Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-05-14
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yard. Fred Henry. Of Belle PLANE,
bought three for his lumber yard. AL
bert Chaloupek. OF Irving, also bought
three lots; F.. schlintx. living north Of
town, bought four, and Fred w. Brown
and p. H. Pringle. OF Keystone, each
bought two. The following bought one
lot each: ]. H. WEIGH, BellePlaine; NJ.
sUlch, Elberon; Albert Ulch. vining:
e. F. Marsh. Joseph Benesh and Jacob
Fulmer, Irving. "a
Spirit Lake.
Early as 1t is, the summer resort is
awakening. The cottagers are getting
ready to transfer their summer home
to the lakes and a good deal of activity
is manifest along the lake shores The
number OF cottages is to be considers
ably increased during the spring. Hotel
proprietors are given to understand
that their resources are to be taxed to
the limit during the season. Better
railway connections and the easy con-
ditions of recent years promise to make
this the greatest resort season on rec
ord about the west Okoboji.
Oelwein.
Eight new business IooIIis and a fne
office building are already assured for
Oelwein the present season, with sew
erals citizens yet to be heard from. The
Graft block will have two business
rooms. the Phillips building two and
the syndicate block on the corner of
Frederick and Charles streets, will con-
tain four business rooms, one OF them
50x70 feet. DR.. j. f. Cole will erect a
| fine Office building near his residence
and there are at least two dozen resi-
licences In the course Of erection. All
the above are bona fide. There are re-
ports that an opera house will go up
Iopposite the O,Brien building, and that
Mr.. Mealey will build on the corner op-
Iposite Hotel Mealey. More building
than ever before is to be done in the
city this year.
Fort Dodge.
Three children of Mr.. and Mrs. Lars
Anderson, in West Fort Dodge, are now
afiiicted with smallpox in mild form
\ They have been quarantined, together
with all other members Of the family
4 The other cases in the city are pro-
4 crossing In an encouraging manner
none Of the patients being considered
dangerous. quarantine was raised
4 Friday morning a the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. James Waite, on top of the hill In
4 West Fort Dodge. This leaves abou,
seven homes in the city quarantined
The health authorities report that the
two young ladies at the emergenc5
hospital are doing we'll and are quite
comfortable. The outlook al present is
j very favorable for the stamping out OF
the epidemic. With caution il is hoped
that the city will soon be relieved O
1.-the disease.
Burlington.
4 The good women interested in tn,
work OF Rescue Home for straying o
4 fallen women have undertaken tn,
!iagitation of the question OF the ap
ipointment of police matron asa grea
and almost essential aid to the eff
4 cacy of the work of the home. The,
a have had interviews with Mayor Mar
4 lquardt and the councilmen, with, the,
4 believe, very hopeful results. The ar
4 gument they have used is that there
4 in Burlington very great need for
scheck upon the dissipation and event
q ual ruin Of young girls and womer
Z Wine II oms in saloons, n few year
ago unknown, have gradually becom
q important features of nearly all tn
4 down town saloons and the practice {
< women and girls to resort thereto ha
Il grown TO alarming proportions. TIL
Z parents Of girls who are thus playin