Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-06-25
WHAT THEY ARE DOING.
Affairs Of Iowa People Taking Place In Iowa
Towns.

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College at Grinnell and a popular and
successful pastor.
Poeahontas.
The railroad will be completed to Po-
cahontas by July 90, but it is thought
that it will be little later before ex-
cursion trains will be rum.
Mason City.
There is now force of twenty four
masons and their helpers employed on
the work Of the new court house. The:
basement is about completed.
Clear Lake.
The Northern iowa Grain Dealers
Association, fifty strong. took posses.
sion OF the town for a two days stay
Thursday and had warm time.
Oelwein.
The high grade piano contest closed.
Monday night with the public schools
La winner by over two to one. The
teachers and pupils worked hard and
earned their success.
LeMars.
The Plymouth county board OF super
viscrs have drawn up new contract
With tax ferrets in compliance with the
state law recently passed, which limits
the percentage on collection to 10 pei
| cent.
Williams.
The 12O-acre farm belonging to the
McCue estate. adjoining this city On the
south, was sold at referees sale last
"Wednesday. The land was appraised at
$50 per acre and twas sold to ]. p. Tut
tie for $50.
Fort Dodge.
Fort Dodge is to have a street fair
this fall, and from the enthusiasm dis
i played In the preliminary arrange
|ments ii promises to be successful. The
dates fxed for it are Aug. 80 and 81
and Sept l.
Keokuk.
In an hour of dependency Thursday
Mrs. John Carpenter, who had sepa-
rated from her husband and had had a
Il contest With him in court afterwards,
i attempted suicide BY taking laudanum,
but she will recover.
Harlan.
j In the city council resolution was
adopted granting to Charles Book and
A. N. Stodden tie right to sell intoxi-
! eating liquors. and fixing the tax at 500
i Deycnd the $500 levied by state law. the
500 to be paid quarterly in advance.
Iowa City.
The presidents office at the Universi-
q ty building is deluged with applications
for the chair Of mathematics in ths
Il Estate University. The impression seems
1 to be abroad that the mathematics de-
Il apartment needs head as Is not the
Z case.
Boone.
Mrs. C.. E. Cook reported to the police
Friday that her little grandson, whose
name is Barber. has run away again
!. The little fellow went alone this time
!. He is the older Of the two boys who
recently ran away and were found al
High Bridge.
Clinton.
Il Maggie Ford who was found on the
streets of Clinton in demented condi-
ton and was taken to the hospital fol
treatment, was before the insane COM
missoners and was found to be of un-
sound mind. She has been taken to the
asylum at Independence.
j, Sac City.
II Carpenters are now at work on the
elevators of H. kurtz & Son and Pease
Bros. The Kurtz elevator is located
| east Of the large lumber she'd OF the w
j. Dixon Lumber Company and is t.
be built on the incline plan Of which
lSurtz & Son are patentees.
Webster City.
II On the Richardson fruit farm thi.
years crop OF strawberries, while nc
! larger than that of last year. has posi-.
+ bly, been ola little bettr quality. There
have never been finer berries on the
] market than have been grown here a
! home The total outpu. will be abou
$4,000 quarts.
E!dora.
A post mcrtem was held Thursday
forenoon on the remains OF NJ. s. Wat
son at which all the physicians of TIL
city We're present. Within the cayit!
Of the stomach was found an abnorma
growth which completely stopped TIL
passage from the stomach to the mites
ltines. The cause of Mr.. Watson's deatl
was starvation.
!, Ida Grove.
Era: There were more than the usua
I number of pickpockets in town on tour
) nament day and they were more thai
/ usually successful in plying their craft
They must nave peeH pretty smOOtl
: workers for all OF the parties who wer
s touched say that they noticed nothing
! at the time they were robbed and cal
, only conjecture when 1t happened.
! Sioux City.
There are many applications for tn
position OF principal OF the Sioux Cit.
! high school to succeed Prof w. H
! Turnbull who resigned this week t
3 take commercial position in Manistee
5 Mich. Secretary Dot. Of the board o
, education, has received numerous letter
from persons outside OF the city nquir
8 ing about the place and some making
e formal application.
Spencer.
Miss Bertha Spencer. the past year ;
valued member Of the Spencer higl
school faculty, was married Thursday Q
} last week at the home Of her parents a
Alden. Iowa. to Mr.. Charles Ensigl
lLynde, Des Moines Banker. Mrs
Lynde Is a sister OF Mrs. DIR. McAlliste
of this city. and has many friends here
all OF whom vii. be pleased to hear Q
her happy marriage.
Story City.
Herald: The town has been enjoying
\ i nrnoparffy ha M uaak TOO ENrnp,