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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-07-11
PoWESHlEk DISTRICT COURT.
Unusually Heavy Probate Docket Dis
posed of in One Day.

posed Of in One Day.
Special to Times Republican.
'Montezuma, July 11.-Judge Will
cockson held special day of court
yesterday and disposed of large num-
Der Of matters upon the various dock
cts and especially upon the probate
docket.
Since the regular session OF the
March term an unusually large number
Of wills had been filed for probate and
no less than fifteen were admitted yes
terday. Large property interests are
affected by these instruments. While
there is no way Of determining the
aggregate Of the estates covered by
these wills, it is most likely that prop
erty Of a value we'll up toward a mil
lion dollars Is bequeathed.
The largest estates are those or
Elizabeth Prosser and Henry Book
neau. In the former a brother, B. Jen-
kens was named executor without
bond. H. G. Lyman was named ad-
ministrator in the Bookneau estate. BY
the terms Of the will the decedent's
sister is to have an income Of $1,000
and the balance Of the estate passes
to the trustees Of iowa College. He
owned a large farm In Jasper county
and another farm in Chester township
It is said that deed to the Jasper
county land was made to the sister az
ter the will was executed.
L. w Spooner was named executor
Of the estate Of l.. P. tSpooner and ie
not required to give bond under the
will.
In the estate Of Charles A. Swisher
the executors are H. F. Lanphere and
W. r. Moyle, whose bond Is fixed at
$4,000.
James R. Cravath Is the executor Of
the will of S. A. Cravath and is to
serve without bond
w. c. Rayburn is the executor of the
will Of Warren Faulkner and his bond
is fixed at $500. A further bond FOR
$4,000 is to be given for the sale Of
real estate.
Ellie Maher was named executrix
without bond under the will Of Peter
Quinn.
Anna Oltrogge is the executrix under
the will Of Fred Oltrogge and Is to
serve without bond.
No bond Is required Of Edward E.
and Samuel Rafferty,, named as ex-
ecutors under the viii OF Eidon G.
Rafferty,.
The nomination Of Jesse Bryan as
executor of the estate of Ida Bryan
was confirmed and no bond required.
Charles Booknau was named execu-
tor Of the estate Of George Cross, with
bond at $500. ~ >a..-..~.
In the will Of Albina j.. Hubert no
executor was named and the court ap-
pointed Fred p. Hubert administrator,
with bond fixed at $4,000.
w II. Stone was named executor Of
the estate OF Ellen Water, with bond
fixed at $4,000.
Minnie Pierce was named executrix
under the will Of C. w. Pierce and is
not required to give bond.
No executor was named under the
will of Fred Erteld and an administra-
tor will be named to carry out the pro-
visions of the will.
A short time ago the appraisers ap-
pointed by the court to fix valuations
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-07-11
TWO FREAKS or NATURE.
Natural Phenomena At Bedford and
Sharpsburo Attract Attention.

Special to Times-Republican
Bedford, July 1.-Two interesting
freaks OF nature have been, engaging
the attention Of the people Of Bedford
Sharpsburg and vicinity. At the lake
belonging to ]. NJ. Reardon and; from
which part Of the Ice supply for Bed
ford is harvested each year, the water
has been Of q milky white color and
the fish in the lake were seen coming
to the surface for air and many dead
fish appeared on the surface. 1t was
suggested that the water had uncov-
cred lime deposit in the earth. A
uample Of the water has been sent to
Des Moines for analysis.
On the Ed Rutledge farm; near
sharpsburg, smoke has been seen Is
suing from the ground. No fire Of any
kind can be found. The smoke has the
appearance Of thin mist and has
peculiar odor. Biologists have been
asked to investigate the phenomena.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-07-11
GUARDSMAN is MARRIED.
Harold v. Servose, Of Denison, Takes
Home Girl as Wife.

Special to Times Republican.
Ida Grove, July 1.-THE first we'd
ding among the $40 members Of Com
pany B that have been in training in
this city for the past two weeks, took
place Tuesday afternoon, Harold V.
Servose and Miss Helen Louise
Aebischer, both Of Denison, being the
participants. The groom enlisted when
the recruiting of the new company was
started, Denison sending fifty-four men
here to enlist. Both participants in
the wedding are prominent and we'll
known people and the marriage was
not performed with any idea or the
part of the bride or groom that the
latter would escape service, and he vii
90 with the company when It is sent
south in a few weeks.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-07-11
Rock Rapids.

