Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-04-28
Northern Io,Ua Items


Improvement Society of the church.
Boone.
General Claim Agent r. c. richards.
Chief Surgeon c. w. Hopkins, and Sig
nal Inspector H. j. Bell, all of Chicago.
and all of the Northwestern Railway
were in Boone Thursday. The visit of
the officials to this city was occasioned
primarily for the purpose of awarding
Ito the Boone shops the safety banner,
ESahich they wonsforsthe cofAing year by
having the fewest accidents of any
shop on@the system during the year
Just gone. This banner, large frame
emblem win remain the property of
the Boone shops for a year, or until
some other shop wins it. There met al
50 the safety committees of the west
ern division at the Lyric theatre early
in the afternoon and at $3.50 public
safety meeting was held in this thea
tire. Stereopt'con slides were used at
the public meeting and r. c. Richards
was the speaker. The talk was along
the lines Of safety first
Little Rock.
The citizens of Little Rock and vici-
nifty held a big patriotic mass meeting
Monday evening. A 50-fOot flag pole
was recently erected on one Of the main
business streets and the meeting was
in the nature of flag raising and de-
dication Of the municipal flag pole. Tne
meeting was one Of the first patriotic
meetings held in either OSceola or Ly-
on county since the war, and was at
tended by about TOO people from Little
Rock, Sibley. George and Rock Rapids
splendid program was rendered, in
Guiding music and patriotic addresses
by the Rev. Mr.. Glover, Of Sibley, and
the Rev. L. c. Urlaub of George. May
or Van Eaton had charge Of the exer-
clses. The assembled guests were in
vited to the Gem theater. where sup
town, and after the supper patriotic
program was carried out. Lit
tie Rock young men have enlisted in
the service Of Uncle Sam.
New Hampton.
Lieut.. Commander J. " Babcock, son
OF DR.. and Mrs. A. Babcock Of this city,
has had an experience with the horrors
of war. Two weeks ago the American
line steamer New York struck mine
near Liverpool, England. Babcock was
on this steamer in company with Ad-
miral Sims. The passengers were taken
aboard another ship. but the two Of
ficers remained with the crew and
helped get the New York into port.
She was fixed up so as to finish the
trip under her own steam. AID. Sims
and 1t. Com. Babcock are in London.
where they are In conference with the
D,tx1 et al j~ol tv,nr 1,% Nae
means Of combating the U-boHt war
fare and Of CO. ordinating the British
and United States navy. Lieut.. Com
mander Babcock and Admiral Sims.
when they sailed did so secretly. going
aboard the New York at midnight so as
to escape observation.
Esthsrville.
Miss katherine Herbison Of this city
has become Miss Katherine Pugh and
she has been reunited to her family
after many years Of involuntary sep
aration during which her brothers have
searched increasingly tcr her and the
younger sister. who has not yet been
found. The Pugh family lived at Miles.
o.. until the mother died, when the
father had to give UP the effort to keep
his six small children together. The
daughter, Katherine, and her younger
sister were put In children's home in
Ohio out of which they were adopted.
They we're given other names, and in
this way their brothers lost track of
them. Recently Miss Herbison wrote
the postmaster at Miles asking him if
he knew anything Of the family which
she described and he guessed at ono q
that her story referred to the Pughs,
He communicated with one OF her bro
theirs, Clifford who lives at Council
Bluffs. Iowa, and he. came to Esther
Vile to find that the young woman who
had written to Ohio was his sister.