Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-06
Southern Io,ua Items
Bloomfield.

Bloomfield.
Bloomfield has organized a chapter
of the Red Cross with 100 members.
The chapter includes the whole OF
Davis county. Hon. ]. B. Weaver. the
state organizer. is in correspon dence
with local parties in regard to organ
izing a chapter in keosauqua
Davis City.
P. e Shirley. Of Davis City, who re-
Gently sold his hotel at Pella and re-
turned to Davis City, last week pur-
chased the Howe Hotel at osceola
from E W. Bingham, and took posses
sion Monday morning. He will re-
open the dining room and conduct the
hotel on the American plan.
Sisourney.
The two men, giving the names OF F..
Briar and Harry Stokes. who were ar
rested at Richland several weeks ago
for stealing drugs from the Weld Drug
Company and from the office OF Dr..
Swinney. were sentenced to ten years
at Anamosa. by Judge Willoockson
last week. Sheriff Smith took the men
to prison last Thursday.
Grand River.
Mrs Perry Brammer attempted to
take her life one morning last week
Getting away from her husband She
went to the river and jumped off the
railroad bridge. She was found about
a quarter OF a mile below the bridge,
hanging to a snag on the bank OF the
stream. She was rescued and brought
TO town, and is now resting easy. This
is a sad case-one that has been aired
before-she having been at C2dTindS
for treatment two years ago.
Fairfield.
Lieut.. J. E. Hague, former Jeffer-
son county boy, has just been appoint
ed assistant to the department signal
office, with jurisdiction in the signal
corps Of the western department OF
the United States army, which consists
Of eight westernstate 8, and the head
quarters for which are located at San
Francisco. Cal. Lieutenant Hague has
been in the service for many years
and the promotion is a recognition OF
faithful service during these years.
Deep River.
George Brown, who has lived around
Deep River for 8 number Of .sears. and
who had been working on the Edmond
McLain farm. disappeared Sunday and
has not been seen since. The family
returned from Sunday school, found
Brown had changed clothes, left most
Of his belongings in the house and had
left He has not been seen or keard
Of since. Brown is "a years Of age and
had quite little money coming to
him for services on the farm.
Manila.
The town Of Manila, in Crawford
county, inhabited largely by German
speaking people, has the dis1 notion OF
not only sending the largest number
Of young men to the defense Of the
American flag Of any town Of its size
in the west, but one evening last week
at Union Red Cross meeting in the
opera house the citizens Of the place
subscribed the sum Of $500 to aid II,
the work Of the Red Cross. They ex-
pect to make the sum reach $1,000
within the merit few days.
Davis City.
at the Hotel Llewellyn last Wednesday
evening and left a call to catch the
early NOR ming train north. In the eve
ming she called for an oil stove and in
the morning she lit it and went down
| to the office and left the stove turned
too high and shut the door. She went
back to the room and gave the alarm
tina. the baby had suffocated. and Art
Teale crawled to the room thru the
smoke and carried the oil stove out
| which had caught on fire. The baby
was found to be all right.
| Charlton.
The Charlton Commercial Club IL
/ heading a movement for setting the
clock forward an hour in an effort t.
give more -sc..cins he.-s IN each day
The club has petitioned GOvernO1
Harding to issue proclamation to thi.
effect and has also appealed to othe
4 commercial bodies Ia the state to al
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