Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-10-23
IOWA NEWS ITEMS

There are now 395 books in the cir
Iculating portion OF the public library.
Story City.
The Herald says II has already heard
Of a 100 acre field of corn which will
lyield so bushels per acre.
lGiadbfook.
The potato crop is good in Tama
county this year. Some farmers report
a yield Of 200 bushels per acre.
Alden
1t is now proposed TO have the new
Congregational church dedicated on
i sunday, November %. If no unforeseen
difnculties arise to prevent it.
lHamburs.
"A Hamburg doctor got before shot
Igun in the hands of an irate husband,
4 land is now taking q vacation in Mis-
isouri town. where he Is having the shot
Ipicked out of his hide.
IBeaman.
Il Pearl Middleton was taken sick dur.
ling the first week of her school and not
:. knowing when She would be able to
resume teaching she resigned, and Dol
/ lie Oliver is finishing the term.
Iowa City.
The attendance at the University of
Iowa up to Saturday was 1924. This
!. means the total enrolment will just
about equal that Of last year. 1t was
400 last year, says the Republican.
Sally.
To the credit OF sully be 1t said there
Ills not a cigarette smoker in the town.
: lIs there another town in the state large
: enough to support a newspaper that
3 1 can make a similar boast? asks the
g Ledger.
! Museatine.
The attention Of Iowa Baptists will
be turned toward this city during the
: present week. 1t being rhe fifty-ninth
: annual meeting of the sr,ate convention
land accompanying anniversaries. tc
!, meet with the First Baptist church.
a Linn Grove.
Ell Charley Tlurston thinks that farm
$ ers should not complain when they car
?. lraise forty-three bushels of barley ts
# the acre and sell 1t for A cents pei
n bushel. as he has done his year, max
d ling a gross return of SlS.92 per acre.
= Keosauqua.
= The Christian church of this place
- has been supplied with a new hot-ail
!, heater. The brick wall in front OF thu
,atchurch is now completed. THIS people
4 lof the Congregational church will alst
lput In new furnace, and also $50 fee
Of brick WALL
Denison.
In the district court the case OF Coop
~. er NicAiinnimee vs.. William Smith wa
or a libel suit and the jury gave the plain
xe Itiff the verdict and one thousand do!
OF lars damages. 1t was claimed that MI
~ Smith accused Mr.. McMinnimee 9
~ stealing corn and the damages Wer
n awarded McMinnimee as above stated
10 10 Ute.
~ The new German Lutheran churc
~ is up and enclosed. IT is the fit
h |church edifice in Ute, the Methods
in Baptist Christian and Catholic sect
[r. each having handsome church build
Mt lings. For its population, 800. we beliey
he that Ute contains more churches tina
IL any other town in western Iowa. say
all the Independent.
a Cre.ton.
lie Joe Dill had his left arm broken FIR
az day afternoon at the elbow joint, II
y. accident occurring while Mr.. Dill wa
Is coasting down hill in the vicinity /
y the new lake He was on hunting tr
~ and had his gun fastened ito the whee
4 In some manner the gun caught in II
!, wheel and threw the rider violently
~ the ground, producing the injury mel
mr. toned.
lal Otumwa.
al The city council met in caucus at Il
iel city hall Friday evening for 1.-The pu
1is pose OF determining upon site for 4
ls- $50, 900 Carnegie library building. Thr
sh me mbers We're absent hence 1t ";
We lconcluded to LET the matter rest until
re- future time 80 The total number
to hogs received at the packing house
John Morrell & Co. for the week andil
1is Friday was 10000, against 10,904 for t
IN preceding week.
: Shenandoah.
4, Mr.. A. ]. Cash. caller at the Sc
*. tinel Office. was feeling good becau
e. he had just brought fifty bushel To-
IL OF new corn right from the fled al
ma sold it for 80 cents per bushel. That
da something worth Dragging about
ci- these prosperous times. something tn
an lhas not occurred for many years.
no ha. also just finished delivering sever
act thousand bushels of old corn. for viii
int he received a fancy price.
Ar. Davenport.
ea- The first 800 names have been plac
tee upon Fred Finch's voting register I
aye commercial travellers a the ST Jan
leu hotel and Of that number 444 are
~ Mckinley and Sc for Bryan. The reg
ter has been open since September
NE and without single exception this
~ votes We're cast by travelling m.
~, ~ Names are continually being added
'en the list at about he above ratio and
certainly does presage a sorrowful d
~ for the boy orator Of the Platte.
ex- Iowa Falls.
ion The sugar beet crop is averagi
In from 5 to 10 tons per acre. which
ay, $3.50 per ton would run from $50 TO
are per acre. The expense varies. Sol
say ltell the Citizen that their beets OF
eri- represent an outlay of about $40
ass, acre. = The new building fer j.
un- Butler & Co.'S factory will be 36x60.
uld with engine and coal houses. 1t
the lhoped TO have the building compile,
re- within thirty days and the machine
is already to put in place as soon
y. the building is completed.
ISruit Lake.
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