Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-10-03
VIVA / hey ARE DOING
Affairspf Iowa. eople Taking Place In Iowa
Il a Towns.

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company has also contracts. to ship To-
San Francisco. Los Angeles and San!
Diego. Cal; South NcAlister and Vim
tia, I. T., and Lincoln, Neb. Reid, MUIR
dock & Co. OF Chicago, have contracted.
Tor q quantity to be shipped to their
customers as directed. Already $4,000
cases, Of 1856, 900 cans, have been sold.
The number Of cans used was 1880 900.
Atlantic.
The total output Of the Atlantic can
ming factory this year was 10000
cases. 4,130,0o0 cans. In thirty-two
days 200 tons Of corn was brought in
by the farmers, for which they received
$4,000; $4,000 was paid to the factory
hands. The season has been better
than the average. but not so good as
last year, that being an unusual sea-
son.
Jewell.
]. j. Miller brought home with him
incorporated town OF Jewell by j. r..
McFadden in the sum Of $4,000 for the
alleged Gripping OF his child with a
moving machine that John Foster was
using at the time in cutting weeds near
the residence OF j. F. McFadden, was
dismissed by Judge Weaver at this
term OF court on defendants demurrer
that no right of action existed. Judge
ment for costs was taxed against plain
tiff.
Story City.
Story Citysis almost assured Of an
|other three room two-story brick block
on the north side OF Main stree, be-
tween the alley and the state bank yet
this fall. This will cover the ground
now occupied by j. e. Cagwin, "A.
Williamson and Theodore Hanson.
There is also considerable talk OF an
|other brick block on the present sight
OF the furniture store and Citizens.
bank. Story City is getting right to
the front. says the Herald.
Shenandoah.
w III. Taylor has sued Rankin Bros.
for 81 900 damages alleged to have been
caused by the latter's carelessness
while the Rankin brick building was
under construction. The plaintiff alleges
that broken bits OF brick, mortar and
Iother substances were allowed to accu-
Imulate until the cutters on the side Of
the building were Allied and when heavy
rains came the torrent was turned into
and overa portion of the stock Of goods
owned by the plaintiff greatly damag-
ing them.
Webster City.
A petition is being circulated among
our people and is being quite generally
|signed asking the city council to do
what it can to compel the Chicago &
Northwestern and the Illinois Central
railroads to maintain gates at their
Des Moines street crossings. An
operation for appendicitis was per-
formed Saturday on Clifford Glow. Ia
jyear-old boy whose parents reside Just
across the north bridge. Monday morn
ing he was resting easy and his
chances for recovery are very encour-
aging.
Linn Grove.
The editor Of the independent visited
the new town Of Royal on the new
line OF the c., r. /. & p railroad in
|cated nearly fifteen miles northwest OF
here and the prospects are that II will
make fair sized town. Three store
buildings, bank building, livery
barn and lumber yard are ready for
business. and the foundations FOR a
hotel. drug store and another general
merchandise store are about completed.
The laying of the track had progressed
as far as Hartley up to last Sunday.
Colo.
After the grading is completed on
Main street the c.. & n. w. railroad
lcompany5is going to set men to work
hauling the gravel over to the same
from the old track thru town. The
Banner says the company want to get
rid of the gravel SO as to alter the old
1.-The new grade SO offered to haul Il
over to our streets to help improve oul
little city, which they see is making q
rapid growth. and as. our town gives
them more business than any Other
town near its size on the Iowa division
ithey cheerfully lend helping hand te
make it a still better town.
Mason City.
The Hathorn foundry performed q
VERY interesting experiment with dyna.
mite on big cast iron shaft twelve
feet long and eight inches thick. The,
placed two little sticks Of dynamite or
the shaft and covered 1t with thir
coating OF mud and then applied the
fuse. The shaft was broken into foul
lpieces, the largest one Weighing abou,
400 pounds. having been thrown over
4 a rod. The shaft weighed $500 pound,
and had to be broken in order to be
melted in the crucible. During
Rev. Dewitt Clinton's two years in
cumbency OF the Methodist pastora
There have been sixty additions to the
church membership.
Dies Moines.
Saturday was probably the bigges
day In point Of tax receipts ia TIL.
county treasurer's Office that has evel
been known in the county. The actua
receipts were over 100000. Nearly $72,
900 was paid over the counter and ii
addition there was a large amount re-
|ceived by mail in drafts that the offict
Ibid not have time to squire up. The re
|ceipts over the counter registered In Thu
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