Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-11-01
Northern Io1ua Items

Sac City.
Sac City has new ship named
for it. A 1900 ton vessel was re-
Gently launched from Hog Island yards
which has been named The Sac City"
Alta.
Oscar steele, an Alta soldier with
the Rainbow division. has been missing
since July. II is not known whether
he is dead or in a German prison
camp.
Sioux City.
Sioux City went over its quota for
the liberty loan by s7SN.00O. the amount
OF bonds being purchased toteling
s4.0Sl 900. There were 19,2s2 sub
scr!bers.
Cedar Falls.
Rev. E. B. Downs. aged 20, is in a
critical condition from internal in
juries sustained when he fell ten feet
into the basement at the Hill Transfer
Company building Monday morning.
Lake Park.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. F. Woodruff. of Lake
Park, celebrated their golden we'd
ding quietly at their home Sunday
with only a few relatives present, on
account of the influenza quarantine.
Mr.. Woodruff is editor Of the Lake
Park News.
Cherokee.
While the local schools are closed on
account OF the influenza, the teachers
have been drafted. and are assisting
registrants in filing out their question
naires. The questionnaires are being
sent out al the rate OF about 500 a day.
and the number desiring help Is so
great that the teachers were called
upon 10 help the legal advisory board.
Salix.
With Dr. Amthor. the only physician,
| Ill with influenza. cutting off immediate
! prospect Of medical attention. the town
Of Silax faces a threatened epidemic
of the disease. Twelve cases have ap-
peared here, some Of them of the mali
gnant type. Quarantine regulations are
being strictly enforced, and up to the
present time there have been no fatali-
ties. An appeal will probably be made
J to physicians OF surrounding towns to
aid in combating the threatened cpl
demic-
Sioux City.
Holdup and robbery have become
such a habit with some of the prisoners
in the county Jail that they indulge in
the practice for pastime. using other
persons incarcerated there for the sub
jects. according to their alleged vic
tins. Several prisoners reported to the
TALLER that Roy Haynes and Joe Cooper
recently arrested in a raid on a down
town resort and believed to be bad men
had lined them up against the wall and
relieved them Of articles Of value. One
prisoner claimed to have lost $50.
St. Ansgar.
Proof that this is the garden spot of
the United States for food production is
shown by the figures from the eighty
acre farm owned by Joseph Setback
verified by the First National Bank of
St Ansgar. From this small farm Mr.
Sedlacek this year sold food products
valued at s20,916. Mr.. Sedlacek sold
210 head of hogs for s3.4S1. He took
in s11,435 from thirty-nine acres in
garden crops as follows: Twelve acres
onions, $685.: sixteen acres potatoes,
$4,000; eleven acres cabbage. $500.
Cedar Rapids.
Wentzle Ruml. OF this city. has re-
ceived his third promotion since enter
| ing the army. He went to France in
1917 with the rank OF sergeant in a
| medical corps. Later he was trans
ferred to sanitary division, where he
received the rank OF frs: lieutenant, and
| now cable message to his mother an
| nounces he has been promoted to cap
| tain. His father DR.. w. Ruml. recently
was commissioned a captain in the
medical corps and is in training at
Fort Riley Kan.
| Remsen
While helping his brother in-l law,
Eford Moser. residing in Fredonia
township, Andrew Juhl. a we'll known
young farmer also residing in that
| neighborhood. suffered injuries in OPP
Grating a corn picking machine, that
cost him his left hand. Shortly after
the accident the young man was taken
to the hospital in LeMars. where he is
still confined and altho his condition
| for a time was serious he IL now recov-
ering and will probably be out Of the
hospital in few more days.
| Cedar Falls.
Christian L. Nissen, aged -. killed
.
/ soldier to die in battle overseas. The
telegram announcing his death came
to his parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Jorgen
Nissen, three miles west Of the city.
Monday. Private Nissen was called
into service with the Black Hawk
county delegation Of Feb. %. 1918. and
went to Camp Dodge for training. He
left with his command for France May
10, 1918. He is survived by his parents
and two sisters. Clara and Esther.
| Spencer.
M. H. Dewey underwent an operation
at the state university hospital at Iowa
| City on Oct. H. at which time his left
hand and fore arm was amputated. Mr..
Dewey was injured at the fair grounds
mere during fair week when ne slipped
and fell in front OF moving automo-
bile. One wheel OF the car passed over
his left hand. The hand was badly
lacerated. Injection set in and 1t was
found necessary to amputate the hand
in order to save the arm. At present he
| is making a most satisfactory recovery.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dewey. accompanied BY
DR.. T. H. Johnston, made the trip to
Iowa City on Oct. II by auto.
Sioux City.
| Hog cholera Is on the wane in Iowa
| and there Is less in the state now than
at any time during the past five years.