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Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-07-06
Confidence,

DO you think Josh is learning fast
in the army" said Mrs. Corntossel.
I'm sure of it," replied her hus.
band.
You know he never stood at the
head of his classes"
I'm not thinking about how he
stood anywhere. I'm thinking about
the way he always kept goin' in "A foot
bali game
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-07-06
Cutieura Is So Soothing

To itching, burning skins. It not only
soothes but heals. Battle with Cuti-
cura Soap and hot water, dry gently
and apply Cuticura Ointment. For
free samples address. "Cuticura, Dept.
Y, Boston" At druggists and by mail.
Soap 70, Ointment Is and 5O-Adv.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-07-06
HOSPITAL SHIP
IS TORPEDOED;
ga MISSING
British Steamer LIandovery Cas-
tie Sunk by U-Boat.
ONLY "a SURVIVORS LANDED
Vessel Was Homeward Bound From
Canada and Carried Eight Medical
Corps Men and Fourteen
Woman Nurses-Ameri-
can Boat Lost.

London, July "a German subma-
rine sank the British hospital ship
Llandovery Castle 116 miles south
west of FaStnet, June 81, the British
admiralty announced
The Llandovery Castle was home
ward bound from Canada, 1t carried
25S persons, This total Includes 50
Canadian army medical corps men and
II woman nurses.
One boat containing u survivors
has reached port.
THE Llandovery Castle was 11,423
tons gross and was built at Glasgow in
1914 for the Union Castle Mail Steam
ship service. The vessel was 500 feet
long, 63 feet beam and 81 feet deep.1
Twenty-Four Out of 25a Landed.
The admiralty announcement fol-
lows:
about 10 80 o'clock on June 81, 116
miles southwest of Fastnet. the hos
pital ship Llandovery Castle was tor
pedoed by an enemy submarine and
sank In about ten minutes. She was
homeward bound from Canada and
therefore there were no sick or wound
ed on board. hut her crew consisted OF
1914 officers and men and she carried
so Canadian army medicals and II fe-
male nurses.
"Of this total of 25S only one boat
reached port. Search is Still being
made and there is bare possibility
that others may vet be found
1T is to he noted that in this. as in
deed in all instances, the German sub
marine had "A perfect right to stop and
search the hospital ship under The
Hague convention. but she preferred
to torpedo the Llandovery Castle.
Set Adrift 116 Miles Out.
Subsequently the admiralty issued
the following comment on the sink
ing:
"Germanys awful debt 70 the world
continues 10 grow. Another hospital
ship has been torpedoed this time 1ld
miles from the nearest land and her
people turned adrift i'm their boats To
sink or swim as they best might. and
though, as it happened she was
Canadian hospital ship returning from
Halifax with no wounded on board
the tale of crime reveals a wautou de-
liberation on the part of tho submarino
commander, and almost suggests the
hope on his part that he would find
her fJll of injured and helpless men
U. S. Steamer ~" Boat Victim.
New York. July 1.-THE American
steamship George L. Eaton of zoos
tons gross has been sunk. presumably
by German submarine, in European
waters, according to information re-
ceived in shipping circles here She
left an American Port for France
al fV-n ytraalye
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-07-06

Mrs. De Style got u shock today"
shoot"
"She got on car, followed by n
nursemaid carrying her baby. and
somebody gave the nursemail seat
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-07-06

A man may succeed in becoming a
hero TO his valet. but 10 his mother-ln-
law-not by any means.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-07-06

A defective stomach keeps more pee
pie awake than guilty conscience.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-07-06
Reverse Methods

You are the same Kind Of a scamp
your father was before You"
Wei then why is 1t he is now nl-
ways after mep
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-07-06
Discreet.

She-That dealer is a fraud He
said the parrot knew lot of words.
He-Maybe they are words he
doesn't like to say in the presence of
a lady.-Bosten Evening Transcript
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-07-06

The offspring Of the pugilist is Ga1
TO inherit his fathers black eyes.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-07-06

Better say only half you think than
to think only half you say.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-07-06
A DaYliaht Scorner.

The Bee-That FREELY is a Stacker.
The Ant-Yes, if he got up earlier
he wouldn't have to make n light.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-07-06

Fayerv eather-This ,lying child Is
enough to drive me crazy.
Wife-Wait a moment and Will
sing it to sleep
Fayerweather-O second thought,
you had better let it cry.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-07-06

Poor.
"How's your garden?"
Nothing TO brag about. Even my
neighbours chickens diSdain it,"
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-07-06

Try Freezonel Your druggist sells a
tiny bottle for few cents, sufficient to
rid your feet of every hard corn, soft
corn, or corn between the toes, and
calluses. without one particle of pain,
soreness or irritation. Freezone is the
discovery of d noted Cincinnati genius.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-07-06
What "Marun Means.

