Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-08-27

Great Western railroad In transferring,
"a number OF It's men from Dubuque to-
! Oelwein and Stockton. They are
worked up to such an extent that they
are talking of holding mass meeting
to protest against the change. One of
the gentlemen who is interested in the
movement against the railway said:
THE acton of the G. q. w. in removing
all OF its men from Dubuque can not be
passed unnoticed. Within the past
week sixty families have gone to either
Oelwein or to Stockton and the Great
Western shops here are practically
closed.
Villisca.
"A movement for the great benefit of
town and country alike was started
last week by the calling together of a
number OF citizens interested in the i'm
provement OF the roads of this vicinity.
The meeting was held in r. l.. Ing
mans office. The topic mostly dis
cussed was the cutting down of the
hills and the best plans for getting at
the work promptly. An organization
was effected and officers We're selected
to carry out abe purposes of the asso-
citation.
Belle PLANE.
| A travelling man met with a peculiar
accident Thursday morning on fast
mail No. Is. AS the train was running
along pretty rapidly between Luzerne
and this city the water tank fell from
Its place as the train rounded a curve
and falling, struck the man hand, his
arm being stretched along the back of
/ the seat. He got off thetrain here and.
DR.. Earl Cox was called 70 dress the
wound. 1t was not very serious and
4 the man was enabled to resume his trip
in the afternoon.
Spencer.
The NJ. & st. u. people are now push
4 ing work at their stock yards. The
pens, sheds, etc, will soon be done and
4 the grading for the stock yards siding
1 is almost completed. heavy force
Will soon be engaged in filling and
iIleVeling up the yards and putting both
/ the main line and the siding in shape
for handling trains TO better advantage
THAN can now be done. The company
4 has a fine site for stock yards, there be.
4 ing good natural drainage and the 10.
4 cation is such that there is little iiabil.
ility of their ever becoming offensive t.
presidents living near by.
lSac City.
j The canning factory is running thi:
week at fullBcapacity and working owe
4 time in order to utilize the sweet corr
as it comes in from the farms. Over
Z hundred loads day are delivered now
The pay roll ut the factory now in
cludes over a hundred names Mithou
q the huskers, who are paid by the oushe
with aluminium checks and require III
pay roll. over 200 m,sn, women, boy
a and girls are now busy in tn efactory
d In some cases whole fomilies are d
a work there. The farmers generally an
Expressing satisfaction over the re
turns for growing the corn.
Mason City.
Referring to the effort TO secure tn
!, military school the Globe-Gazette say
8 THE Grand Army committee is friskie
i. than lot Of boys and nearly very
. body they tackle on the lot proposition
. in the military college addition surren
L ders at once" Thursday they were a
); the lake and succeeded in gettin
4 sl.I00 in pledges for lots and they thin
that amount will be increased TO 300
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{ Iowa City.
At a meeting Of state university RI
2 gents last week Professor Henry j
4 i Gordon. of Colorado Springs. was al
a pointed professor of public speaksti:
Miss Satherins Paine, of this city wa
given "a scholarship in Latin al $50 l1s
& wear. Gordon Hardness was apieaints
; tcomiianaant Of the university baitalio
for the ensuing year John pag