Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-05-31

perlence unnGte0 ner IOr the company
into which she had fallen here. It was
only by the patience and persistency
that are always characteristic of Mrs.
Hill that the girls former home and the
name of her mother were learned. "A
letter soon sufficed to bring the mother
here, with the happy result that has
been noted. In a similar manner, a
father from an Illinois town was sum-
moned here and reclaimed an erring
daughter last week.
Iowa City.
The case of Josie Meinzer We. s. l..
Close was decided by Judge Wade in
the district court Tuesday in favor OF
the defense. Josie Meinzer alleged that
the defendants hen house and yard
was a nuisance, and prayed for per-
manent Injunction to restrain him from
further pursuing the business upon
those premises. Damages to the
amount OF $500 were also claimed from
Close. Judge Wade decided that the
chicken house as at present operated
was all right, and that no nuisance re-
suited. He. however. enjoined Close
from go conducting the business &: the
future as to make 1t a nuisance.
Fort Dodge.
Smallpox is as good as stamped OUT in
Fort Dodge. Tuesday Misses Nellie
Schoberg and Susie Haskell were re-
leased from the pest house after a con-
finement of forty days. The Union hotel
near the Illinois Central depot. was re-
leased from quarantine established to
see If further cases of the disease would
break out and only. three families are
nj Low. fb,c 1yc,{l x,{%1
health officials in the corporate limits.
The graduating exercises OF the
Fort Dodge high school will be held in
the Midland theater on Thursday night
of this week. Fifteen members compose
| the class OF 1900, Of whom ten are young
ladies.
Shenandoah.
Twenty-Five students OF the schools
/ graduated last Friday-sixteen OF
whom We're girls. The Sentinel re-
4 ports it the best commencement event.
OF the series. The stage floor had been
carpeted with blue grass from lawn;
lin one corner stood large branching
1 tree, in another rustic swing and
1 athwart the stage lay a huge log, the
i butt end of a tree. 1t was a woodland
seen, minus snakes and skeeters. Ev-
/ erything was green except the class,
whose emblematic colors We're white
4 and lavender. The sixteen sweet girl
grads all save one, wore the caps and
gowns OF scholarly fashion. They were
attractive.
i Otumwa.
/ Courier: Society for the coming sum-
mer season in Ottumwa will be rather
4 dull There Is no summer resort or
park where the young people can enjoy
1.-THE summer breeze and the other pleas
ures of a temporarily tropical climate.
A Boating Will be one Of the main sources
of amusement, and one may expect
moonlight rides to the woods by parties
& who take their lunch with them and re-
4 turn to the city late in the evening.
a All the meeting of the different wom-
s ems clubs in the city have been sus-
pended during the summer months
There is some talk Of steamer being
put in operation above the dam for the
q benefit of parties wishing to go up the
river to spend the day.
4 Webster City.
1t is seldom any country is in so per.
feet condition as this is this year fol
all the various crops. The soil for al
), the crops Is, a garden. AS to corn,
! seldom gets so good a send off. TIL
!. stand could not be better. Last yea
; the corn matured on the s:a,k and wen
thru a seasoning process that it seldom
meets in this latitude. and good seet
was in abundance. The last year,
seeding of timothy and clover made {
perfect catch in this locality, and thu
prospect Of a heavy swath of the fines
hay is seldom as good as now. Notwith
standing the exceptionally weak price o
Hast years, potatoe crop. the usua
I.amount seems to have been planted thi
: year. and those now above ground neve
! looked better. Timely and sufiicien
rains have produced abundant pastur
: age, and stock of all kinds never locke,
! better a this time of year.
Waterloo.
Crazed by the pain of incessant head
:, aches. Miss Cora Fache who recent.
!, came here from Stitzer Wis. at 11:O
Tuesday morning took two doses o
poison, one of liquid iaudanum and TIL
other morphine pills. The doses wer
I excessive and one counteracting tn
I other caused Illness and a physician
was called. BY the use of emetics AM
: "a stomach pump the young lady wa
soon brought out Of danger. except 70
the illness that naturally follows sucl
{ an ordeal. Cora Fache came here abou
= two weeks ago and is making her HON
at 1904 Sycamore street. She is a pre-
possessing girl. OF good address. ha
, some musical talent and is we'll like
y. by all who have met her. She has bee
= ill most of the time since her arrival Il
: Waterloo and was often seen takin
morphine for her sickness. She ad
mitted that she had taken the dose
e with deadly intent, and is now sorry.
!, Davenport.
: Davenport had the honor of a visit b
: a presidential candidate Sunday, bu
Z the number of people who turned on
. to hear him was not large. Eugene
: Debs, inventor of and leader of the So
s cial Democratic party, lectured a
: Turner hall. partly in the interest {
!. his party, partly in the interest of tn
: striking carpenters, and perhaps partl
! in the interest of Debs They got thei
, moneys worth, for that Debs has tn
gift of eloquence is beyond question
He spoke for nearly two hours. an
lost but half dozen of his auditors i
all that time. The real point of the &C
t dress came when MIR. Debs looked int
!, the future and told how all the labt
y troubles are to be solved. The growt
S of Socialism in Germany and continer