Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-10-22

! the world. When AL drove up before
| our house know from the first sight
Of him that l like him. On the way
down town asked him if he, would
| take me with him. He took me to
| task for wanting to leave my home
| and parents, but I pleaded with him
| to forget that phase of the question
Then he told me he had a wife and
baby living In Lincoln, Neb., and that
he was starting divorce proceedings.
| told him that made no difference to
me. I liked him aud wanted to go
with him, and SO here l am
OelWein-Albert Hodge, aged II,
son of George Hodge, of this city,
was killed at an early hour Saturday
morning at Lake Oelwein when the
accidental discharge of a gun which
he was pulling out of boat struck
him over the heart. He was taken
to the city hospital and died thirty
minutes later. Albert Hodge, with
his brother had gone to the lake to
hunt ducks. They had come to
shore and he reached back into the
boat to get his gun and in some
manner 1t was discharged, just as he
started to pun 1t toward him from
outside the boat.
Oubuque-Edwin knight, IS years
old, Of Des Moines. was killed here
when he tried to hop an Illinois Cen
trail freight train as it was crossing
the railroad bridge over the Missis-
slppi river. He lost his footing and
In falling caught hold of a brake rod.
DE was dragged across the bridge,
While Lester Bower, Of Blackwell
City, Iowa, who was with him ran ON
top of the cars to the engine and
called for the engineer to stop the
| train. Knights body was horribly
mangled. The youths had been re-
Jected for navy enlistment at home
| and were headed east without funds
| expecting to pass at some eastern re-
| cruiting office.
Manchester-The body Of Clyde
Carlyle Pelley was laid to rest in
Oakland cemetery here Sunday after
| impressive services. He was the
only Iowa boy among the 1876 who
died when the Tuscania was tor
| pedoed and sunk off the coast of
| Scotland Feb. 5, 1918. Services Were
in the Methodist church. which he
Joined when boy. and were in
charge Of the pastor, Rev. S., II.
Beatty, Manchester Post of American
Legion attended in body and six of
its members bore the casket, drapeC
with the flag. Maj. Harry Utley,
commander Of the post. read excerpts
from Scotch newspapers telling the
circumstances surrounding the wash
ing ashore of the bodies. their identi
| fication and burial on the Scotd
coast with military honors and Low
ing respect by the Scotch and Births
authorities. There the bodies re
manned for more than two years un,
til disinterred and returned to then
homes for final burial.
| Muscatine = Robert Jehring, =
| months-old old son Of Mr.. and Nj
George Jehring, 405 Cedar stree :
narrowly escaped death and A.
| Washburn father of Mrs. Jehring
was painfully injured about noon
| Sunday when a Chalmers touring
car, driven by Mrs. Walter Kopf of
| Bloomington township. backed over
the curb in front of the Jehring resi-
,dence. hit and demolished the car
riage in which the baby was lying
and struck Mrs. Washburn who was
| sitting on the steps of the house.
The Jehring child was thrown from
the carriage, which was smashed to
bits, and received two slight bruises
on his head but was otherwise un-
hurt. Mr.. Washburn was cut on the
left ear and his face and one side
bruised. Grace Goetz, little daugh-
ter of Rev. and Mrs. Emil Goetz, 40S
Cedar, who was standing near the