Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-07-11

Corning--The 5-weeks- sold baby OF
| the late Mr.. and Mrs. VIII Williams,
VINO were killed Saturday night In
Prescott, died In the Creston hospital
Monday altho there were no outward
| signs OF injury. The other two chill
dren. and 6 years old, are In critical
| condition.
Tipton-All the people OF Cedar
county are planning gigantic ceie-
bration at Upton July 22 to welcome
home the soldiers who went from here
to the World war. No commerclai
side of the AFFAIR is considered, all the
stores excepting places of refreshment
will close at IL o'clock.
| Cedar Rapids-Edward Il. Olmsted
OF this city shot himself to death on
his farm near Louisa shortly before
J noon today. He had complained OF
I the heat and this Is believed to have
| driven him insane. He was 90 years
| old and married. He went to the farin
| last night TO help harvesters, went TO
| his room in the barn after complaining
% the heat and killed himself He was
wealthy.
Mount PIeasant-At the monthly
meeting of the Henry County Farm
ers' Union arrangements were mace
for the annual picnic OF the union
which will be held at the fair grounds,
Mount Pleasant, Iowa, on Thursday
Septembed 4. The committee on lea
ton have the assurance OF Mr.. Trtboy,
\ secretary of the fair, that the union
will have the grounds on that day ana
| that there will be no repetition OF the
affair of last year when the meeting
was compelled to seek another location
WapeIIo-The city officials here re-
Gently made a raid on the residences
of alleged bootleggers in this city. Al
| the home OF Warren Boyer in South
| Wapello evidence was found to SUB
| stantiate his arrest. He was brought
! before Mayor bigger. plead guilty TO
the charge of keeping intoxicating
| liquors for sale and was bound over to
| await the action Of the grand jury at
the october term of court. The home
| of Charles Hancock was also raided
| and there two and one-half quarts OF
| whisky was found. Hancock will be
given a hearing Thursday afternoon,
July 10.
keota-Miss Thelma Kirkpatrick is
| suffering from broken and badly
| lacerated arm and from other bruises
! and cuts, while William Fountain sus-
| tanned broken shoulder blade as the
result of an automobile accident. Miss
| Kirkpatrick. accompanied by her cous-
| in. Miss Iene kirkpatrick Of Marengo.
who is visiting here, were out driving,
| ana in some unexplained way her car
| that OF William Fountain, a Keota in
| surance man, colIided. The accident
! occurred at the cross roads at the East
La Fayette school house. Both cars
We're badly damaged in the accident.
All were badly shaken up and bruised.
eurlinston-After several weeks OF
effort to secure signers to the petitions
asking for the special election on the
paving of the primary roads of the
county 1t was announced that but 100
names are needed on the petitions to
make the calling of the election posi-
bic. 1t is expected that the petitions
will be presented before the board OF
supervisors of their regular meeting In
August and that the special election
| will be called about 80 days later. on
| or about the first of September. This
| plan will result in gaining the senti-
| ment of the people on the primary
| road system plan early enough to per-
init an early start In the paving wark
next epring
! south Iowa. ...
Atlantie-So great is the rush of
harvest in Cass county farmers are
harvesting their wheat at night.
Lanterns are hung on the binders to
light the way. In some instances trac-
tors are used and the binders are kept
running all night long. There is
dearth of harvest help in the county.
The shortage just now Is acute.