Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-08-17
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Peterson--Charles lIiebuhr, farmer
living several miles south of Peter
son. was almost instantly killed Mon
day when he slid out Of the haymow
onto the tines Of a pitchforl. He
was discovered within few minutes
by his wife, but was Unconscious and
died before help could arrive. He
leaves a wife and young daughter.
EDS Moines-Need,sd repairs to the
Iowa state capital would cost about
100000, 1t Is estimated by officials.
They say the buil6iag should be
renovated and repaired in the next
year. The floors need attention as
do walls, iron and wood work. Some
Of the furnishings also should be re-
placed. Adjutant General Lasher
says.
Postville-Ralph Retchert got
lucky shot Wednesday, morning ana
as result bagged IL large female
wolf with 90 automatic rifle. He
! was out after ground hog and while
he was crawling uporl the ground the
wolf came out Of the timber. Ralph
forgot all about the ground hog, but
took q shot at the wolf. His aim was
good, as the bullet struck the animal
just back Of the front: leg and went
Grundy Center-A deal was closed
a few days ago by the Central Iowa
Land Co., OF this city, whereby w.
q. Kerr disposed Of twenty-acre
tract OF ground just west of town, TO
D. ]. Breasted for consideration OF
$3.50 per acre. This is the top price
for farm land in this section OF the
state and is an indic;ltionNof what at
least some Grundy county farm
lands are coming TO- This land II
plated into five-acIe tracts would
make ideal homes for the purchaser
There are no Improvements on the
land now. w
thru the body.
Waukon-Dan McrI,sil Of Franklin
township lost q valuable horse from
hydrophobia. No one knows how the
horse contracted the disease and the
only surmise is that perhaps stray
dog afflicted with the disease was
the cause. The town ship trustees of
Franklin township iii order to take
all possible precauttcn to protect
human beings and other stock have
issued notice requiring all dogs to
be taken up and either kept tied or
muzzled during dog days.
Ksokuk-Twelve hundred dollars
stolen from the home CT Mr.and Mrs.
Robert, Martin, 428 Bank street, We'd
nesday night has been returned to
them, the Rev. George Giglinger,
pastor OF st. Mary's Catholic church.
told Chief OF Police IIenneman this
morning over the telephone. The
money was given to IElther Giglinger
70 be returned to the Martins. The
priest received the rnoney In conf
dence and cannot dfvulge the name
Of the person giving It, he told the
police.
sFairfield-For the first time in the
history OF the city CT Fairfield, a
woman Is serving on the police force
Mrs. Laura Chilcott was sworn In
Friday AZ 4 police officer by Mayor
J.C. Fulton and today Is wearing the
star, the regular emblem OF Office.
For tho past several .r,.ars Mrs. Chill
colt has served the county as over
seer OF tho poor andsHhen the neces-
sity OF q woman offt..r arose, those
In authority recogniz,,,i the fact that
she was the proper one to all the
place. Her work Will be among the
women, children and young people
OF the city.
Iadora-Eight year old Eugene
Tanner met with q ierious accident
when the family car which his moth
or, Mrs. l. ]. Tanner. was driving,
crashed into q telephone pole. Mrs.
Tanner had motored into Ladora to
do her shopping. After making her
purchases she and Eugene started
homeward. Her attention was attract
ed momentarily from the road by
something young l,niy was doing,
! and tho car crashed into the tele-
phone pole. The force Of the impact
threw Eugene thru the windshield
and his throat was badly cut on
tho glass. Medical attention was i'm
mediately secured for him and the
doctor holds out strong, hopes for his
complete recovery.
Perry-The body Of. Everett Early,
a 16-year- old boy who has been max
. ing his home with relntives in the
vicinity Of Woodward for the past
two years, was brought to Perry
from Colorado. The young man died
]. OF injuries received iIsan accident on
Sunday. Tho boy, In company with
q, number OF other relatives, left this
vicinity on June Is oil an automobile
trip thru the west. They visited in
Kansas and several oher places in
Colorado, making theil. headquarters
for a time at Akron. Last Sunday
they were on a sight seeing trip near
Denver and the lad fell while climb
ing. One wrist was broken and his
skull Swas, fractured. He died four
hours fAter. =
Dss, John .. Denison, gen
eral counsel Of the Brotherhood OF
American Yeomen. lost his fight to
retain his position with that COM
pany when Judge Lawrence DeGrah
OF, the district court, sustained q mo-
ton, to dissolve his Injunction against
the brotherhood. Denison, who was
made general counsel for the COM
pany m 1917, was removed on July
/, Of the present year, when the board
Of directors passed a resolution de-
claring his position vacant. The board
then named A. n, Hoffman of this
city. to iii the vancat:J. On the next
day, DenisoIi secured a restraining
order from Judge Joseph e. Myer, by
which he sought to enjoin the COM
pany from removing him from office,
and from interfering with his official