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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-12-16

II was put In circulation. no one knows
BY whom to . certainty but certain
cold storage interests are bcins
blamed. we ~
Investigation made disproves the
idea that there will be a shortage
rather establishes the fact that rather
than n shortage there will be a sur
plus, II storage eggs are to be DIS
posed of before the new egg crop
starts to come into the market the
latter part OF January and the hrs'
OF February,
Retail dealers asserted Saturday
evening that the price. rather than be-
ina boosted, had come down durine
the Week. that eggs that week age
commanded IS cents were selling for
60 However, these dealers said there
had ben a great demand for eggs dur
ing the last few days, that hundreds
of their customers. taking the shortage
story for its face value. had laid In
supplies sufficient to run them thru
the month Of January.
The manager OF ono OF the cold
storage plants asked as to the reported
shortage" said:
There arc as many eggs In storage
in Sioux City as usual. An egg famine
in the center Of production Is joke.
I know of several thousand cases al
least. more than 5000, 900 eggs. now in
storage here. I presume there are
many more in storage than know
anything about.
A photographer was permitted to &c
into this plant and get photographs OF
great stacks Of egg cases and even
then was able 10 show only small
part of the pack of this one concern.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-12-16
RAZOR WIELDER CAUGHT.
Youth Who SIashed Throat Of Oes
Moines Girl Confesses.

DeS MOineS, Dec. 16.-Paul Carua-
mon, age IS, Southeast Sixteenth street
and Section avenue, said by the police
TO be degeherate, confessed Satur-
day afternoon that it was he who
murderously assaulted Esther Vivian
Figg with razor Wednesday evening.
Miss Figg, who was a Sunday school
teacher, was attacked by mysterious
stranger at a deserted point near her
home in South Des Moines. He
whipped out a razor and cut her
throat almost from ear to ear. Only
heavy coat collar turned up around
her throat saved her life. The assail-
ant escaped thru swamp.
He also admitted the murderous as
sault several days ago on Mrs. Elmer
L. Ward, Fourteenth street and Cres-
ton avenue, when she was sick in bed
with influenza. Mrs. Wards little girl
saved her when she frightened the as
sailant away by running out Of the
house screaming.
In municipal court Elmer l.. Ward
Of Southeast Fourteenth street and
Creston avenue swore out an informa-
ton charging Cardamon with assault
with intent to commit statutory Of
tense against Mrs. Ward, who was ill
at home with the influenza.
Ward declared before municipal
judges that Cardamon entered the
home and at the point Of gun de-
manded that Mrs. Ward submit to his
advances. He stated that the little 4
year-oh daughter ran screaming from
the house when Mrs. Ward grappled
with Cardamon and that the man fed
when neighbors were attracted to the
house by the terrified screams Of the
Chief OF Detectives Macdonald de-
clared Qardamon is degenerate. He
said as a lad Cardamon served two
terms at Eldora; that he Joined the
army several months ago and was
brought back to Des Moines recently
under guard after having been charged
with statutory offense while sta
toned at camp at Macon. Ga.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-12-16
POUCHES CONTAINING REGlST
Erred LETTERS STOLEN At
MASON CITY.
TWO POUCHES TAKEN,
NO GLUE OBTAINED.
Mail Disappears From Truck At N. 4
81. 1. Depot-Thisf Sorts Sacks and
Takes Those With Most Valuable
contea4l-Inspsetors Summoned But
Fail to Get Trace Of Thief.

