Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-15
Southern ,Iowa Items

about half what he should have had
had he been churning his own cream
all the time. He is now thinking OF
purchasing the cream from his neigh
bors and operating a small creamery
Of his own and shipping butter direct
to Boston. He says the railroad COM
panies have agreed to send him re-
frigerator car at the station so that he
could load his butter and it would NOT
have to be reloaded until it reached
Boston. He thinks he can also make
ice cream and sellrit at profit. Han
cock once had q creamery owned by
Mr.. Brandes and Mr.. Beatty, who~made
the best Ice cream and the highest
priced butter which sold on the Boston
market at that time.
Pacific Junction. as
It does not happen very often that
two brothers are in the hospital at the
same time for operations. Such is the
case Of Frank and Lee Sargent sons
Of Henry Sargent. On Saturday Frank.
who is'in business in Omaha, UNDER
went an operation at the Ford hospital
in Omaha for intestinal trouble. Lee
was in Omaha on Saturday and Sun
day morning was taken seriously III
with acute appendicitis. On Monday
he was taken to the Ford hospital and
submitted to an operation. Both OF
the boys are getting along BIS well az
can be expected.
Dsvenport
While attempting to rescue Esther
Virgins, 22. 7O2 Twenty first street
Rock Island, from drowning in the
Mississippi river below Buffalo, Sum
day. afternoon, Walter Burmeister, rs.
resident Of Moline, was drowned with
the girl. Burmeister's body was recov-
cred Sunday evening. Searching par
ties worked. all night. but no trace has
been found Of the girls body. It is
btlieved to have been washed far down
stream. Harriet Virgins, sister Of the
dead girl, and Verne Thompson, OF
Buffalo, the fourth member Of the
party, witnessed the two deaths. They
were unable to render any assistance
Davenport.
Al Hammers, Al, residing at 2d2
Scott street, was fatally injured some
time Saturday evening, when he fell
thru hole in the floor Of q hayloft in
the rear of his residence, breaking his
back. The fall paralyzed him COM
plstely from the waist down. At $3.50
o'clock Sunday morning he was dis
covered by his brother, who notified
the police and summoned the police
ambulance. The injured man was taken
to Mercy hospital where he underwent
an operation a. the hands of Drs. Burk
and Littig Sunday night. The opera
ton was performed to relieve some Of
the pressure on the spinal cord.
Davenport.
An automobile driven at a lively rate
Of speed crashed into the iron fencing
in the driveway on Armstrong avenue,
arsenal island, early Saturday night
After the crash, in which the machine
was badly wrecked, the occupants fed
Passing motorists say that they saw q
woman, apparently slightly injured
taken away from the wrecked car 9
very short time after the crash, in q
taxicab. No witnesses to the accident
have been located. The guards on the
avenue were not near at the time, and
when they arrived the occupants Of
the car had gone. Hospitals Of the tri-
cities reported no accident cases Sat
urday night.
Dee Moinss.
Fire Of unknown origin Saturday
night destroyed the six-story whole
sale hardware establishment of Brown
| Camp company entailing loss esti-
mated at 100000 and damaging 9
Wholesale spice house adjoining. The
blaze from the hardware house lighted
up the entire business district near the
Des MoineS. river and attracted thou.
sans Of persons to the scene. In addi-
ton to the Brown Camp loss consid-
cradle damage was done to the stocks
OF tho Tone Brothers company spices
and coffee-in the adjoining structure
The Tone Brothers stock was subject
ed to q burning heat for more than two
hours. The damage by heat was in
creased by the automatic sprinkler IRE
protection system, which opened short
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