Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-06-06
Northern Iowa Items

for school purposes in this part of
Iowa. Britt needs better school facili-
ties and we believe the people gem
orally will welcome the time when we
will be provided with the new building.
Vinton.
A. A. Scott, a resident of Vinton for
the past twenty-seven years. died Fri
day morning at his home in this city
as the result of a struoke of paralysis
Tuesday morning. Mr.. Scot was born
in Pennsylvania 10 years ago. and
vas a veteran of the civil war. He is
survived by SIX children: Frank Scott.
Vermillion, S. D.; Fred Scott. Hastings,
Neb.: Edward Scott. Omaha; James
Scott. Shellsburg: Mrs. l. Campbell
and Mrs. John Quackenbush, Vinton.
Mrs. Scott died several years ago and
Mr.. Scott has since made his home
with his daughter, Mrs. Qu~ackenbush.
Funeral ervices were held at the home
Sunday afternoon and interment was
in Evergreen cemetery.
Cedar Rapids.
A. j. Johnson, a travelling man of
this city, is conducting a campaign
during his trips over Iowa for travel
ing men to spend their vacations on
tho farms. and he says he is meeting
with considerable success. The travel
ing men are patriotic" he says, and
are anxious to do what they may
toward increasing the yield of the
farms, and if every drummer in the
state would spend one week on the
farm the farmers would be materially
aided. have spoken to a large number
of the boys on the subject and it
meets with their approval. There are
more than 10000 travelling men living
in this state, and if one-half of them
would volunteer to work a week.-Mrs.
summer on the farm, look what would
be accomplished"
Cedar Rapids.
Harold Williams. the S~-year-old son
of Mr.. n Mrs. E. Surrey, 923
Eighteenth avenue. west, is at Mercy
hospital with two ribs broken and
other injuries as the result of being
knocked from his bicycle by an auto
mobile driven by G. Webster, 72O Ninth
street, west. The accident occurred
Sunday afternoon at Eighteenth ave.
nue. and Ninth street, west. The boy
was riding his bicycle and eye wit
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became confused and rode in front of
the machine. He was thrown from the
"hee! and was unconscious when Mr..
Webster picked him up. The boy was
hurried to Mercy hospital in the auto
mobile. DR.. Murphy was summoned
and made an examination and pro-
nounced the injuries to consist Of two
broken ribs, a badly torn ear and con-
tusions. 1t is not thought the injuries
will be fatal, however.
Des Moines.
After being wounded in one shoulder
by a shot fired by a farmer, Russell B.
Clark, Rockville, Ore, who escaped
from a military guard while being
taken to Fort Leavenworth from Camp
Dodge to serve a acknowledgement
sentence, was captured near Lenox,
Iowa, late Monday night. Frank P.
Gubfer, Garrison. N. D., another mill
litary prisoner who was being taken to
Fort Leavenworth to serve a five year
sentence and escaped at the same time
as Clark, was also captured. Details
escaped Friday near Knowlton, Iowa,
from q train thru a car window by
jumping, have not reached the military
police at Camp Dodge. The two mill
tary police guards, Ira B. Armstrong
and Harry O. Robinson, from whom
the prisoners escaped. will be asked
TO explain the mems escape. Unless
their explanation Is acceptable. they
will face court martial proceedings, it
is said.