Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-02-12
Evening Entertainme Mt.
Southern I0wa Items

and into telephone Pp.e. The Collision!
with the car was aTerted. No one was
hurt except Earl Sloane. The boy who
had saved the others was made un-
conscious when the bobsled crashed.
into the pole. He was taken 70 Mercy
hospital. His condition today is crit
zeal. An operation probably VIII be
necessary il his life is. TO be saved.
Those who were on the sled said today
that the boy undoubtedly had injured
himseif-pe rhaps given his life-to
keep the others from the almost GER
tain death that faced them from the
collision with the car. l.. T. Sloane. OF
Valley Junction, is the boys father.
Brooks. --r
J. H. Tucker recently had an expert
ence he does no; care TO repeat. After
closing his store he went home and on
passing his parrot cage he slid his
forefinger in against the bird as was
mis- usual custom. The bird. not ac-
. cordng 70 custom, awakened and
; seized fuckers finger, taking out quite
a piece Of flesh, very much to his sur
prise. chaSrin and pain.
Knoxville.
Eddie Thorn burgh and Tommie
earns, charged with murderous as
sault on City Marshal Anderson OF
Pleasantville. WIFI be tried at this term
of district court here. Both youths are
members Of prominent families at
easantville. The city ma rshal was
! struck over the head with an iron
poker and left for dead on the streets
one night last December. The youths
were arrested and held on $4,000 bond
each. Three charges were placed
against each OF them. ri IL
| Leon. Il 81
| VIII Sanders, the 20-year- old son oil
! Charles Sanders, accidentally shot his
! left thumb off while hunting near the
FHnktown cemetery, last Thursday af-
| ternoon. The young man had a trap
set and while pulling it out he set his
! shot gun down and his foot slipped and
knocked the gun over and II WAS dis
charged, striking him in the shuTnb and
tearing it off He had placed a marble
in the gun as part OF load for wolf
J he was hunting, and the physician who
was called found it necessary to ampu-
tate the thumb at the second joint.
Davis City. WI, -. ,4
Miss Emma r. Adkins, was named
|
as postmistress at Davis City last Fri
, day. Miss Adkins was the successful
applicant at the civil service examina-
ton which was held at Lamont. r. Z
Shirley mas been acting ais postmaster
for the past several months since Bur
ris Howell was removed. The iadies
seem to have the call IN holding post-
OFFICES in Decatur county, there fiTis
six lady postmasters in the county, q,
Davis City. Grand River Van Vert
! Weldon. Woodland and Leon while thu
men have only the few which are left
keiIerton. ~-sf
! f. {. Cave Of Winfield, Kan, super
| lntendeHt OF the state home for feeble
minded at that place, closed q dea
with c. w. Chandler OF KeIlerton
whereby the state Of Kansas becomes
the owner OF large number Of Chand
Ter Shropshire sheep. Kansas has beei
leader among states in its efforts Z
place its state institutions on self
supporting basis. The home ID locate,
i on farm Of 40 acres. The tract o
land is cultivated and stocked accord
J ing to the most improved methods Ant
Yields liberal income. Observing tn
high price Of mutton and wool, M
cave inaueei tire state DOaTu OI ut,tI
J, troll to sanction his purchasing for IN
tarn flock Of pure bred sheep.