Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-01
Southern Io1ua Items

and both men fell to the ground Ag-
new suffered fractured knee and In
ternal injuries. Bush's hand was
broken. The men were putting in a
toll line and Bush was reaching over
live wires carrying voltage Of $500.
His body came in contact with the high
power wire He was badly burned
about the hips and shoulder.
Wilton.
Tuesday evening! shortly after 6
o'clock fire was discovered issuing
from the cellar windows Of the build
ing in which the telephone office at
Moscow is located. All efforts could
not stop the contlagration and the
structure was burned completely. The
second floor is occupied by the owners,
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Hahn, in which is
the telephone office. The first floor is
used by John Rexroth for storing his
store supplies, all of=which were de-
stroyed. Nothing from the second floo-
was saved. The Hall building a one
story frame structure, also burned to
the ground. The adjacent buildings,
the Rexroth store and the home be-
longing to Miss Augusta W!ese, were
threatened but were saved by hard
work.
Columbus Junction.
The large tent on the high school
campus was packed Thursday evening,
May "a, when twenty-one Of our young
people received their diplomas as
graduates Of the Columbus Junction
high school. The class play. Com
mencement Days. was one Of the best
features Of the program. The orches-
ira furnished several selections. Ora
tons were given by four OF the class
Everett Henson, valedictorian; Miss
Lucille Duncan, salutatory; Miss Vivian
Griffith and Edith. The other mem
bers who took part in the play were
Alice Wilson, Berntte Kerr Riddel'
Jones' Ruth Hannah, Mildred Gavin,
Merle Cecil, David Lewis. Ava Blank
enhorn, Frances Ross, Dewey Smith,
Harold McCormac. Will Rock, Paul
Mckay. Paul Tedford, Esther Alfred,
Ruth Robertson and Eva Mckee.
Davenport.
The annual convention Of the Iowa
state potato growers and truck gar
deners will be held in Davenport, the
convention having just been awarded
to this city by the board OF directors.
The date is Nov. 1928. The conven-
ton was held last year in Muscatine
and was big success. Cedar Falls
and Muscatine were also aspirants Tor
this years meeting and put up strong
campaign. but Davenport won out.
| This will undoubtedly be one OF the
most important agricultural meetings
Il T. - .
pected to attract many visitors. as at
| tending these meetings Is considered
| the next thing to a course In high
grade agricultural school. The forth
coming meeting will be Of more i'm
portance than in former years by rea-
son Of the present countrywide propa :
| ganda to increase the food supply.
Wilton Junction.
An unknown man driving 4 horse
and buggy caused small reign OF ter
ror among the women Of Wilton Tues
! day night, when he drove along the
streets, stopping before houses and
'calling insults to the women within.
I Several women returning from neigh
bors' houses were accosted by the man.
! who did not. however, alight from his
buggy. The night Waterman was mott
fed and started after the prowler
After. a chase OF almost a mile, the
man jumped from the buggy and
plunged into the underbrush at the
side Of the road. The chase was aban-
doned. The horse was stopped ant
lodged in this place during the night
This morning young man giving the
name of C. W. Lukemeyer, and claim
ing Upton as his home, came to VII.
| ton to claim the vehicle. He identifies
the horse and buggy, but claimed thai
he was not driving the vehicle Tuesday
night. The rig Is still being held here
while authorities are conducting 9
lsearch for the driver.