Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-28
Northern Ioaua Items

Sioux City.
Military drill has been added to the
| curriculum of the Sioux City high
school boys. Learning Of tactics has
been made a compulsory study. The
| instructor arrived in the city Monday
| and Immediately began first rudiments
Of drilling.
Sioux City.
Lee Williams. colored, Is in Jail
charged with assault with intent to
commit great bodily injury. He struck
his vile with a meat cleaver. break
| Ing her arm in two places, after she
| had fired at him twice with a revolver
| during q quarrel
Fayette.
L Robert A. Payne has sent word to
his brother Julian that he is in a Red
Csess hospital at Southampton, Eng
| land. He was struck by fragments of
a bursting shell and also received
| mustard gas burns. He is in all prob
ability to be returned home soon.
Sioux City.
Sioux City is bent on eclipsing its
former record in the number of sub
scribers for the coming liberty loan. 1t
had nearly 10000 in the last drive and
wants to increase the number to- $4,000
this time. Those having the matter in
| charge. tho, will seek to avoid an over
subscription in this city.
| Clinton. .. \
Michael Foley, one Of the boys who
| went from Clinton with Battery A,
| H. IN, E,~or
| writes a nurse to his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Michael Foley. They do not think
| his wound is serious, else they would
have learned from the war depart
| ment instead Of from nurse in the
| hospital.
Sioux City.
Mrs. Matte Makulte, respondent
over unrequited love, sought to end 1t
all with a dose Of bichloride Of mer-
curry, but stomach pump relieved
her OF part Of tn epoison and also her
wish to die She is at the hospital and
| has some chance of recovery. She is
a widow and the mother Of two small
children.
Sioux City.
| An increase Of 4N7 pupils was made
over last year in the first days enroll
ment at the opening Of schools last
Tuesday, according to the totals an
nounced by Superintendent M. G.
| Clark. The total enrolment Is 1904.
Increases from a scattering enrolment
during the remainder of last week will
bring the final totals to $500, Superln-
tendent Clark estimated.
Vinton.
The German State Bank as a name
| for one of Keystone's reliable. incor-
porations, is no more, and in it's place
arises the Iowa State Bank, the
| change having been completed by ap-
| prevail of the state banking depart
ment. The change of name has long
been contemplated by the directors OF
the institution and Is in line with the
suggestions Of the government that
| tho word German" be eliminated from
all business enterprises as rapidly as
possible.
Dewitt.
At meeting Of the members of the
Congregations, church, held at the
church Tuesday evening, Rev. Anna
Warrington, OF Eau Claire, Wis, was
extended call as pastor of the church
There. Mrs. Mannnigton has filed the
| pulpit here the past two Sundays and
| met with great favor, as was shown IN
the unanimous vote which she re-
ceived. She is sister-in-law of Rev
o. Neal, who has just accepted the
call to the Congregational church Of
Davenport.
Waterloo.
Christopher Quigley,i BOB Riehl street
was fatally injured when he fell from
an Illinois Central freight train neal
Sixth and Water streets. Both legswere
severed near the knee AMI he lived but
ia short time after the accident. Quig-
ley, accompanied by p. ]. Mcdonald
T Fairbanks, were liking down fhf
tracks in the direction Of the Illinois
Central station when the freight came
along. At the suggestion OF MELON
aid. they hoped onto the train 70 say.
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