Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-02-24

! YES molneS.
! While watching the cremation of his
friend A. F. Wilson. of Seymour, at the
/ Herbach undertaking parlors here,
Massey Nicholson, OF Ciliiiicotne, Mo-
dropped dead. s-t s.
/ Council Bluffs. .r
Mai G. Hess and r. 3. Wallace OF
! Council Bluffs. were Endorsed for dis
rrict delega ties to the nationa! conven-
tion in Chicago. Arthur Farquhar, OF
! Audubon, and James Wickersham, CT
! Nlllsca, We're selected as aiternates.
! Ottumwa.
! Ceci! Fowler, aged 30. was struck by
Burlington train No. 6 Monday after
, noon while walking on the tracks near
( BarnharI about o'clock and killed.
! Papers on MS person show Fowler to
| have been a farmer residing in Ohio.
I The body was taken to Fairfield.
Missouri Valley.
Mrs. ID. y. Hardy accidentally ran a
crochet hook in her hand and it took
the services of a physician to extract
! 1t. The steel hook penetrated her hama
over an inch, passing down between
the fingers.
Ottumwa.
Judge Eermilion in the district court
here Tuesday dismissed jury that
was out for fifty hours without reach
ing verdict. The case was that OF
Thompson VS.. Thompson for partition
of property the defendant assuming
ownership of his fathers estate thru
power OF attorney granted him. His
sister contested the claim.
CenterviIIe.
Nrs Al hal nyu-l,- n
burning to death when her clothing
caught fire while she was refilling a
hot blast heater with coal. Her
screams brought in other members Of
the family. who succeeded in extin-
| painful burns.
Ottumwa.
J. S. Riggle, Burlington brakeman,
died early Tuesday as a result of an
| injury received when preparing to go
out on his run Monday night. Riggle
was run over. both legs and an arm
were severed and ne was otherwise
| bruised The accident occurred while
he was fixing a gasket in the air hose
of his train. His lantern, found hang
, ing on the side of car, attracted at
| tention of fellow ira inmen. He is said
.
before being found.
Burlington.
While walking down the cellar steps
at her home, Mrs. Anna Stack stepped
| on an unseen oil can and fell to the
bottom of the stairs. The spout of the
can pierced her foot and she suffered
severe injuries to her back and arms
Members of the family gave her emer-
gency treatment to stop the flow OF
blood from the inquired foot and i'm
mediatelye SUNNI oned medical attend
ance. Mrs. Stack was in great pain
and suffering from extreme shock
to ST. Francis hospital for an x-ray
examination to determine the extent OF
her injuries. Beyond the wound In
her foot. caused by the oil can spout
the exact nature Of her other injuries
have not been ascertained.
Mount Pleasant.
Herbert n. Jeffrey. field agent FOL
Iowa Wesleyan College, has beer
elected secretary Of the campaign COM
mittee, which has for its work the
raising of 100000 for the school. o.
this amount s35o.00n is to be raised ii
the Iowa conference. Of twenty coun-
ties and $4,000 in, Henry county and
Mount Pleasant. This will make tota
of 100000 in this years campaign FOL
the school, the first 100000 having
been raised in Mount Pleasant during
the month of January The WORKING
plan Is TO have central station a!
Mount Pleasant with sub offices ut OF.