Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-03-04
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Independence Emma l.. Funk
principal OF the Independence high
school for twenty years died at her
home, She had been III with gall
stones. Death came suddenly. 4 she
was born at Independence and hnd
spent her entire life here.
Orange city--Three booze cars load
ed with cheer stuff. valued at $4,000,
three Sioux City men and one sioux
city woman, were captured here. Ihc
booze was transferred to safe place,
and the quartet of rum runners were
bound over to the district court under
bonds Of $1,000 each.
oeIwein-Ed Thomas employed as a
section man by the G., G.. W. met al
most instant death, when he was run
down by car and was 80 injured that
death followed, The body was taken
TO the Hintz Bros, undertaking par
Tors and prepared for burial. He was
in his seth year and leaves a wife, two
daughters and five step children.
Humbcldt--An auto without lights
driven by Ores French, OF Vernon
chasher into buggy occupier by Mr..
and Mrs. Dougherty. also Of Vernon.
The vehicle was overturned and
small daughter Of the occupants rem
dercd unconscious for several hours.
though she is improving al this writ
ing, The other occupants of the buggy
were severely shaken mp. though no
bones were broken.
Dickens is to have new
bank. The announcement was given
out of the formation of the Farmers
Trust & Savings bank of Dickens.
which will be started as soon as pos
sible. The new institution will be
housed in a handsome new building
which will be erected on the west side
OF Main street. G. NJ. Narney is to be
president Lee Moore, vice president
and Elmer r. Flint, cashier. Mr.. Flint
is at present an employee OF the Citi-
zens National bank Of Spencer.
Speneer-While a high north wind
was blowing fire broke out in The
Curtis poolhall. and for a time the
business section Of the city was threat
ened. However due to the prompt re-
Spouse of the firemen and their mod
ern equipment the fire was confined
TO the pool hall building, which was
entirely consumed. The pool hall was
located between the Central hotel and
lumber concern, so the volunteer fire
men had hard time to confine the
flames, as the adjoining buildings are
of frame construction.
McGregor-Passenge train No. T.
Dubuque division, G. NJ e. st. r, had
rear-end collision with freight No.
"a. between North and South McGreg-
or wrecking the caboose and oil and
refrigerator cars. besides doing consid-
cradle damage TO the engine. There
had been a snow storm raging all day
and No. was running about an hour
behind its regular time. The freight
train had stopped on the main track.
A brakeman reports as trying TO stop
the train but failed TO attract the at
! tention OF its engineer before it was
too late. Luckily no one was injured.
Alburnett-Mr. and Mrs. ]. r. Rey-
! holds of Alburnett, celebrated their
golden wedding anniversary. They
have lived in Linn county all their
married life and on the same farm,
nearly all Of that time, where the an
| niversary was celebrated Miss Julia
Lulwig and James r. Reynolds were
| married at Marion, Feb. IS. 1869. To
this union eight children were born.
One son dying in infancy. The others
| are: Anna Mentzer of La Fayette.
| Daisy Kruse and Rosa Back. Of Cen
ter Point, Mary Of Cedar Rapids. Lii
| liam Stevenson Of Central City. Charles
| Of Alton. Texas, and Sebastian In the
| army. He is at Camp Dodge
| man, for nearly forty years pastor OF
| the Lutheran church. died at Mount
Vernon, y. Y. where he had resided
| since his resignation last year as pas
| tor Of the Lutheran church here. Mr..
! &c selman was for twenty five years
/ general secretary Of the general synod
| Of the Lutheran church and for twelve
| years president of the northern dis
| trict OF the synod in Iowa and for
twenty-three years president of the
| Melanchton pastoral conference. He
became pastor OF the church here in
| 1879 and at the time Of his resigna-
ton last year was one of the Oldest
| continuously resident pastors in the
| northwest. i, He will be buried here.
| Spirit lake-Chas Zanor. a laborer
was drowned in the icy water of Spirit
Lake when a bus in which he was rid
ing with twelve other men went thru
a rotten place in the ice. All twelve
Of the other men were given a severe
| wetting in the cold water but they all
escaped with their lives excepting
| Zanor. One of the horses hitched to
| the bus also drowned ard the men
assert the other morse got out by
| standing on the body Of the animal
which drowned and thus keeping its