Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-05-21
WHAT THEY ARE DOING
Affairs Of Iowa People Taking Place In Iowa
Towns.
IOWA NEWS Items

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Hartley.
Building enterprises In town have
been delayed lately for lack Of material.
Ogden.
Not less than a dozen residences are
now in course nf construction In Ogden,
beside one brick business house, and
more projected.
Greenfield
Walt Guthrie has sold his interest in.
the Ponce de Leon Hotel to d. Free, Of
Cameron, Mo. Mr.. Free will take pos
session on the 2sth inst. He is an old
hotel man.
Independence.
Will Delaney, who was operated upon
at the Buchanan hospital In this city
for appendicitis about three weeks ago,
had SO far recovered as to be able to be
removed to his home, southwest OF the
city. Wednesday.
Rockwell City.
The G. "A. r. post will have charge Of
the exercises when the William Brown
memorial fountain is presented to the
city by the Des Moines Insurance Com
pany on Memorial day. The fountain
has arrived and will be set up soon.
Ida Grove.
The high school placed in position
last week a fine marble bust OF Dewey
in the high school room of the Dewey
building. 1t was present from the
board of directors OF 1899. and is a
beautiful piece OF work and one which
the school is proud Of.
Keosaueus.
City Treasurer s. w Manning the
first OF last week took up another $1,000
water works bond. paid for out Of the
sinking fund. and this, with the $1,000
bond redeemed couple Of months ago,
reduces the outstanding debt $4,000.
These bonds were called in at net saw
ling OF $50 to the city.
lVoorhies.
An auction sale of lots was held on
"Wednesday at VOORHEES,, the second sta
Ition north of Traer. About $40 people
attended. The smallest price paid for
any of the eighteen lots disposed OF
was S1G5 and the average price was
$3.50. Two lumber yards will be located
there, bank, several stores, etc.
cresco.
| About $500 worth of glass was broken
lin Perry's green house windows by the
lhail nsthe 14th. Some of the windows
of the high school building and Of
many dwellings were injured by the
!, hail. B. p. Norton's Windmill was
blown down and several outbutldings in
1.-The east part of the city We're blown
| over.
Grand junction.
1 Miss Bordner OF State Center, who
was elected to the position OF grammar
Teacher in the Grand Junction schools
has notified the board that she can no
accept on account of having been re
|elected at State Center. Consequent,
1.-THE board has elected Miss Alice Edger
ley OF. Des Moines, = graduate from
Cedar Falls.
Strawberry Point.
/ The attorneys for Mrs. Cooley, O.
\ strawberry Point, have begun sui
against that town for $4,000 for dam
lagos for injuries Mrs. Cooley affirm!
she sustained by a fall on a defectiv,
Sidewalk. Mrs. Cooley is the wife of ;
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4 window sill. when the cavyssash sud
1 encliy came down with a crash, break
ling her arm about midway between ~
1 wrist and elbow.
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