Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-09-18
Fort Madison.

Fort Madison.
David Orion, a1-months- old son of
| Walter Orion. of Denmark. died
W~ednesday,3of ~infantile paralysis.
Knoxville.
A contract for the new high school
has been let for s55,3s6.r The building
when completed will cost SIS. 900. It is
to be completed by Sept. /, 1917.
ottumwa.
H. D. Riggs, of Barnes City. was
fined 81 and costs by Police Judge
Emery for parking his car for several
hours in front of a theater on Main
| street. He paid his fine without a
sign of a kick and departed the wiser
Shenandoah.
Waving a friendly greeting to a
neighbor was the cause of an auto
wreck in which Charles Railain OF
Imogene was severely injured. He lost
control Of the steering wheel and the
machine hit a bridge banister and
went into a ravine. No bones were
broken. but the driver was badly hurt
internally.
burlington.
Charles Bershee, one OF the Oldest
bricklayers in the state, died at his
home in this city Sunday. MI. Bershee
was born on Long Island 81 years ago
and came to Burlington in 1856. Al
most Immediately on his arrival he
took up his trade, b~ricklaying. and
continued in the business until his
death and was probably the oldest
contractor in Iowa if not in the wests
Fort Madison.
Matthias Martin O'Donnell, the last
man to be sentenced to death in Iowa,
will not get his second trial at the
present term Of the district court here,
Which convened Tuesday. The term
is being presided over by Judge Bank
and since Judge Hamilton, the first
district Judge. presided at O'Donnelrs
former trial, the custom Of returning
the cast to the prior judge will be fol-
lowed and the case heard in the
November term.
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John r. Jamison and Sarah Jam!son,
his wife, recently celebrated the
sixtieth anniversary of their wedding
day. They have lived in Mahaska
county since 1853 and are among our
best known and highly respected
pioneer residents. Mr.. Jamison has a
fine farm a short distance southeast OF
Oskaloosa where they have resided
since the early days of the county.
They are the parents Of ten children.
four Of whom passed away early in
life.
Muscatine.
Articles Of Incorporation Of the Iowa
Pearl Button Company, a lew. local
concern of which W.. F. Bishop is
president, were filed in the office of the
county recorder, W. ID. Walton.
office. The capital stock OF the firm
is 800, 900, $3.50 . Of which viii be
used to commence operations. The old
Stein building across from the Rock
Island freight house is being remodeled
and will be used in the new concern.
j. c. Bishop is vice president and Fred
w. Hermann, secretary and treasurer.
Washington.
Iowa's hornets nest Brigade" Of G.
A. r. veterans opened q two days re-
union here Thursday. 1t was the
twelfth reunion OF the organization
composed of survivors Of the Second,
Seventh, Eighth, Twelfth and Four
tenth Iowa infantry regiments. Regis
tering and greeting Of comrades pre-
coded the business session Thursday
afternoon at the opera house. The
camp fire meeting Thursday night was
featured by ten minute talks by the
following comrades: Sanford Kirk
patrick. Second Iowa; y. w. Akers,
Seventh Iowa; Ast Turner. ;fsstsst!ss.!.
Iowa: Harvey Smith, Twelrth Iowa,