Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-05-07
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Lynnviile.
The Ledger reports that a great deal
OF corn has been planted during the.
past week in the vicinity OF Lynnville.
Mason City.
Aconstruction train was put to work
in the c. & N. w. yards here Thursday
and the first steel for the new freight
yards was laid.
Cseston.
Quite force Of men is engaged in
the work of clearing the ground for the
new government building to be used for
postofisce purposes.
IKeosauqua.
At a meeting of the Keosauaua school.
board recently Principal Williams, SAL
airy was raised from $500 to $1,000 a
best school men, says the Republican.
| Clear Lake.
The fishing season at Clear Lake
will open on May is and the Iowa Cen
trial railway is arranging for number
lof excursions to this delightful sum-
mer resort during the season.
Fairfield.
The Rural Telephone Company of
Jefferson county. which has fifteen.
miles Of wire southeast of this city via
lGlasgow, now has fourteen instruments
Glenwood.
The first OF last week did not damage
fruit. Fruit trees were in full bloom
and had it been trifle colder great
damage would have resulted. The fruit
season is over week earlier this year
than last.
Red Oak.
A heavy frost visited Montgomery
county Wednesday night and 1t is
feared considerable damage has been
done to fruit and tender plants. 1t was
SO cold that ice formed in exposed
places.
Fort Dodge.
Several Fort Dodge capitalists are
considering the organization OF COM
lpany to purchase the lands now owned
| by the Northern Pacific railway be-
tween Fargo and Bismarck, n. D. The
tract consists OF 100000 acres, and IL
taken in a body can be purchased for
about 81 per acre.
colfax.
| Colfax society people are cultivating
a fondness for golf. the prevailing fad
in outdoor athletics for ladies and gem
ltlemen. Links are being put in on the
Croft meadow north of the station and
THE game bids far to take the place Of
Icroquet and lawn tennis with the social
lIsetsof the spring city.
Independence.
A special meeting of the city council
was held last week. The business of
1.-The hour was the disposal of the old
lsteamer thai for many years furnished
the city protection against fires. The
Iengine goes to the w. S. Mott Com
pany, of Minneapolis. The considera-
ton is $500. which will be taken III ex-
Ichange. the city purchasing the hose.
Waterloo.
The Waterloo glove manufactory re-
Gently added four new sewing ma
|chines. The plant now consists of four
teen machines. run by electricity. and
ltwenty-one employees are on the pay
roll. The output is from fifty to seven
lty pairs of gloves daily, or 200 dozen
lmitters. The East Waterloo
schools will graduate class of twenty
lone high school pupils in June.
Boone.
AT recent meeting Of the City Fed
eration of Women's Clubs the ques-
tion of more seats for the city park
Twas brought up and the ladies voted
Ito give $40 of the money from the
Shakespeare entertainment to the park
committee to provide six new seats SO
THAT the rest-seeking public might not
lplant The germs of rheumatism in their
systems by reclining on damp ground.
Davenport.
Two genuine burglars. with pretty
convincing evidence against them, are
|now locked up in the county Jail, and
with likelihood of staying there un-
It'll the grand Jury meets in September.
The two men are listed on the police
lregisters as G. Bowers and F. X. Brown,
land they are charged With burglarizing
1.-THE residence of George Kuehl, 11O6
East Thirteenth street, Thursday after
moon. and taking therefrom various ar
iticles Of value
Sioux City.
i Il. y. BAKER, prominent farmer NV
ling two miles southwest of Sergeant
Bluffs, has just completed one of the
finest farm residences in Woodbury.
county. 1t is equipped from cellar to
Igarret with a hot water heating sys-
tenn and water service. Mr.. Baker
Istarted on rented farm in Woodbury.
county twenty years ago. Now hi
owns several hundred acres of land on
the Missouri bottom, all Of which is
4 we'll improved.
lPoeahontas.
\ The school board met last week and
| decided to add another department u
the public schools, as the increase ir
attendance demands 1t. w. B. Munson
was rendered the principalship for an
other year at a salary OF $65. Other
teachers We're elected as follows: Pri-
mary, Miss Grace Beds. of Des Nome:
intermediate, Miss Mae Mercer, of Fon-
da; grammar. Miss A. Gusta. Fisher. Of
Indianola. The salaries of the teachers
We're fixed at $40.
Dubuque.
4 The Burlington road contemplates
defensive improvements in its freight
i yards this summer. AT the meeting OF
the committee of the whole Thursday
levening l. Diefenderfer, division freight
ilagent. stated that the company in
blended to replace the present frame
freight depot with brick structure