Rock Rapids.
Lyon countys new $4,000 court
house was dedicated Saturday. An
immense crowd witnessed the exer-
cises. Chief Justice Gaynor of the
Iowa supreme court was the orator Of
the occasion. hHr
Sheldon.
Methodists of Iowa are planning for
a big camp meeting at Lake Okobojl.
It will open Aug. and continue for
ten days. President w. D. Scher-
meshorn, Of Dakota Wesleyan Univer-
sity will have charge Of the big meet
ing.
Cedar Rapids.
Two persons were injured here
Monday when a Northwestern train
struck the automobile John Vondra
was driving. Vondra and his wife. who
bruised. Joseph Kincl, who was with
the Vondra family, escaped injury.
Mason City.
Nick Gagrai. Greek. was assaulted
and robbed by two negroes on Fourth
street southwest near the railroad
tracks about $50 o'clock Sunday night
Monday morning Frank Thomas and
James Williams, both negroes, were
identified by Gagrai.
LeMars.
Damage to the extent OF about $4,000
was caused when lightning at about &
o'clock Sunday morning struck a shed
| owned by the Standard Oil Company
| The shed and a large new auto truck
| I. 49, ~
rain accompanied the lightning. One
| small bridge in the city was washed
away and there was other minor dam
age.
Fort Dodge.
The infant son of Mr.. and Mrs. D.
W. Gibbs, Of this city Is proving a
puzzle to local physicians. He recent
| ly swallowed an open safety pin one
and one-nalf inches long. He swal-
| lowed it apparently without difficulty
altho he had never eaten solid food
An x-ray shows the pin in the child's
stomach. The baby apparently does
not suffer
Fort Dodge.
Collision with a calf caused the cal
in which Miss Lucille Hagans C.
Hagans and H. Quade were riding tc
turn turtle Sunday afternoon. The ac-
cdent happened near Manson when the
party were returning from motor trip
to Minneapolis. Miss Hagans, who was
driving, was pinned beneath the steer
ing wheel, but luckily escaped any
serious injury. The other occupants
were not hurt.
Bellevue.
Captain Ainsworth, in charge Of ths
fish hatchery at Manchester, has been
in Bellevue this week experimenting
a number Of changes at the local fish
station. The fish house will be moved
from its present location at the river
edge to the top Of the bank; and the
ground surrounding will be made into
a park Fishing operations will be
carried on as usual this season, an6
it Is hoped to make this a banner sea-
son for the Bellevue branch.
Boone.
| Mrs Nina Reinhart BIT Thirteenth
street, a woman 70 years Of age, frac-
tured her left leg near the knee Sat
urday. She was hurried to the Eleanor
Moore hospital where the fracture was
! reduced and ,s reported as restin g
comfortably. She is unable to explain
the cause of the accident which re
suited so painfully for her. other thar
to say she fell while walking about The
room. She was alone when she fell
but help came soon after.
Boone.
Bad weather and delays in getting
| materials have greatly hampered the
construction Of the extension Of the
Fort Dodge Des Moines and Southern
! railroad from East Fort Dodge K
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-07-11
Toledo News Notes.
o Times-Republican

Special to Times Republican.
Toledo. July 11-Mrs 8. c. Leland
and daughter Jennie returned Saturday
evening from visit tc relatives in
Wells, MINI.
H. H. Wilson returned Saturday eve
ming from few days visit with his
son in Eagle Grove.
Mrs. Johnson, who was burned badly
on the arms while putting out fire
Of a little niece's clothing, who died
from her burns. is able to be up again.
Mrs. J. P. Evans had the misfortune
on Sunday morning to fall in the yard
by trimming over wire and breaking
both bones in her wrist.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-07-11
Iowans Are Commissioned.

Special to Times -Republican.
Washington, July 11.-Iowans COM
missioned III the officers reserve corps
Tuesday by the war department in
cluded Frederick w. McDougal Iowa
Telephone Company. at Davenport,
major signal corps; Frederick G MUIR
ray, Is Kimball building Cedar Rapids,
captain medical corps: Edwin II.
WEIGH, 1913 Locust street, Des Moines,
Aet lieutenant signal corps; Ichabod
Ia Lawton. Of Newell, and Earl E.
Dayo, Oelwein, second lieutenants en-
gineer corps.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-07-11
TWENTY COUNTIES MISSING.
Have Not Sent Registration Cards "a
Adjutant General.

