Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-11-27
FROM ALL OVER IOWA
The Doings of Your Friends in Iowa Towns
Your Old Home.

with the same disease, which was pro
nounced chickenpox.
keokuk.
r. NJ. Miller formerly owner and ac-
tive manager of the Keokuk gas com
pany and one of the oldest, most prom
inert and successful business men II
this city, Will be assistant POSTMASTER
during he second term of Postmaster
Buck.
Laurens.
A personal letter from c. B. Mills
president of the Bankers Association
assures the Sun that an effort will be
made to care for the widow and three
children of John Sunblad, who was shot
down by a bank robber. He says that
he hopes to raise $4,000 for the family.
Buffalo Center.
Dug Cole had in fort-eight acres OF
corn that yielded an average of fifty
bushels per acre. This about as good
yield, considering the size of field thai
the Tribune has heard of this fail.
The corn crop in southeast Buffalo
town township will average about forty
bushels per acre.
Fonda.
The Times states that the series Of
meetings which have been in progress
in the Methodist Episcopal church fol
the past two weeks, closed Sunday eve
ming. the 18th. While the attendance
was fair and good results are recorded
the meetings were not as successful as
hoped for at the beginning.
Eddyville.
The construction of the rural telephone
south of town to the Dudley district is
delayed on account of failure to gel
poles. Manager Holloway hopes TO get
them here In time to set them before
cold weather. He has eight subscribers
on the line, with a prospect of getting II
Tito general use turnout that district.
Sam johnson, Mat Lorang and Will
Waters left Thursday morning at II
o'clock in two row boats for Muscatine,
Ia, where they will work for a short
time in a button factory and then pro-
coed to Kansas. The boys took tente
and supplies as then intend to camp or
the way making their first stop at
Davenport.
Hartley.
The last issue OF the Herald contains
the announcement of its publisher. AL
len Crossan. that he has turned the pa
per over to his son. AL G. Crossan, who
will doubtless prove the "son of his
father" in keeping the Herald up to the
excellent standard 1t has reached. The
elder Crossan Will look after his real
estate business in Sioux City.
Fontaneile.
]. w. Armstrong and Fred Strong re-
turned last Thursday from their trip to
Kansas. Mr.. Armstrong was very well
pleased with the country that he saw
and it Is his present intention to move
there in the spring. He will rent farm
for year in order to see what the coun-
try is really worth and will look around
more before deciding on the purchase OF
any property.
In the Record of the 22d Is printed the
application of Otto Often for pardon
from the state. to be considered at the
next general assembly. Otto Often was
found guilty in the district court in this
county In 1887 for the murder of John
O'Shon. He was sentenced to the peni-
tertiary for life. He was under 81 years
of age when convicted and has served
nearly fifteen years but is yet young
man and desires to be restored to citi-
zenship.
Billy Sunday writes from Belvidere,
ILL.,, that he just closed a meeting at
that place in which there We're over 400
nearly 200 of which were
men. He will commence meeting In
this city Dec. ~. The approach of
cold weather doesn't appear to put a
Quietus on the building boom that
struck this city early last spring. and
the Enterprise ventures to say that
there is not another town in the state
that is growing as steadily as this one.
Fl. Dodge.
Sheriff Densmore. OF Sibley, Osceola
and leading hotel keeper of
that city We're in Fort Dodge Saturday
looking for a smooth couple who have
for the past few months made rich
living of the hotel people OF the state.
They recently spent some time in Sib-
ley, and, it is alleged, forged drafts to
pay their bill at the hotel, and then
man in the lurch for a sum approximate
der the name of Williams.
While Henry f. Arson, who recently
moved from near Kilbourne to Birming-
ham, was cutting wood on the Sherrick
farm last week glancing stroke of his
sharp ak cut an ugly cash in one of his
feet. The bleeding was SO profuse that
he embarrassed one of his horses and
rode to Birmingham-about two miles
when a surgeon removed the boot and
that the great toe was hang
Ing only by piece of skin and the Sec
ond toe was cut entirely off. The great
toe was stitched to its place with hopes
that it would adhere permanently by
growth.
Mason City.
The city council met recently as a
board of health and looked over the
bills returned by the supervisors not
allowed as presented. All OF the bills
presented for the care of smallpox pa
TENTS were sent the board for payment.
but the board turned them all down on
the theory that the law provided that
those who have means must pay their
own bills. the same as in any other
sickness, and Insisted on the city board
Of health passing on that class of people
who had presented bills. The board drew
the line the best 1t knew how and re-
turned the bills to the supervisors for
payment
Mason City.
1t is now practically assured that the
ease of William Smith, charged with at
tempted rape, will come up for hearing
in the December term of court which
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