Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-07-09
IOWA NEWS FOR IOWA READERS


~ exchanged for warrants but the bal
holders who evidently prefer the higher
ties.
Spirit Lake.
Samuel St Clair has five healthy
bearing psach trees, one OF which Will
produce more than two bushels Of the
delicious fruit this season. The others
will yield a fair crop. That speaks well
for northwest iowa's fruit producing
qualities. Chautauaua opened FRI
day with an entertainment by a Jug
Igler. The Chautauqua grounds organi-
cation will be much the same as Last
year. Prof. w. II. Davidson, az super.
work.
Belle PLANE.
One family at least In Belle PLANE
has direct interest in the result of the
terrible war In China. DIR. Eliza T..
Leonard, sister of DIR. j.. "A. Leonard Of
Sthis city, has been in the China mis-
Isionary field FOR six years and her fam.
lily is filled with anxiety az to her safe:
5ty. Miss Leonard is a graduate from
Ann Arbor and went to the missionary
work under the auspices of the foreign
missionary society of the Presbyterian
church, intending to stay eight years.
She made her home In Pekin and was
engaged in practicing medicine In con-
5nectiOn with the work OF the missions
there. No word has been received from
her recently.
'Trass.
Charlie Stoakas. eldest son of Matt
Stoakes, lost an eye on the Fourth by
the explosion OF a large fire-cracker
which he held In his hand. $50 Mrs.
Edith l.. Peake, the noted evangelist
after closing her two weeks series Of
successful meetings in the United Pres
byteran church, left for Akron, Ohio,
on Monday night. She will visit in the
east for a short while, thence return to
Chicago and Join her husband, when
both will go to Wisconsin and spend the
summer among the lakes. Mrs. Feake
refused to work for any fixed salary.
Her services were free, yet the good
people Of the U. p. church here donated
1925 In cash before her departure.
Ida Grove.
The Christian science class OF this
place has recently completed its organ
|iaztion into the First Church of Christ,
scientist, electing Mrs A.. H. Gray. fret
reader. and Mrs. George c. Hubbard,
second reader. - sRecent cases of ty-
phoid fever In a certain loctlity in the
lefty led toa combined search by ply
sicians for the cause. The Era says.
What they found was sickening
sight. The hydrnnt thru which the city
water was drawn was placed in an old
well when placed several years ago. The
object. evidently, was 10 save little
!digging. The waste water from the
hotel laundry wasthsen also led into this
abandoned WELL with the superstition
that the water would seep away faster
than it would accumulate. But ii did
nothing of the kind. 1t filled up little
fuller and fuller. AT the bottom of
every hydrant liz safety valve which
CLOSES whenever the lever at the top is
lifted in drawing water, but opens as
soon as the lever is allowed to droE
back. This opening then allows all
waterin the upright pipe OF the hydrant
to escape and thus keeps the water In
the hydrant from freezing In winter and
llgetting warm In summer. From. one
| to two gallons OF water flows out thru
this valve or vent every time the ny
drant is used. This. Of corse. helped
to fill the well. but II did something
more. When the well got filled up wifi
dirty, soapy, Shiny water II allowed ii
to run back into the hydrant and when
the next cup full of wa ter is drawn il
comes up with all It's millions of mi-
crobes to infect the system of the per-
son who drinks II.
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