Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-12-02
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| ing of the new Y. Nj. c. A. building
Thanksgiving evening.
| OIII.W EIN---A recent order for ten
special fiat cars is now being filled at
the G. g. w. shops. They are built new
from the track up, have a 10000 capaci-
Fty and are built especially to convey
government gun castings.
COUNCIL BLUFFS-The Thanks
giving season brought rush in the.
market. on Tuesday the
county clerks office turned out seven
4 marriage licenses and there were a
dozen Wednesday,, with others in
promise
SAC CITY The. cornerstone of the
4 new house of worship for the First
4 Presbyterian church of Sac City was
/ laid with appropriate ceremonies on
Thursday afternoon, Nov. %. The
building will cost when completed
! about 10000
/ l<EOKt' * Harry Means, of ISeokuk,
lsfell and broke his neck about four
months ago Surgeons made him as
4 comfortable as possible and told him
1 that he could not live. The young man
4 is still alive, however, and more Won
/ derful still, has passed through a genu-
line siege of pneumonia since the acci-
Itlent occurred. Keokuk doctors acknow-
4 ledge themselves stumped by this case
ALTA--It pays to raise good stock. A.
4 c. Binnie and A. l.. Lynch returned
| from Chicago last week, where they
took Mr.. Binnie's Angus herd to the
stock sale last week. Mr. Binnie feels
elated over the manner in which he sold
his stock. Two of Heather Lads calves
/ brought him $780, Expansion Lad sell
Ling for S6G0 and the other for $3.50. The
i bulls sold averaged 1865, while the fif-
i teen head averaged s32S %.
4 ALDEN-The Times reports that
/ a prosperous farmer who always knows
what he is about has been diligently at
4 work on his farm near Alden this week
l.sowing grass seed on the bare spots in
his meadows and pastures. He says 1T
Will beat spring sowing on the last
q snow. every day in the week He can
4 see exactly where the seed is needed,
3 and is sure none of it will sprout until
spring.
Il IDA RONE-Twelve years ago John
Susie settled in Battle township With
not much capital but industry and a
determination to>~get a home. He has
a just completed a handsome new house
on his 160-acre farm, which with the
barn, granary and cribs recently built
gives him reason to feel proud of his
. achievement in attaining the goal OF
his ambition. Mr.. Susie is a native OF
Portugal and began in this country
ii with no knowledge of our language OF
l8ways. The Era congratulates him OF
. his achievements.
A. no a r1u n
s 1.-THE Ackley Public Library and Reading
Room Association will be held at tht
reading room Monday evening, Deeem-
II Der 4 Election of officers and Other
important business is to be transacted
The library contains over 300 gooe
books; S25 was spent last year fol
= magazines at Wholesale prices The
$ rooms have been open to the public AM
i whenever open have been in charge q
gentlemen and ladies who volunteered
to give their services, thus saving tn,
services of librarian.
i OSKALOOSA-Th new office of tht
Oskaloosa exchange of the Iowa Tele
) phone Company is now complete in al
/ details of the Improvements that wer,
t promised it and it Is one of the fines
$ offices in the state. The company re
=
+ cable The capacity of the switch
!, board is 400 individual lines and if tn
service should demand 1t at any tim
there could be 1900 seective part,
lines. There are now in the eNchang
e about 80 subscribers, ten single tol
5 lines and two through lines, one nortl
and south and the other east and West
AUDTBON-A movement is on foo
: by parties in town which may result II
u building an armory. The plans are Yer.
!, immature at present, but we hope the.
J. will develop soon. We will soon hay
) no opera house, as Mr.. Russell intend
: Ito occupy that room With his enlarge
s store. We have never had d good roor
: for a big public meeting. Ii two lot
could be bought where they are not to
% high in price and a building put up t
meet these wants, especially If com
!, pany OF Iowa National Guards could b
j formed and occupy 1t as their arrnors
q it might be made to pay and to suppl
a q need.
r. SIOUX CITY-It is almost certain no,
q that Sioux City tiremen and policeme
will be paid larger salaries next yea
d than they now are getting. The alder
. men talked the matter over in the com
!, nittee room Tuesday evening, and the
il are pretty we'll agreed that the men ar
u mot getting enough money. The salar
r of regular tiremen and policemen is onl
u $50 month. 1t is proposed to pay TIL
: tiremen according TO an establishe
!, grade of wages, the men getting $50
month when they have served fou
years in the department.. 1t is propose
l. to pay the members of the police de
= Ipartment and the officers of the polio
court one-fifth more than they are no
getting. This would make the salary {
patrolmen $50 month.
TRAER-Frday afternoon of las
= week five carpenters employed AT tn
!, paper mill, erecting the frame work
n the immense new rotary straw cooke
!, were dropped by the breaking of III
. scaffolding on which they We're worl
ing distance of sixteen feet, landin
! on the solid concrete floor of the pi
= with the scaffold. tools, etc, on top
= them Boss Carpenter James Roac
sustained badly bruised heel, w.
Rhodes. right arm broken and cash c
~ head; James Fife, right wrist broke
- and bruised; Ben Shoff, bruised abol
=. =. the chest, and another man by IL
name of Farmer was also quite sever,