Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-01
Southern Ioua Items

en-, LOSS times and absent only four
Sundays in all. AS a token OF high es-
TEEN and appreciation, at the close
Of the Sunday school on SUNDAY. ne
was presented with q gold watch oy
those who are now members; these
represent only q few OF the enrolment
Of the past twenty-one years The IN
tan: class OF then are many Of them
the parents Of the children attending
to-day. while the bible class OF fester-
day, and many others, have passed on
to their reward CaRtrH people APP
preciate his influence for good in this
community.
OskaIeesa.
Gladys Belle Bailey died at the homs
of her parents in Everest Sunday at
s:4s p. m. aged s years Her death
was the result OF an accident which
took place one week ago Saturday,
March IS, when some Of the little boys
were out playing ball, and little Gladys
was standing near By. The boy who
was at the bat struck at an oncoHtng
ball and accidentally let go OF the bat.
which struck the little girl full in the
face, Featuring her skull. She fingered
on for a week. suffered Intensely and
finally succumbcd to the pain and
weakness She leaves her father and
mother, four brothers and three sis
tc-s. Funeral services were held in
Bussey on Tuesday afternoon. March
IS. and intermen, made in the Bussey
cemetery. >ss
erosion. 81
The Brotherhood movement in the
Methodist church has progressed SO far
as to make ii possible to take an in
definite lease on the several lots stu
ated jus, one block east of the church
and on which the Pratt tabernacle
stood. to be used for outdoor sports.
The work OF preparing the ground for
tennis, voileySball and other outdoor
sports will be commenced at once.
The fund for this worthy movement
has within less than a week after the
inception OF the brotherhood organiza-
ton almost reached the $500 mark. In
addition TO the 5000 subscribed up to
Sunday, the Sunday school itself
pledged s142. and each one of the boys
| and men interested in the movement
pledged 81 each, which will bring IN
800.
keokuk. 49, u
Miss Mary Grogan.~ daughter of MI.
and Mrs. Thomas Grogan, of West Keo-
| kuk, who severed her long hair, Creased
| In mems clothing, walked to Alexandria
and there boarded train for Mem
phis, No, where she left the cars, was
returned to Keokuk over the Keokuk
| & Western railway in charge OF her
father, who left for Memphis Monday
night. Miss Grogan, who is II years
Of age, offered to her father no ex-
PLANTATION of her conduct and seemed to
be unable to suggest one. There are
| no other girls or boys" mixed up
| in the rather strange proceeding. Miss
Grogan appeared to be impelied by
some motive she herself did not quite
understand. When taken in custody al
Memphis by the sheriff of Scotland
county she remarked that she wished
she was back home again.
Fort Madison
Farms are submerged and the Skunk
river has undertaken a new channel
thru Green Bay township north Of this
city as the last rampage OF that IN
ruby stream, and which il aftrIbutsd tu
heavy rains which have occurred thru
this section OF the country during this
past few days. Reports from the Green
Bay township state that numbee 81
farms are already partially submerged
while the waters are still rising. The
Il Skunk river has changed It's c0ufse
!! and ta now flowing .h:.: The Ia. 9, 80 pea.
the town OF Weaver. The breakine
OF levee permitted the river to ntt
It's new course. The high level OF M
Mississippi river IL preventing an out.
let OF the water into that stream ant
i g 70 backing up 49, - =: Z. e e
until many Of the higher p0infs ~
now covered. Farmers are moysf,l
I about over their farms In hoAts q -
Ing high boots.