Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-13
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pubuque-The one-man or safety
street car looms as probability for
Dubuque at the conference OF the
arbitration board appointed to seek
settlement of the street car mems
strike. There has been no service for
a week.
observation-disclosures have beer
! awarded for the construction oi
twenty nine bridges for $4,000. Prize
os were about 60 per cent higher
than last year Bat II is said to DO
about the lowest bid In Iowa this
year. Bids ran as high as $4,000 on
the work. .-.- .s... ..-..-r
Dow city--A $4,000 loss was suf'
fered by the Xephtiengold garage
hero in n fire started by Tipping n
match into can OF gasolene. Denison
| flremen were called. Burning brands
set fire to George Binnal's barn three
blocks away and It was burned, but
a valuable stallion was removed.
Observation-Disclosures Mcbride. Of
Dedham. has n letter which curious
~ represents the vagaries Of tho
postal service Of this and foreign
countries. The letter was mailed at
Osterhoven. Bavaria, and addressed
to n man In Munich. the capital OF
Bavaria, but which was sent to Ded-
ham.
Eagle Grove-The seven-year-old
daughter of Lee Bradford died In
local hospital. falling to rally from
the effects OF the anaesthetic after
an operation, for the removal OF ton
sils. A few minutes previous to the
operation she was sitting by her
mother, busily making dress for her
dolly. She was an only child.
Cedar Rapids-Herbert Smith has
been made head OF publicity FOR the
500, 900, 900 movement In the Prespy'
terrain church. He Is a son OF {. ..
Smith, Of this city, and graduate OF
Coe college. Hugh Orchard. another
Cedar Rapids man. Is IN New YORK
doing organization and publicity WORK
for the same enterprise. .
Des Moines-The Congregational
churches OF Iowa will launch a drive
for their quota Of 100000 to be
raised this spring by the Congresa-
tional church in connection with
the Congregational world movement.
This movement provides for the rais-
ing of a fund of s50,o0o,OoO during
the Ave years Of reconstruction
period.
MeGrssor-Fred Phillips and w. L.
Eicherdorf, world war veterans, were
elected to the school board here. The
vote was: Phillips. 1879; Eicherdorf'
ITS: Carl Bichel. 1928; Logan Biz
card, 80. A big celebration was held
in the evening. 1t was one Of the
largest votes ever cast here. The
new directors defeated candidates for
re- election.
Davenport-The cheapest thing to
eat Is costing more here now. Bakers
have raised the price of loaf OF
bread to 1s cents. 1t was formerly
10 cents loaf. There are no strikers
among the baking fraternity. They
have all agreed to accept the higher
price. The raise affects not only
Davenport but three cities across the
river in Illinois,
Fort Madison--The lightest vote
ever cast in Fort Madison was re-
corded at the election Of candidates
for the school board here when hut
thirty voters made their way to the
polls. According to City Clerk Louis
Albers. this number is the lowest
that has ever been recorded in the
| history Of Lee county and the entire
state Of Iowa.
northumberland information to
county officials Is to the effect that at
least one petition is being circulated
with the idea of asking hard surfac-
ing OF the primary roads be post
poned until next year. This was an
nounced this morning at the court
house. but no formal petition has
| been sent in to the board of super
visors as yet.
Tiffin--The Methodist church
will be replaced with q 10000 struc-
ture. Rev. f. c. Brooks. who was Sc
vereiy burned, still is In hospital
at Iowa City. He tried to rescue
valuables from the parsonage and
was caught upstairs by the flames.
| He is an aged man. The parsonage
will not be replaced. now
Council 6luffs--F'rtz Bernhard
| barber. Is taking his first vacation In
sixty one years. AS a German SOL
der in the Franco Prussan war he
guarded the building in whose cellar
Napoleon hid on celebrated occa-
sion. FIe made eighty five trips
| across the Atlantic ocean as an as
sistant ship doctor and then was in
duced to come here. by George Kee-
line, running barber shop for forty
years. =
PIymouth-Joe Mckee. farmer
living northeast Of Plymouth. was
the victim Of an attack by a mad
bull. It Is believed that the goring
would surely have proved fatal, had
:. no: been FOR the presence Of two
neighbors, Martin Peterson and his
father-in- law, who happened to be
with Mr.. Mckee in his cattle yard.
"He went around the strawstack.
said Mr.. Peterson in describing the