Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-09-04
Southern Io1ua Items

same little old country school together,
married, then widely separated. On
Saturday, Aug. IL, occurred the death
Of Mrs. Emma (Stiles) Kessler, of Dun
lap. On Thursday. her sister, Mrs.
Joseph TAYLOR (Miss Laura Stiles) died
at Muscatine and on Saturday, Aug.
10, Mrs. William Steinbrek Miss Alice
Kessler) passed away at Paxon, Neb.
Mrs. Steinbrek was the only one
brought back here for burial.
What Cheer.
Mr.. Barry, residing on the Rhinehart
farm south of town has melon patch
and the boys have been giving him
considerable worry of late. Young
Henry Snodgrass and Bert Huntley
stopped at the patch with their buggy
and went into the field and secured
two melons and were leaving when
Barry fired four times at the boys,
eighty-six small shot lodging in Henry S
leg just above and below the knee. A
physician was called and is doing all
he can to save the use of the boy
leg.
Davenport.
That H. A. Andersen, the American
been seriously injured when the ar
mored cruiser Memphis was driven
ashore during a storm at San Domingo
City, might be her brother, Harry A.
Andersen, formerly Of Davenport. was
the statement made by Miss Andersen,
telephone operator at the Pittsburgh
Plate Glass Company. According &c
Miss Andersen her brother was in the
vicinity Of San Domingo City when
last heard from. At that time, how
ever, he was on board the u. s. S.
Buffalo Mr.. Andersen prior to the
time he joined the navy, five years
ago, resided at Davenport. Efforts arc
today being made to learn whether he
was on board the cruiser. Andersen
was among those reported to be very
seriously injured.
keota.
Louie Neuhart found four gigantic
teeth in Skunk river near the forks.
about eight miles southwest of Keota.
He found them in deep water, while
swimming. and surprised at his find
and desiring to uncover some more, he
combed the bottom of the river
within quite radius but was ufl-
successful. ell measured the teeth, and
found them to be en- bloc, about nine
by five inches and weighing close TO
five pounds-and even at that the roots
of the teeth were entirely decayed and
crumbled away. 1t is estimated that a
mouthful of ,such teeth would take "A
jawbone at least five feet long, and
likely more. depending largely upon the
nature of the animal which used them
What kind Of a prehistoric monster
used a set of teeth like that? It could
have chewed m elephants with 9 much
facility as we would eat quail.
Columbus Junction.
Jealousy is given as the motive for
the attempted killing Of Miss Jessie
Hendricksen and Oscar Cline at the
Hendricksen home Sunday evening
when William Moore, said to be OF
unsound mind, opened fire on them
with "a revolver. He fired thru a win
dow Of the home, and barely missed,
Moore, who Is from Gladwin. was
brought before Justice johnson, Tues
day morning on the charge Of attennpt-
ing to kill the two young people, He
was bound over to the Louisa county
grand jury which meets soon. Miss
Hendricksen and Mr.. Cline were sitting
In the parlor of the young woman's
home. Her parents were away. and her
sister and brother-in-law were upstairs
in bed when the attack was made The
brotherlin-law, Leslie Coon, awakened
by the shots. and grabbing a revolver
returned the fire. Moore then shot sew
erai more times and disappeared.
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