Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-04-22
Northern Io1ua Items

ton. In the forty-seven years Of serv-
ice with the. Rock Island he has not
lost day because of disability and
when this was remarked upon he said:
"Teil EN- work will make anyone
healthy Mr.. McCoskry is an invet-
crate smoker of cigars and when
asked whether he thought the use of
tobacco was harmful he smiled and
remarked, II can't argue the question
but it hasnever harmed me-"
Cedar Falls.
Stephen Bonn, on whose farm 500
bushels of 1916 seed corn were found
a short time ago was visited Friday
by a committee from the vigilance or
ganizatior to commander the seed.
Bonn had placed padlocks on the
doors of his corncrib and took a de-
fiant attitude toward the commander
ing Of his corn. When the committee
which numbered twenty men, visited
him, however, he received the impress
sion that he was being mobbed and
considerable effort was necessary to
calm him. He finally opened the crib
and consented to the action of the
committee in claiming the corn at 81
a bushel.
independence.
Buchanan county has received an
honor flag. with it's border of red,
white center and three blue stripes
across the center, for being the second
county to report having gone over the
top" 1t will probably be placed in the
courtroom. According to official
figures compiled in. the office of Chair
man Swan, Secretary Wallace and
Publicity Chairman King. Buchanan
county has subscribed s1,200.C00 to the
third liberty loan. with a respect OF
$4,000 more. The county gas more
than doubled the government allot-
ment assigned to it. The government
quota for Buchanan was 1852, $40. Ton
towns in the county will receive horror
flags with the two blue stars for hay
ing trebled their quotas. Many town
ships are also entitled to honor hass
for having doubled their quotas.
Sioux City.
DR.! A. Anderson. $40 Fourth street.
was held to the federal grand jury
following preliminary hearing before
United States commissioner, A d.
Wakefield, on the chareg of selling
Taylor, alleged to be dope fiend. who
represented himself as an Inspector,
and gained entrance t e stock Of a
drug store by showing red creden-
tials. waived preliminary ,aring and
was bound over to the gram. jury also.
Drug fiends who are alleged to have
obtained prescriptions for narcotics
from DR.. Anderson, were the chief
hn
prescription book of the American
drug store. Sixth and Pierce streets
also was produced in court. showing
mere than 1000 prescriptions were
filled by the defendant in q single
month.
Mount Vernon,
Thru the chemistry department of
Cornell College the United States gov
eminent has been able to add a supply
of caustic potash to its nearly ex-
hausted store. DR.. Nicholas knight,
head of that department here recently
received letter from an agent of the
govcrnmnt, asking if he could spare
any Of tile potash from his laboratory
supply. A small quantity Of the prec-
ious material has thus been obtained.
This is but result of the long war
and the lack OF potash and potassium
compounds in this country. Dealers
are entirely out of the compound.
When asked about the amount Of
potash available. Knight said, There
is an unquestioned shortage of all po-
taesium compounds in our country.
Germany as far as known. possesses
practically the worlds supply of avail
able potash in the great deposits at
Strassmurt. The American chemists
are exerting themselves to the utmost
to their ability to obtain potash COM
pounds in the United States, and they
are succeeding beyond the most SAM
guine hopes. The shortage in this
material viii soon be amply provided
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