Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-04-07

OsIwein,-Imacolato Tursi, the o.
ar-old daughter Of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Tursi. died at the city hospital
from injuries received while playing
with a bonfire.
| ,chsrokss-Burglar entered the Of
lice OF the J.. A.. Weise Lumber COM
| pany at Meriden, and got away with
! 800 in government bonds, and about
sac or $40 In cash. The safe in which
these were kept was blown to pieces,
and there are indications that it was
the work Of professionals.
Iowa Falis--Perhaps the largest
price ever brought by Hardin county
farm land was received by Charles
Hlicher. when he sold his $50 acre
farm twosmiles north Of Hubbard. to
a neighbor for $3s3.5O per acre. The
farm was moderately improved. so 1T
can not be said that the unusually
! high price was paid for improvements
alone.
AckIey-A bit of home talent" is
being utilized to good purpose In the
new musical organization, the Ackley
Liberty Band, recently organized here.
The larger number have belonged to
bands that have had existence and 9TH
ers are more or less familiar with
music. The band is under the able
leadership Of D. V. Leach. They have
their rehearsals two and three times
week, and are in splendid condition
| to fill engagements for any public &C.
| casion.
Forest City-Luther Howell, who re-
ltcently spoke in Forest City on the Y.
NJ. C. A. work in France. while here
visiting his parents. Rev. and Mrs. I.
N Howell, has received French dec
Grafton for distinguished service in the
| army. He was with the French army
and went into No Mans Land as a
guide with an army officer and obtain
ed information which resulted in the
defeat Of the enemy at that point Mr..
| Howell is at present educational di-
rector at Camp Sherman, Chillicothe.
Ohio.
lDubuqus-The city council is to act
as a board of arbitration in the dis
pute over wages between the Dubuque
Electric company and the street car
mems union. This was decided on at
ter the company had presented Pc
tition. asserting = that the financial
condition of the company would not
permit an increase in wages to the
men and asking the council to act. The
union men also requested this action.
Increased fares are limited at in the
petition of the company, which asserts
it is losing money under present con-
ditions. The wages question has been
civ ha cfVilro Ia otS Gil, mi
The present scale expired on March l..
Watsrloo-Private Nicklous Weber,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Weber, r.
+. D. No. 5. Waterloo, Is awarded the
DISTINGUISHED service cross in citations
made public by the war department.
The cross is given for extraordinary
heroism in action near ST. Juvin.
France, Oct. is. 1918. the citation says.
After three stretcher bearers had been
shot down while trying to bring in a
wounded soldier Private Weber ad-
yanced in the fact of terrific machine
gun and, artillery fire and rescued the
wounded man. He then returned to
the field and successfully brought the
three stretcher bearers to the Ameri-
can lines. He Is a member of Co. X.
325th infantry.
Spencsr-If allowing surgeons to
take 20 stitches in his skull without
taking an anesthetic and Joking all
tho while with the surgeons while the
operation was taking place is an evil
dence OF genuine nerve, then Locke
Carley. carpenter, gave one Of the best
exhibitions of nerve ever seen in
Spencer. Carley was injured while
making repairs on the Herman Krause
residence on West Fourth street. He