Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-02-02
Northern Io1ua Items

now utilized by the war department Tor
barge building purposes is used. AT
present there are only two boat build
ing yards in operation on the upper
river, one at Dubuque and the other at
Rock Island. Another result of the APP
preparation by congress to place TOW :
boats and barges in service on the river
it is anticipated will be action looking
to construction during the coming year
of better terminal facilities, at towns
and cities which will benefit from re-
viyal of freight traffic on the Missis-
sippi.
Sioux City '''
/, Frank r. Wilson. now assistant sec
rotary Of the federal farm loan board.
has been chosen publicity director for
the third liberty loan campaign to
succeed Oscar A. Price, who is private
secretary to Secretary McAdoo as
director general of railroads. Mr. Will
son formerly was editor and owner of
The Sioux City News and for the last
year and half has been connected with
the federal farm loan board when 1t
toured the country before the organ
ization Of the land banks. The date Of
the campaign has not been announced
Sioux City.
A nationwide search for Miss Laura
Chronister a former Sioux City girl
and now an heiress to a valuable es-
tate, who disappeared seven years ago,
has been instituted by her grandmother
Mrs. Joseph Penn. of Denver. Until
Miss Chronistcr, who was IS years old
when she disappeared. is found, the
estate cannot be settled. nor dispO-
sition made Of any of the property
bcQleathed her by the unusual will OF
"A grandunclc. He bequeathcd valua-
BILE holdings to the missing girl, and in
making other requests to relatives
imposed the condition that Miss Chron-
lister must be found before they could
inherit.
Waterloo.
There are four, little tots" In
Waterloo who despite the fact that it
has been thirty degrees below zero are
without underwear. shoes and stock
ings. according to Police Matron Mrs
William Barr. Their father is hard
working man but he finds it difficult
to earn enough to supply food for the
eight members OF the family. The
mother Is doing her utmost to make
both ends meet" but with all their
earnest labors and efforts to pinch
along" four Of the six children are
practically forced to remain in bed to
keep from freezing. The two elder
children are wearing all the available
clothing for the entire siX that they
may continue in school. But the four
Youngest are denied the actual amount
Of clothing needed to keep them warm.
Waterloo.
Gertrude Dowd, age IS years, left
her home at Charles City. Wednesday,,
on an early afternoon train for Water
loo with the intention Of seeing the
white lights (now dim lights) along
Fourth and Sycamore streets. but her
desire was not fully granted. She was
taken in custody by Detective ]. F.
McSweeney shortly after she alighted
from the train. The girl engaged In
conversation with a travelling man on
the train enroute to Waterloo and
confided to him her secret. that she
had run away from home to have a
gay time" The travelling man, on
reaching Waterloo. notified the police
Of the girls escapade and she was
taken into custody and her parents
notified. She, returned home early
Thursday morning. in charge OF the
conductor, who will turn her over to
the parents at Charles City.
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