Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-03-14
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naa evidently started to heat some
water on the kitchen range. After
turning on the gas and before apply
! ing the match she is believed TO nave
Deen overcome by a sinking spell, 20
which she had been subjected at GER
! tain periods for some time past. She
! had also been suffering with Bright's
disease and this left her in a weak
encd condition. When members of the
family returned home they found Mrs.
/ SwartZ seated ir a rocking chair be-
| side the stove. She was dead. Escap-
! ing gas from one OF the stove burners
I :oId the sad story
! Des Moines-Frank Lindsy, % years
{ OLD, and his son, Franklin, three years
old, died Within a few hours of each
other at the home OF the fathers sis
| ter. Mrs. Herman Hockmuth. 1866 Dix
| on avenue. Tne son died at 1880 and
the father at u p. m. They are sur
vtved by the widow and mother; the
fathers parents Mr.. and Mrs. George
Lindsy, Sulphur Springs, Ark, and
FIVE sisters, Mrs Ward Mclaughlin,
/ Mrs. Herman Hockmutn, both Of Des
/ Moines. Mrs. Nellie Williams, Of Dali
/ las, Tex, Mrs. Bessie Phelps, Of Alva,
Okla. and Mrs. Nettie Butterworth. Of
Mounds Okla. The remains will be
taken to Sulphur Springs, Ark, for
burial.
| FarField-An exceptionally strong
: program has been arranged for Fair
( field Chautuqua, which will be held IN
/ August, from the l3 to the goth, in
! elusive. Among the distinguished per-
, sons on the program will be dorado
Taft, the great sculptor, who will ap-
pear the evening Of August 10. The
Volunteer company. which is composed
Of twelve persons who have seen active
service in the trenches, will also be a
drawing card, as will the little child
wonder Alice Scrode, whose enter
j :ainrnent is August IA. The music
numbers arranged on this program are
/ also unusually good, consisting Of a
| Bohemian orchestra, Swiss Yodlers, the
! Garner Jubilee singers, etc. A number
Of open dates have been left to be
I filed later on.
Perry-Harry Barry, we'll known
young man who has been employed by
, the Milwaukee company as fireman
for a number of years, was killed, per-
| haps instantly, when the engine of pas
senger train No. IL was derailed and
| turned over at Panama. Engineer
Frank johnson escaped uninjured and
! none of the othIr trainmen or passeng-
! ers were hurt. The fatality occurred
I at the west passing track switch and
was caused by hitting horse on the
| highway crossing few minutes be-
| fore. The animal got under the engine
and was dragged along until the switch
| was struck, when the engine left the
| rails and turned over down small
/ embankment The mail car and bag
/ gage car were turned crosswise of the
track and the front trucks OF the
first coach were derailed.
| Mount Pleasant-Three accidents,
one Of them fatal, on railroad Cross
! ings in this city, has aroused the city
' officials to determination to take
steps against the Burlington Railroad
| company to force them to take some
! measure to insure the safety of citizens
/ of Mt. Pleasant. Last week at the
| Lincoln street crossing Kirk Burton
was struck and almost instantly killed.
! Sunday man driving across the track
| escaped, Ny WHdI NAIhOocSS ""y "eAS
nothing short Of a miracle being struck
! by train no. s, westDound, that came
| thru the town without sounding a
whistle for any crossing. Monday Mr..
Earl Henthorne, driving truck across
! the track, was struck by freight
/ train and the truck was entirely
wrecked altho Mr.. Henthorne escaped
serious injury by jumping. City Of
ficials decla~ that II the railroad does
not make some pretensc. at least. OF
having the safety OF Mt. Pleasant in
mind, and erect warning signs or gates
OF some kind, that they will go the
limit in taking steps against the COM
panY."