~lJoIo'I SStISt al.
Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, July 11.-Up to last
evening about twenty counties had not
yet sent in to the adjutant generals
office their registration cards giving
the number Of each man registered as
required by the government. How
ever, 1t is expected that all of the
counties will have reported by the end
Of the week.
A force Of clerks under the direction
of Major Frank Lyman, of the adju-
tant generals office, is checking over
these cards to see that there are no
missing numbers. If any number were
skipped by any board it might cause
a bad mixup If that particular num-
Der were drawn by the authorities at
Washington.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-07-11
Sheffield News Items.
pecial to Times-Republican.

Special to Times-Republican.
Sheffield, July 11.-Mrs. Alta Jack
son and son. Of Waterloo, are here
visiting relatives.
The Baptist people enjoyed Sunday
school picnic in Yelland's grove west
of town Tuesday.
Mrs. C. A. Waterson and little
daughter returned to their homo in
Waterloo Monday.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-07-11

goods were greatly damaged by hre
and smoke. The house was also badly
Quilted The house was better known
as the old Emslie home, across the
street from the Rock Island station.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-07-11
Fire Injuries Montezuma Woman.

Special to Times-RepublicaN.
Montezuma, July 11.-Mrs. r. S.
Alexander received a seriously burned
arm when gasolene stove flared up
and caused the supply tank to explode
on Sunday. The fire spread with sur
prising rapidity and by the time the
Are company reached the scene the
kitchen and dining room were in
Z Aames. Mr.. Alexandsr's household
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-07-11
News Of Glidden.

Special to Times Republican.
Glidden. July 11.-John Loscian had
three valuable horses killed by light
ming as the result of the violent cleo
trical storm Sunday morning. He oc-
cupies a farm three miles northeast OF
this place.
Yesterday the auto owners OF this
place had their annual booster parade
to advertise the chautauqua, which is
to open Saturday, the 18th. Six towns
were visited
Blessed be agriculture, if one does
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-07-11

Blessed be agriculture, if one does !
not have too much Of it.-C. D. Warner |
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-04
EMPIRE.

Pauline Frederick, the emotional
Screen star supreme. will be seen to-
morrow and Saturday at the Empire
theatre in tho five-part thrilling ro-
nance Of the Spanish Main,, entitled,
THE Slave Market,"aa Famous Play
ers-Paramount anasterplay.a M. II
This feature will prove itself to be
one Of the strongest dramatic features
ever produced by this company and
the role which Miss Frederick plays IS
one .t55st 91ts DER F. PIN III .sIts
Tod4yseprogram. Is headeH hysathe
five-part Metro film adaptation Of
Margaret Deland's celebrated novel,
"The. Awakening Of Helena Richie, -
in which is featured that charming
stage Aaild screen star. Ethel Barry
& Remember, our special first run Uni
versal programs of single and multiple
part comedy and dramatic fotoplays
are changed daily, 1
Watch for the opening episode Of
the greatest of all Aim serials, .2Ehe
Great Secret featuring Francis x.
Bushmap and Beverly Bayne, which
will; be shown first In this city at Kee-
ney,s Empire. Il
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-04
y.

Here'si.a fong awaited, chance to
hear some real singing in a vaudeville
misunderstanding of type that awak-
ems stlfes SOUL to aise the language OF
the poets. and all you song lovers who
have been requesting this sort OF en-
tertain111ent should make plans to hear
the Florerltines Singers at the Plaza
the latter half Of the week The press
agent describes it as most expensive
and exquisite song luxury but you
viii have to judge for yourselves. AT
any rate vaudeviHians in several >of
the larger cities of the East have
heartily endorsed the offering and rec-
ord breaking crowds are to be ex-
pected. 3;I
Lillian Gish, the versatile Aim ia
vorite' had the stellar role in the Tri-
angles latest contribution to the
screen, 'orhe House Built Upon Sand. y
"a ave act production that is said to, be
a pleasing work OF art.
7 Zeno and Mandel IN songs, dances
and pianologue; Sophie and Harvey
Everett. in their novelty creation en-
titled Adam and Eve Up-tolDate" !;
and BUD Gray, the cycling comedian
with Atwo part Keystone comedy viii
complete the lineup for the latter
part Of the week.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-04
Amuscment3


