Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-04-28

| Waterloo-Christina s. Buckley has
been given $4,000 alimony. She asked
$4,000 from Dr. John G.. Buckley. She
is a trained nurse. A. years old. Her
: husband who was pioneer doctor Is
| 81 years old. 1t was his third mar
! riage.
Hartiey-This town of Hartley is
not frightened by the high cost of paw
ling. A contract for 100000 worth of
street paving has been awarded at
s2.72 yard for asphaltic concrete.
More than 81 900 600 worth of road
work is being done in O'Brien county
| this year.
McGresor-Ier Gramme has been
brought to the Clark hospital here
from Lansing where he suffered severe
1 injuries in a curious saw mill accident.
A slab caught in the saw at which he
was working and was hurled against
his breast with tremendous force. II
broke a number Of ribs and the breast
bone. He was unconscious more than
an hour and internal injuries were
feared
Cherokee-County Agent Ellis. 0.
this county is firm believer in adver-
liSluS. ne ndu Unity -eIA SoiiS ioi
| farm help that he could not supply
and so inserted a small advertisement
in a southern Illinois paper. He has
| received over 100 replies to this one
local. and on a proposition Of about
| 500 or $25 under last years prices.
Mr.. Ellis reports that a number of
calls for help can not yet be met. but
| that the situation is not as pressing as
last year.
SheIdon-Lous Burke, secretary Of
| the Sheldon Fair has contracted with
| the Donaldson Bros. aero show for an
exhibition fight in the Sheldon fair
grounds on Friday. May %. The
Donaldson brothers are giving a
| series Of flights which is called a fly
ing circus. The Donaldsons bring
| with them three small racing autos,
| each holding one person; also two
| larger racing cars. Besides this they
have an exhibition aeroplane battle in
the air and other remarkable flying
stunts.
Vinton-Corlie Mason. of Shells
burg. was a visitor in Vinton, having
arrived home last week after honor
able discharge at Camp Dodge. He
was a member of Company H. 165th
infantry of the Fortysecond Grain
bow division and was In the st.
Mihiel drive, being wounded in the
hip by a machine gun bullet when he
and fifteen comrades went out to
clean up a machine gun nest. He was
the only one Of the sixteen that
Eescaped with his life. He entered the
Z troi % ~ ~ rn1v
going to France last June when he
was transferred to the Rainbow
division.
Manson-James Colligan lost the
top Of the middle finger Of his right
hand down to the first Joint while
passing between the vestibules OF two
passenger coaches in-the Illinois Cen
| trail Yards at Fort Dodge. He was
coming home from Chicago and was
changing cars, when he placed his
right hand on the big steel plate that
acts as buffer between the vestiDules
OF the coaches. Another coach backed
lup and the steel plates came together
and cut OFF his finger as neatly as
knife could have done it, Mr.. Colligan
was taken up to the Crawford hotel
and his wound dressed nicely, so that
he was able to return home On the
evening passenger train,
Waveriy-Mrs. F. T. Niece. mem
Der Of this community. has been
seriously i'll for the past six months.
necessitating the almost constant at
tendance Of her husband. She was
taken to the hospital April H. where
she underwent a critical operation for
goiter. The operation proved success
full but she had the most skilled sur
geons from Chicago and 1t was like
wise very expensive, making heavy in
roads upon the resources OF the fam
lily. Mr.. Niece is market gardener,
and he and his wife have always been
hard working and industrious people
and had the genuine good Will and
sympathy Of the community in their
affliction. They undertook to make
life more pleasant and the burdens
less heavy in numerous ways. First