Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-08-19


IOWA NEWS ITEMS !,
Observation-Disclosures ~.N~~~S
Rockford.
Tom Mathers tells us that he is go
ing to have good fair crop of corn
not less than 80 bushels an acre.
Havelock.
| A total of s1.ss5.44 is the amount
raised for libraries in the rural schols
of Pocahontas county. Washington
township raised the largest amount.
Alden.
Times: And now they are saying
that if the frost will hold off few
weeks that we will have an immense
crop of late potatoes.
| Roland.
| The Record states a great amount
of corn stalks will be cut this year for
fodder in this section. This will insure
good feed and much milk. The dairy
| interest of thsi part of the county is
a big one.
to the acre.
| Winterset.
1 "A. b. Shriver sold part of the Smith
farm in jackson township last week to
Walter Benjamin of Indianola. The
farm sold consisted of 220 acres and
sold for SOS per acre.
Toledo.
Since the arrival of the fine yellow
brick for the front of Hotel Toledo the
work has been pushed rapidly and is
now past the second floor. The front
is unusually handsome and bears
large stone lettered Hotel Toledo"
McGresor.
Lawrence Eckert came down from
Luana, Clayton county, Saturday for
an over Sunday visit with friends. He
called at the News Office and left box
lof apricots picked from tree in his
garden at Luana. They We're of good
size and color, flavor as good as east
ern grown.
Madrid.
G. w. Crank is doing fine piece of
|workma nship for Sam Small. of Wood
ward. 1t is a gun stock, all hand made,
nicely Powered off and pumiced stoned.
making 1t very fine piece of work by
hand. All the places for triggers and
springs have been nicely carved out
with a knife.
Waterloo.
Waterloo is overrun by gang of
crooks, 1t is evident, as the number
of house robberies continue to increase.
4 Three of the bunch are now anguish
ling in Jail, while the officers are watch
ling the usual haunts of hoboes and out
flaws in the effort to bring more of the
offenders to justice.
Traer.
Frank Hines living northeast of
town, has been missing chickens for
some time. and finally decided to in
lvestigate. Near the barn he discov-
cred good sized hole and commenced
Ito dig. In this hole he found eighteen
dead chickens and six live skunks, and
the mystery was explained.
Rockwe.. City.
\ The prospect for a fair corn crop in
this locality is much better than it was
a few weeks ago. The cool weather
SO far this month is giving it an OPP
portunity to fill out much better than
lit would otherwise have done, and a
number of farmers say that their corn
will make from thirty to fifty bushels
keckt,k.
j Thompson has resigned as gen
Il eTai ,cCIGtdly VI tIIS 1Ouli6 MSIl .
lChristian association of Keokuk and at
a meeting of the board of directors held
| recently w. A. Scott was elected to
i'm the place made vacant. Mr..
Thompson will go with the interna-
tional committee as one of the travel
| ing secretaries of the southwestern di-
vision of the country.
Mt. Pleasant.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Beck We're mar
ried last Thursday night at the home
of Mrs. Beck's father, Mr.. William
Hutton, west of the city. This happy
couple had been divorced ten years ago
but recently they concluded they had
made mistake and We're reunited and
1.-THE world once more takes on a bright
er hue for each one of them. They are
| the parents of one child. born to them
a short time after the divorce was
/ granted.
Red Oak.
| Judge Ben Mccoy. the tax ferret,
is In Red Oak. He is utilizing the sup
ervisor's rooms for a private Office and
is receiving large numbers of citizens
| who come to explain how they owe
more than appears against them.
About six hundred notices have been
sent out and In that number very natur-
ally there are some who will have to dig
up. There have been more callers at
the court house than is usually attract
ed there by a term Of court.
Audubon.
/ George Mccain has bought back his
$40 acre farm in Melville township.
Several weeks ago he sold 1t for $50 an
acre, which was considered a fairly
| good price, altho it was known to be a
good farm with good Improvements.
Since that he has been looking around
some with view to better his con-
dition, but failed to do SO. The other
day when George Northup who had
bought the farm OF the man who
bought Of Mr.. Mccain, came to do some
blowing. Mr. Mccain realized SO fully
that he would soon have to remove,
that he made an offer to buy the place
back, which was accepted.
ottumwa.
Mrs Clara ]. Byrum has filed petit
ton in the county clerks Office asking
a divorce from While H. Byrum whom
she alleges has treated her In cruel
and inhuman manner and that since