Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-10-22
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Villisca-C. z. Eastman of this city
is facing a $4,000 damage. suit as
| the result of an accident which oc-
Cured in the tunnel under the rail-
road track in this city last Novem-
Der. The suit was brought by a Mr..
Short OF Omaha. who was here over
seeing the work of putting the
asphalt paving on the streets.
years, was killed instantly Friday
when he fell from the second story
window at the county home at
| Charlotte. This is the second death
| of the Kind in the last year. Vopel,
who was native of England, has
| been an inmate OF the county home
| eighteen years. He suffered n
1 coughing spell and had leaned out of
| the window for air, when he lost his
balance and fell to the ground.
! Coroner Kellogg decided no inquest
was necessary, death having been
purely accidental
Dubuque Superintendent ]. II.
| Harris of the city schools Is in re-
| ceipt of letter from the Honorable
| e. w. Kendall commissioner Of edu.
| cation OF the state OF New Jersey
and president of the department of
superintendent of the National Edu-
/ cational Association, notifying him of
his appointment to a committee to
make thorough study Of and re-
port OF the status of the superinten-
dent of schools in the United States.
This committee was authorized at
the meeting of the department of
superintendence in Cleveland last
! February.
| Perry-Editor w. G. Newton, OF
the Perry Tribune, came near being
| asphyxiated at his office early Sat
1 urday morning when the fire In a
gas burner under a linotype machine
died out and allowed the gas to es-
cape. He was found some time af-
terward and given medical attention,
but was in quite a serious condition
/ for several hours. Mr.. Newton had
been operating the linotype machine.
The metal in the pot became cold
and as near as he remembers he
dozed of while waiting for 1t to get
hot again. The presumption Is that
the fire went out and the. gas came
on again filling the room.
Burlington Mrs. Mary Louise
Able. aged 81 years, died in Var
mouth Monday afternoon from In
juries she received In an automobile
collision Aug. 1. She was driving
with her son when his car, collided
with another car and rms. Able was
thrown out and injured Wounds in
her back never healed and recently
blood poisoning developed. Mrs.
Able was born in Prussia in 1S39.She
was married to Christian Able In
1857 and lived in Des Moines county
more than sixty years. She leaves
nine children, twenty mine grand
children and fourteen greatgrand-
children. Since her husbands death
in 1890 she has lived with q son near
Yarmouth.
Waukon-Little Mildred, the ~
year-old daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. T.
F. Hogan, and a companion. Mary
| cellp Conway, daughter OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Martin Conway, both CT Taylor
township. we're picking nuts half
mile from the Hogan home, when
they We're attacked by big timber
/ wolf. With the aid OF the Hogan
/ dogs and rocks and sticks they killed
the brute. It was full grown and
very large. The day was warm and
the girls were pretty well played out
when they got home with their big
game; and they had no nuts. Their
sacks and hats were still in the
woods. They came to Waukon Sat
urday and got the bounty, receiving
admiration for their bravery.
Ottumwa-A meeting Of the women
of nearly 800 Congregational church
es Of this state will be held here
Oct 27-2S in the interests of the
Missions of the World. About 800
delegates will gather at the First
Congregational church and be adj
dressed by many noted speakers,
among them being Ave missionary
women who have seen difficult SER
vice in Turkey. Bulgaria, and China.
These nations are the ones whose
problems! have vitality disturbed the
world in recent years and are likely
to be the nations from which trouble
may come in the future unless set
tied justly. For well over a half CEN
fury this organization has been en-
gagged in religious and educational
work in many lands from which
great results have already been at
tanned. /
/ WaterIoo-Held up at the point. OF
a revolver and relieved Of gold
| =; OF OH nj, nd
in money, P. J. King, saved $50 when
the friendly glare Of an automobiles
lights momentarily Disappeared two
bandits last night. and he switched
the big roll to a pocket already
searched. King, who lives near the
end of Eleventh street west, was on
his way home at 10 p. m. and had
just turned off Washington on
Eleventh when two men sprang OUT
before him and ordered him to hold
up his hands. One man stood direct
ly in front of him holding a revolver,
which looked like nickelplated 50
caliber, and the other went thru his
pockets from the side. The sticl1up
man rifled the front pockets of his
clothes. removing valuable dia-
mond stickpin from his scarf, gold
watch from vest pocket and about
$3.50 in loose change from a trouser
pocket.
Belle PIaine - Benton county 8
board of supervisors have asked for
bids on paving the river road south
of this city, the Lincoln highway
east and north from the Clay Prod
ucts plant two and half miles. the
primary road south from Vinton, a
distance of four miles and a half, ex-
tension on the primary road north of
Vinton at the end of the existing
pavement on the Cedar river. bottom.
IN oil about y,;po rpiles of having q re-