Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-06-18

Boone-CIayton Hull. 10 years old,
son Of a wealthy farmer near osoen'
was killed when his ankle was caught
by the belt Of a gaSolene engine fly
wheel The lad was rushed to the nos
,pital in Ogden, but soon died. The ru-
neral is to be held Tuesday afternoon.
Sioux City-Great preparations are
being made for the state Sunday school
convention to be held here June "a.
One thousand delegates are to be pres
ent. The great feature on the opening
dav will be mammoth Sunday school
parade. 1t is expected several thou
sand children will be in the line OF
march.
Mason City-John T. Jenkins. Of Ger
70 Gordo county, located at Swaledale.
has set a new record for one week s
land sales, having sold LAS acres for
s320,675 or at an average price Of "a
little better than 1922 per acre. This
land went to Reasoner & Wolcott, Of
Humboldt county, with the exception
of 120 acres.
New hampton-Chicka county
claims the banner for the banks Of the
state. The banks came thru 100 per
cent strong in the taking Of the gov
eminent certificates of Indebtedness
to aid in raising funds for the war;
The total subscribed by the banks Of
Chickasaw county was s2,021,OO0. It
was a record not equaled by any other
county in the state, is the claim.
Traer-M. j. Dildine Of Nevada, To-
wa, carpenter who is employed on
the construction force which is re-
building one Of the farmers elevators
at this place. fell twenty-four feet in
one of the large bins. He is in local
hospital but it is believed that the in
juries are not serious. No bones were
broken. None Of the fellow workmen
saw him fall nor does Mr.. Dildine re-
member what caused him to fall.
CIarksvilIe-Mrs. A. Mott was stung
on the head by a honey bee Friday af-
ternoon and was in a critical condi-
ton for several hours. lasping into I'M
consciousness. A physician was called
and by prompt aid she was afforded
relief. However, she is still suffering
from the effects and her face is badly
swollen. Mrs. Mott had gone out to
feed the chickens and one Of the bees
which were swarming, attacked her.
New hampton-P. H. Smith, cigar
maker Of New Hampton, was
drowned at Chickasaw. He was good
swimmer, but was carried down in
spite of that. He was in swimming
with several friends and was seen just
as he was going down the last time,
but too late for any one to rescue him.
It took several hours to recover his
body. He was about 35 years old and
leaves a wife and daughter,13 years
old.
Storm Lake-Believing that the
rates charged for electric energy
by the Iowa Light, Heat and Power
company are unreasonably high, steps
have been taken by the citizens Nof
Storm Lake to call an election to vote
on the issuance Of 100000 worth Of
bonds for the erection Of a municipal
plant in this city. The action was de-
cided upon at a mass meeting which
was addressed by r. J. Long, city
manager at Webster city.
Guttenberg-The Gutenberg Farm
ers Cooperative Commission COM
pany is advertising for bids to
erect a modern creamery building,
which no doubt means that Gutten-
berg will soon have a creamery, which
will be a benefit to all in this COM
munity. Much credit is due those who
are boosting for this enterprise, and
helping it along financially, especially
the farmers of this community. An ice
cream manufacturing plant Is also an
ticlpated with the creamery plant.
Iowa FaIIs-Extensive plans are be-
ing made by the Hardin county tuber-
culosis society for the free clinic which
is to be held ut Ellsworth hospital IN
this city, Thursday and Friday, July
10 and II. According to present plans
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