Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-04-08

Sioux City.
1t is estimated there are 1000 in
come taxpayers in Sioux City. Nearly
that number have filed their returns
and an average of so is being made
daily.
Marcus.
Marcus Red Cross sale has reached
about $4,000. The auction was held
Saturday. A liberty bond was sold for
$4,000. The auctioneers were unable to
sell all the articles in the afternoon
and the auction was concluded in the
evening. A second liberty obnd is be-
ing sold this week.
Clinton.
Charles Collins Foster, the negro
who stabbed Harold Callenborn,, Of
Lyons, last winter, was Friday
arraigned before Judge Theophilus in
the Clinton county district court on
the charge OF murder. The grand jury
Thursday afternoon returned this in
dictment the only one returned by the
grand jury and it was dismissed.
Rem.en.
The funeral of Private Albert Fromme
the first draft man from the county
to die, was held here Wednesday
afternoon. The body lay in state ana
thousands Of people passed to view it.
1t is estimated that 1900 people at
tended the funeral. Private Fromme
died at Camp Dodge Monday after a
short illness with pneumonia. He was
% years old and is the son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Fromme, farmers near
Remsen.
West Union.
Norman J. Breckner, superintend-
ent of the town schools Of Clermont
was chosen Tuesday by the county
school convention to be superintendent
of the schools Of Fayette county for
three years beginning July, next. The
choice was made on the second ballot.
Mr.. Breckner's opponents were the
present superintendent. Mrs. Belle
Thorp Ocker and X. w. Buel, superin-
tendent of the consolidated school at
Randalia.
Lem ars.
friedrich Hunt farmer residing
near Granville, died at the city hos
pital in LeMars on Tuesday morning.
Death was due to injuries Hunt re-
ceived in an accident on Saturday
while he was at work on his farm. He
was engaged in sowing grain and was
driving a seeder. The horses started
to run away and Hunt was thrown
under the machine and his chest
crushed and he was hurt internally. He
was brought to the hospital in LeMars
on Monday evening.
Spirit Lake.
Frank s Wiley. who for the past
school year has been filling the posi-
ton Of teacher Of agriculture In the
Terril consolidated schools, was
elected county superintendent for q
term Of three years, at the meeting OF
school board presidents. He was
the only announced candidate and was
elected by. q vote Of ten out of-sixteen
on the first ballot taken. Angus Mac
Donald received five voteS and Miss
Ritter, of Milford, one vote.
Early.
The feature Of the Red Cross sale
which Is being held here was the
singing Of America" by the 3-year-
old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Kirk
patrick and the auctioning of the little
Suh Ad6t SiO WoNSo 80 ShS ooA3 viz
song. The flag brought $1,000. The sale
has already amounted to above $4,000
and is expected to continue a day or
two longer and bring in a considerably
larger sum. The Ref dry goods store
and the residence Of Ben Harzen were
treated to yellow paint Wednesday
night.
Sioux City.
Inauguration OF the Scent postage
rate has resulted in an estimated in
crease in postal receipts for Sioux
City Of $4,000, according to the quar-
terly report OF Postmaster ] F Kehr-.
berg. Gross receipts for the three
months period. closing March 81,
totaled $134,412.92, an increase Of
$12,490.SS over the corresponding per-
iod last year. A total Of $122.922.04 was
taken in by the postotficc in tile first
quarter OF 1917. Despite increase in
postage rate from 2 to 3 cents for
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