Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-09-15

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The 18th Of November, the anniver-
sary Of the meeting of the first territor-
ial legislaturegof Iowa, which was held
in the old Zion church in Burlington in
1888, has been selected by the curators
of the State Historical Society as the
date for their annual meeting or histor-
ical celebration. At that time the full
board OF curators Will be called to meet
in Iowa City and plan Of organization
for the state will be agreed upon and
from that time 1t will be actively push
ed. 1t is the intention of the present
board to interest as many people as
possible in the work the society is do
ing that Of original historical investiga-
ton, the results of which are published
and placed within the reach Of students
of history. The society has not been we'll
advertised in the past. 1t is thought
that If the people of the state VINO are
in sympathy with its work could be full
iy informed about it they would help it
I in many ways, and many who do not
now even know Of ita existence would
receive the benefits of the work that is
llbeing done. The program for this his
lstorical celebration is now being pre-
pared. 1t will consist of several addreee-
Leo upon historical subjects, some Of
them by persons of distinction, and all,
| it is hoped. will be helpful to the work.
All these addresses. together with the
/ proposed plan of organization and a
]sconcise statement of the purposes of
1.-The society, will be published in neat
book.
The graves of union soldiers are scat
4 tered all over the south, especially In the
4 track Of the great armies that marched
4 thru the south during the latter part OF
/. the war. Many Of these are unidentified
!. and unknown to relatives at home. A
few days ago man in Bri9htsville. S.
c., wrote to New. York paper telling Of
the death and burial Of one Of sher-
4 mans army, and the letter has been
sent to Iowa, where it will probably in
lsterest some Of the friends or relatives
of the dead soldier The letter ays:
I'm 1865. while Sheman's army was
marching thru here, March Z. one Of
their men died. His name was John
4 Lemon. He belonged to an Iowa regi-
4 ment. He was buried in the cemetery al
Z this place. and thinking that his rela-
Y tives and friends never knew what be-
4 came of him send this for publiucation
livery respectfully.
II H. H.
Upon inquiry at the adjutant generate
office in Des Moines it was found thai
! this man belonged to Company n. Sec
s. ond Iowa, that he enlisted in January
J 1864, and was resident of Washing
ton, Iowa The adjutant generals rec
9 ord shows that he died March s.. 1866, ii
| a field hospital in North Carolina. Th
mistake of a letter distinguishing be
{ tween North and South Carolina woul,
) be easy to make. So it is undoubtedl.
Il the same man 1t is said that he ha
:! brothers now living IN Washington
81 Iowa Possibly they may learn thes
: facts for the first time in more tha,
thirty-six years thru the kindness 0
S this South Carolina man who took TIL
: trouble to write about it.
The state fair management now fa
about 100000 cash in hand about half Q
I which is the surplus of last year. an
I half the profits Of this years fair, wit
IS which TO begin the rev year. 1t will b
!. the policy Of the management in the fu
.s ture. providing the policy of the pra sail
. management is followed, as it doubles
3 / will be. to keep a balance of from $1,000
J. to $500 in the treasury all inc time a
an emergency fund tn casss the. fair
: struck by bad weather sustain
heavy financial loss. Ahei half th
!, money will therefore be usea IN perrna
!. nent improvements on ths ground
7 many OF which are very much needle,
At this rate the society win have tt
state fair property In the very best cor
= dition in a year or two.
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