Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-12-05
Northern Io1ua Items

| city He was man of genial dis
position who leaves many friends to
mourn his death besides children and
grandchildren. Funeral services were
held at the Methodist church at 1870
D. m. Sunday
Cedar Rapids.
6year- old girl. daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. Fl. w. Thomas. $50 Daniels
street, was thrown thru the wind
shield of an automobile and painfully
lacerated about the face when the
| automobile driven by her father and
also occupied by Mrs. Thomas and two
younger chidren collided with a Cen
! trail Park car, northbound in Sixteenth
street at A avenue, at a. m. Friday
Mr. Thomas suffered a cut on the chin
from the flying glass of the windshield,
but the other three occupants of the
automobile escaped injury. The car
was badly damaged, the front axle be-
lpg broken. the radiator battered and
one. wheel crushed.
Carroll.
Frank Hagen, of Arcadia, Carroll
county, has filed an election contest
notice. requesting a recount of the bal
lots in the township election of
Arcadia township for the office of
township clerk. Hagen claims that
While on the face of the returns his
republican opponent. Peter Rix. was
elected by one vote. recount will
show that the result was either an ac-
tual tie or that he defeated Rix by one
vote. Hagen, who served on the cleo
ton board. claims that thru mis-
understanding between himself and the
other clerk Of that precinct. either
one or two votes for himself were not
counted. and the contest is n result.
The official figures as made to the
county auditor. show 127 votes for Rix
and 1876 for Hagen.
Waukon.
Waukon has a million dollar bank
The First National, by its statement
made recently to the comptroller of
currency. shows Its assets to have
passed the million dollar mark This
bank was organized about twenty
years ago, Waukon and Allamakee
county take no little pride in the fact
that their industry and prosperity has
contributed the main element in build
| ing up a million dollar bank, the only
banking institution Of such proportion
between La Crosse and Dubuque. The
Peoples National Bank OF Waukon is
also making rapid strides After only
four years existence it's assets total
con sid erably over half a million, and
| 1t is the second largest financial in
stitution in the city. and bids fair to
bring to Waukon the additional dis
tinction, q few years hence, of pos
sessing two million dollar banks.
Clinton. -
Sam Wheeler. well known In Clinton
as an engineer and road foreman Of
the Galena division Of the Northwest
ern railway, was the guest Of honor at
a banquet, given by fellow employees in
Chicago "wednesday, at which time
President Ashton, General Manager
Marvin Hughitt. Jr., and other Off
cials OF the Northwestern railway were
speakers. Wheeler was a fireman on
the old wood burning locomotives OF
the Chicago & Galena Union. which
was the parent road of the Northwest
ern, but which stopped at Fulton. For
the past twenty seven years he has
been road foreman of the Galena
vision. He was retired Sept. 30 or q
pension after fifty-six years service on
the Galena division of the Northwest
ern line Speakers at the luncheon
, estimated that Wheeler during hif
!. service on the road had Travelled
, $4,000 miles.