Mason City, Dec. 16--Altho two in
spectors and the local county and city
peace officers have been working on
the case for ten days. no clue has been
discovered to the thieves who stole
two letter pouches from the platform
of the Minneapolis & ST. Louis depot
the morning of Dec. 8. A number Of
leads were followed but nothing de-
veloped in any way to locate the miss
ing pouches or give a hint as to the
identity Of the thieves. In order that
the officers might have free hand in
ferreting out the case, they withheld
the intelligence Of the loss.
Evidently the thief is no novice but
a professional. On the night of De-
cember 2 or the early morning Of the
third, the driver Of the screen wagon
service, Clarence Parker, delivered the
mail for train No. 6, going south. Ordi-
narily he waits for the train to take Off
the incoming mail but No. was late
the Rock Island train was on time. so
that he was obliged to meet train No.
So. Placing the mail on a truck he in
formed the night man of his departure
with the injunction to take care Of the
mail as is the duty of the railroad re-
ceiving it. When the train arrived
the railway mail clerk discovered that.
he was three pouches short and in
quiry and search revealed the fact that
the pouches had been stolen.
The three pouches were letter mail
with registered mail as part of their
contents. One pouch contained the
transfer letters and registers from
Northwestern No. "a and transfer from
No. on the Milwaukee and the other
was the Mason City pouch for the
south. The pouches contained be-
sides the registered mail from the
transfers q number of remittances
from Mason City firms, making quite a
total of checks. The pouches were at
the bottom of the pile so that the thief
who extracted them evidently knew of
their probable contents and extracted
them from the bottom OF the pile. At
tice of sending out two letter pouches
south containing at times the regis
tered letters from the Milwaukee and
Northwestern transfers.
The matter was reported to the
postmaster and immediate steps were
taken for their location. Two inspec-
tors, Messrs. Finley and Taul were
put on the case and the county and
city officers enlisted, without any sue
cess The firms in the city who had
remittances in the pouch were noti-
fed and they at once notified the vari-
Gus banks to stop payment of the
checks stolen.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-12-16
Reinbeck News Notes.

Special to Times Republican.
Reinbeck. Dec. 14.-Paul Stewart, Of
Rcinbeck. who is a junior at Grinneil
College has recently composed a music
al revue, which will be given by mem
bers OF the two literary societies, Gallo
cagatla and institute The words and
music were the work of Mr.. Stewart.
Mrs. Hi Hubbard. of Des Moines, is
visiting at the home of her parents
and with her many friends in this city.
Early Monday morning James Tay-
lor, of this city was returning home
from WellsberG in his Ford car when
he met with an accident at the cross
ing over the Rock Island railway be-
tween Grundy Center and Holland.
When the front wheels OF the Ford
struck the rails. they turned quickly
and wedgcd in between the rails and
the planks Of the crossing. Shortly
after this happened. jim heard the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-12-16

been coming along as fast in Worth
county as previous records made by
the county in the various drives during
the war period. The board after u
careful canvas decided that all persons
who have not paid their allotment by
next Wednesday. when they are iinan-
cially able to do so. will be published
in the county papers as delinquent and
refusing to pay.
Glenn Thomson, from Camp Pike,
and Peter Larson from Camp Merritt,
are among the late arrivals Of the SOL
der boys.
Albert r. Hanson recently sold eigh-
teen head Of hogs that averaged 431,
total Of $500. receiving $3.50 hun
bred. $72.07 per hog, and $1.15o for the
bunch
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-12-16
Northern Io,va Items

going. The sales arc all well attended
and the bidding liz usually very spirit
ed. Speaking OF the prices being paid.
the auctioneer quoted stated that there
Is practically no limit. especially on
milk cows. From 500 as high AS $3.50
Is being paid for the good grade Of
| cows, Hogs, too. are selling well and
good prices are being paid for all kinds
OF farm machinery. The influenza In
terfered considerably with sales In the
early part Of tho season, but the sea-
son is in fun swing now. with every
evidence that the rest Of this month
and January and February will see
some of the most successful farm sales
In this county ever held here.
Waterloo.
Howard Huppert. ll-year-o old son OF
a farmer living three miles northeast
OF Dysart,i Is fighting for his life In
Presbyterian hospital today. The boy
Is paralyzed from the waist down. the
result of being accidentally shot sun
day Afternoon while hunting rabbits
with two boy companions. The three
boys chased a rabbit into "A brush pile.
The Huppcrt lad was trampling down
the underground In the hope of max
ing the bunny come into the open. The
boy who had the gun said he would
help locate the, rabbit and threw the
weapon into the snow. In some manner
1t was discharged and the contents of
the S6-gauSe shotgun struck young
Huppert between the shoulders rang
ing downwards. The two companions
ran for help. The victim OF the acct
ln,N .,.t
ing physicians say the boy has slight
| chances for recovery.
Cedar Rapids.
G. T.. Stuff OF Cedar Rapids has been
put on the unfair list by the United
States food administration. having op-
Grated as a dealer in fruits and vege-
tables without obtaining a license. and
his case Mas been reported to United
States District Attorney +. A. O'Con-
nor for prosecution for violation OF
section 4 of the food control act. which
requires all dealers to secure such H.
cense. In mid summer he bought n car
load OF watermelons from Hopes Il
Sons Of Muscatine. On its arrival he
refused to handle it because the mel
ons had suffered deterioration in ship
ment. Under the rules Of food admin
istration the receiver Of such ship
ments must handle promptly in order
to save the food. dcpositing the pro-
ceeds in a bank to await arbitration of
the case. When Stuff refused to han
die the car of melons the county food
administrator at Cedar Rapids took 1t
over and saved as much Of the food
as possible. Later Stuff agreed with
the food administration to arbitrate the
dispute between him and Hopes. but
thirty minutes before the date fixed
he appeared by an attorney and re-
fused. Then the food officials discov-
cred that he held no license and pro-
cecdinGs have been begun accordingly
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-12-16

