Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-11-18
IOWA NEWS ITEMS

Notwithstanding to the Reporter
not less than dozen residences are
now in course of construction in Ogden.
TAAIA.-The city council has decided
to inaugurate the system of street
lighting by -incandescent electric lights
in the residential districts of the city
SVILLE.-Pro Jamison has
succeeded in selling the 200 tickets
necessary to pay for course of enter
tainments to be given here this winter.
AMES-Present Indications are that
Ames viii see vast amount of build
ing next year provided that the cost OF
materials is diminished. There will be
considerable building even at present
prices. according to the Intelligencer
SIOUX CITY.-Over eighty persons
We're thrown out of employment by the
fire which, Wednesday night, destroyed
the plant of the Iowa Candy company,
an auxiliary of the large wholesale
grocery house.of the c. Shenkberg COM
pany. They will soon be at work again
i'll a new place.
BELMOND.-Thc Belmond Savings
Bank has purchased the lot east of the
new brick block and have commenced
the erection of new brick building.
The work will be pushed as rapidly as
possible but the bank will probably
commence business in temporary quar-
tiers in a week or two.
KEOKUK-The library and appara-
tus committee of the board of educa-
ton has let the contract for lot of
books for the high school library to
Sam @. Westcott for s262.sS, he being
the lowest bidder. The other bids were
s265.9S and s2SO.15. The books are
bought out of the tuition fund received
from nonresident pupils.
CARROLLrHerald: Farmers have
been making good use of the excellent
weather of the past month"; and most of
the corn has been cribbed. For the last
week, since the candidates closed their
country pilgrimages. farmers have not
been interrupted by strangers hunting
for babies to kiss and COWS to milk. The
festive candidate now stays indoors
figuring out how and why it was DONE
and farmers without interruption toss
the ears against the high sideboards
with the assurance that the country
has been saved.
HAMPTON-Frank Roger sold last
week to John Mcneil and Charles
Westaby four car loads of fat steers at
$3.50 per 100. They brought the snug
sum of $4,000 and upwards, and Frank
very sensibly concludes that this is
better than being elected sheriff, says
the Recorder Twenty-Five hun
dred ducks and geese in one pen is
something of a sight to see-and hear
and the yard south of Mr.. Wingert's
poultry house affords just that oppor-
tunity at the present time. The show
being free. draws plenty of spectators
too.
SAC CITY.-F. H. Porter, the Mil
waukee railroad depot builder, and his
men arrived this week and began work
on the passenger depot. This will be a
neat structure, built on the same plan
as those at Jefferson Rockwell City
and Storm Lake. Track has been laid
only short distance west of Sac City.
A track-laying force has been put on at
Fonda and has laid rails several miles
toward Varina. The crew coming from
Spencer has completed the track nearly
to Marathon. The surfacing is nearly
completed between Rockwell City and
Sac City and the track hereafter will
be comparatively smooth.
WATERLOO George H. Brown.
manager of the Waterloo Broom
Works, returned from Chicago wednes-
day night where he attended meet
ing of broom manufacturers. There
We're about two hundred manufacture
ers present. representing the principal
factories in the country. and they were
gathered to consider the matter of
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trust. It was shown that the trust