Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-05-25
PAST PLEASANT FARMS
The Times. Republicans Vienna Cor.
respondent Writes Of the
Rural Routes.
Service Highly Appreciated and
Largely Used by the Progress
sive Vienna Farmers
Fifty Thousand Pieces Of Mail De.
livered During the Past Nine
Months.
pecial to Times Republican.

.leE LOT Ihe Vienna route WIS met Dy
the T.-R.'s Vienna CORRESPONDENT at
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upon oeilis q uestioiie'l III iest.isu ~
trip over the route he said 1t would af-
ford him the greatest of pleasure to ac-
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ms alu IOWA i'iaie 'upiicah.
The work of distributing and arrang-
ing the mail is quite task. The first
stop was at the beautiful town of Lew
Wallace. In Marion townshin inst
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put in a telephone,
MI. lsenberg comes next. he came
here from Illinois some years ago and
purchased the old Sewers farm. He Is
very prominent in society and church
affairs.
BENJAMIN Gettle on the farm oil
Bruce Wallace, came third on the list
OF stops. and following him was u. II.
Wallaceis box. standing on the corner a
quarter of mile from his house.
After this we drove almost q mile
Wlthout a stop to the nome OF Mlllam
lSean. At the correr north OF this we
found four boxes on one board. The No.
$ school house stands here. The boxes
mere belonged to John McKerral, who
owns a farm three-quartsrs OF a mile
east: a. II. Rice, on the corner few
rods east; w. j. Nichol, half mile
north; and Hon. j. b. Classen, whose
beautiful country mansion shows up
srandly from a grove of apple and 9th
or fruit and ornamental trees about
forty rods to the north.
Here we turned west and on the next
mile helped four families TO their mails:
Bloomer Nichols, Jenny Irvine, William
Somers ana Frank Fisher.
Geb Lane h G. Hubbard, James
Brown, Andrew Diehl and Mr.. Upton
reside along the next mile TO the west.
We had gone four miles without TAX
iEg in any letters. but at the splendid
homo of II. C. Hubbard the flag" was
out and the gathering in" began.
Turning north here at the No. 9
school house we deposited mail at Mr.
Hepner's. Mr.. RodsmePs and Charles
|Randall's on the mile north. We here
found tn. first man who refuses To pat
ronize the route. He lives on T. Hep
ner's farm
Turning east at the residence of
| Charles Randall after coming mile
north from No. 9. we struck a road
/ which Is Travelled only by the ilnmedi-
late nelghbprhopd Upon this thorough
fare. however. we met such progressive
i farmers IS Anthony Blasehke, Irwin
| keefer Fred Brock. Charles Thorn
blade and the old and successful cattle
\ feeder, Phiiip simmons, who owns a
4 fine residence on North Third avenue in
| Marshalltown.
1 Just to the south of this place stands
/ The beautiful residence of Charles Sell
! sers one of the foremost cattlemen Of
1 the county.
A. j. jackson. prominent gentleman
j in Vienna politics. and G. NJ. Kinney
are on the next mile north.
Mr.. Daniel Russfe, living half mile
cast of here, has a box at this corner.
I! He is we'll known as farmer and pro-
4 moter of educational interests in his
A township. Mr. Philip Russe, three
4 qnarters of mile east, and Mr.. Phelps
4 one-quarter east, also have boxes al
this point. Mr.. j. +. ST. Clair and
IGeorse link. who live at these corners
are patrons Of the service.
4 Westward again. Young Mr. Coff-
/ man. Who recently purchased a farn
\ ofg.I. L. keefer, and John keefer. were
! next attended 10 on the first mile.
On the second mile west from No. j
T. Simpson, one of the Oldest settlers
4 lives with his aged mother and wild.
lowed half sister Mr. Charles Kleespie
who is the recipient of more mail thar
any one else on the route Ito takesit a.
an average) and WHO'S a Very success.
4, FIJI stnckman. lives IN this road also. !!
+. keefer, who owns more land than h,
knows what 70 do with and j. T. Lee
the township road supervisor. are The
. next ones benefited, and then at tn,
No. school house corner C. g. kurtz'.
box. Mr.. Kurtz lives quarter of {
mile west, but his farm. part of which
he has just recently purchased, extend.
TO the corner He has just competed
a commodious and beautfui house
Here we turned north. On the two
miles that we drove in this direction
we delivered mall to Geo. Klein who Il
a deacon in the German Baptist church
Bart St Clair who has just been farm
ing two years, Joseph Havens. town
!; ship assessor: Samuel Bowser. TIL
Dunkard preacher: and Peter Narber
son of one of the our earliest settlers.
on the two miles east Julian Owens
his brother and father, MIR. Becker