Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-06-16
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street. Mr.. Kendall was en- route from
Burlington, where he took the regular
railway mail service examination, to his
home IN Grinnell. He has been in the;
railway mail service on the Iowa Cen
trial railway for twelve consecutive
years and has never been in a wreck.
which is saying great deal, because.
mail clerks generally get mixed up in
one or two wrecks during that length
OF service.
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The NJ. E. church received seventeen
members on probation at the close of
the children's day program Sunday
evening. In the recent Sunday
school census 534 families were visited,
402 Sunday school attendants We're
found and fifty-two households without
Bibles. A good quality OF water
has been secured at the new well at the
paper mill at a depth of III feet. a.
steam pump has been ordered and will
arrive in a few days. at which time the
volume of the flow will be determined.
Oskaloosa.
Fifty graduates OF the public schools
received diplomas Friday evening This
OF the schools. = Congressman John
F. Lacey was presented handsome
gold headed cane Wednesday afternoon.
The compliment was at the hands of the
class of 1900 OF Penn college, and wac
a mark Of esteem and in slight apprecia-
ltion OF the service rendered the class
and the college on the commencement
program when on moment 8 notice the
gentleman took the place of the regu-
larly announced speaker, Who failed to
reach the city.
Fort Dodge.
The quarantine at the smallpox hos
lpital southeast of the city was raised
Thursday and the one inmate, DIR. Pal
mer. discharged as cured. The building
was4 closed and 1t is hoped will not have
Ito be opened again. But two cases now
exist in the city and it is expected that
when the quarantine is raised the city
will be free from the disease. The
|postoffice department at Washington
has awarded the contract for carrying
\ the mails to and from trains to r. n.
4 Stedman. vice Walter Newberry, re-
signed. The latter will surrender his
contract on the 18th OF this month. The
price is advanced from $699 to $3.50.
4 Council Bluffs.
Andrew 4. Thompson, farmer of
Washington township, Montgomery
county, was one of three to file petitions
in voluntary bankruptcy in the federal
Icourt in this city Wednesday,. He sched
4 ules debts amounting to $821.27 and as
i, sets valued by him at $45. all claimed as
llexempt. One other of the three is Mary
a. Bond. who says she is a housekeeper
A in Grant township. Adams county. Her
i debts foot w $fS9.S5. She Is the posses
|isor of homestead worth, according to
4Iher estimate. $4,000, and she has $50 tied
Sl,up in other property. and the whole bus
illness Is claimed as exempt. Henry n.
Il Crist, a Dow City farmer. is the third
9l;with debts amounting to $1,252.05. He
4 has something to offer. His estate is
4 worth, he says, s47s. OF this sum 1921 is
4 claimed as exempt.
Audubon.
4 Eugene Talbot has raised about $50
4 and sent it to the India relief fund. Ii
view of the fact that 10, 900 900 of people
Z are threatened with death by starva-
) ton. that thousands are starving now
I this contribution is plainly in the line
of practical Christian work. suggests
!; ticnal Bank, which recently arranged
8 to increase its circulation to s25, 00D, mas
4 put $4,000 in new currency into action
I, this week. The Audubon coun-
ty poor farm consists of 200 acres Of
a good land. 1t is kept well stocked il
!. |now having tifty-two head Of cattle
i fifty eight hogs and five horses. 1t is q
4 good farm and the proceeds surely
fought TO keep UP the expenses of the
4 infirmary as long as there are so few
4 inmates. but it has not been doing i,
by a few hundred dollars each year.
). Waterloo.
i 4 canvass for the sale off lots III aid, o
& the opera house project was commenced
a Thursday under charge of S. l.. Kern
of Charles City. Altho but limited
{ number We're called upon Thursday thu
scheme met With much favor, ant
Iquite number of lots We're disposed of
Judging from the enthusiasm being
manifested by the business men anl
! others interested. it is altogether likel,
3 THAT a $4,000 opera house will be added
;. to the list OF Improvements that will b,
s made in Waterloo in 1900.
y The work Of organizing company
consisting largely of Waterloo capital
{ Ito erect a plant near Fort Dodge for TIL,
y manufacture of stucco and plaster Il
progressing very satisfactorily in Thu
) city and about one-half OF the stool
for company with $4,000 capital ha
Ialready been subscribed, thus assuring
Z the early contamination of the plan
. that have been adopted.
HIS LIFE SAVED.
: BY Chamberlain's Collie. Cholera ant
: Diarrhoea Remedy.
e II am sure that Chamberlain's Collie