover three days, May 10, II and IL.
DR.. Alexander Lambert, of New YORK
City, and DIR. J. Rilus Eastman. Of In
dianapolis. are the noted men to be
! the guests Of the Iowa society. DIR.
Lambert is professor of medicine OF
| Cornell university medical college and
| one OF America S prominent tnternists.
DR.. Eastman is professor OF surgery
! of the school of medicine in the Uni
versity of Indiana. Several hundred
| Illinois physicians have been invited
| and acceptanceS have been received
! from many. Every room in the city S
| new Blackhawk hotel has been reserved
! by the visitors. The hotel will be con-
vention headquarters and the scientific
and business sessions will be held in
the Burtis opera house.
Fairfield.
| Michigan won the Interstate orator
ical contest which opened here Friday
| evening, Wisconsin second and Iowa
! fourth, Contest was held at Barhyd
| chapel Friday evening and was one OF
| the biggest events ever brought to
| Fairfield. The Parsons College COM
! nittee who were hosts to the event are
| being congratulated upon every hand.
Special cars came from Simpson Col
llege at Indianola, large delegations
came from Burlington, Ottumwa and
Keokuk while many were present from
1 Des Moines, Iowa City, Cedar Rapids
and other Iowa cities. The six young
men who took part represented at least
l20 various schools and colleges In
twelve different states. Every one OF
the contestants had been thru at leas,
J three elimination contests and had won
4 their right to participate in this con-
test by much nard work The states
in this association are Wisconsin, Indi-
ana, Illinois, Ohio. Missouri, North and
South Dakota, Nebraska, Minnesota
Kansas, Iowa and Michigan.
Fairfield.
Fred Junhin Hinkhouse, Of Fairfield
member of the 1915 class of Parsons
!Eollege. has been elected to the Eng
lish department in Beirut protestant
college Of Beirut, Syria, for a term OF
three years. Mr.. Hinkhouse is prornf-
tnent in college life here, and has been
a member of the football squad for tfe
last two seasons and was captain Of the
basketball team this year He In the
son Of DR.. and Mrs. John F.. HING
house, well known in Iowa Presby-
terrain circles. An older brother Par
Mcclure Hinkhouse Is now filing >
similar position in the United Presbv,-
terrain school at Assault, EGYPT. Beirui
Is school Of about eleven hundred
students and is generally recognized az
the strongest christian school OF ths
Mohammedan world. The appointment
comes az quite a compliment to Par
Sons College and to Mr.. Hfn4hons es
Providing there is no change In wa,
!, conditions, he expects to sail from Nes.
a IoT1 aouuI Ine n3sddle OF lSepternber
| The state department at Washfneton
however, Is TO pass on the question 81
whether 1t would be safe. and uesv a..
u environments may cause delay