Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-05-10
Southern Io,ua Items

work. Harold.th eldest son, 10 years
of age, is a sophomore in Monmouth
College, and fs' making preparations to
enter the ministerial work. Donald.
aged 16 years. plans to fit himself for
the Y NJ C. A. work: Nathan. IA years
of age. and Kenneth. 10 years old. are
students in the city schools.
Fort Madison. ~ -
Curiosity on the part of a passerby
probably meant prolonging OF the ex-
lstence on earth to c. +. Hunter Sat
urday afternoon about 3 o'clock when
ne was making service connection
in the $500 block on Santa Fe avenue
TO the gas main in the street. A man
walking along the street sauntered
over to gaze into the excavation and
saw the man PROSTATE in the hole, ap-
parentIy dead. Willing hands quickly
removed the man from the ditch and
he was carried to the Vandolah drug
store and aromatic spirits OF ammonia
held to his nostrils and a spoonful OF
it given to him internally. In fifteen
minutes he was able TO walk about but
little the worse for his experience.
Center junction.
An unfortunate accidental shooting
took place at Center Junction Saturday
afternoon when Joe Lewis shot himself
in the head, death resulting almost i'm
mediately Mr.. Lewis had gone out
with his gun and it is supposed that as
he climbed 2 fence the gun was acci-
dentally discharged. blowing off the
whole top of his head. When found he
was hanging over the fence dead. A
Jury was summoned and the coronef
Dr. L. G. Stuhler. Of this city, held an
inquest over the body. The verdict was
that Of death by accidental shooting.
Mr. Lewis was a man about % years
of age, and had recently moved TO
Center Junction, from farm IN that
locality. He is survived by his widow
and three children.
Leon.
E. Housh, the we'll known farmer
and stockman, met with peculiar and
painful accident while at work on his
farm, two miles southwest of Leon,
last Monday. Mr.. Housh was helping
his man stretch some wire fence, and
lad the wire in his wagon stretching
it. He turned the team and the wire
ran out Just then the result being that
the wagon was overturned and MI.
Housh was caught under 1t, and had
his right leg broken just above the
ankle, and his ankle was also badly
sprained. DIR. Fl. r. Layton passed by
within a few minutes after the acci-
dent and rendered the necessary medt-
cal attention. Mr.. Housh will be laid
UP for some time as the result OF the
accident.
Mount Pleasant.
The campaign for $4,000 represent
ing the final unit of Henry county's
apportionment toward the 100000 en-
dowment campaign for Iowa Wesleyan
College, which was officially launched.
has a feature which should be OF the
utmost appeal to the citizens OF TINS
community. According to the action OF
| the Iowa conference in special session
at Ottumwa last February. the entire
amount of the final unit shall be de-
voted to the Establishment OF a chair
of agriculture. In other words the IN :
come from this $4,000, which would
amount to in round numbers, $2,500
annually. will be devoted solely to this
one department Out of this sum viii
be hired a competent instructor while
the balance will go each year into tins
equipment and maintenance of the
school of agriculaure. Upon first
thought the average person Will al
once say, that it will be hopeless for
Iowa Wesleyan with a backing of Shee,
600 to hope to compete with Iowa
great state school at aAines. In tn
4 largest sense Of the word. no endeAyo'
7 will be made to compete with Ames
. IA