Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-03-02

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any better progress there than 1t made
here. 1T has been at one or two other
points in the meantime, and failed to
connect at oil of them. The fact that
it is asking people to invest to quite an
amount in n line of manufacture of
which they know nothing seems to be
enough to scare them away
Belle PLANE.
Beginning soon, the work preparatory
to starting on the building of l04 miles
of main line of the c. & N. w. will be- !
gin and hundreds of laborers will make
orr city their headquarters this sum
mcr. These men must be fed and clothed
and our merchants anticipate good
season of business activity.
Mt. Pleasant.
The Phi Delta Theta fraternity of the
college have concluded to abandon their
nice rooms over the National State
Bank and viii try the chapter house
plan The boys have rented the whole
second floor Of the Ketcham residence, /
near the railroad on Broadway and Will
make that place their headquarters.
Cedar Rapids.
Frank II. Putnam, for fourteen years
Ia member of the Merchants National
bank force. wifi no longer appear at the
teller's window of that institution.
Wednesday evening at the close o. bus
ness he severed his connection with the
bank. John Burianek will now assume
the position of teller. Mr.. Putnam has
been q faithful official.
Sioux City.
Hog receipts al the Sioux City stock
Yards for February have amounted 10
IS 900 head. the largest February's bust
ness in the history Of the yards and an
increase of 24,0DO over the correspond.
ing period in 1893. For January and
February this year the total hog re-
ceipts were l2s.o0o $1,000 more than for
the same two months last year.
Iowa Falls.
our former druggist. j. II. Crapser
4 has realized a small fortune from the
/ sale of The inire in which he had an
! interest at Cripple Creek, Col, his
I share bringing about $4,000 The min
was disposed4of for 100000 70 one Of
\ the mining kings of that western Eldo-
rado So far as Mr.. Crapser is con-
cerned a gold mine in Colorado has
proved more of bonanza than even a
drug store in lowa Falls.
Iowa City.
Three young ladies Of the Hesperian
Literary society of Iowa state U-niver-
sity Will debate like number from the
Philomathean Literary Society Of Cor
neil College on the very pertinent dues
ton: Resolved, that cities of over
+ 5000 Inhabitants should furnish some
(, system Of employment for their, de-
4 pendents The debate will occur at
j Cornell College Friday evening, Mareh
.. Interest runs high in both Inst;tu-
tlons.
4 Carroll.
or account Of the prevalence q
nlufnps chick nlox, etc. and the or
der that all sehoai children shall be
vaccinated, it has been decided 70 post
zone tn Dream u Iairyland. carl-
,ata. The Herald says That
II beet slsar facso.y is no joke, as We
inay have remarked before. In a few
days the people of this town and v.cir-
II ity Will be called upon 10 consider
:enetning definite in this eonaectipn
Don't lose faith IN the enterprise yet
Fort Dodge.
y number of prominent firms ans
: business men Of the city have put th'
q pertinent question 10 The doctors Of III
. city. is it the smallpox we have Her
I in Fort Dodge" The circulation .
!, the report of the existence of the dis
ease has had Il markedly depressir;
. effect upon business. the farmers an,
i residents of the small towns keepin:
. shy Of the city because Of he fear o
/ the contagfon. The chrenicle says
Since the doctors disagree on this i'm
portant question there is little juas
! ment in those not versed in passing al
i opinion. but the safest plan is TO sc
!, vaccinated and keep num-
/ Fairfield.
Tbs entire family Of William Henry
: the Well known Fairfield township far
: MGR. Vas accidentally poisoned one da.
$ last week, except a little grandson TIRE
i or four years old. who probably cause,
e the trouble. Shortly after dinner eyer.
5 member of the family Was taken Vic
: ,antls i'll, including the parents of III
!. child, who We're seized while drivint
!. home Dr.. Shook vas called and va
n able TO counterfeit the effects of the poi
: SON. During the morning the child ha
y found box of rough on rats whic
# MS promptly taken from lin. An IN
:. vestigation after the poisoning .occurre
i led to the discovery Of the box empty o
d lis contents and Indications that the liz
II lie fellow had dumped them INTO tn
il biz from which flour Was taken for tn
gingerbread.
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