Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-12-18
Thursday. Dec. u, 1891.

while at the river yesterday, try
ing new pair of skates Miss Bessie
Shears was unfortunate enough to
break thru the ice at place on the
mill pond where the water is about
ten feet deep. But for the assistance
| of MIR. W. P. Woodruff who was near AT
the time her chance of escape from
| drowning would have been small. as
the ice was very rotten and the water
very cold
At special meeting of the schooi
board the designations of Miss Ida y.
King and Miss Emma Hayler We're &C
cepted The question of employing
only unmarried lady teachers IN the
schools came up, and evoked quite an
animated discussion. Getz moved that
only unmarried women be employed
| provided the positions can he equahS
well filled 10y unmarried ladies', except
in instances where the superintendent
has power to fill vacancy for short
time. Upon roll being called Billings
and Cooper voted to employ married
teachers. Haradon. Get2. and Dooilttie
voting no. Mrs. PatIen. who is now
teaching in the schools. was excepted,
but henceforth no married ladies VIII
be employed except in special m
stances. 1t will now he in order for
the lady teachers in our schools TO
form an anti-topicist society TO pre-
vent the members Of that organization
from selecting husbands for them,
in which case they would be sure TO
lose their position. No time should be
lost as the matter is of vital i'm
portance to them"
Dr. Harry Churchill of this city. died
suddenly at Highmore. Dakota, DR..
Churchill was survived by his widow,
Mrs. Kitty Sears Churchill.
Friday, Dec. 10. 1891.
Tom Elder, the old sport. is happy
again. Tom always had a penchant
for game chickens. but since his finest
one was slain by common, harnyard
rooster about six months ago. he has
not been himself quite until now. Yes
terday the express wagon drove up in
front of Mcbride & Wills and un-
loaded a crate, which. from the tags
attached to it, and evidences of hav-
ing been thru the custom house, was
at once recognized as having come
from foreign shores 1t was addressed
10 Tom. and upon examination was
found TO contain a fine specimen of the
game cock. The fowl was from Copen-
hagen. Denmark. and was sent to him
by Colonel Dombronsky, who is So
iourning in that country for his
health.
William Scott. aged IS. an old resi-
dent of Timber Creek township. died
at his home 107 West Grant street Of
la grippe and pneumonia.
Harry. the infant son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Elmer Richardson, died at the
family home in LeGrand.
Saturday, Dec. 10, 1891.
Mrs. w H. Weatherly fell dead Of
heart disease from her chair at the
family home. 81 South Sixth street.
Mrs. Weatherly was So years old. a
native of North Carolina. She came to
this country shortly after her marriage
in 1914 She was survived by her
husband and four children-A. W.
Weathery, of Quarry: T. c. Weatherly,
Mrs. 4. C. Smelser, and Miss Mary
Weatherly. all of this city.
Mrs. Anna Vance. aged so. died at
the home of her son, sylvester G..
Vance. of cancer. She was the widow
of Philip Vance. and was survived by
six of her twelve children. i.
While playing with revolver Frank
Bach, aged IL, son Of George Bach, H.
Arson street, accidentally shot and
fatally injured 14-year- Merle
Thorpe. son of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Thorpe, 1917 Iowa street. The ball,
which was from a defective 22-caliber