Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-25

Fort Dodge.
The contract has been let for the
construction Of freight house ana
office for the division superintendent
of the Illinois Central railroad At
Fort Dodge for 100000.
Sioux City.
The first victim of the rattlesnake
here this year was Helen March, the
two-year-old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
David March. She was struck by the
rattler while playing around her home.
George.
Fred Bonk, of Grant township is ly-
ing at his home in an unconscious con-
dition following an automobile accident
which befel1 him Tuesday evening. IN
which a Ford car owned by Col. Albert
Ischol, Of George. was wrecked.
DEBORAH.
Visitors to the fair here were evil
IDENTIFY great bread eaters. During the
fair week the two bakeries here MADE
over 5000 loaves of bread and 7,Ooo
dozen buns One bakery averaged daily
100 dozen cookies and 100 dozen fried
cakes. Not loaf of bread could be
bought in the city on Thursday night
Independence.
William Tate, Henry Curtis and
Robert Graf left Thursday morning tof
Waterloo, where they Joined the am
bulance corps, leaving for Jefferson
barracks, Missouri. They are all under
IS and members Of the high school, and
were Obliged to obtain the consent OF
their parents.
Mason City.
Hu-ryingi on q motorcycle to the bed
side of his sick wife, several days ago
Louis Krivohlay collided with another
machine, and in the accident, suffered
three broken ribs, one of which was
driven into his kidneys. He died
Thursday morning at a local hospital
from the effects of the injuries rece!v-
ed
Lake View.
Lake View people have been enjoying
some of the advantages Of city life dur
Ing the past few weeks, when the!
were privileged to gaze upon girls clad
in military khaki trousers, wearing
boots, Jackets and boys caps. Editor
Howard of the Resort. asserts that the
girls, who may have come from Dan
bury were not at all bashful and
walked the streets just like men,"
Waukon.
The list Of those in the draft is
certified to- by the local board OF the
3OS called for examination 40 were re-
jected, three temporarily discharged
four aliens exempt and not examined
and four on the draft list are inmates
for Ind nf
the 11S men who passed the physical
test and have asked no exemption the
names have been certified to the dis
trict board at Waterloo. Some occu-
pationai exemptions over which the To-
cal board has no control were filed al
Waterloo.
Bellevue.
Mrs. Grace Wilbur Trout, we'll known
in number Of states, and closely
identified with literary sets and chau-
tauqua platforms, claims Maquoketa as
her home town, and Jackson county is
proud to call her one Of its former resi-
dents. Mrs. Trout has recently written
great feature photo play, THE Eter-
nal Heroine" and tho Ultima Film
company organized to produce hel
play. 'lIlS COulpdIlS 10 SAshA lSASO III
der the laws of the state Of Delaware
for $3.50, 900 and special music has been
written for the play.
sheIlsburs.
On the littie thirty acre Farm Of NJ.
o. Baird between Palo and Shellsbure
there are two acres of beans growing
this year that perhaps have never had
their equal in the state Of Iowa. There
are red kidney beans, navy beans and
lima beans and the entire patch prom
Uses a yield beyond anything that was
believed possible in this part Of the
country. The vines stand two and
three feet high and the beans are SO
thick on the bushes that it Is almost
diimpossible to see the leaves. 1t Is
difficult to make any kind of an in
telligent guess as to the probable yield,
but 1t is certain that these two acres
will turn Mr. Baird a fine profit.
Waterloo.
To be buried to the neck in debris
from the cave-in of the wall and
! foundation rian a..::os. OF coal bin beside which