Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-08-13
Fublic Opinion on Iowa Subjects as
Reflected in the Iowa News.
papers
The News Of Iowa From Hundreds
Of Different Towns and Com.
munities.
Newton.

Newton.
A contract has recently been made
by the board of education for seventy
eight new seats for the public school.
Story City.
Corn will certainly be an immense
crop in this section. We haven't seen
ears four feet long yet, but we have
seen some mighty big ones.
Vinton.
a. I. Burke brought the Eagle two
tomatoes which are certainly as fine as
any one can produce. One weighed 2
pounds So ounces, and the other /
pound, y ounce.
Audubon.
J. w. Rodgers and Fred Williams, Of
Melbourne. Marshall county, have
leased the Tharnish livery barn and are
putting in teams and buggies. They
took possession Saturday.
iEstherviilc.
j. B. Archibald has sold his farm
southwest Of town to Charles Schwartz,
of Grnndy county for s26.5O per acre.
Possession is to be given next spring.
Mr.. Archibald and family are expected
to remove to Oklahoma.
Hubbard.
Ernest Meier and family are prepar-
ing to make an overland trip to Kan
sas. The trip will principally be made
for the benefit of Mr.. Meier's health,
and they will also visit relatives at diff
ferent points in the west.
Sioux City.
Elmer Johnson. of Gil Morgan street
VINO was brought home from Waterloo
Iowa, after being FRUSTRATED with the
heat there. is improving. Mr.. johnson
is a travelling man and was disabled
while In the line of duty.
keosauqua.
one day last week Stewart Elerich
killed a rattlesnake on the county
farm that was three feet and eight
Inches long He skinned the reptile
and Is tanning the hide. Its bell
contained nine rattIes and button
Spencer.
Charley King, of Summit was ir
Spencer Saturday. and had With him d
branch if a Whitney tree about eightear
inches long which had on it thirty -ninl
Well developed apples. The fruit W;
SO thick as TO render the limb almof
invisible.
| Jefferson.
The Northwestern is enlarging an,
I extehding their supply yards adjacen
| to and west OF the town limits. Thi
part of the railway work is a big thini
In itself the payroll for July in tn
4 yard alone running about sl.SO0. Near
lly ali the employees are home men.
Lake City.
Gen. o.. Smiths wheat west of tow
made twenty-five bushels to the acre
W. Moulds' twenty-five, j. I'ubbs
Twenty four and Bretson's twenty
seven. The Smith brothers wheat wa
4 put in and harvested by hired help en-
tirely and then netted 81 per acre.
/. Council Bluffs.
Dora Alice Caughy of Atlantic lla
! flied q petition In bankruptcy in tn
federal court in this city She place
4 her liabilities at s21s and Indicates tina
A these debts are TO be paid in fun, bu
3Iher schedule of a ssets shows simply sa
4 worth of clothing and household good:
j and that claimed az exempt
4 Rockwell City.
One OF the state game wardens car
4 tured young farmer north of tow
II with three ducks last Thursday an
a marched him into town before jus tie
4 Fouts. VINO assessed him $40 for shon;
ling game out of season. calhou
s county hunters should look a Iced
out until after September l, says III
Advocate.
Algona.
3; Superintendent Siagle has nearl
jconpieted the work of marking exam
z iiia,ion papers and making his recort
Il There We're tss who took the examine
tion and only twen.y-nine applied Il
first grade certificates. only about ma
LOT the latter will be successful aud II
proportion of unsuccessful appncan
for The lower grade certificates will
large.
Fort Dodge.
a railroad man is authority for II
u statement that the Illinois Central pa.
tout s2,000 per month to its employ,
In Fort Dodge. He is of the opinie
4 that If the business men are awake 4
their Opportunities they will not perm
s. the Central to transfer all or part
@Esttiis source of revenue to Tara, Whel
hthe round house is being built, Withol
a protest.
"A Sac City.
The Sac City canning factory bega
Corporations today 1AIondayl and wi
81 give employment to sepenty-tive or oi
: hti,,ir,.HS hands 4llirff1 tilpecanning Sc;