Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-29
Southern Iowa Items

save the little ones life but 10 no
avail, she passing away at 4 o'clock
: that afternoon. The little body was
! taken to Exline FRIDAY morning to be
, laid to rest beside her mother who was
| buried just six weeks ago that day.
Shenandoah. '*
Miss Gladys Durham met with .
severe accident Tuesday morning az
her home. 212 Summit avenue. She
! was starting a fire in a coal stove and
] used some kerosene. There was prob
ably some smolder!ng embers in the
stove of which she was unaware. but
as soon as the oil come in contact with
them the inevitable explosion followed
! burning ner face and hands quite Sc
yerely. While the accident Will prob
ably not leave any serious results II
will ccnfine her to her home for some
time.
Coin.
Monday afternoon. Lewis Shun. the
small son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Nose Shum
had the misfortune TO fall from wa .
gon load of sugar which his brother,
Allen. was hauling from the Q depot
and the wagon wheel passed over one
arm and part Of the lower bowels and
one nip. All that prevented him be-
!, ing crushed to death was a sack OF
sugar which had fallen with him and
kept the full weight off his body. II
was bad enough that it left the tire
print on him and today he, is bruised
! and sore. No bones were broken, how
ever. r 4
| centerviIIe.
| The coroners Jury found that the
| high school freshman. Carl johnson.
came to his death by being struck by
a brick thrown by Johnny Jones. but
/ did not fix the degree OF blame attach
! ing to the act The boy who threw the
! brick was grown UP without home
, life. his father having deserted the
| family He has been living with a half
sister the last two or three years. and
she ard her husband have figured In
I court several times. The Jones boy il
is years old but understood and fraiL
| He says he threw the brick when pur-
! sued by the Johnson boy. Passersby
say the Johnson boy had stopped and
was not pursuing him when struck.
The Jones boy is In charge Of the court
till disposition of the case. T.
West Liberty. ,5s5
d
Steen. a prominent farmer Of West
Liberty and a. member OF the Iowa com
| mission for the San Francisco expo
sition, was seriously injured when the
buggy in which she was waiting for
the arrival of her fathers train was
struck by an automobile and partially
1 demolished. Miss Steen was thrown to
! the paved street. The autemobile con-
tanning several Young men had turned
around near the depot, and apparently
the light swinging with the car. failed
! to reveal the buggy in which Miss
Steen sat. She was dragged for i Hide
distance. by the frightened horse. but
released her hold On the liz. 81 ai.ne
to avert more serious injury.
Charlton. a
The mayors and town clerks OF
Osceola, WoOdburn. ,Melrose. Lacona.
Russell and Derby were In Charlton
Friday when the current was turned on
from the new light and power plant
which connects Charlton with seYerai
Of these towns which viii be furnished
with light and power from the plant
here The Union Services Company has
just completed their biz. plant ~ thu
place and moved into II few days
age. A big search light mas been id
1nstee which FIJI fiiufnfnnte from III 2
Dig stack and may be seen for q long
distance. The visitors were enfertalned
wnIIe here by the Charlton COumAr.
cial and sa:.e IN III i 49, :
different points OF interest and were
guests at a dinner 81 the BGseS hotel.
MAYOR ]. G.. Copeland touched th4 but
ton which started the nastI.