Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-04-25
/ brief IOWA NEWS NOTES.


ciinlcn.
Twenty trains Of stock about 575 cars.
went east over the Northwestern suns
day night.
Carroll.
The union revival meetings are still
4 u progress this week. The work Is
q most encouraging.
Mseatine.
Henry Witt, farm laborer, dropped
dead In atctty saloon Saturday night as
y years old.
Wavsriy.
Waterloo architects are drawing plans
for q three-storys building at this place.
3 to be erected by q stock company as q
Masonic temple. The first floor Will be
used for business.
4 Maquoksta.
Miss Minnie wynkoop. has Informed
the monument committee that the
& school children OF Afaquoketa will pre-
sent miniature American flag to be
I deposited In the corner stone OF the SOL
diers' monument.
Red Oak.
"A small-sized cyclone last week de-
veloped In the southwest part of Wash
ington township and swooped down
upon the farm of George Hunter, de-
stroying his barn and granary and
damaging his house.
3 Mason City.
\ Company a will drill from this time
on two nights per week until the annual
inspection May 18th by Col. Olmstead
and Mai Art Rule. Ten new men have
been added recently and the drills are
4 more business like than any time since
the real service.
Boone.
Boone; people are pretty we'll satisfied
that the Milwaukee will build north
from Boone this season. Inquiries made
Of the offieials are not very satisfactor-
: lily answered, but 1t Is known that the
territory has been looked over carefully
within short time past.
Webster City.
4 4. C. Wilson. Of Mohamet, Ill, came
into possession Of the F.. K. Lee farm
south Of the city. The farm consists OF
\ Sz2100. The farm is splendid one
among the best in the country.
Fost Dodge.
The emergency hospital which Is be-
Ing constructed on the outskirts OF the
city will probably be ready for occu-
pancy ina day or two. Just at the pres
ent time there are no inmates for 1t, but
the building is a precautionary meas
ure that is considered advisable under
the circumstances.
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Charlton.
F. o. Stuart. formerly editor OF the
Charlton Democrat and city editor Of
the Des Moines Leader. but who for
the past two years has been practicing
Law in Charlton. has been admitted in
to partnership OF the law firm Of Stuart
& & Stuart. The firm now consists Of F.
NJ. Stuart. his son. g. w. Stuart. and F
@. Stuart.
Albia.
"A game Of base ball was played In
Elders field on last Thursday after
noon between an Indian Dase bail ag-
4regatiosss anssour Abba aateam. The
gate receipts were al. The indians
q were defeated, the score standing Abba
Z 8, Indians 4. The Abba team enjoys the
distinction Of being the only amateur
team togdefeat the Indians.
8 Hedrick.
The $500 city bonds. which were is.
sued for the purpose OF installing mu.
nicipal lighting plant, were sold at PAL
Saturday to N. w. Harris & Co, of Chi.
cago. The bonds will bear Az per cen,
interest The council has not yet decid.
ed whether to put in gas or electric
plant, but will, come toa decision within
q few days. The plant Will proba bly, b,
in use by Aug. 4.
Iowa City.
Having knowledge Of the determine.
ton Of certain citizens and propert,
holders to enforce the law. "A large
number OF saloon keepers are prepar
ing the petitions OF consent from tn,
adjacent property holders having rea
estate within fifty feet Of the saloons
The saloon keepers will appear befor,
the city council and after pres lltint
their case will await the action OF tina
body for permit to run.
O,kaloosa.
The new emergency hospital south
west OF town was completed on Sun
q day and that evening fourteen patient
were taken there from the city. Thi
removes from Oskaloosa all the pa
tients who have had the smallpox ex
cept those who are already quaran
tined in Isolated houses. -ril.. new hos
pital contains six wards and there ar
four cots In each ward, SO that twenty
four people may be accommodated !
necessary.
Sioux City.
wonder IL Sioux City has realize
how fortunate it has been In the mat
ter of smallpox,'.remarked man VIII
Is interested in health matters Sunday
.'Smallpox in Iowa recently has be
come somewhat OF q serious affaii
From November, 1899, to April. 1905
there were $50 cases. but Sioux City es
capped the disease entirely. 1t is 10 b
remembered that hundreds Of peopl
must have been exposed to the diseas
and 1t would not have been surprisin
II some one afflicted with the diseas
had strayed into a city as large a
Sioux City. think the town ought I
be thankful for Its lucky escape"
Onumwa
An artificial voice is the latest thing
but that Is what deaf and dumb ma
possessed who was in the city Saturda.
II Is an arrangement of his own In
vention. which he places in his mout
md distinctly lie a trifle slowly, articu