Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-07-03

Iowa City-A violent wind, rain and
electrical storm swept over Big Grove
township, johnson county. and !nfict-
ed damage at and near Scion. to trees.
gardens, orchards, and timberland.
Among those who suffered losses were
A. z. Holubar. Martin Stable, John
Thuerauf, and Wesley Jedlika- The
latter's house was blown partially OH
its foundation. - =-'
Boone-Fourteen boys, friends Of
John Duncan who is in the Eleanor
Moore hospital recovering from in
juries received at the Electric plant
some time ago, appeared at the hos
pital Saturday morning to give skin
for an operation which. It Is believed,
will hasten his recovery. Duncan's
feet and legs were badly burned and
are not healing as rapidly as ply
sicians desire.
Fairfield-C. q. Emry Of the Fair
field National bank here, received a
message last evening Informing him
that his son. Carl. whoshas been en-
ployed by the Union Trust company.
| Of Chicago, had been injured by train
and it would be necessary to ampu-
tate his leg. Young Emry was In
service with the Rainbow division. was
sassed and invaded home last July.
While in active service in France he
lost an eye and an ear.
>. ottumwa-Ottumwa is making pre-
parations for the State Advertising
clubs convention, which will be held in
this city on October 7 and s. The
committee, headed by the state pres
ident, John Huston, are already book
ing for the program some, OF the best
advertising talent in the United States
and the offering will be a pretentions
one. 1t is expected that practically
hundred per cent of the membership
Of the Washington Advertising Club
will attend the session.
Griswold-Mrs. Sherwood Croghan
was seriously injured when her auto
mobile started while she was cranking
it and pinned her against corn she'll.
| er. A large bolt made an ugly wound
| in her leg. Her children finally moved
| the car back and released her. The
| automobile had been run into q shed
during rain storm. AS Mrs. Croghan
was standing in front Of the car it
suddenly started forward. The heavy
| corn shelter was pushed along six feet
with the woman pinned between it and
| the front of the automobile.
clearfield-The 2-year-old son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Levi Ward OF Mount Ayr,
swallowed an aluminium bread check
| several weeks ago and for some time
no Ill affects were observed, but last
week he became Ill and continued to
| grow worse, and for some length of
time could take no nourishment. An
A-ray examination showed the alumni
mum piece well down in the chest, and
the child was taken to a hospital In
Des Moines, but was not strong
enough to stand the operation for its
removal, and died. The body was
brought to Mount Ayr.
Grinnell-Chaplain Royal J. Mont
gomery, congregational college minist-
er at Iowa State College, returned last
week after an absence Of year as a
chaplain OF the 3o9th infantry Of the
Seventy eighth division. Chaplain
Montgomery was injured by being
| struck by piece of shell at JauIney
and was gassed at the Argonne. He Is
TO leave Ames in September to be-
come religious education director Of
the congregational church for the
state with residence at GrinnelL Mrs.
Montgomery has carried on his work
at Ames during his absence.
Boone "A. T. Shade took q 1oyride
down Eighth street In th!- 81. wt.cSt:
ended in the front door OF the Peerless
Ice Cream factory. Shade was over
1oyed. tbs true, so much 20 that he
couldn't keep the car in the street and
when he crashed into the ice cream
factory several people had to do some
rapid lodging to escape the car. He
was hailed into Mayor A1exander's
court and fined 500 and costs and then
into justice court and fined SIS and
costs. He has signed an agreement to
sell his car within two weeks and walk
the straight and narrow path.
JsffsrsonA recent survey OF the
farming conditions in Carroll county
made by the county farm bureau, re-
vealed the fact that there are 1,S77
farms in that county OF which NUM-
her $50, or 81 per cent, are farmed by
tenants In one tc%'::: s:!!!: Richlas,d y
was found that tenants farmed 81 PER
ctnt Of the farms, while In Kniest town
| ship tenants farmed only 30 per cent
The probability is that with the net
level OF prices for farms there w III be
x III.