Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-02-25

COME by the fumes from the exhaust
OF his automobile here and only the
discovery OF HIS wife saved him from
den h. lie had gone into the garage
to do some work on the car and 70
heat the place up bit he started
the engine with very near fatal results.
beng unconscious for five hours after
he was discovered.
Atlantic. audience composed
mostly of farmers and business men
stood four TO one in favor OF hard
roads In vote taken here nj meet
ing addressed by Joe l.. Long, chair
man or the Highway Improvement as
ISOLATION. Long advocated the county
option plan of read construction. HIS
address was listened to by a GOOD sized
audience. The vote taken was merely
to determine the sentiment of those
present.
Morning Sun.--Thc residence prop
erty owned by Miss Anna Patterson.
one block south OF the Exchange bank,
was almost completely destroyed by
fire. As the fire started from the In
side the building could not he saved
A few articles OF furniture belonging
to Mr.. Hancock, who resided there.
were rescued. however. II was thought
AT first the man himself was In the
house, but he had left town on the
early train Friday morning. Property
and furniture are partially covered by
insurance.
Atlantic. jured in fall through IA
hole in the floor above, :. v. Nelson.
I,,- on Sch ~
scious on the basement floor in his
place OF business. He was found in
the morning by an employe. Nelson
was stall unconscious when found. Nell
son had gone 10 the garage in the
evening 10 look after the furnace. 1t
is supposed he tried to find his way
downstairs in the dark and stepped
into the hole. Nelson fell ten feet,
hitting on a cement floor. lie suffered
a concussion Of the brain. Physicians
say he will recover
Mount Pleasant-In the district
court of Henry county. Iowa, Judge
oscar Hale presiding, Mrs. c. w. Gull
Ian. wife OF the manager of the Mount
Pleasant Telephone company, plaintiff,
was awarded 1899 in her suit against
Dr. W. :. Lessenger, defendant, as
DANA Ees for a nervous breakdown
caused by n brutal attack upon her
husband. The attack was the result
Of u controversy regarding defendants
misuse OF his telephone which the
company ordered removed from his Of
flee because OF profane and abusive
speech 10 the operators.
ton Of Methodist Episcopal churches
in Iowa. one OF d series turnout the
country. will he held in Des Moines
Friday and Saturday. March 6 and Z.
Six or more Of the leading men of the
denomination. will be the speakers
sent to Des Moines and the personnel
will be announced in a few days. The
meeting will deal with the forward
movement of the denomination in
handling humanitarian problems dur
ing the period OF reconstruction at
home and abroad. A fund of sl05.-
0000 600 has been set as the budget ne
cessary to carry out the work along
the lines of social service and in other
constructive ways. The year 1919 is
the one hundredth anniversary Of the
founding of Methodist missions and
the problems to be undertaken now
are In many ways similar 10 those
which confronted the church a century
ago, 1t is said.
DaSenport-Plans are under way for
| the organization of the Scott County
Fair association, which society ex-
poets TO revive the old time county
fair and give the people Of this COM
munity one Of the best agricultural
and stock exhibits, including horse
racing, etc. to be seen in the Middle
West outside Of the several state fairs
The plan is TO purchase the present
property of the Davenport Mile Track
association. This vast tract on the