Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-11-05
Southern Io1ua Items

buy the old three-story Y. NJ. c. A.
property for use as labor temple for
$4,000. When the "Y" moved out or
the building the local federation rented
the place on a five-year lease. Now
the directors Of the ''Y" have offered
to sell the property. 1t contains gym
nastum and swimming pool.
Denison-Max Hueschen, editor OF
the West Side journal, is reported to
have purchased the Holstefn Advance.
ar $4,000. Mr.. Hutton, Of the Ad-
vance, has conducted that paper for
thirty three years, and it is one Of tho
best equipped offices in the state. 1t
has not been learned what Mr.. Hue
schen expects to do with his West
Side paper.
Atlantic - Womeu's clubs. socie-
ties organizations of different kinds
and private individuals in Atlantic
have given sufficient funds to provide
for the adoption" of sixteen Armen-
ian orphans. The plan-is for the
county to adopt 100 orphans. One of
the Atlantic schools raised $50 with
which to adopt an orphan. One OF
the banks also adopted" one Of the
waits.
BurIinston--Burlingto with an i'm
portant division point and a terminal
point on three railroads, is one of the
few cities in the United States that
holds the honor of passing thru the
two weeks national railroad safety
first campaign without an accident Of
any Importance. 1t is believed that in
comparison with the number OF men
employed on railroads here that the
record will not be eQualled anywhere
in the country. "'... ...
Logan-Logan viii have a new hotel.
This was decided at an enthusiastic
| meeting and banquet or forty five Of
the business men at the I o. y. r. han.
A committee, with F. D. Stearns as
chairman. was appointed to investi-
| gate hotels, costs and size and to re-
| port at the next meeting Of the Busi-
! ness Mems association. It lie proposed
to make a. stock company ana erect a
| m odern hosiery for the accommoda-
| ton OF the travelling public.
Ottumwa-Eleyen counties or south.
| eastern Lowe will be represented at the
district meeting Of county agents to be
| held In Ottumwa, Nov. Z. Appanoose.
Davis, Van Buren,, Lee Monroe, Wa
pello. jefferson, Henry. Des Moines,
Keokuk and Washington are the coun-
ties comprising the district who will
| send their county agents hero for the
! gathering. II Is also probable that 4
number Of, farm bureau members from
the counties win attend the meeting.
| lRar!sr-Bradiey McCord, one Of the
first white children born In Shelby
county a1ld whose parents, Alexander
McCord and wife. came to western
Iowa with the Mormon migration from
Eauvoo, ILL.,, in 1s46, is dead hOre. On
the outbreak of the Mexican war the
elder McCord Joined the Mormon bat
TALON and served two years. He was
q rugged character and hater Of poly
! samy. On two occasions he was sent
by the Iowa branch Of the church a,
Salt Lake to protest the practice Of
polygamy by the Utah Mormons. This
was done with no little danger OF per-
sonal violence.
New London-Boyd Anderson, 9
farmer living near Yarmouth, was bad
ly hurt and IL now in q serious condi-
tion. He was engaged in hauling corr,
from the field and loading 1t into q
dump run by tractor. when his cloth.
Ing caught In the spindle whesl. Mr.
Anderson was thrown with great force
against the machinery and was injurcS
In the head and other parts off ~
body, while his clothes were torn OFT
He was rescued from his perilos 20.
sition by farm hand who was INSIDE
the barn at the time and who upor
seeing tho flow Of corn stop went out.
side to Investigate and found ~. ~
deTson unconscious.