Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-11-09
IOWA NEWS ITEMS
Iowa F'au..
DAN CUPID AND ELECTION.
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Iowa FallS.
D. =. Hurd has bought $40 acres of
land in Wells county. North Dakota.
and expects to stock 1t with $50 mich,
cows in the spring.
Clinton.
Charles Orwell, the painter who ac
cidentally fell from a scaffolding dis
lance of thirty feet Sunday. died later
at Mercy hospital. His age vas %
years.
Altoona.
II appears that Algona is to have a
fourth bank. George G. Cali is organ
4 t1ing savings bank, of which f. II.
Veaper Is to be cashier. Thomas and s..
I *. Way and others outsideNof Algona
are among the stockholders. The bank
Will be located In the building Mr.. Call
nov occupies and It is said will open for
business early In the year.
Crestcn.
"Wednesday Mayor Scott Skinner re-
ceived a letter from a citizen Of the
Village of Cromwell, with draft for
4 $25 enclosed. which the citizens of that
thriving little city present to the cres-
ton fire department for the prompt re-
ago, when Cromwell was in danger Of
being swept away by the fire fiend.
Bonaparte.
Joseph Meek, who with his brothers
4 Robert and Isaiah composed the well
\ known firm of Meek Brothers, died at
Bonaparte the 3lst ult. He was a native
of Michigan, 20 years Of age. and hac
I: spent sixty-five years of his life in the
community in which he died. There
was a time when this firm in Its mill,
at Bonaparte. had one of the creates
manufactures in southern Iowa.
Cedar Rapids.
A number Of hunting parties have re
turned to the city during the past few
days with bags well filled with quail
and pheasarts. The quails are said Id
be more plentiful this fall than they
have been for q number of years If
the winter should happen have but lit
tie snow, and wearher conditions are
favorable next spring, 1t is apprehended
that by another winter quail hunting
will be splendid
New Sharon.
j. u. Sanders returned last week from
his visit at the old home in Illinois, and
brought with him some persimmons
from the farm once owned by the
y grandfather OF William j. Bryan, AND
they are fully' capable Of puckering the
growl out of the mouth of the most per
verge kicker on earth. II will be re,
I r1embered Nor a time) that this w. ]
Bryan was the democratic candidat,
for president in 1896. also in 1900.
Fairf ield
The night Of the Goth u,t. secre
meeting was held in a private room ii
this city at which "A movement wa!
started for the establishment of saloon,
An Jefferson county. The prime mover
In the matter was H. E. Holmes, al
Ottumwa liquor dealer, and he easily
enlisted the support OF several parties
in this city. II was decided to begir
the necessary work. the circulation q
consent, at every polling place in tn,
county on election day
Mason City.
The propositions to sell the cour
house. for constitutional convention
and for biennial elections carried in3thi
county Tuesday by good ma Jorities.
The farmers are busy husking thei
corn all over the county and about tW
thirds OF the crop In crib. There is
Y big yield and the farmers are cores
# pondingly happy The gran
jury has returned an indictmen
against the United States ExpresA com
pany on a charge OF maintaining.
x nuisance and has cited the company I
appear in the next term of court.
Csntesville.
"A farmer who lives out on the Chart
ton bottoms came to town as usua
with q load sof produce. This was Sun
& day. He drove up TO the Willtamso
y grocery on Midway TO dispose OF HI
rs wares. Mr.. ana Mrs, w llislnson COO
their meals In the store and thus Nh
81 store, WAS operi on N that day. The
came out 70 the wagof, when II sstoppe
.5s q front pf The ssore and the man 40
ltsf the "a ai NJ i ioad: bit 81 4