Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-27
Northern Io,ua Items

Waukon.
Miss Reed, chairman Of the Waukon
Red Cross, has received word of the
arrival Of the shipment Of the supplies
from the Chicago service. branch.
From May % to July 30, the Waukon
chapter of the Red Cross has paid out
$685.:
Aurelia.
The annual farmers and merchants
picnic will be held at <Aufella Thurs
day, Aug 30 There will be a spien-
did bunch Of free street attractions.
fast ball game between Aurelia and
Peterson and various other aniuse-
ments
Hawarden.
Threshing is in full swing here and
some remarkable oats yields have been
reported running seventy to eighty
five bushels per acre and some few
places not nearly so heavy. Corn has
made great progress the last few days,
Prospects for an enormous crop of this
cereal were never brighter.
Lansing.
The Minnesota fish and game depart
ment car was here one day the past
week and exchanged 100000 pike
fry for 10000 flnserlings at the local
Ash station. Two consignments Of fish
were taken from here on the car
Hawkeye No. 2, the last being for the
exhibit at the Iowa state fair.
Cherokee.
News was received here Thursday
evening of the death Of a local resi-
dent A. o. Doods,> at the home of his
sister in Onawa. His wife preceded
him to the grave about two months.
He was a civil war veteran, highly re-
speoted and had been a resident OF
Cherokee for. forty years.
Onawa.
On, Tuesday evening between mid
night and o'clock, one of the biggest
robberies ever committed in Onawa
was pulled off by unknown parties
when the Moen Clothing Company's
store was broken into at the rear by
prying open the transom, and be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000 worth of mer-
chandise was taken.
Manchester.
Manchester is to lose one OF it's best
known families by the removal soon
of Mr.. and Mrs. l.. Adams and chill
dren to Bluefields, Nicaragua, Central
America. Mr.. Adams has traded in his
greenhouse property in North Man
chester and farm in Kansas for 42O
acres OF fruit land about forty miles
from Bluetields, and the family will
leave here early In November for their
new home.
Cherokee.
A Cherokee friend on Tuesday re-
ceived letter from Pat Riley, one OF
the Cherokee railroad men now with
the expeditionary forces somewhere in
France" HE says the trip was a very
pleasant one excepting for the fact
that their boat was attacked by sub
marine, which created considerable ex-
element and alarm. but they escaped
without any sdamage The Cherokee
contingent escaped sickness on the way
over and all were in good spirits.
Webster City.
/ The 19-months- old son OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Jerome B. Welcn, RESTING on the
|5welch farm, ten miles southwest Of
town, was, the victim of distressing
accident which cost the little one the
loss Of his left eye. The child was
walking about the house carrying his
nursing bottle when he fell and the
bottle broke, cutting him Just above
the left eye. Mr.. and Mrs. WEIGH
brought the baby to town at once and
upon examination by physiciant 1t
was found that the eyeball had been
penetrated and it was necessary to
remove It. The little patient was taken
toNMercy hospital for the operation.
Grundy Center.
Sheriff Bockes took Heinie Hardtke
to Eldora Friday and placed him in the