Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-07-30

Miss Frances oliver has been ac-
copied at the military hospital at
Camp Dodge. She will leave in August
to take the complete Red Cross nurses
training course. She Is a college grad
uate and has been teaching school for
the past four years.
Independence.
julius Zewiski. aged rs years, was
discovered Saturday lying dead In his
yard. He hal lived in small slack
atcut iives miles north of Wintf rop.
J. Is thought he died sometime before
the body was found. No relatives
could be located so tho body was
brought to independence for burial.
Waterloo.
one third of the children OF Water
leo under years of age need med
ical or surgical attention. This con-
dition was revealed as result Of the
baby health aaEvass conducted by the
woman's council Of defense. In ALMOST
all the cases the parents were una
ware that anything was wrong with
their children.
onawa.
Mrs. Alfred Wolfe, residing on u
farm near Turin, was burned to death.
Altho no one saw the accident, indi-
cations were that she was burning
rubbish and that her clothing caught
fire and the flames consumed her be-
fore she could procure aid. She leaves
husband and three children.
Webster City.
Towa'a nrizo ,bo h., ,ataa xyad,no,aoy
She was Beulah Margaret, 23-month-
old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. r. A.
Kaufman, OF Stanhope. south Of this
city. The little one took the sweep
stakes prize among all Iowa baby en-
tries at the state fair last year for
which loving cup was given. T,lber-
cular meningitis caused her death
LeMars.
County Supervisor Toval Kloster has
been looking for some good bee man.
swarm of bees which had settled
in the attac Of his home had laid IN
such a supply Of honey that tho hot
weather started it dripping thru, the
ceilings and, oozing out thru the
weather boards. Pots and pans had
to be set out In several rooms to catch
the honey.
Sioux City.
Excavating for the new $1,000, 900
packing plant Of the Midland Packing
Company started at the stock yards
Wednesday morning. The plant will
be ready for use about Jan. 1. 1919.
The Midland company will then be
able to handle much trade that has
had to be turned away in the last few
years because Of not having the proper
facilities to handle the work. It viii
be a great benefit to Sioux City.
DEBORAH.
4 During the past week, over 400 pigs
have been contributed by the farmers
to the Winneehiek County Boys and
Girls Red Cross Pig Club. All together
there are now about 1900 pigs belong
Ing to the CLUB. Inasmuch as Winnie
shlek county was the first county in
the United States to organize a Red
Cross pdg club, much interest is mani
tested. Il is expected that members Of
the club will soon own 1000 or more
pigs.
onawa.
N. J. Nicholson. Of Rodney, was
brought before the Monona county
council of defense here this week on
the charge of disloyal and sunpatriotic
REMARKS. Altho he took out his quota
Of bond and thrift stamps, he is alleged
to have said that he was just giving
the money away as the. government
would not be able to repay 1t, and that
1t never would win the war. He was
found guilty and was bound over to
the grand Jury.
Lake View.
+ E. A. Walrod. farmer living near
Lake View. was seriously injured when
a binder passed over his body. dislo-
eating his hip and injuring him in
other ways. He was cutting oats IN
his field when something went wrong
with the binder. He crawled under to
learn the trouble when the horses
backed the machine over his body. He
is consigned to his bed and suffering
severely. It is thought he will be I'M
able to work for many weeks.
Dubuque.
? The letter B on oat blades is the
latest freak Of nature reported. A. Du-
bnque county woman, and the owner
OF farm. received a letter from her
brother, a Wisconsin farmer, several
days ago in which he stated that he
and other farmers in his vicinity had
noticed the oddly. Her curiosity was
aroused and she plucked numerous
blades Of oats from her field. Accord
ing to her story, the letter B was
noticeable on almost every blade.
Cedar Rapids.
1 The city council dealt death blow
to the street carnival business in
Cedar Rapids, when an ordinance in
creasing the license fee to q poins
which will he practically prohibitive,
was passed to the third reading. The
ordinance was introduced by Com
missioner George Yuill, acting as
mayor in the absence of Mayor Rail,
and was passed to the third reading.
This will become an ordinance shortly,
ana from that time carnivals and sim
liar aggregations will be thing Of
the past in Cedar Rapids. The new
ordinance providese license fee of
$40 day or $50 a week for each ami
keeper and assistant cashier in the