Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-05-27
Northern Io1ua Items
Spirit Lake,

Spirit Lake.
. Lightning created considerable dam
age in the cottage Of f. NJ. Badgerow
at Egralharve Monday night. Luckily
the structure was not fired and can be
repaired. The loss Is covered by in
surance.
Independence,
County Agent Lee announces that
the county dairy tour has been set for
June 2, and 4. Mondays tour will
be out Of Jesup and cover the western
part of the county. The following day
the start will be made from Indepen-
dence and the territory surrounding
here will be visited. Expert speakers
from the state college will go along and
discuss dairying and household econo-
mics.
Garwin.
w. c. Mauck, ex-mayor Of Garwin,
former president Of the school board
this locality, who has been indicted
by the grand jury accused of at
tempting by speech to incite hostility
to the government of the United States
declares he is innocent and will fight
the case to the limit. He claims the
action is the result Of prejudice on
the part of citizens on whose toes he
stepped while he was in public office.
West Side.
The central and southern parts CT
Arcadia eighteen miles east Of Deni-
son. are a mass of wreckage as a re-
suit Of the tornado Tuesday. The
Catholic church and other buildings as
we'll as trees, fences and a lumber
yard are heaped in the general wreck.
Mrs. Lovely was injured when her
residence was blown away, Mr.. and
Mrs. William Coad. residing half mile
east Of West Side. we're knocked down
and partly buried under debris when
their house was blown over complete
wreck.
vinton.
w. A. Fawcett, cashier of the Atkins
Savings Bank died at his home in At
kns Thursday morning, following an
attack Of paralysis. Mr.. Fawcett had
been in poor health for number Of
months. but was thought to be on
the road to complete recovery. Mr..
Fawcett was about Sc years, Of age and
three miles north of Atkins, and had
lived in that community all his life. He
was married to Alice wier. who died
about twenty years ago, and he again
married, to Mrs. Garrison. He is sur
>vived by his widow and one daughter.
Waterloo.
The alley that claimed the life Of
Patrolman Fred Widmann several
years ago, when he was shot to death
by a roober he was capturing, took
its toll from the police department
again Friday morning when Patrol
man T. ]. MoCausland fen and broke
his left arm whiie In precisely the
same spot where widmann stopped
the bullets from his assassins revolver.
MI. McCausland had recovered only
recently from his injuries to one leg
sustained when his revolver dropped
from its holster and was discharged.
the bullet penetrating the calf and
blowing furrow several inches long.
Waterloo.
A picture Of little Irene Jaynes,
daughter Of DR.. and Mrs. E. T. Jaynes.
3ls Franklin street, has been returned
to her as a memento Of Herschel Con-
ley recently killed in action on the
western front The picture Is now In
one Of the display windows Of the
James Black store. Conley, whose
home was in Sloan Springs, Ark, had
often visited at the Jaynes homo IN
this city and was very fond Of the little
daughter. now seven years old. He had
asked for q picture Of the little girl
and = kodak picture Of Irene holding
her PET cat ~ cent 70 him = GsAnes