Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-10-03
Southern Io1ua Items

during the entire day and the efforts
of the near by towns and cities to as
sist Fairfield with the celebration were
appreciated. /.
Red Oak.
heart disease Friday afternoon while
on fishing trip on the river north OF
this city. In company with w. A.
Harding he was spending few days
camping and fishing on the Nlshna-
botna river, as had been the custom
of the two men for the last ten or
twelve years. Mr.. DeFrehn. who had
been suffering from heart trouble for
the last seven months, had short
fainting spell, from which he soon re-
covered. and started to 80 down to the
river to fish when he fell a second
time. and by the time his companion
reached him he was dead.
Clarified.
William Dunegan, travelling insur-
ance agent. who lives in Des Moines,
suffered a stroke of paralysis at Hotel
Garland in Bedford two or three weeks
ago and his eyesight was totally de-
stroyed for awhile, then later on he
could see little. Last Friday, In corn
pany with friend, he started to Des
Moines in an automobile. Between Al
ton and Creston the car went over an
embankment and Dunegan received in
juries to his back and several ribs
were broken. He was taken to Cres-
ton to the hospital, where he informed
his friends near that his normal eye
sight-had been restored, and the re-
gaining Of his eyesight was well wortn
the accident. He is getting along fine,
and If no complications set in, will
soon recover again.
Davenport.
Declaring that prohibition has done
more whisky consumed here thar
Mayor John Berwild gave out the fol-
lowing public statement: There is
more whisky consumer here than
heretofore and never have / seen so
many empty whisky and beer bottles
on the streets of Davenport as there
are at the present time. The bible
says, Forbidden fruit tastes best and
this certainly applies on the drinking
question very strongly. We have been
obliged to increase our taxes mills,
and it should have been really mills
to make both ends meet. There are
certain evils in this world that can
never be wiped out and drinking is one
of them. You can not make good
woman or good man by law. II they do
rot receive the proper Instruction al
home and in school to have will power
to know what is right and wrong, no
laws will ever prohibit drinking, steal
ing and other evils."s
Yorktown.
BY the telephone lines being out OF
commission 1t was not possible to
learn at once all the damage done BY
the storm. Nineteen workmen were
busy Thursday trying to put home
together again for Rev. Mr.. Brown, OF
the Covenanter settlement. The main
part of the house was blown away and
the children. who were alone, miracu-
lousy escaped injury as the part they
were gathered in was left. Their beau
tlful grove was demolished. VIII MUIR
ply had an exciting experience. While
trying to find his boy, who was safe at
home, the father was carried over
pine tree and set down. He saved him.
self by holding to the hedge fence to
which he crawled Many homes In
Harlan and East River were minus
roof and suffered other damage from
the storm: Mrs. Cecil Gwynn reports
her parents. the Whitehills, as just
missing the path of the tornado. Webb
Millers, who formerly lived near York.
town but now Of near Shenandoah.
had to move out until their house is
repaired. The tale Of woe covers
horses dead, pumps pulled out, roofs
Off, school houses moved and the in
surance men busy trying to adjust
payments for the losses.