Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-09-24

Clinton.
A gang of thieves seems to have de :
seconded on Clinton, during the past day
or two half a score of houses nave
been entered by the marauders, but IN
no case did they make any CONSIDER
able haul.
Keokuk.
Sam C. Westcott, prominent local
politician, former member of the Guy
council and school board and repup-
lican county and state committees, hieo
petition in voluntary bankruptcy i'll the
federal court here. He is in the book
and stationery business. HIS assets
are given as $4,000 and liabilities at
$4,000.
keokuk.
James Horssy, Is years old, son OIL
Henry 4Horsey, Of Lee county, has SET
a high mark in calf raising. he re-
Gently sold two calves for $295.S0. ne
took these two animals from his IA
theirs herd and fattened one calf up
to 1,O25 pounds and the other to l,ooo
pounds. He paid $40 in food for the
animals.
Victor.
The Farmers Savings Bank has
leased the room formerly occupied by
the postoffice, at the rear or thelf
present location, and will add that lc
the room they now occupy. The room,
will be remodeled, new furniture ana
fixtures installed, and when completed
this popular institution will have one
of the most modern banking houses IN
the country.
Ashton.
Mike Schwarzkopf had both legs
broken and body and head badly sca!d-
ed when the boiler of the threshine
engine he was running exploded. ROD
ert Freesman was pinned under the
drive wheel Of the engine when the
force of the explosion drove the engine
back a few feet, and tho badly scalded
he had no bones broken. Charley Hofr-
man a grain hauler had an arm brok-
en- by piece Of iron thrown from the
engine. Ole McDougal. bystander
was burned quite severely.
Morning Sun.
w. c. Pogemiler well-kno"n
farmer living about one mile west 0,
town. was almost instantly killec
tuesday. Mr.. Pogemiller was on
load Of hay and was pulling the nay
fork back, when the entire equipment
came down, the fork striking him II
the back penetrating thru the ribs ane
muscles and piercing the left lung. He
jumped from the wagon. saying ms
end had come, and walked probably
twenty feet and fell dead. Mr.. Poge'
miller was As years of age and leave'
| a wife and two sons, besides most o.
| friends to mourn his loss.
OskaIoosa.
Garden thieving in Oskaloosa Is be.
coming a serious affair. Master james
Elder son of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. I. Elder
entered the school garden contests TIM
summer and had splendid patch o
potatoes from which he expected bi,
! things. He tended and cultivated tn
match all summer and had the GROUND
] free Of weeds and in perfect condition
He went to harvest his crop few
mornings since and what was his dis
appointment to find that some one ha'
"beat him to It." had dug and carries
away every hill in the garden that oc
cupied q good-sized lot.
Lse4s.
Ardon, q small village north Of Let's
on the Milwaukee railroad, suffered III
second disastrous 4ire within tw'
months Tuesday night when the rail
way station burned to the ground.
! passing tramp discovered the flames
ana rave the alarm. The night oper
| ator at Let's summoned help from thu
surrounding countryside, but by th'
/ time bucket brigades had been forme'
4 the station was mass OF ruins. tTon
the fact that the roof drst caught nre
lit = believed that the blaze starte'