Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-04
Northern Io1ua Items

gone. The officers got all the infor-
nation obtainable from Crawfordsand
his fellow workmen, and are now max
ing inquiry elsewhere. Investigation is
being carried on In several quarters.
He claimed to have drawn the money
from the Webster County Bank at
Eagle Grove last February, and to
have been carrying it ever since.
AIgona.
Any one who might think the farm
ers are getting the worst of 1t these
days has another guess coming, and
should go and talk with Chester Stod-
dard and A. NJ. Curran Of Sherman
township Mr.. Stoddard has field OF
ninety five acres Of corn. His neigh
Dor, Mr.. Curran who is known as one
Of the good farmers and shrewd bust
ness men of the neighborhood, has
been casting longing eye on the fine
patch of corn for some weeks. Last
Friday Mr.. Curran offered Mr.. Stod-
dard $500 in cash for the field as it
stands, which is 1856 per acre. The
offer was accepted and Mr.. Curran
promptly wrote his check for the
sum. The corn had been cultivated
four times and the stand Is fine. After
taking out high cash rent and all cost
of labor, the deal Is said to have net
ted MT. Stoddard over s1.4oo. and Mr..
Curran will also undoubtedly make
nice thing from his investment.
Mason City.
Jack" the little fox terrier be-
longing to Attorney Duncan Rule. fell
from the sixth story window of his
masters office in the First National
Bank building and lived to bark about
it. While at the ball game Mr.. Rule
had locked "Jack'' in his office apart
ments. After returning from the ball
park Mr.. Rule stopped in front Of yell
lands news stand to talk to some
friends Jack has g. chair near the
window on the alley side Of the build
ing, and was probably lying In his
chair when he heard his masters voice
across the street and went out upon
the window sill to looa1 out and while
turning around to go back in the office
he slipped backward and fell. Jack"
made q noble effort to hang on as
shown by the claw marks In the soft
stone window sill but Of no avail. It
is thought that he struck several cleo
trio light cables which broke the fail
and saved his life. When found he was
wedged between the building and a
barrel which was standing in the al
ley.
Mason City.
walking out from behind the auto
mobile of her father, B. e. Sweeney,
out Of which she had just stepped,
into the path Of another car driven
by J. W. Paddy, Miss Rita Sweeney,
age 10, was struck, knocked down,
ana run over by the Paddy car. Mr..
Paddy tried to stop in time to pre-
vent the accident but could not The
accident occurred in front Of the Meth
odist church. The girl was taken to
the Phillips hospital. and her injuries
cared for. No broken bones were
found, hut there may be internal in
juries, as her body was badly bruised
ami swollen. az. Sssarecney was driv-
ing south with his daughter, in his
closed car. and stopped at the church
corner. Miss Rita got out. and went
around to the rear Of her fathers car,
and then across the street, stepping out
in front Of the Paddy car which was
zo;ns north. Paddy instantly set the
breaks but could not prevent the girl
being struck, and knocked down, the
car passing over her. Fortunately, her
body lay between the wheelA and they
did not StrllGe- her. ss