Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-05-16

Corydon-The first memorial erect
ed in Iowa to the veterans of the civil.
the Spanish American and the Wofiu
wars was dedicated by impressive GER
emonies participated in by veterans OF
the three wars and school chlidreh
The monument is Of Vermont granite
| thirty five feet high, and on the ped
estal stands federal soldier at par
| ade rest" 1t Is in the court house yaru'
Atlantie-Mud came TO the rescue
and saved H. 7. Petersen ms new sedah
| car. The thief who was making away
with the car abandoned it when ne sot
| stuck in the mud. The Petcrsens VINO
are farmers, were calling on friends III
Atlantic. The car stood in front OF the
/ home. Some one made away with II.
| II was found stuck in the mud snort
way northwest Of the city the next
| day. Petersen, who was wavering be-
| tween support of hard surfaced or dlrl
| roads. is inclined 10 come out squareiy
| for the latter.
| MaIvern-To go thru all of the bat
| ties of 1918 without receiving scratch
and then to take tubercular pneumonia,
and die while his regiment Is on the
| wafer, Sailing lOI was '''N -N~N~
Of Laurence II. Pur'ire, a Malvern boy.
| He was one of the first Malvern boys
to enlist, and went to France with
Company [ of the l6Sth. His death
occurred in Germany, on April 20. HIS
mother Mrs. G. Z. Bunker, received
this word after the regiment had been
| in New YORK several days ahd she was
expecting him to be at home soon.
| Muscatine - Private Harrison Ra-
chow died Of shrapnel wounds, one
piece of shrapnel so entering the spine
as to cause paralysis Of the lower
limbs and lodged in such way it
could not be removed. This is the
word received by relatives Of young
Rachow in Muscatine. Mrs. Albert Els
Of Orchard avenue being an aunt OF
the boy. The aide who wrote the let
ter said that his passing away was very
peaceful and he did not suffer much
and he bore his suffering with forti-
tude and sweetness unsurpassed in his
| experience rs an aide.
eurIineton-Dell Hanson was drunk,
but he wasn't happy, contrary to all
| rules Of intoxication. Instead his heart
| was sad. He was woefully put out be-
cause during his trip to police head
quarters he in some way carelessly
dropped a roll Of s25 bills. 1t was the
only roll Of $25 bills he had ever pos
sessed, so he told Desk Sergeant w. O.
Ransom, which made his loss the hard
er to bear. Despite efforts of the desk
sergeant to set him right he insisted
on the denomination, deciarins Iii. :
every one bore the $25 mark. Hanson
is an old time riverman and has work
ed on government boats for many
years.
Ford Madison Reynolds, charg.
ed with completely in the murder of hel
baby, the little child whose birth might
have caused comment among the
friends of father and mother, Is at las,
on trial in the district court here. Judge
Otto Is presiding. When court ad
journed this evening jury had not
yet been secured. The court room was
packed for the opening of the trial, a
majority Of the spectators being WON
or. Fern Reynolds. whose husband il
now serving prison sentence for muir
dering the baby, sat quietly in the
court room during the proceedings to-
day With her were her father and
mother.
BurIington-Wor has Just been re
ceived here that Burlingtons youngest
VOLUNTEER in the world war died vic.
tim OF smallpox at Gibralter, Spain
The lad was Leon Henry Erickson, who
enlisted in the navy April 8, 1917, tn
day war was declared. Erickson wa!
but 15 years old at that time. He hat
studied radio telegraphy at the. Bur
Iington high school where he was on
Of the most popular and prominen
students. When the first call cam
for naval volunteers Erickson sough
his parents permission to enlist. Blu
1t was refused. On the day war wa
declared, however, he secured thei
consent and was the. first volunteer q
the Burlington recruiting station tina
day. He has seen almost conti.iuou