Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-05-31
Iowa News items

ers have formed an association for
the purpose of cooperating in the
sale of their clips. The secretary
of the Iowa Fleece Growers Associa-
ton, from Bloomfield. was here ana
had charge of the meeting.
CraWfordsville,-M than $1,000
worth of automobile tires were stolen
from the Cook garage here by thieves
who loaded the tires on a truck and
corded and the most expensive car
ried by the sales company.
GIenWood- Woodard & O'Daugher-
ty, who have been buying walnut
logs in this vicinity recently. have
secured about two thousand logs,
about fifteen carloads. which they
| will ship to Des Moines. where they
will be manufactured into furniture.
Five or six carloads were secured
from the farm of Mrs ]. X. Gwynn.
Glenwood-Two brothers married
| sisters here, and both newlyweds will
live on adjoining Mills county farms.
Gilbert Chalmers Wirth of Gienwood
| was married to Miss Eva Olivia Sit
ton. of Tabor, and Charles Millard
| Wirth. of Glenwood. wed Miss Martha
Alice Sitton of Tabor. The grooms
are farming on the Clay Dashnef
| farm and were trying to bach.
Oelwein-Edwin M. Thomas 10 In
Jail awaiting his preliminary exam
| ination on a charge of bigamy. His
tpuble started when his wife
| claimed to have made the discovery
that she was Mrs. Thomas No. and
that No. / is living in Clayton coun-
| ty. Mr.. Thomas has been living In
oelwein with the wife who now al
leges that she is No. 2.
keokuk-Rev. Mary c. Collins. q
missionary to the Dakota Indians for
years and ordained minister Of the
Congregational church. is dead here
after an illness Of several months
Miss Collins was an interesting
figure in the western country in its
early development. Her work among
the Indians and for the red men has
| made her nationally known.
Muscatine-For the second time
| this year, Fred B. Nesper, county
| treasurer, finds a shortage of auto
mobile license. plates staring him in
the face. After being out Of them
for more than two months, the treas
urcr received consignment of three
hundred some time ago. But ten
pairs remain, however. and this will
only be sufficient to last him the
week, as new cars are being regis
tered at the rate Of about five day
he says. The county now has in ex-
cess Of four thousand autos and mo-
tor trucks.
Duhuque-A germ, believed to be
| OF the ring-worm variety, Is preva-
lent on one-cent coins circulated in
Dubuque. One girl, who had count
ed several hunder pennies in a single
day. has been suffering from infect
ed hands for week. The ring worm
ate its way up to her wrist before
physicians checked 1t. Several other
girls who handle hundreds of pennies
| daily have contracted the germ, 1t is
said. It's origin, one physician said,
was from some school child whose
| hands were. infected by the germ, and
it has spread to other coins. One
girl, whose work is to count coins,
wears rubber gloves.
Davenport-William Stewart, aged
AZ, is in Jail here today and his two
children are in the Juvenile home as
the result Of. threats said to have
been made by Stewart to kill his two
children and himself. Neighbors de-
clare Stewart has been brooding
over the death Of his wife. Upon GO
ing to his home Stewart wrote two
letters to relatives explaining his in
tention Of staying his children and
ending his own life. Neighbors
warned the police that Stewart had
purchased gun. A hurried run
to the home led to the discovery of
the letters and the gun in Stewards
possession. and he was taken into
custody at once.
Grinnell-H. s. Conrad, head of the
botany department at Grinnell col
lege has recently received q collec-
ton Of garden seeds from Tecrow
Shuntung. China It contains eleven
kinds of seed, some of which are
very unusual. Professor Conrad
has attempted to check up the
seeds, with the aid Of Chinese
students. He has discovered that
the collection contains an un-
known variety Of beet; a slightly
known carrot: the common great
onion; prickly seeded spinach
something very rare in this country;
chinese celery, unknown: spring
| and autumn varieties of Chinese
cabbage; seeds of the Mung bean, a
| small Chinese green bean, and three
| striking varieties Of soy beans, in
Guiding a large green. a large yellow
and a medium black.
Alton-All of the land upon which
the Alton golf club has been play
ing, with the exception of that be-
| longing to VS.. Slagle, has been
purchased by golf enthusiasts OF
| Orange City and Alton at a cost OF
| $3.50. The land purchased compris-
es about thirteen acres along the
south side of the Northwestern rail-
way right of-way In the northwes,
corner of town. The sum of $4,000
was paid to J. W. Stronks for his
| land and $3.50 to Mr.. Huisman fol
his property. The golf links also lie
partly on the pasture land belonging
to w. s. Slagle, and this will nc
doubt be leased by the club event
ually. w. H. Hospers, Of Orange
City, who is one of the prime movers
In. the enterprise, says that the two
towns Will have one Of the very fin
est golf links in Iowa.
>pecorah-People OF northeastern
Iowa wanting to borrow money al
the banks for purely speculative pur-
poses or for the purchase of non-e s-
sentials will not find II an easy mat
ter. The northeast Iowa group OF
bankers, at its annual meeting in