Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-07-16

Waukon.
The Red Cross chapter Of waukon
has organized q pig club and is asking
the farmers for donation of a young
pig to be kept until fall. when it will
be shipped to the Red Cross who will
receive the proceeds. ~
sLeMars
The elimination OF weeks cam
paign directed by the Ami Saloon
,Lague OF Iowa, took place in LeMars
Sunday evening when a union meet
ing OF all the protestant churches was
held and at which the principal adj
dress was made by Supt. r. N. Hol-
saple, of Des Moines.
MANCHESTER.
Charles Adams. who disposed Of his
greenhouse here in exchange for land
I'm Nicaragua and moved his family
down there, has brought them back to
this country. He failed to realize the
$500 an acre net profits advertised by
the land agents, altho he had fifty
acres planted to sugar cane.
Cedar Rapids.
Joseph Anderlik, aged IS, was found
dead in his cottage Thursday BY
neighbors who had missed him since
Monday. Search of his premises re-
vealed him lying dead on, his bed.
Anderlik cooked his own meals on
gas stove and is supposed to have
left one Of the burners partly open,
resulting III his death.
Manchester.
The Misses Ruth Reeves and Lucille
Work have left for Washington, D. C
accompanied as far as Chicago by AL
bert Reeves. Some time ago the two
girls enlisted for telephone war work
and they have now beer called into
the service Before going abroad they
will take a course Of, training In
Washington IN French and telephone
work.
Waterloo.
Thirty-seven graduate nurses in
Waterloo have signed up for active
service as Red Cross nurses. or this
number fifteen have signed up for
overseas service and some of the 9TH
ers have not as yet specified whether
DC not they wish to do home or over
seas service. The nurses take deep
interest in the call of their country
and will do whatever Is asked Of them
Mason City.
Erwin M. vernell, travelling salesman
for a lumber company and a resident
Of this city. was found dead on the
railway track at Bolan, small town
north Of there, late Friday afternoon
The body was badly multilated by the
train. No one saw the accident. When
last seen vernell left the lumber yard
ito catch q freight train to the next sta
'toin. The body was brought here. His
father and sister live at Holly. Colo.
EeMars.
The first application for yeowomen in
the United States navy. a position re-
Gently created has been made by Mrs.
N. K. Jones. of this city. Mrs. Jones
flled her application at Washington
Wednesday. The duties Of yeowoman
consists Of office and stenographic
work, either at Great Lakes or on
board man of war. Mr.. Jones expects
to enlist in the marines Aug. and
husband and wife hope to be assigned
to the same ship.
LsMars.
Heretofore Sunday performances at
the local theaters have been tabooed
by the city council and an ordinance is
in force prohibiting them. 1t remained
for Sisk & James, proprietors Of the
Royal Theater. to overcome this oppo-
sition by opening their theater on Sun
days and donating the entire profits tc
the Red Cross. In fact these young
men, who are cripples and unable to SO
into the army, have agreed to turn over
all their profits during the months OF
July and August to- the Red Cross.
Mapleton.
The threshiug outfit belonging to
Fred Uhl went thru a bridge three
and one-half miles northwest Of here
Friday and Engineer Mckinney had a
miraculous escape from being crushed
to death or being burned to death by
eecApinE steana. The, piling under thu