-
sPresenting gorgeous display OF
Gashions in q, Delightfully."- artistic mu-
steal revue,s Uterine Crawford and
her Fashion Girls will come to PoHs
the last half of the week, after a
triumphal tour of the largest thea
tres in the country. To quote the
press agent, there are ten thousand
dollars worth Of gems gowns, furs.
negligee, lingerie, hats. feathers,
spprt Hes ana Supplied
the supreme creative artists of style
and displayed by twelve beautiful
models. 80 Incl dental musical num-
bers and dances add much to : the
beauty of this production by Miss
CRAWFORD &C. tn ffSiffa }t$fS
The pi1otoplay feature Isl 1.-THE Vic
TIM" a gripping tale of a woman's
REDEEM ptions ingswhieh5 unjust police
nnethpqs are attacked ValeskagEur-
att, who wears sorhe stunning gowns,
is starred in the production. Pathe's
Pictorial News is also "a film feature.
May fully offers Sthe one-act, play
let. by George Kelly, Finders
Keepers. in, which John Armstrong,
a former Bridgeport boy has a prom
inent part. ,,,ae n,,~a:, j.
Otto Bros musical comedians, sin
"The First Entrance..;.I Montrose and
Allen, in. songs and dances; and Lon
20 Cox, silhouettist, in, a real .noy-
city, are the other, vaudeville attrac-
lions. 49, :
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-04
SAME IN WALL STREET.
(New York Evening poett,

\uNeW Il DIX Evening POSt.)
An editor Of a Wall Street magazine
was Complaining He was complain
ing ON a subject about which it is not
unusual to find editors complain, to
wit, advertising. "Our advertising is
dropping Off he said, 'just when it
should be Increasing. In prosperous
times, when brokers are making
money, they advertise. That would
fbe just the time when you would think
that they had least need to adver-
tise. We have millions share
days; brokers are working to the lin
it of physical and mental strain; they
keep their office force downtown all
night; they are doing all the business
they can possibly handle, or even all
they care to handle-and then thew
advertise for more. Presumab bly, they
advertise simply because they have
the money to advertise, and the fu-
ture is bright.
But something happens; the mar
ket breaks; brokers lose customers:
the prospect looks darker; there NAV
not be enough business for everybody.
And then, when the broker realizes
there may not be enough business for
everybody; you would think he would
advertise sin. order to get a larger
share of smaller total business, and
SO keep, his Gown, business as nearly as
possible VIII ere It was before. This
is what you find? The broker dis
continues his advertising. The brok-
err considers his advertising, not as an
investment, but as an. expense.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-04
NEW MIRACLES OF STEEL
WROUGHT ABOUT BY AUTO

Writers of historical fiction, perpet
uated the notion that the art OF tns
old armorer has persisted. And ye
| i'm cars sold for only a few hundred
dollars faxles and crankshafts are t.
be found infinitely superior in textur'
| to the weapons of famous sword
| Smiths The tales OF supple yet tougl
| blades that could. be: bent. into circles
| without swapping. are eclipsed in thu
| less artfully phrased reports Of test
conducted with crankshaft: steel II
thes 'metanurgical laboratory of any
large automobile factory. Could the
Old swords be- twisted through si1
cpntplete turns before they broke? Ar
axle-shaft can be so twisted. VIVA
was the tensile strength of the mace
that Godfrey of Bouillon or Richard
the Lion Heart welded? How far, II
other, words, could it have beer
stretched lengthwise before it part
ed? No one knows But the auto
mobile metallurgist is sure that it was
not the equal in that respect on a
modern valve-team-a slim little
member that can be extended half its
length in a. testing machine before il
snaps in two. ~
AS soon as the metallurgist discov-
cred that the properties of steel could
be subtly changed by the addition of
very small quantities of such elements
as chromium, carbon, manganese,
nickel, tungsten, or vanadiun1-as
soon, in sotI1er words, as the problem
of making the automobile durable and
safe had been solved by research
the designer ventured to consider the
economics of motoring. Heavy auto
mobiles endure. but they consume
much fuel, and they wear out expen-
sive tires very rapidly. Light: auto
mobiles are more cheaply maintain
ed. p And $50 new demands were made
on the laboratory in the effort to. save
weight without sacrificing strength or
on the outside as hard as tool-steel
and yet with a core that shall be soft
and tough, afgear that shall not weigh
more than given number of ounces?
The metallurgist1 asked not only to
discover the4for1nula for a. steel out Of
which q part can tbe made and which
must be examined with the micro
scope to detect the wear to which it
has been subjected after having run
ten thousand miles. but also to indi-
cate the methods that must "be follow
ed by the .furnace-men m heat-treat-
ing the metal. Without the laboratory
the designer would be helpless. There
would be little progress from year to
year.-Walenaar Kaempffert, in Har-
.per's Magazine for January. q.r
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-04
DYING AFTER HE SHOT
N HIMSELF FIVE TIMES

