Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-09
Southern Io1va Items

nurses of the condition of the baby
when found, and their knowledge Of
the action of the wife and her mother
formed pitiful story in court TIL"
court acted by placing the wife and
her baby in the Juvenile home and
'forbidding the mother from seeing her
until the husband secured d home
more remote from the present location.
CIarinda.
Margarc: r.. Hart vs.. Elizabeth Hart
ct al. Is the caption Of Il lengthy docu-
merit introduced by attorneys Orr &
Turner. in which petition is entered
for division of the estate of {. :. Hart
who died. seized of certain property of
which it is sought to make division.
One feature Of the case is the mys-
ferrous disappearance of one Of tn"
heirs, Melville Leslie. who left on
March 81. 1909. and has not been heard
from since, either by his grandmother
or lis aunts The court is therefore
asked to pronounce him legally dead.
in order that the remaining heirs may
divide the property.
Shenandoah.
The gas having been cut off saved
r RANK myers, Oh near plHSlidHl. lIit
probable loss of Studehaker auto
mobile. An auto thief started off with
the car Of Mr.. Myers Thursday night
at the home in the country, but stalled
a short distance from the barn lot, the
engine going dead. The tank had been
leaking and the gas had been cut off.
The robber took to his heels for motor
power. SKINNED a fence and broke
across a field in the darkness He
made good his escape. MIR. Myers did
not shoot at the fleeing thief, fearing
he would he shot, as he was uncertain
to which direction to fire.
Sioux City.
Work of building new town across
the Big Sioux river in South Dakota
for the employees of the new Milwaukee
shops has been started by w. w.
Stevens, owner of the property. Lum-
Der from srandstands and hleachcrs at
the speedway will be used in building
houses in the new town. Work of
razing the speedway stands to obtain
the lumber for the houses was started
this week. Mr.. Stevens expects to get
twenty carloads of lumber from the
stands. The lumber will build about
llltN houses, lie lHlnkS. Inc HOUSES
will cover a large tract Of ground
which Mr.. Stevens owns. The tract
now is being divided into city lots.
He expects to have the town incor-
porated. He plans to lay permanent
walks in the town and install street
lighting system.
! 'Griswoid.
What might have been a fatal ac-
cident occurred Tuesday morning on
the Tim Mcbride place. ten miles
southeast Of Griswold, when Paul
Brown, a young man in the employ of
Lewis Lindeman, picked up a five GAL
lon can Of gasolene and started to
pour it in a dipper that already had
burning sasoIene In It. Mr.. L!nacTnan
was Smelling corn at the Mcbride place
| and some gasolene had been ignited
| in order to thaw out something about
| the machine. AS the blaze died down.
young Brown thoughtlessly picked up
the easolene can and poured some on
the fire. A terrific explosion followed.
and the burning liquid was thrown in
every direction. Browns clothing was
a mass of flames and Emil Wohlen-
haus. who was standing near, was also
covered with the flaming gasolene.
Prompt action by the other men is all
that saved their lives. They were
relied in the snow and snow was
thrown all over them in shovAlfuls, bpt
even their faces were painfully burned.
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