Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-10-01
Bloomfield.

Bloomfield
AT the meeting OF the stockholders of
the Davis County Chautauqua Associa-
ton the report of the treasurer, o. d.
Wray, showed that the association had
a balance of $500 after all EXPENSES Of
the 1917 session had been paid.
Ottumwa, ~
Despite twenty years Of total blind
ness Mrs. Emma Campbell, of Batavia,
was not discouraged in an effort to do
her Bit for the soldiers, and two pairs
of we'll knitted socks made by her have
been turned in at local Red Cross
headquarters. an example Of patriot
ism's survival in spite of obstacles.
Burlington.
Elmer Phillips, farm hand whose
home was near Yorkville, Ill, was
killed near Lone Tree club house at an
early hour Wednesday, when he was
struck by the Dolly" passenger run
ming between Burlington and Keiths-
burg. Death was instantaneous. Phil
lips was man Of Sc years Of age and
was unmarried.
Bloomfield.
Using four live deer which they said
were being conveyed from Keokuk to
Charlton, to be placed in park to
screen a Quantity Of liquor that they
were carrying overland in an auto
truck, three men registering at a local
hotel as Jack Milley and A. T. Duff
field, of Charlton, and J. Fl. White, OF
Granger, Mo-, were arrested and fined
500 by Justice of the Peace C.. p.
Fry, which they paid.
Saiem.
The White manual training school
located south of Salem has undergone
many changes in its management. The
institution is under the auspices of the
Friends Society and is a school for
children. 1t has an endowment OF
1.400 acres of the finest land and is
doing fine work. Mr.. and Mrs. Hal
r. Graham, of Marshalltown, are now
In charge; Mrs. Rachel iHockett, Of this
city, is girls matron; Mrs. Carrie F..
Barnard Of Delphi, O., is boys ma
tron. and Miss Edith Edmunds and
Miss Swartenzuber, of Fort Madison.
are teachers.
Davenport.
The infantile paralysis plague is
scoring heavily in the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Hans Roschlat1, 521 College
avenue Their eldest son, Harry Ern-
est two and one-half years old. was
reported to he board of health last
Tuesday as suffering from the disease.
AT o'clock Friday, after an illness
of only a few hours their youngest
baby, George Frederick. year and
8 months old, died from the plague.
His illness was not reported to the
board Of health until o'clock Friday
morning, five hours after his death.
The baby was born in Davenport Jan.
10. 1915. The parents and one brother
survive. Harry is reported to be doing
fairly well.
Davenport.
Charged with breaking into the bed
room Of the Schnoor sisters, AT East
sixth street, at 1915 Friday morn
ing cowing the children at the point OF
q revolver, and committing a heinous
crime on the youngest girl, aged 10,
a negro is being held by the police to-
ti,.y. iEe s;.=a .As Y. a. fehn Som
tenberg, and said that, he had just
come from Rock island and was look
Ing for place to spend the night. He
has denied all knowledge of the un-
speakable crime committed on the
Schnoor child, but the police have not
yet given him q work over" The
girls--Elsie, aged Is. Frances. rs.
and Mabel. f3--Were asleep in their
bedroom when the negro entered. The
noise OF his footsteps awakened them
ana they found themselves facing a re-,
Eolver. The colored man commanded