Norwalk, Jan. 4-Frederick Sim
mons, 80 years old, SON fof Mr.. and
Mrs Philip Simmons of WaI1ingford,
is in critical condition in the Nor
walk hospital following an attempt
made last evening to end his life.
Shots. heard In his room in local ho-
tel caused the police to force an en-
trance into. the room, where they
found Simmons on the floor with a
bullet hole In his head and two in his
left breast. Evidence was found that
at least four other shots had been
fired By the young man. He was
taken to the hospital and doctors, said
last night that he had little chance to
live, Domestic difficulties are said to
have caused him to, attempt to kill
himself HeS was a silver worker and
since tie wa1lingford labor troubles
had been employed by the 'Norwalk
Tire e Rubber company
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-04
'pIMPLY? WELL, DON'T Be-!
People Notice It. Drive Them Off
with DR.. Edwards
Olive Tablets

, A pimply face will not embarrass you
much longer if you get package of DR..
Edwards Olive Tablets. The skin
should. begin to clear after you have
taken the tablets few nights.
Cleanse the blood, the bowels and the
liver with DIR. Edwards Olive Tablets,
the successful substitute for calomel-
there's never any sickness or pain after
taking them. r.
Dr. Edwards Olive Tablets do that
which calomel does, and just as efec-
tively,r bat their action is gentle and
safe instead of severe and irritating.
No one who takes Olive Tablets is
ever cursed with. "a dark brown taste"
asbad breath, a dull, listless, mo good
feeling, constipation, torpid liver, bad
disposition or pimply face. .
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets are a
purely vegetable compound mixed with
olive oil; you will know them BY their
olive; color. go. >,..~-..
DIR. Edwards spent years; among pa
tientsa afflicted with liver. and bowel
complaints, and Olive Tablets are the
immensely effective result.
Take one or two. nightly for a week.
See how much better you feel and look.
10c and 25s per box. All druggists.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-04
TAKING STOCK.

AS the newspaper man goes his
rounds at this time of year, he finds
more ors less of. the business men
taking Stock 1T IS a tedious and
dusty job, but a very vital one. The
merchants approach the final addi-
lions and subtractions with anxiety,
not knowing what they will show for
profit and loss. rs
With a great many of The older
stores, stock taking was often much
neglected. Many businesses have al
ways run for many years absolutely
without the custom of regular inven-
tories. The proprietor would figure
a profit, s.Abut he neverszverified them
+ by the test OF an account OF stock.
If he could draw every week enough
for his support, he felt satisfied. He
felt that stock taking involved an
enormous amount of labor, and pro-,
duced no results other than his own
satisfa ction IS e Ct r.
Modern business, however, is more
closely analytical. T., If not merely
seeks to know periodically whether
the business is profitable as a whole
but it analyses every feature of the
business 81 It demands to- y know,
whether each particular line is show
ing a profit or a loss. The results are
often surprising. Goods. that seemed
to pay are revealed as merely drain
on the. concern. Expenses are apt to
be higher than was expected. and the
overhead charge is constantly. ex-
ceeding forecasts.
These better methods work out for
the advantage, OF. the consumer. They
lead merchants. ito -:urn their stock
more frequently. to keep closer watch
Of their lines, TO- clean out unprofit--
able material and to specialize on
what the public wants. The logical
outcome of stock taking is a news
paper advertisement, to Nclean out
overstocks and get the business on a
closer cash basis.