Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-25
Northern I01ua Items

they were digging ditch and escape
without serious injury was the eXper-
ence of C. G. Pierce, 239 Miller street,
and James Green, 622 Randall street,
employees Of the William Galloway
company. Shorty" Shepherd was also
caught in the cave-in but less Of the
wall fell on him. The men were badly
cut and bruised but no bones Were
broken. Fellow employees dug them out
and they were brought to physicians
office in the police ambulance. The
accident took place at $40 a. m.
Thursday. .M
Waterloo.
John De Graft, for 50 years a resi-
dent Of this section of the state, died
at $50 D. M Wednesday at the home
Of his daughter, Mrs. N. B. Page. 1425h
Mulberry street. John DeGraff was,
born at TOWNSVILLE, n. T.. July 13,
1885, and came west as a young man.
settling first in Illinois and later IN
| Iowa. He lived at Waverly and later
Waterloo. BY trade he was a carriage
maker and it was he who built the first
omnibus ever operated in Waterloo.
Nov. II, 1856, Mr.. De Graft was married
to Margaret Ellen Milliken. to which
union two children were born. son.
Charles. who died in infancy, and Mrs.
~ B. Page of Waterloo Mrs. DeGTaff
died in 1897, and in 1907 Mr.. DeGraff
was married to Mrs. Susan Wilcox,
who survives him.
Mason City.
Nora Wood, the little 5-year.old
daughter of MIR. and Mrs. John Wood
who reside in the southwest part OF
the city, suffered fracture of the
right leg and a number Of bodily bruis-
es when she ran into and was knocked
down by motor car on the Clear Lake
! pavement near the Mercy hospital
Wednesday, The automobile own
ed and driven by a man who did not
leave his name and who does not live
here was driving slowly and it is said
that the little girl ran out from behind
another car and into the machine. She
was struck by the fender and knocked
to the ground. The driver stopped the
car at once and took her to Mercy
hospital where he remained until he
was told Of the injuries and the condi-
| ton of the little girl The right leg
was broken near the ankle and the
other bruises were received about the
head by the girl.
Cedar Rapids.
Only little hand waving above
ground and the fact that his sister,
Dorothy hanson, child Of five years,
saw Bobby Lamson, the son of Mr..
and Mrs. In B. Lamson in First ave-
nue. sink into the ground around one
al n1T
| the avenue, is all that saved the boy
of two years from losing his life. Dur
| ing the day. Tuesday. workmen dug
a hole four feet deep and inserted
! therein one of the large telephone
poles belonging to the street car COM
pany. Dirt was placed about the pole
| but water seeping In had made the
place a dangerous one The Iamson
children were playing about this pole
when suddenly Bobby sank into the
| soft earth. The screams of his little
sister brought rcscuers. The boy had
one arm in sling having suffered
| compound fracture two weeks ago The
child suffered second fracture of the
same arm. He was taken to local
| hospital to have the bone reset
Wate rIoo.
Charles Stackhouse. age As, Is in the
county jail on charge of enticing Mil
dred Randall, age 10. out Of the state.
| 1t is alleged Stackhouse and the girl.
who has made her home with the
Stackhouse family for several months,
left Aug. II for East Dubuque, on
the Chicago Great Western railway.
Aug. 16 Stackhouse returned and the
girl remained. Two days later Stack
house, J. c. Murtagh, +. r. Feeley and
A. G.. Randall, father Of the girl. went
to East Dubuque inS the Stackhouse
car to bring the girl home. 1t was
learned that Mildred left the proceed
ing Wednesday. Aug 10, for Lacrosse.
Wis. It is said Clifford Stackhouse,
age 20. son of Charles iStackhouse. left
Aug. IA for the same destination. Mr..
Murtagh returned to Waterloo from
East Dubuque, but the remainder Of
the party kept on the trip, guided by
telephone information from Sheriff D.
B. Henderson, regarding the latest
news on the tracing OF the girl.