Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-06-30
!publio Opinion on Iowa Subjects %
Reflected IN the Iowa News.
papers.

he News Of Iowa From Hundreds
Of Different Towns and Com
4 munities
On 4oines.
s The board Of supervisors are arrang-
Il 1ng fE an issue and sale Of .4O0 900
worth OF building bonds for the erec-
4 ton Of the new county court house.
(, Beanond.
q. i. Younker has sold his 25O-acre
farm to Mr.. v. j. Kratz, OF Hampton,
q for 10000. He left for Hampton this
weekto make out the necessary papers.
Cseston.
This locality has experienced great
4 growing eather the past few days.
Copious showers and warm weather
& have done much to bring out the hay
y crop.
Ciaddsn.
Timothy and clover hay is now being
scut aud 10 making the largest yield In
8 . number OF years. Over fifty wa
! son loads Of hogs were delivered in Gid
den Saturday.
G Aidsa
W. Hale has harvested about two
Il thousand quarts OF fine Strawberries
T from his farm northwest OF town. AZ
i ten. gents q quart this would foot up a
+ ride deal for the farmer OF 5000.
Mason City.
Times-Iierald: This is evidently an
ssnwfl1 dry town. Judging from the ex-
I press wagons and the looks of some
1 boxes and kegs people might infer that
there must be trouble with the city's
q water works.
Fon Dodge.
The Green Wheeler Shoe factory at
e this place has been awarded the con-
tr9Gt for furnishing the shoes for the
Il states wards at Clarinda and Mitchell
VILE. This Is the second contract that
E Aaa recently been awarded them by the
state board Of control.
"a sden.
Several Ogden people have purchased
i several acres Of land near the Ogden
Coal Company's bank and have fenced
y, put down a drive well that furnishes
4 GOOD. pure. cool water, built a couple
! PORTABLE place for picnicr.
ans
0eiars. McCavick and weatherby, OF
5 NArShAlltOwn. who have the contract
Il FOR the erection OF the new Catholic
I church In thir place, have secured the
4 cOntract for the erection OF the new Con-
4 kreSat ionals church at Traer which will
1 cost scompl about $4,000.
\ Csa6ea
9s - said that the potato bug pest
& III III Ter this year than for many
& SeAI6s In Sohne parts Of Howard county
SShsys IRE reported as very bad. :
# he prospect Ii that we will have a
s ~ per cent better hay crop than ne
Thought We would ten or fifteen days
ago.
Carroll
During the storm OF early Wednesday
4 morning Bernhard Fischer OF Roselle
\ township, was struck by lightning and
instantly killed. He was in the field
Il blowing corn and the bolt entered the
top of his head. He dropped in his
! track1 and the horses went short dis
i tanoe and stopped.
csIaf Falls.
The contract for construction OF the
Il new high school building at Cedar Falls
Il VA let Tuesday to NJ. r. Bush. OF Des
Motnes for 325.sb1. just $40 lees than the
E bid OF g. E. Atkinson. Of Webster City.
There were ten bids considered ranging
= mp 10 329.7ss Work will be commenced
( next week. and the building must be
completed by December 1.
Davenport.
City Attorney Thuenen. who is also a
4 representative OF Scott county In the
4 legislature, forwarded his resignation OF
the latter Office to Gov. Shaw Thursday.
- He takes this action In order that his
4 SUCCESSOR may be chosen at the next
s general election. which Will be the last
Y for two years II the proposed constitu-
& tional amendment IL adopted.
Nssltn
The Baptist people have about closed
\ ne8otiation with Adam Scharf for the
3 trade OF their parsonage property adj
4 3oininS the old church for hia lot juet
south OF the Jasper County Bank, one
d block south OF the southwest corner Of
Z the square. This will make them an
& excellent site for the new church which
they hope to dedicate before the snow
& fltes
'Toisdo.
President Bookwalter informs the
= Chronicle that the new plan for paying
the Western College de BIT Is continually
b being augmented by notes by the citi-
gems OF Toledo : The contract for
Z the erection of the new NJ. E. church
n Will be let this week. The plans pro-
vide for beautiful structure >
# There is q scarcity Of houses for rent
4 ID Toledo.
C1asinda.