Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-07-27
Local Affairs in Hundreds Of Iowa Towns Of
Interest to the General Reader.
IOWA NEWS Items

Teath avenue of this city. fell from her
bicycle Wednesday morning, breaking
her arm.
wellsburg.
Peter klugist postmaster. has traded
his store andsother property for farm
in Nebraska and ii is understood in
tends moving.
For, Dodge.
Contlacto Mason, of the Northwest
ein company Is, now In the city and
expects to goto work on the new eour,
house at once. Several carloads of ma
terial are already in the city
Hedr;ck.
The Hedrick races will be held this
year from July 3lst to August 3d.
Twelve raceg$ure7 scheduled With $500.
purse in each case. Entries vary from
stwenty-one to tifty-ssven in the differ
ent classes.
NEWTON.
The school board met Monday eve
ming to select new text books 10 be
purchased and used under the new free
text book plan. Agents of seven book
housts We're present. The board re-
tained for the most part the books now
in the schools. but made several new
selections.
Iowa Falls.
e. T.. Canaan caught five black bass
the other day that aggregated fifteen
pounds In weight. .@s with our
three railroads. and II fourth coming,
three telephone companies. and two tele-
lgraph companies doing business in our
town, what is the matter With Iowa
! Falls?" says the Sentinel.
Fairfield.
Reports from the threshers are full
filling the predictions of a fine harvest.
AS rule oats are giving good yield,
better than for s<reral years past. altho
| here and there farmer will report a
short crop, One farmer reports an av-
lerage yield OF ~ bushels of oats per
acre: another 30; another 46; another so
Iiind another 40.
Hampton.
Prof Norton. of Cornell College, as
lsistant state geologist. was here last
/ week examining our we'll and the diff
ferent strata of rock gone thru. The
we'll is nown 1870 feet, but a few days
ago the couplings broke and let the
1drill fall about 400 feet. and UP TO this
thine they have not been able to gel
/ hold Of it to raise it out.
Belle Plainc.
4 A large part of the steel to be uset
/ in building the extension of the branci
lover into Monroe county has beer
4 hauled down to Muchakinock withit
the last week or 50. The work there /!
I being hustled Just az fast as the bis
gang OF men can push IL. The extern.
Sion must be ready to bring coal from
1.-THE new mines this winter
4 Marion.
4 The Home Telephone Company Off
I cials have decided to make new inn
4 5provements this summer. work vii
i commence within two weeks. layin,
Il about 500 feet Of cable. adding anothe
4 switchboard and IN order to accomo
1Edate this increase it has been foun,
& necessary to move the central Office u
) more commodious quarters.
4 Nevada.
The sad news has reached Newto,
. that Aaron Waasworth died at Ogden
.Ittah. Tuesday afternoon. He had gon
8 to Utah just two weeks ago in hope
THAT the change would be of benefit t
This health Mr.. Wadswortil was Dor,
lin Bradford, England, Oct 81. ls4l
]: came to America in May OF 1859 an
has lived in Jasper county eyer since.
Burlington.
a well attended special meeting q
members of Trinity Lutheran church
Eheid last evening at the church. ii wa
i, decided TO extend call to Rev. j. !
f,I,
ed at the church on Sunday the lSt
Inst. and made very favorable i'm
on all members. He is a soun
man. has a family. and tho he has onl
+ I.been in the ministry two years ha
been doing good work for the cause.
I Centerville.
a man from Chiliicothe. Iowa, wa
: lin the city Tuesday afternoon on tn
4 lookout for his TWO erring daughter
: who had run away from home. I'll
: IMAM autographed to thecity authoritit
: about noon 10 look out for the girls bl
!, 1t was found that they had left OH III
!. *. & w. al 1875 a. m. for tnionvill
: Mo. The father arrived on the Centre
lat 9 O'clock and being disappointe
: here Jeff as soon as possible for Uniol
i ville.
!, Mason City.
City Engineer Wilson now has bi
!. job of saver construction on hand. Th
morning work vas commenced on til
Fifth street sewer which will exten
!, from the centerof College to Mill sire,
: a distance of $50 feet. II is understood
! that the water pipe Will be laid in II
:. same ditch but Is inches above the sew'
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