Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-11-03
Iowa News Items

CIinton-Thomas Moohell, Is years
old. n cripple, died yesterday at
Mercy hospital. Both legs were cut
night. With a companion, Charles
sixberry. he was running alongside
a moving freight, stumbled and fell
under the wheels.
Davcnport-Jacob Bojens, SIS years
old. of Hartley. and also well known
III Davenport, was killed In a fall at
his home last Thursday. The funeral
was held at Hartley. Sunday. His son.
r. j. Bojens, of Davenport and his
sister, Mrs. John Klinck. Of Rock
Island. returned home this morning
from Hartley, where they attended
the funeral.
Cedar Rapids-Lyle Mullins, 10
years old, living at 1151 North Fifth
OF an automobile and bicycle collision,
at st. Luke's hospital as the result
OF an automobile and bicycle collision.
in which he suffered fractured skull
The accident happened In A avenue
near First street and the rain and
slippery pnvements are thought to
have been the cause, altho no detailed
report was made to the police station
and It Is not known who was the
driver OF the automobile. The boy
was picked UP by passing motorist
and taken, to the hospital.
oes acknowledgement secured ST.
600 in cash from the Empress Theater
safe Sunday night. The theater rob-
berry concluded long list of house
and drug store robberies by thieves,
in which loot valued at $4,000 was
taken. Two autos were among the
missing" The robbery OF the theater
safe was discovered at 1890 a. ~.
| when Jim Brown, negro porter, ap-
peared for work The combination on
the safe had been worked after the
yeggmen had entered the managers
| office thru the inside door. Manager
NJ. ]. McGinnis stated that four
sacks Of money. including change
and Saturday and Sunday receipts,
were taken. The robbers evidently
had hidden in the theatcr when those
in charge left at p. m.
oskaIoosa--4aron Rosenblatt. "a
head Of the Baldauf- Rosenblatt Dry
Goods Company OF Oskaloosa and one
of the best known men in Oskaloosa
died suddenly ut his home No. lis
| North Seventh street at 1880 O'Clock
q, m, Sunday, Oct. 81. following an
attack Of acute indigestion. Mr..
Rosenblatt was retiring when he felt
q smothering or choking sensation
| in his throat. He was distressed to
some extent and a physician was
summoned. He seemed easier and laid
| back upon his pillow apparently rest
| ing from the physical exertion. Help
| came in a short time but the attend
| Ing physician found Mr.. Roosenblatt
| dead. The summons came so suddenly
| that the entire community shares in
the shock suffered by family and as
sociates.
WaterIoo-When qosshrd etaoi shr
street informed police officers yes
| terday that he had been held up and
robbed by colored woman at the
| corner Of Mills street and Logan
avenue. She Is said to have relieved
him Of SIS. when I reached the
corner, she jumped out in front of me
and said: Hold up your hands, " de-
clared Holler in telling police Off
GERS about the affair He was unable
to tell whether the woman had a
revolver. Kenneth Keith, a Junior
high school boy residing on r. F. D.
No. 4, on the Hawkeye road, re-
| ported to police headquarters that a
quantity OF clothing owned by him
was stolen yesterday from the school
building. The clothing 1s said TO have
| included a sheep lined coat, can and
wool army shirt. Theft of two dia-
mond rings. valued at 81, 900 from the
III. G. Packard home, 4O4 Franklin