Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-06-18
Northern Io,ua Items
Cedar Falls.

Cedar Falls.
L. H. Pauluger, cashier Of the Sc
curity Sayings Bank of this city, was
elected, President of the Plainfield
Savings Bank at a meeting Of stock
holders. He succeeds John A. Cousins,
New Hartford, who died recently.
Cedar Falls.
Dates for the campmeeting Of the
Iowa Evangelical Association, which is
to be on the grounds west of cedar
Falls, have been set for Aug. 1929, in
elusive. Bishop L. H. Seager. Naper-
Vile. ILL.,, will be in charge of the ten
day program.
Mapleton.
A few days ago Wilbur and Harry
Booth thought to get revenge on Mr.
Roberts, manager of a local picture
show, for alleged injustices done a
younger brother. They bounced on
him and gave him a beating and as a
result landed in the county Jail at
Onawa to await the action of the-grand
jury. Harry managed to secure bond
and was released but Wilbur is still
being held. charge of bootlegging
having been lodged against him in adj
UltlO0 10 InS original charge.
Waterloo.
The army recruiting officer is on the
trail of the person who mutilated a
poster which showed a huge ape carry
ing PROSTATE woman and brandish-
ing a club. The poster was entitled
Help destroy this mad brute" Some
one used a knife to cut away the face
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German military power. Such an Of
tense is punishable by a heavy fine
and Imprisonment, and Sergeant C. l..
Brown, recruiting officer is after the
mutilator, who is supposed to be a
pro-German.
Sioux City.
The Sioux City district Epworth
League convention will be held in 1919
at Grace Methodist church, Morning
side. it was decided Thursday at a
business session Of the delegates in
convention at Hawarden. Two hun
dren fifty delegates were in attendance
at the Hawarden meeting Bishop Will
son s. Lewis delivered an address on
the New Age" at the closing session.
The convention with patriotic parade
Of 500 people, headed by the Wall
street mission band. President Alfred
e. Craig, Morningside College. gave
the opening address.
Sheldon.
w. e. Cleveland. living in the north
east part Of Sheldon, was so severely
burned in a kerosene explosion that
death followed in a short time. Mr..
Cleveland was In the act of starting
his kitchen fire. The fire not starting
satisfactorily, Mr.. Cleveland got a
large can containing kerosene into the
stove. The can was almost empty.
The day previous he had 1t sitting in
the sun and 1t is quite probable that
the can was we'll filled with kerosene
gas. most dangerous explosive. He
had barely opened the can and tipped
it up over the stove when the exples-
Ion occurred.
Manchester.
Funeral services were held Friday
from the Lutheran church at Ryan for
Eugene Vending, who was drowned
in the Maquoketa river here Tuesday
afternoon. He was born in Ryan, July
II, 1899, and spent all Of his life in
Ryan and Manchester. He was son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. r. c. Vending. who,
with two brothers. Rudolph and Albert
and one sister, Emma, survie him. The
young man had been associated with
his father in the automobile business
for some months had made his head
quarters in this city. Tuesday after
noon he had gone to the Weber boat
landing with several other young men
to swim. In attempting to swim
across tine river lie became exhausted
or suffered from cramps and called for