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

quest in The American Boy, and sent
letter to an English soldier in the
trenches of Belgium. The letter was
sent in general. Pratt not knowing to
whom 1t might be delivered. A few
days ago he received q reply. from the
widow Of the soldier to whom his let
ter had been delivered. The widow said
she had found Pratt's letter among the
effects Of her dead husband, who lost
his life after both arms and both legs.
as we'll as his thigh, had been shattered
by the explosion of anYenemy bomb.
The widow wrote there are four chill
dren left with her. the eldest years
Of age. The day following her hus-
bands death, her brother-in-law was
killed in an aerial raid over London.
West Liberty.
Walter Erwin. young farmer living
few miles north Of town. was stricken
with appendicitis about the time hts
onion crop was ready to harvest A
group Of neighbors pulled the crop. and
Friday seventy high school boys and
girls. accompanied by supt- w. g..
Miller. P. N Gibson, Mayor Henry
Folders and Councilman Ellis Smith,
spent the afternoon in the patch. top
ping and sacking the crop. The workers
spent the entire afternoon in the field
ana sacked more than 500 bushels. MI.
Erwin, since his operation Tor append
icltis, has undergone two other opera
tons. and but for the assistance given
by the school children and others, must
have lost some Of his crop. His wife
and father had been attempting to keep
up with the crops. but wererunable 70
care for all Of it. The Erwin crib now
holds 1000 bushels Of onions.
Mt. Pleasant.
The grand jury. after being in SEES
sion since Monday. returned into court
on Thursday afternoon with an indict-
ment charging Clarence Hedden, tho
former law clerk, with murder IN the
first degree. Directly after the 1urys
report Hedden was brought into court
and arraigned. He was still apparently
in a state Of collapse, and paid no heed
to the questions asked him by the
Judge. He was represented by Attor-
ney J. G. Mccoid and Herman Tlgar
the latter being his former employer
Next Wednesday at $50 a. m. was the
time set for him to make his plea. IL
is hardly likely that he will be tried
this term, as his senior counsel MI
McCoid, has only just recovered from
a severe illness, and will doubtless ask
for a continuance. 1t Is an open Sc
cret. however, that the defense VIII De
| insanity.
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Early Friday morning an attempt
was made to burn the Alton creamery >:
building. but owing to the fact tnat u
was discovered soon after IT was set
and the fire alarm turned IN ana lhe
quick response OF the fire boys, .ne
building was saved. altho considerapie
damage was done, both to the contehts
NJ .ha BUILDING ard ...e building. 2 a
young man from Creston happened 70
be going by the building on MOTOR
cylce, noticed the FIRE and phoned tne
central office. The IRE boys were soon
on the Job and had the blaze under
control. When they finally got hside
the building a new gasoiene can vac ~.
found on the floor. Later the CAPS
from IL were found upstairs, The can
was empty and had contained kefo-
seie. The keroeene had beAn pnir g
over tins stairway, around Over III
building and IN = few minutes sne
bniiding would have been esisireyy q CO.. =.
stunned. AZ u waS, several htfnsAfea
doIlars 6smage 49, dsne