Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-09-01
Public Opinion on Iowa SUBJECTS as
Reflected in the Iowa News.
papers
The News Of Iowa From Hundreds
Of Different Towns and Com
munities.

n huSman.
May Hanna had a hand cut off Tues
{ day while helping her brother cut corn.
Forest City.
The new hotel is progressing finely
Z The roof is being put on and 1t will be
rushed to rapid completion.
Uts.
Work has begun on the new German
Lutheran church. and when completed.
Will make five churches in the town.
{ Newton.
Nearly hundred Newton people were
in Chicago this week attending the G..
. "a. r. encampment, enjoying visits with
friends and seeing the sights Of the big
town.
k1azleson.
Thru the efforts of Congressman Hem
derson a rural delivery route has been
established at Hazleton, in Buchanan
county. The delivery will begin on
Sept. 4.
Keokuk.
A petition in bankruptcy has been
Z filed in the federal court by John ID.
Ridgeway of Eldon. Iowa. Liabilities
are scheduled at s762.S9, with 1894 as
Gets. The petitioner has been a grocer
at Eldon.
Audubon.
II. w. Wilson was appointed Monday
as postmaster al Audubon, there being
q vacancy caused by the death of G. b.
Russell. Mr.. Wilson's appointment is, a
good one and Will give satisfaction, says
the Republican.
Alden
a fine specimen of the osprey or fish
hawk was killed Thursday by H. O.
Hill While the bird was endeavoring to
geta chicken for its breakfast. 1Altho a
young bird it measures 81 " incheafrom
tip to tip Of wings.
Extra.
Rev. Votaw and wife departed Mon
day noon for Oskalcosa TO attend a
family reunion of the Notaw families,
which occurs every year. Last year
there We're ninety-one Notaws at one
3 table eat one time. 1t was thought there
1 would be about 125 this year.
Estherville.
One week more of hot weather Will
mature nearly all the corn in this sec-
ton OF Emmett county. 1t is perhaps the
largest and best crop ever grown in this
part OF Iowa /. . Emmet Moore of
Jack Greek township has been to Mon
8tana and bought 5000 head of sheep.
B.istow.
Earl Ferris was here wrom Hampton
I Saturday y and loaded q car with apples,
which he shipped to ST. Paul. The apple
crop has been very large here this year
2 and good many cars have been snip
i ped. A great many apples have gone
thru the cider mill and retailers of vine
j gar Will find their sale very slow next
winter, sayy the Enterprise.
Davenport.
The record Of the city physician shows
that since January 1st there have been
but III cases of contagious disease, and
the subjects Utmost cases recovered. The
total number@of cases of typhoid was
SO, diphtherla 40, scarl,t fever 16, and
smallpox g. The first case Of smallpox
this year was on March %. There APP
pears to have been but six cases of
measles.
Algona.
Grading for the cement walks about
the public square Is completed and the
i construction of the pavement was be-
gun Saturday. The Workmen have
about 00feetS of lit now in, and ii looks,
there are about as many opinions as
there are spectators o; the work as it
progresses 1t will take time and d cold
winter TO determine. The contractors
are under a $500 bond for 1--WE years.
Grundy Center.
There is rejoicing in the Methodist
j parsonage. the home OF DIR. Fellows On
Monday morning a letter came an
] nouncing the arrival of daughter in
& the home of the older son. AT noon d
letter was received stating that a
daughter had come TO the home of the
younger son. The babes were born
i August 23rJ and Gath; one in Mass,a
chusetts and one IN New York. All are
doing we'll both In the east and the west
Toledo.
Miss Peterson's recent resignation as
teacher in elocution in the college oc-
caslond by the death of her mother,
called for the election of successor
Last week the executive committee
called to the position Miss G.. Mabel
Wallace, of Lincoln. Illinois. graduate
of the School of Oratory. Of Northwest
ern University, Evanston, Ill. Miss Wall
lace comes highly recommended for lit
erary scholarship and for gifts as a
8leacHeT.
Reinbeck.
A party from Davenport wants to put
in an electric light plant.in Reinbeek
- - At a recent school board meeting
the resignation OF Miss Nellie Skinner,
+ who goes to the Waterloo schools, was
accepted. and Miss Clara a. Hunt, of
Waterloo, was elected TO fill the va
cancy, being given the second primary
department and Miss Nettie Sloss was
transferred from the second primary de-
partment to the first intermediate de-
partment.
Clafksville.
Stealing melons is not the loftiest bus
ineas In the world, but there are other,
tricks that are Worse, saysth Star. That
ssts when the thief destroys as Well as
eteals. One night last week II. s. Ten
snison's patch in Jackson township was
entered and all Of his melons either
stolen or cut to pieces Sunday night
NJ. g. Barr's patch in that township was
visited and received similar treatment,
IN both cases by the rinds along the
road; the thieves We're traced to clarks-
vile, us sssss
Council Bluifs.
3s Ate many weary weeks Of pleading
and many orders by the council. the
mile a Il, ,sssa III . - ~ "a, /,