: " =. 4x<.~.
way frckght from the wet whistle. ~
ran UP the track and tried 20 mae ~
train but owing to tho dense To- ~
engineer did not see him I'M time e
stop the truin before strikin6 tho -
which was carried about 200 feet ~
fore the train came to stop. me
Ford was demolished.
]. l.. Hickson received telewrAn
Tuesday. from his son Ed. sayinS -
expects TO arrive any time after tAh
week, He has been In a California
camp for the past few months.
veron Wagon. Leon Green. John
Maehrlein. John Heppcrle and Ray
Ramsey. who have been In the 4. A. ~.
c., az Grinneli College this fall were
mustered out OF service on "Wednesday
afternoon and arrived homo Wednes-
day night.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-12-16
w. r. BLOSSOM DEAD.
Prominent Young Man Of Belle PLANE
Victim Of Pneumonia.

Special to Times Republican.
Belle Plainc Dec. 16.--Word was re
ceivcd OF the death OF Warren II. Blos-
som at the Great Lakes station, H-
was taken sick with influenza which
later developed into pneumonia. his
wife went to Chicago several days ago
to be with him and his father went
in Monday.
Mr.. Blossom was born April 3. 1887
He was reared here and was gradu-
ated from Grinnell college with the
class Of 1908. After his return to this
city he went into the Citizens Ma
tional Bank with his father, Charles
A. Blossom. At the time Of his death
he was assistant cashier and also one
of the directors of the bank. He en-
listed in the navy and was in training
school for several weeks And the
Saturday before the armistice was
signed he was called to the Great
Lakes. Since the outbreak Of the wal
Mr.. Blossom had devoted much of his
time to war work activities was treas
urer of the Red Cross chapter here
and assisting in the liberty loan cam
paign, Y. NJ. c. A. and other kindred
activities. He was also prominent In
the good roa1s campaign, was MEM
Der of the Masonic lodge, and was one
of our promising young business men.
About four years ago he was married
to a Mss Black Of Des Moines.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-12-16

| Clarion.
| william Il. Lesber has been appoint
ed postmaster atSClarion, and has be-
gun his new work. Clarion's postmas-
ter died about eighteen months ago
and ID. II. Eyler has been acting post;
master.
Humboldt.
The ordination and installation OF
Mrs. Cora Van Velsor Lembert, present
minister to Humboldt United church
as n regularly ordained pastor In the
| Unitarian faith was a matter Of much
interest here and in the liberal wes-
tern churches.
| Boone,
Superintendent Il. c, Meredith who
| for the past nine years has been the
head OF the public school system OF
| this city. has handed his resignation 10
| the board of education, and II has
been accepted. effective March /, next.
| Superintendent Meredith announces
| that he will take up farming.
| Cherokee.
Not very long,ago 500 an acre was
! considered a good price for farm land
in this region. Now, w. IL. Johnson of
| Aurelia has raised a crop Of popcorn
having value of over that amount
per acre and still has the land left.
From seventeen acres he raised 49,
900 pounds Of popcorn, and ut the pres
ent market price of Is cents IA pound,
it is worth $3.50, or more than 500
an acre.
| Bancroft.
DR.. George l.. Carey, prominent dent
list of Bancroft, is in federal court at
Omaha, charged with an alleged vio-
lation OF the Mann white slave" act
The case is sensational In the eX-
IRENE. according toe the government
counsel, involving many illegal trans
porations OF the woman in the case
! from one state to another. Angelina
| Wies, OF Remsen. as alleged in the in
dictment, was seduced by the Bancroft
! dentist and on many occasions taken
| by him. back and forth, between Iowa
and Nebraska.
Newton.
o. N. Wagley, 50 years old. who
| ranked high in Masonry in Iowa and
| was n prominent resident here, died at
his home Thursday night after an ill
ness Of one year. He had been in the
| drug business here thirty-four years.
He was secretary Of the school board
twenty five years and served as mayor
| Of Newton two terms. He was grad
uate of the state normal school at
Whitewater. Wis, and attended Wis
| consin university two years. He was
in school work in Wisconsin seven
years before he came to Newton. He
leaves wife and one daughter, Mrs.
Alfred Luck.
Webster City.
Farm sales this season are bringing
as much money as in any other season
that l ever knew Of" said an auc-
tioneer when asked how the sales are
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-12-16
News Of 1raer.

