Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-01-05
Local Affairs in Hundreds of Iowa Towns Of
Interest to the General Reader.

teacher and is spoken of very high
". Miss Gage hopes to secure higher
grade work.
4 OGDEN Twenty-one united with the
Congregational church Sabbath morn
ing most of whom were converts of the
late revival meeting, number were
young people. Quite number Joined
the NJ. Il. church on probation.
DUBUQUE Collector Patterson has
been advised that plans for a new ele-
Vator IN the custom house are being
prepared. An elevator in the custom
house is long felt want. 1t will prob
] ably be stationed where the stairway
| new is.
! IOWA F'ALLS-Dr. G. G. Hummel of
TINS city. was the successful bidder for
the doctorins of the poor In the north
ern half of Hardin county The work
in the south half will be done by DR.. E.
10. koneman, OF Eldora. There were
fourteen bids in all, ranging from 5000
| to $500.
| IOWA CI'rY-The Athens band is
| the name of a new musical organiza-
! ton. The director is John tnash, and
| the manager is Bert Mahana, one of
the brave boys who came back from
the Philippines last year. There are II
pieces, and band and orchestral music
| Will be features.
MASON CITY - Evangelist Lemons
revival meetings at the Christian
church are attended by large numbers
lsof people. 1t is not probable that
the board of supervisors will have
much to do pertaining to the newIcourt
| house plans at this session. Very lit
| tie has been received from Architect
| Rush.
| NORTHWOOD-Fo little children
have died of diphtheria within the past
! ten days on the o. n. Kjerland farm in
lSensett township The premises are oc-
lcupied by a renter man by the name
| of White. The only remaining child in
| the family has been sick With the dis
ease. There are no new cases of
smallpox toreport thos week in OF. near
| Northwcod. All who have been afflict-
ed are getting along finely. and there
seems little If any prospect of the dis
ease breaking out in other places.
| DANENPORT.--Wal is leading in
the matter of subscription to aid the
| Roers. Last week a Subscription was
started and it is the intention to raise
$500. The place of deposit for the fund
| is the Walcott Savings Bank. Claus
IStoltenberg, the we'll known Daven-
lporter. is said to have contributed $40.
During 1899 there We're no deaths
| from diphtheria, only one from scarlet
| fever, tis'e from typhoid fever and 20
from cerebro8 spinal meningitis. Sixteen
| of the latter cases We're in the first half
iof the Year.
NEVADA.-The Representative fig
lures the building improvements for the
| past year at $4,000 9 -. At meeting
of the school board held Monday the
| following assignments of teachers We're
made. Dana school: 1st. End, and 3rd
grades, Miss AicNichois: 4th. 9TH and
4 9Th grades. Miss Robinson. High school
building: LIST and md grades. Miss Pat
| ton; 3rd and 4th grades. Miss Daugh-
erty; 9th grade. Miss Edith Ballou. The
| grades above this in the high school
building will be taught by the same
teachers as before.
GRUNDY CENTER - Republican:
Hon. w. G.. Kerr, representative of
lGrundy county, went down TO Des
| Moines Tuesday to make arrangements
Ito enter upon his duties when the legis-
llature conveaes. His family went with
| him and will spend the winter at the
capital city. Will is bright young
man and vii, make a valuable member
| In the general assembly The. RE-
p,,blican also saws. j W. pepperma
has apnealed his contest ease far The
| sheriff,s Office To the district court. He
| is moi likely 10 fare any better in court
| than he did before the election board.
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