Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-09-22
Southern Io1ua Items

| TO be about IL years old. It is said
that he was coming from school and
| was walking near the tracks on which
a string of freight cars were moving
1t is thought that his foot caught In
a switch and he was thrown under the
train. His condition was reported al
the hospital to be serious, but further
| than that no information was given
| out.
| WapeIc.
The fifty-sixth wedding anniversary
| OF Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Faith and big
| double wedding took place Tuesday at
! the Leyda home at Harrison. The
| contracting parties were Guy Melville
Faith and Mrs. Anna Griffin and Glen
Clyde Syphrit and Blanche Griffin. Guy
Faith is the younger son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Faith, who own the beau-
| tiful home just at the top of Harrison
hill. and the brother of Mrs Ida Leyda.
Mrs. Anna Griffin has made her home
with the Faith family for some time.
Glen Syphrit is the son Of Mr. and
Mrs. J. Ray Syphrit, whose quiet lit
tie home is the Harrison Fruit Farm.
also ~ the top CT the Harrison Hill /.
His bride. Blanche Griffin. of Cedar
Rapids is the daughter Of Mrs. Anna
Griffin.
Burlington.
1t was announced that home guard
was to be organized Immediately in
Burlington and in fact 1t has already
begun to be formed. After the action
In hating the meeting scheduled to be
held at Ober's hall Wednesday night,
County Auditor Felker announced that
the nucleus OF a home guard organiza-
ton was being formed. Mr.. Felker
aided the sheriff and other officials IN
organizing 70 halt the demonstration
Wednesday night. Several men of this
city already have volunteered their
services in the home guard. They will
be under the jurisdiction of Sheriff G.
G. Earnett and In a measure viii have
the duties of deputies, subject to his
authority or orders, if their services
are desired at any time. II is probable
that regular meetings will be held.
Des Mones.
Twelve years ago Neal Jones took a
position as reporter on the Des Moines
Register and Leader starr, after hav-
ing served an apprenticeship in news
paper work during his university
work at Iowa City and as editor Of
the Muscatine News-Tribune. Tuesday
he stopped in Des Moines for days
visit He is on his way to New York
City to become managing editor OF the
New York Tribune. Mr.. Jones made
name for himself on the Register and
Leader by his clever feature stories.
After leaving this newspaper he work
ed for the Capital and the News, and
then became city clerk of Des Moines,
but the inclination toward journalism
was stronger than politics. Mr.. Jones
went from Dcs Moines to the Cleve
land Press, and later became manag-
ing editor Of the Omaha Daily News.
He resigns his position with the lat
ter paper to go to New York. AS man
aging editor of the Tribune he will be
in direct charge of all editorial de-
partments except the editorial page.
Gil Harrison, of Sioux City, is the
father of Mrs. Jones.
Davenport.
In an effort to check the infantile
paralysis epidemic in Davenport the
Davenport board of health announced
that no mail would be permitted to
leave places which are under quaran-
tine on account of the plague. The
decision to place a ban on mail Is the
result of ruling recently made by
the state board Of health. The health
authorities announced that they he'd
taken the matter up with the Daven-
port postoffice authorities who had
promised to return all mail which was
sent from places under quarantine.
Several letters sent out from several
Guaranteed houses have already been
returned by the postal authorities.
The health authorities believe that by
| placing a ban on this mail the plague
will be checked to a certain extent.
Another ruling was received from the
state board of health which provides
| that all premises where paralysis has
broken out must be under quarantine
at least forty-two days regardless OF
| whether the patient RECEIVERS or dies
before this period has expired. In the
past in case of a recovery or death
the quarantine was lifted two weeks