Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-08-22
Northern Iowa Items

taken to his home and given the best
Of care and treatment. but death came
Sunday evening at about o'clock. He
leaves wife and three small children
to mourn his tragic death. Just before
the accident happened Mr.. Brown had
received news that his brother Herbert
Brown, had been dangerously wounded
while fighting in France with the 16sth
infantry in the Rainbow division. Herb
Brown enlisted at LeMars in Company
K last year when America declared war
against the Huns.
Webster City.
In a letter under date OF Aug. 3, Ser
yeant Isaac Hutchinson, eldest son of
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. c. Hutchinson, writes
his mother that he had been wounded
five days before and is now being cared
for in a hospital. This last news Of
disaster reached the family here yes
terday. The writing in the letter was
hardly recognizable and Mrs. Hutchin-
son doubted if her son had written 1t
himself. Sergeant Hutchinson was
gassed in May and had already spent
Tong period in the hospital Their
youngest son. Archie was recently sew
erely wounded in action, but writes
home that he is recovering nicely.
Waterloo.
Twenty college girls have ilauguar-
ated a new conservation movement.
They have appealed to gardeners. priv-
ate families and farmers in Waterloo
and vicinity to telephone Miss Elizabeth
Black. the chairman, outlining the
quantity Of fruits and vegetables which
they cannot take care of and would
go to waste unless immedatr efforts are
| made for canning. The girls will gath
er the excess fruits and vegetables the
first three days next week and will can
them in the kitchen of the Y. w. c. A.,
| use of which has been donated for the
occasion. The food products will be
stored until next winter when they will
| be delivered TO the sick and needy and
members of soldiers families.
Fort Dodge.
Two more names must be added to
| the growing list of Webster county
boys wounded in action. Raymond
Weiss son of Mrs. Amanda Weiss, is
| in hospital in France for treatment
| for shrapnel wounds received July Is
and Oswald Cervene was shot in the
leg at the same time. Both boys are
| In the l6Sth infantry Of the Rainbow
| division. Cervene writes that he was
wounded at a. m, when a German
| airplane swooped down and the airman
! turned his machine gun loose Cervene
writes II was pretty lucky and believe
| me, the Germans got paid for it for
| there were three Germans killed to
every American. They were shot down
like rabbits and never gained an inch OF
ground. Weiss writes his mother that
he is getting the best Of care Fort
wounded severely enough to be listed
| in the casualties.
Sheldon.
The city authorities ma'4 great
haul Of booze here Wednes lay inornins
when two Sioux City Grnexs were taken
in charge with over $1,000 worth of the
| liquor. The two men gave the names
| of George Stevastes and John Polus
| anad they now rest in the city bastile.
The men wer@on their way to Sioux
| City Tuesday afternoon in two cars
| filled with 36 cases of pints and halt
pints and 10 quart packages, valued at
over $1,000. When three miles north
| of Sheldon they got stuck in the mud
and called upon a far-aer to haul them
out The farmer was wise to the load
| and notified Marshal Hudson. In the
meantime one Of the men came to town
| to get help and the other stayed by
| the booze. The fellow coming to town
| was located and Marshal Hudson, May
or Richards garage man and one or
two others went out and brought the
| cargo to town. Meantime the fellow
outAsn the country had skipped. The
| marshal had some trouble with the one
coming In, who resisted and 1t was
necessary to pull q gun on him to
make him behave,