Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-11-13

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nar tn1s,,s, Jim, \
side In Dubuque. owing To- the policy
inaMgurakedS by t0se company, are re-
}ceivinE orders to remove to Chicago
and other points, and. II they do not
80. they will lose their situations.
Creston.
A real estate man said that In one
day q few weeks ago he had eighteen
calls for houses for renting purposes.
He was unable to supply but few OF the
requests. Since that time the demand
has not decreased but the number OF
houses for rent have become fewer.
Boone
A man from the mines was paying an
election bet on the streets Saturday by
holding O big game rooster under his
arm and occasionally Hopping the birds
wings, but doing the growing himself.
He's q democrat, or he would have been
watching the other fellow do the
growing.
Humboldt.
w. d. Myers returned from Chicago,
where he dfsposed of his patent for
$500. 1t covered device for taking
up wear upon an important part OF the
moving machines, and but for the
Iblunder of the patent lawyer who
handled the case, and who failed to re-
cord all the specifications, would have
brought $4,000.
Red Oak.
1t is alleged that local republicans
are winners to the amount of $4,000 as
a result of the election. "A large amount
of money was won on a proposition
that Kansas would give a larger ma
jority for Mckinley than Nebraska
would give for Bryan. Considerable
was also pu. up on Bryan carrying Ne
braska by $1,000
Keokuk.
Unofficial returns show that in Lee
county the proposition to hold q con-
stitutional convention carried by 420
majority, and the biennial election
amendment carried by 1867. Many
i voters say now that they thought the
first proposition had something to do
4 with the second in which they We're in
4 teres ted. but it did not.
4 Glenwood.
After announcing the closing of the
polls in the Glenwood precinct Tuesday
booth. This voter had been in the
of the judges suggested to him that he
4 had taken sufficient time to have
marked his ballot when he came out
He had been waiting to be called from
4 the hooths
Madrid.
a DR.. Sturgeon is good guesser. He
4 came within one guess OF having the
y correct estimate of the population OF
( the United States The first prize Of
4 fered for the correct guess by GER
4. tain paper was $4,000 and the doctor
J. Icame very near being the lucky one. Ii
he is second, he is still entitled to a
! prize. unless the offer was a fraud. "A
man in Washington guessed it to a
& figure.
Muscatine.
The most extensive paving opera
I tions in the last few years are in pro
gress at present in various parts, of tbs
city. The paving in the western par
more rapidity than that III the eastern
part, along Sixth and Fifth streets. Il
is expected that cold weather will LEAD
to a suspension of operations.
4 The corner stone OF the new Grac
!, Lutheran church was laid Sunday af
: )iterneon with appropriate ceremonies.
/: Colfax.
Clipper: "A dramatic finish resulted
, from the attempt by the democrats las
7 Tuesday to vote q young man who's,
2 father and brother had previousl.
: warned the judges of the election tina
I. he was not 81 Years of age. Ate
! a. protracted controversy the you'll
5 iproceeded to swear in his vote, hut a.
the last word was being pronounced hi
e hand fell to his side, his nervous sys
Z tenn collapsed. he sank to the floor in
8 dead faint and had to be carried from
$ the room in an unconscious condition
: He did not vote. Comment is unnec
j essary.
Cedar Rapids.
!. A drive or walk about the city is al
: that is needed TO show that a larg
) amount of building under way will b
j interfered With by the cold weather, /
n 4 II SlouluS De pT}l0HSSu# allu Increase
: tension as 1t may do. Some OF the i'm
! provements are of much value and wi
: be adornmerts TO the city when com
II pleted. Contractors say that the out
look next year IS the best it has bee
for some time. Many of u.s. said on
will wait with some impattence 70
the spring months to come. For som
tinh Cedar Rapids has been unde
building rather than overbuilding.
, Council Bluffs.
George HoEgh reported to the polio
4 recently the loss of a. 3-Sear-old blac
Z gelding from the pasture Of his farm
thinking that the ANIMAL had bee
stolen the previous night. From tn
tracks in the vicinity he formed III
= opinion that the horse was taken b
y some one riding q horse shod Wit