Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-08-29
Southern Io1ua Items

| of New York, were read. Aunt Sally
| Doud, of Douds, was the oldest guest,
being SO years old This reunion is to
| be held every year on the old Doud
estate, so, it was decided at the meet
| ing.
| Council Bluffs.
A diamond valued at $50 was stolen
Friday night from the home Of Mrs.
Anna Cramer, 216 Story street. The
! thief gained, entrance to the house Dy
the rear door and pried open the chif-
fonier drawer in which was the stone.
This Is the second time Mrs. Cramer
has been made robbers victim, with
| in the last few months. Not long ago.
a paperhanger working in her home,
ransacked the house during her abb
sence and got away with several val-
liable, pieces!of jewelry. The house Of
| H., H. Haynes, at 1929 Avenue G, also
was broken into Friday. Here a suit
case and an overcoat were taken. The
| robbery was committed during the day
time. 20 rs
Bloomfield.
Some one tried to break open the
safe in the office at the Alley Bros.
lumber yard late Thursday night or
early Friday morning The knob was
off and Tying on the floor when Jack
Alley opened up the office Friday
morning All indications point to the
work oftan amateur. The marauder
entered thru the window, lifting out
the screen The thief evidently was
after cash for valuables were lying
around unlisturbed. Drawers were out
l avar,,tb;pe~ oh bo offico rnOn
| left in a ,topsy turvy condition. Re-
ports of this kind of work come from
other places in Bloomfield the past
week. No arrests have yet been made.
Williamsburg.
| The present crop prospects in this
and surrounding communities is much
better than month ago. The bounti-
full rains in the past ten days have in
sured the corn crop from the short
age, which was threatened by the
drouth< Early potatoes are a good
yield and Of good size and quality.
The melon crop is bountiful and of
| the finest quality. Waterm Of
forty or fifty pounds weight s. asiiy
procured at very reasonable prices.
| The prospects for corn in Polk county
are fine. Another month Of seasonable
| weather will mature a heavy crop.
The north half Of Story county is af-
| fected with the drouth, some fields of
corn are fired with the. .drouth to the
extent Of greatly reducing the crop.
Manning.
Ernest Steere, the young man Of
Gray who disappeared after an auto
mobile accident on the 18th Of this
month, has been located in Des
Moines, where he has relatives. The
only explanation he gives for his
| strange act is that he was frightened.
On his way to Des Moines he cashed
check at Dedham, which furnished
| the first clue to his whereabouts.
Steere, in company with q party Ut
boys. was returning from a dance
north Of Manning on the 18th when
the car ran into a buggy. The boys
were hurt, and were brought here to
have their wounds dressed. After they
had been taken care of it was found
that Steere had disappeared. No trace
was found of him until he cashed the
check. It was thought for while
that blow on his head had affected
his reasoning and that this was the
cause of his disappearance.
Knoxville.
Miss Esther Wilson. daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Wilson, who re-
side six or seven miles southwest Of
town. met with quite a painful acct
dent and ran narrow chances of being
scalped when her hair was caught on
the line shaft of gasolene motor used
as power for a washing machine and
for other purposes. The young ladys
hair-a wisp near the forehead-be-
came entangled on the driving rod or
shaft, was quickly wound around the
rod and the girls body slammed UP
against the side of the building. But
for the fact that the machine did not
have sufficient power the victim OF
the accident would doubtless have
been literally scalped. AS it was, the
resistance caused the belt to slip. but
not until the shaft had pulled out quite
heavy lock of hair and made large
| scalp wound. A Knoxville SURGE
made necessary repairs and Miss Es-
| tfter now fights shy Of power washing
machines.