Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-04-11
Southern Ioua Items

ibut on examining tie wound. advised
/ that the boy be taken at once to the
hospital and ne was hurried 10 Belle
1ue in Iuscatine where il is hoped his
arm can be saved.
Leon.
! The dwelling on the old Edmund
Barrett farm seven miles south of
! Leon. vas destroyed by fire Thursday
morning about 8 O'Clock. The house
'%as occupied by Dwight Freeman, who
1 lost everything, the fire having secured
such a start that he vas barely able to
| escape with his children from the
burning building. and his loss will be
considerable. The house was owned
| by Fred and VIII Barrett and their sis
! ter, Mrs. Joe Dale. and was one OF the
! best in that part of the county. being
32x32. and would cost in the neighbor-
/ hood of $4,000 TO replace it. They HAD
some insurance. but their loss will be
Considerable.
Leon.
| W. g. Starr. for a number Of years
foreman OF the Reporter was awarded
a verdict Of $500 by jury in Judge
! Ctterback's court at Des Moines last
week. About year ago Mr.. Starr was
| Injured by having heavy steam radi-
ator fall on him, crushing his left foot.
and leaving him a cripple for life.
| While going 10 work in a printing Of
| fee at Second and Walnut streets. the
radiator which had been left standing
81 the hall of the building, topped over
and caught him. He brought suit
against the owner Of the building, EN-
/ ma
| Starr was in hospital for some time,
but recently has been operating an ele-
| yator in building at Des Moines.
Decatur City.
Harvey Axes. vino lives on the l. E.
Francis farm just north OF Decatur
| City. had quite a serious accident on
Tuesday Of last week. and while badly
bruised and cut up. Is getting along as
well as could be expected. Mr. AXES
was disking a field using four horses.
and while working close to the railroad
/ went behind the horses to put in
! bolt, thinking he would have plenty OF
/ time before the evening train came
along. He Is hard OF hearing and fail
ed to hear the train approaching ana
before he knew the train was near the
horses became frightened and ran over
hin with the disk. and that he escaped
beiog killed is a wonder. Harvey says
he heard OF being run over by steam
roller, but II 1t Is any worse than being
I'm over by four horse disk, he don't
want any Of it in his.
| MiteheIIviIIe.
Miss Sylpha Shook, who with her
mother makes her home with the lat
ter's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Hibbs,
on the White Pole road. Is pupil in
the Mitchellville public school and COW
cred the distance twice on horseback
each school day. Starting in 1912 this
plucky girl has ridden thru the ex-
RENE cold OF winter and summer SUM-
! shine and rain. and faithfully and per-
sistently pressed onward for almost six
years She has never been absent
day on account of sickness. In the last
two years and half Of school she has
only been absent one and one-haif
days, and holds the remarkable record
Of never being tardy. Her mother nav
Ing kept record Of mileage. after de-
Quoting the days absent, found TO nef
amazement that Sylpha had ridden on
i horseback 1924 miles, far enough to
have gone more than half the distance
around the world. Her grandparents
having moved to town, Syipha VIII
complete her education in : more con-
.yenient xay