Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-06-03
IOWA NEWS ITEMS

| Anamosa-The first drowning OF the
| season in the Wapsie occurred here.
| Eugene Armstrong of Farley, lost his
life when he dived into the river near
! Anamosa. His body did not reappear
| on the surface, but was found TWO
! days later.
! les Moines-N Wells of Sloan. i,
! n. the MercJ r'spital in cfF~c2'
/ CoruiIion as ID result 0s S:'i.; "'if
come by gas th a roominS house ~
ISL West Grand avenue yesterday
o.ning. He VS. found Oy the land
| hoy. found the gas escaping from n
Jet. He was attended by Police Sur
r.on A. ]. I.ich..' who has hin, re.
moved to the hC.pital. DIR. Li""+r said
last night that Wells had slight
chance for recovery. Police are OF the
belief that the case was purely acct
Q.rtal. e rla' So
Emmetsburo-The wolves have been
playing havoc with sheep in the north
east part of the county. 1t seems there
are several up in Independence town
ship and they are so bold that they
attack a flock OF sheep in the day
time and pick out the little lambs and
kill them. Mr.. Perkins who resides
north of Tod place lost twenty-five
lambs this spring from wolves. The
Tod brothers have lost four old sheep
and a number of lambs. They are
talking OF getting III. hunt and sur
rounding the wolves and hunting them
down.
.~l--
American Revolution are sponsors for
the movement that Is TO erect Gin
4 ton county memorial for soldiers and
sailors who died during the world war.
! dorado Taft is TO design the monu-
Imert and a fund OF $4,000 is 70 be
raised by popular subscription. The
Clinton chapter ID. A. r. have already
raised the first $4,000. The monu-
ment will be erected in where the av-
enue meets the Mississippi river. a
site approved by Mr.. TAFT and said by
him to be one of the most advantag-
eous in the state.
Muscatne-Rising> from messenger
boy TO manager Of the office In which
ne began his service IN two years ana
attaining the latter height at the age
Of II. is the record of Everett Rain
bow of this city. who has charge OF
the local office of the Postal Telegraph
company. Two years ago. at the age
of Is. the youth began his service with
the Postal company and so efficient
did he prove himself that when Z. +.
Westcott resigned from the manager
ship of the local office to return ia
his home in Canada, the reins of the
office were turned over to him. Mr.
Rainbow will assume charge Of the
telegraph office Immediately.
Oavenport-Mary Heltzel. Infant
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. A. D. Heltzel
Of No. Schrcker flats. had a mirac-
dlous escape from death when she fell
more than 20 feet from a porch In the
rear of the flats to the ground below
, just missing the corner of the iron
steps in falling. She hit directly on
the top of her head, which accounts
in a way for her not being killed in
, stantly. The child, who ID but II
months of age. had escaped the watch
of her parents and crawled out onto
: the porch and fell over before she
3. ciuld be stopped. DR.. Kreul was
) called and stated today that he ha:
! every reason for thinking that the
: child will recover without bad results
Burlineton-The police have learned
: that a man named Wager. was robbed
; Of $40 by Gipsies encamped near Aug
y usta, Memorial Day. The man wa!
: with a party of young men and wo
men in an automobile. When the,
, passed the camp the gypsies ran on
: to them and begged them to be per
, mitted to tell their fortunes. All ac
, cepted. Money was to play part u
winning good luck for the group an
Yager pulled out handful OF billf
Ali of the group were arn-,i 10 eioSi
!. up to the sky for luck and as they di
30, ten dollar bill was extracted fror
Is the roll in Yagers hand. The ylctr
r. did not report the matter to the polio
FL and as the matter came to polio
= Headquarters from other sjurcss n
Re prosecution will be started.
"a Fort Dodge-Just like welcoming
! dead man to life was the way Charlie
X. and Frank III. Morris felt vine
81 their nephew, Corporal Mckinley MOI
. ris of Fredericksburg Ia. with ~
: father paid them a visit this weei
Corporal Morris served with the Roys
Canadian IIisfiaHdsrs overseas II e
three years. eighteen months Of whic
Ia was spent on the fighting front ]
France. A year ago last fall the Moi