Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-07-17
Southern (o1ua Items

moved on farm near Durant. Thre'
sons, seven dau"hters and seventeen
grandchildren survive. The deceased
was born in Germany. He was sick but
a few days.
Muscatine. '.'"
The enga cement Of Miss Florence
Nolte of this city to Norman c. Bear
Of Reading. Pa. member Of the ma
ttonal guard company Of that place,
has been announced. Their romance
began when the young soldier dropped
his card from the window Of a train as
he passed thru Muscatine last summer
en- route to the Mexican border. Miss
Nolte found the card and correspond
ence commenced They will be married
prior to the young mans departure for
active service in France this fall
Muscatinc.,
| The summons Saturday for the serv-
ice of Harry Steninger. son Of Mr.. anc
Mrs. Oscar Steninger of 1906 Oak
strcat, in the United States navy, led
to the announcement yesterday of tn"
young mans marriage June % to Miss
Dorothy Pickering of Iowa City. Sten
niger. formerly employed by the Iowa
Telephone Company here and later q
salesman for the Goodyear Rubber
Company with headquarters at Cleve-
land, o. enlisted recently as an cleo
tric:an in the navy.
Burlington.
Mrs. Sarah D. Robinson. one Of the
older residents of Burlington. slumber-
ed away at her home. 413 Court street.
hor w Ohio
February I. 1885, and was married at
Agency, Iowa to DR.. D w. Robinson.
Nov 10, 1857. They moved to Mt.
Pleasant in 1865 and remained there
until the death of the husband in 1891.
She is survived by three sons David
w, Of Chicago, and Edward Fl. and
Charles Robinson, rere. There are ten
grandchildren. The funerak was held
yesterday with interment INIT Pleas
ant. .-.t
Couch Bluffs. '-.'
Three railway mail clerks who are
now stationed at the Council Bluffs
terminal postoffice at the U. P. trans
fer are expecting shortly to receive or
Of the special United States
JUS LOlllCs lItil - OcAHS OI6dHIZSu biSh
of the lines for the accommodation of
the American forces that have gone
and are preparing to go t France to
fight the Germans. Harr, Jordan, F. F.
Mathis and Percy Snuffins. three
young men without close ties to hold
them have volunteered to become mer,-
bers Of the postal service of their
country overseas.
Harlan.
Miss Blanche Won Tersch was badly
injured in an automobile accident,
about mile west Of Harlan. She was
coming to Harlan with Dewey White,
in the latters car. Miss Won Tersch
had been doing some canning at the
sia As they came toward town they
drew up behind Joe Klepper Of West
phalia in another car. and we're pass
ing Keeper. AS White tried to turn his
car back into the road It skidded and
struck the exposed end Of culvert.
veered to the fence, knocked down sew
eral fence posts, and Miss Won Tersch
was thrown out thru the windshield.
She was mixed Up with the ruins Of
the fence when found
Davenport.
The potato market has suffered a
drop in price and so have other vege-
tables, according to John A. Feeney,
Second street grocer. Potatoes a week
ag, were selling for SO cents peck,
and are now 60 cents per peck. Onions
that sold for III cents per pound, three
pounds for rs cents, are now selling at
cents per pound or six pounds for 25
cents. Cabbage, selling three weeks
ago for II cents per pound, is now
bringing cents per head, any size.
Wax beans sold for 20 cents per pound
week ago now are selling at 8 cents
per pound or three pounds for 25 cents.
The drop Is due to the fact that there
Is great deal of home grown products
being raised. -This week will see fur
lther decreases in the vegetable market,
especially the potatoes.