Special to Times Republican.
Traer. Dec. 14.--Mrs. Mary Boone
was called to Wallingford. Thursday
night by the serious illness Of her
daughter, Mrs. Winnie Oscher.
Four deaths resulting from influenza
occurred in this vicinity this week. all
of them young mothers who leave
small children-Mrs. Wright WiEon,
Mrs. Arthur Calderwood. Mrs. Frank
lie Fever and Mrs. John Kubik.
A. ]. Norton is confined to his bed
again as a result Of lumbago.
Charley Staveley's loss Of hogs by
cholera continues. To date more than
100 have died. He has forty. head left
and hopes to save some of them. His
loss so far will reach in the neighbor-
hood of $4,000.
Mrs. Waldo Kahler. of Denison. is
here, called by the illness Of her sister
Mrs. Arthur TalderWccd.
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Mccormack. OF
Des Moines. old-time residents OF
Traer. have gone to Los Angeles fol
the winter months.
Mrs. George Dickerson left Wednes-
day for Ramsey, Mimi. to visit her
daughter Mrs. MELVILLE Her house
hold goods have been shipped to Mon
tana, where her daughter Francis lives
It Is her intention to remain with her
daughters.
Mrs. Glenn Shortess and baby are
staying temporarily at the F. f. Short
ess home while Glenn assists in his
fathers store. Mr.. Shortess thinks OF
engaging in business for himself after
the first Of the year.
Mrs. Wilmer Wilson who has been
critically i'll. Of pneumonia following in
fluenza, is better.
Miss Inez Harder. the IA year OLD
daughter of Will Harder. is seriously
i'll Of pneumonia. following influenza
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-12-16
WAR SINGER DEAD.
Voice Of Mrs. PIumly, Who Sang for
Soldiers Of Three Wars, is StiIled.

Dies iMoines. Dec. 16.-Mrs. Ellen >.
Plumley. died Thursday evening at her
home, 4Sl5 Ingersoll, of heart trouble
after an hours illness.
She has a long and unusual record
of patriotic service. AS g. 13-year-old
girl she sang THE Star Spangled
Banner" from manuscript copy to the
boys of the old Twenty third Iowa
as they marched away from this city,
then Fort Dies Moines. to fight in the
civil war, the first troops ever sent to
battle from this state.
Many of them were the young
singers schoolmates and chums. and
much of the recruiting was done at
the small merchant tailor shop of her
father. And when the victorious regi-
ment marched home again. the young
girl again sang the national anthem at
the big victory celebration held on the
grounds of the old capitol building.
Mrs. Plumley\ has sung the Star
Spangled Banner" for G. A. r. parties.
flag presentations. and funerals thru
all the years since that time. She sang
flor the Spanish American war boys.
sang at the send off party for the
officers Of the old Third Iowa last fall
and for the overseas men. some from
that organization who have returned
to Fort DeS MoineS,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-12-16
News Of Clear Lake.
~ Tinoc .Pnn,1h1ican

SpeCldl 10 IHneS-fNePuUACdn.
Clear Lake, Dec. 16.-The Justin
Harding home northeast of town was
saddened Saturday morning by the
taking away of the wife and mother
after a ten days sickness Of influenza
and pneumonia. Mr.. and Mrs. Harding
were married about six years ago. -Four
children were born to them, all OF
whom together with the father, are left
to mourn her untimely demise.
Leop Williams, Carl Stenby and
Charles Young are among the soldier
boys who are home for visit to
friends and relatives.
Relatives were advised that Neal
Larson. Of this place. was seriously
wounded in action in France just a
day or two before the armistice was
signed. Neal left Clear Lake some time
in July and was sent direct to France
and evidently was soon put into active
service.