Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-04-09
Northern Io,ua Items

laurens-T. J. Wheeler closed deal
for the sale Of The Wheeler ranch west
Of Webb. The farm belongs 10 his
brothers estate and contains $50 acres
lying along the Little Sioux river.
Davis and Grieves Of Webb got it for
SO, 900 Mr. Wheeler bought this land
in 1882 for 50 per acre.
Lemars-A 2-year-old baby OF Mr
and Mrs. John Dunn. residing south OF
town. had a narrow escape from an
awful death. The little one got hold
Of bottle of carboiic acid and had
it 10 its lips when discovered. The
child did not swallow any OF the acid
and escaped With no more serious in
| jury that badly burned lips.
Cherokee-At the annual show OF the
Aberdeen Angus breeders association.
held at Sioux City, Nels Rosene, Of
Meriden, was awarded first prize in
bulls over Is months old, and Theodore
Nordstrum. of Aurelia, won both sec
ond and third prizes. In the under
nineteen months class, Mr.. Nordstrom
won both first and second awards.
Iowa Fall+Perhaps the largest
price ever brought by Hardin county
farm land was received by Charles
Hlicher, when ne sold his $50 acre farm
two miles north Of Hubbard TO
| neighbor for s333.50 per acre. The
farm was moderately improved, 80 IT
cannot be said that the unusually high
price was paid for improvements alone.
Independence Vernon Klotzbach
| had his right hand severely burned
n
his fathers store, 1t seems that the
| fire had gone out and ne wanted 10
| start it and in so doing Re threw some
kerosene on it, not knowing that there
| was any live Goals in the stove. Al
| tho the injuries were quite painful
| il is not probable that the burns viii
| in any way impair the member, with
| the exception Of a few scars.
| OeIwein-The first case Of the So
| called sleeping sickness to be reported
! in this vicinity is that Of Axel Damn.
! l9-year- old son Of Mrs. Andrew Damn.
| living ten miles west Of Cedar Falls.
| The young man is said to be in crit
| ical condition. having been stricken
with the disease d week ago. He was
seriously i'll this winter with influenza
lowering between life and death for
many days. He was recovering from
the effects very slowly, and vas just
aS,s % s.S-: - work, whec stricken
with the new nalady.
Fort Oodse-Benny Hobbs, IS
year old boy, was sent to the reform
school at Edora by order of Judge
r. NJ. Wright Young Hobbs had been
working for oscar German, living near
Gowrie, and it is claimed on two &C.
casions made an assault upon MI. Cor
man. once with CLUB and another
time with a pair Of scissors. Neither
time was any injury done. Following
these attacks the boy was sent TO WORK
for a soldier by the name OF Peterson
Here Hobbs attempted to steal morse
The boys mother is dead. He was
raised in St Louis and for time was
in a reform school there. His father
works for German.
Mason City-An Iowa man as usual
has won tine first prize in contest
Of the military bands in France In the
United States army. He is Lieut.. Leo
pold Jost, whose father, Lee Jod,
born In Bohemia, Is one Of the SUD
stantial farmers Of the county. Lieut..
Jost himself was born in Bohemia, and
4 left with his father when very young
He always loved music and especially
band music and at an early age
learned to play the comet. He enlisted
/ in the army as musician and saw his
4 first real war service in the Philip
pines-g He remained in the army ana
was made, regimentL bandmaster ana
1 was one Of the first with his band TO
60 to France. Recently in celebration
4 of the coming Of peace band contest
was arranged among several divisions
avY bands taking psrt ip-the contest.