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

Iowa city.-6ood fortune has come
to the Misses Mabel and Bertha Shcr-
burne. graduates OF the University OF
| Iowa nurses training school. now
Red Cross nurses in France. TheS
have been assigned TO the Same hos
piial and are living In the same cha
tcau ami thus they meet each =
Miss Bertha was graduated here in
1916. and hes sister. last may.
Guthrie Center.-D. l.. Cshail the
real estate man, reports the sale oi
the Sherd Goff forty in Baker town
ship to Amos Early of Panora. 49,.
confederation was s325 per acre. The
land is located in Baker township. ana
lies just a half mile from the Guthriv
Center corporation line. II is known
as the Dick Reynolds forty. and was
purchased at $3.50 per acre a few days
ago by NJ. :. Con and by his sale OF
the same cleared up sl.I0O. Mr.. Con
VIII either buy or rent and move to
town.
Fort Madison.-.tlder King. a young
lad residing at 1895 Front street. is
lying in what IL believed to he a scr
ious condition, following an accident
which occurred in front of his home.
According to a statement made by the
boys mother, the lad was returning
from an GRAND and was Just crossing
the street when he saw "A street car
approaching, and running in front Of
IL he failed to note a wagon loaded
with sewer tile passing on the oppv-
site side of the street. Swiftly dart
ing in front of the car the lad was
struck by the passing wagon violently
knocking him to the ground where he
lay in an unconscious condition.
Observation-Disclosures has taken n
fresh start at Oakland and the ban
was put on for the third time.
Schools were closed. social affairs
postponed. picture shows and churches
closed One hundred and fifty cases
have been reported within the past
week. II does not seem to be in
severe form at present. AS many as
sixteen pupils were absent from one
room one morning and other rooms
had nearly as many absent and four Of
the teachers were also aSset. While
II may be that some are not suffer
ing with the influenza, yet their III
ness is so closely related to Il that the
QlUtlGNCe Is not uisliEs uGsndSir.
Ames.-City council action resulting
in a Wholesale shake in the gov
eminent affairs OF the city. leaving
only the Office of City Clerk a. r.
Maxwell unscathed, precipItated in a
special session of the councilmen
when they voted to ask for the
resignation OF the heads OF four de-
partments They are: Art Mccoy.
street commissioner; J. Q. Wickham,
city engineer: 4. +. HILL, superintend-
emit OF light and water departments;
f. w. Wiley, city marshal The sud
den action OF the council came as
complete surprise today when ii was
learned of the proceedings. The meet
ing was unannounced and was held
with only the city officials present.
Dcs Mcines.-At the closing session
OF the annual convention of the cen
trail division OF the Iowa state
Teachers Association officers for the
coming year were elected, and set
c. resolutions IN regard 70 certain
legislation was adopted. The associa-
ton expressed itself as being heartily
in favor OF the Fellows Ffndley bill.
now pending in the general assembly.
which will provide that teachers sal
aries be proportionate TO the amount
of preparation they have for teaching.
The Towner measure now pending be-
fore congress, which provides for the