Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-05-24
Northern Ioua Items

Ho!stein.
Don Fluff, high school boy, who
came here last fall was arrested by
! Marshal Calhoun and turned over to the
sheriff of Cedar county. ana taken
| beck to Tipton,rto answer TO the charge
of seduction and abortion.
Sioux City.
| NJ. G. Clark, superintendent of the
Sioux City schools. has been rendered
the superintendency of the schools at
Buffalo, y. Y. His contract here eX-
pires July 1. Recently there bias been
some friction between the Snnerin-
tendent and the board because of his
opposition to military training in the
schools.
!Onawa
In d letter just received from Capt
Vernon E. Prichard, who is serving
with the American expeditionary forces
in France, he says: Il am writing this
letter in a dugout 80 yards from the
from. line trench. The Germans are
very busy all the time. A great battle
is raging at Montdidier, where some
American troops are fighting He says
he is well.
Wavery.
Sunday afternoon cloud of tornado
formation was seen a little distance
southeast of Waverly. Later it was
learned that at the farm of Leslie Pat
|terson tornado had done some dam
lage, Several small buildings were de-
r1olisiIed and the roof of the hog house
was carried several hundred yards out
into the field. The large house and
barn were not even touched.
Webster City.
The half Section farm about three
and half miles northeast of Webster
City known as the old Walton farm,
but more recently owned by Lubbert
Lubbers. has been sold by him to
Charles Singer at $3.50 an acre. Mr..
Singer has sold the old Greiner farm
in Liberty township for 5000 per
acare These sales indicate that Hamil
ton county farm land is not decreas-
ing in value.
WATERLOO.
c. D.Benham. aged A, proprietor Of
d small grocery store, an invalid since
"a years of age and forced to use an
invalids chair for locomotion. wheeled
himself out in the front yard of his
home Monday and drank a large quap-
tity Of carbolic acid. He died shortly
afterwards. His wife witnessed the
falling off a fast moving train at Des
Moines twenty years ago. He leaves a
wife and three children.
Clinton.
With the leaving of H. Dudley Wade
Friday for Fort Benjamin Harrison.
lunder a vocational call to the United
States army, his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
| o. A. Wade, of this city, now have
their fgour children in government ser
vice. Their young son, Sergeant Mar
vim Wade, was one of the first boys
to 20 to France with the New York
engineers. Two daughters, the Misses
Esther and Hope, have government
positions in Washington.
MatIock.
| Crop conditions continue generally
favorable in this vicinity. Several
heavy rains the past week shave sup
piled plenty of moisture. A hail storm
Saturday evening seems to have done
no serious damage to small grain and
some corn that is up. Gardens con-
l SS-NH~
were damage by hail. Corn planting
is practically finished, but on account
of the heavy rains many farmers were
unable to go over their corn land with
drags, which will mean weedier corn.
Pastures and hay land are in good
shape Live stock of all kinds is free
/ from disease and doing fine.
M ason City.
Con Talbot, who went to Camp
Dodge with Cerro Gordo selected
men a month ago, was arrested at
Rockwell on information against
him, alleging desertion from the United
States army. He remained in camp
only three days, according to informa-
ton furnished the local board after
his supposed disappearance 1t was
said that he left camp before he was
given his physical examination by mil
litary officers. According to the story,
which he told Sheriff Fred Marsh, he
had been told by military authorities
| that he could go. He claims that he
has had his examination there.
| Waterloo. Ia
| A veteran of thirteen years service
died at fire house No. l Monday and
was buried with full firemans honors.
The veteran was Kitty Kotton. a cat
which was born at the station thirteen
Years ago and adopted by the firemen
of the station house and raised from
kittenhood to cathood. Kitty Kotton
had lived at the station house for
thirteen years and has seen efiremen
come and go. During his life as
hrehouse cat. Kitty gained the respect
Of all the firemen, their captain and
chief by the way in which he kept the
place free from rats and mice. It is
Thought old age claimed Kitty Kotton
as he had been ailing for several days
lWhsn his lifeless form was found by