Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-04-05
happenings OF Insersst
Twenty-Five Years Ago
Thursday, April 4, 1895.
II, MaryhaIIf0tvn

Thursday, April 4, 1895.
Alexander Bowles. aged So, diet
at his home south Of Green Noun
tain OF Ia grippe and pneumonia. Mr.
Bowles had been a resident OF thu
county since 1s4s.
Friday, April s, 1895.
Announcement was made that
new telephone company. organized
by local capital, was soon to be per-
fected, providing sufficient number
OF subscribers could be obtained. Tht
prime movers in the enterprise were
A. A. Moore, II. ]. Howe. and T. J
Fletcher.
THE doctor hopes to save the
arm OF Frank Ryder, VINO was acci.
dentally shot by companion while
hunting a few days ago. The charge
entered the arm Just below the ell
bow, and 1t was necessary 10 replace
some OF the shattered bone with arti-
fetal pieces. The young man was
driven about twelve miles before the
would was dressed"
"The Linn Valley school, three
miles southeast OF tho city, has q
pupil who needs a severcr restrain
ing influence than Is possible In
public school. The youngster. boy
about or 9 years Of age, has beer
n source Of considerable trouble tc
his teacher. and early In the present
week refused TO get up and recite
when called upon. AS the teacher APP
.,roached his seat he drew a rusty
knife and struck her In the thigh
The teacher, Miss Vida Lynn, resides
in this city, and has been confined
10 her home for several days as @
result OF the wound"
Mrs. +. Whitney. aged ~, died az
her home, COS Iowa street, Of con-
sumption.
In the w. c. T. U. oratorical con.
test, held In the Congregations!
church. honors in their respective
classes went to Florence Harris and
Master Willie Gilchrist. The winners
were TO be sent to the county con-
test to be held at Green Mountain
While the judges were out the audi
ence was highly entertained WIN
music by Lena Shaw, the Hall Els
ters, and Tesa Jones'"
Saturday, April s, 1895.
Yesterdays extremes in tempera'
ture were !s and 81. with "a indi-
Gated at 7 a. m. today"
BENJAMIN, 2-year-oA Of Mr.. ano
Mrs. B. b. Human. OF Chicago. ou'
former residents here. died in chi
The h0dv Nds
brought here for burial.
."rne best 25-cent linen towel ever
shawn in this market at r. Is. New
comer's.'
Sunday, April Z, 1895.
Albert Satia, aged "a. resident OF
the city thirty years. and Tor many
wears proprietor of the Satia House
died OF dropsy. He was veteran Oh
the Twenty-second Iowa infantry.
Miss Anna Everist died at heI
nome 20. North Sixth street. OF
consumption.
The i-months-old baby OF Mt. ana
Mrs. Robert Wardman, OF Marietta
died of pneumonia.
Peter. the l4-months- son OF
John Johnson. 3l2 North Fourth
avenue, died OF Group.
Monday, Apri, 8, 1895.
Mrs. w. b. wndman presented
her husband with very acceptable
birthday present last evening. In the
way of a ten and one-half pound
boy" .tRaymond Wildman. city0
Mrs. Nellie Stone Downs, wife OF
T. Nelson Downs. died of quick con-
sumption. She was survived by her
husband and -months-old son;
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. E. W. Stone
and two brothers, George Stone, OF
this city. and VIII Stone, OF Portland
Ore.
At "a meeting Of the city council
| Mayor Pierce announced his ap-
pointrnents of police force. with
| Charles Anderson as city marshai;
Adolph Idso, deputy marshal: James
| Riley, O. p. Anderson, and "eAs
Johnson, patroimen. Councilman
Lander introduced motion de-
ferring confirmation of the appoint
ments until the next regular meet
tnG, ElClllIi ~
pointrnents be made In the meantime
that the present police force hold
over in Its entirety until that time
and that no warrants be drawn for
salaries except to the present Off
cerg. The mayor ruled the resolu-
ton out of order. claiming that the
law invested him with the authority
TO appoint the police force. The
| council upheld him. The mayors
order called for the present officers
| to surrender their stars and city
property at noon on April 10. A
petition, largely signed by business
men. asked the retention OF Emmet
Waters, present city marshal. On
Wednesday. the 10th, Councilmeh
Lander and Schee!er. a majority Of
the committee on police, notified thu
members of the present police force
not to turn In their stars, and al
noon Oh Wednesday the city had two
police forces, the new and the old
with the old members carrying theii
stars In their pockets. Marsha