Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-11-01

| was in the hospital a short time at Jer
ONE and also at Prescott. He then go
! better and came home on a visit to hi:
parents and friends. After he had beer
here a few days he began to show par
| aiytic' symptoms and got so that he
could scarcely walk, talk or eat. The
| muscles would refuse to carry out his
| VIII. The doctors here concluded that
| the "tonsilitis" for which he had beer
| treated must have been diphtheria
which is often followed by paralysis
Guy is now improving slowly.
New Sharon
w. a. Bryan and wife Will go to Hon
olulu. Hawaii, about the middle of No
vember, intending to remain during the
winter With their SON. w. A Bryan. Jr.,
who is located there This will be a rich
treat for them, a pleasant sojourn in a
climate where the mercury seldom gets
below so in the shade, says the Star.
The Christian church improve
ments are moving forward at a merry
pace, but it has kept preacher and lay
men busy helping the carpenters to get
1t enclosed before the fine weather was
exchanged for stormy.
keokuk.
The late crop of tomatoes was much
larger than was expected. and the large
Gamers here are pleased at the fact.
The total quantity canned in the coun-
try will be small, owing to the failure
of the early crop, and prices Will be high
this year for the canned goods. Next
week will be the last of the crop, which
has held on thus far by virtue of the
fine October weather, which has been
much warmer than the norm The large
fields have hundreds of bushels of the
fruit that would ripen yet If cold
weather held off, but there is no likeli-
hood Of killing frost staying away much
longer.
Ft. Dodge.
The first order issued from the gem
eral offices of the Chicago Great West
ern railroad with regard to the new
Fort Dodge division of the road has
been received in the city, and has
brought genuine pleasure to the many
friends of S. ID. Parkhurst, the erst-
while genial general freight and pas
senger agent of the Mason City & Fort
Dodge railway. Mr.. Parkhurst is APP
pointed division freight and passenger
agent for the Fort Dodge division. Lee
high and Fort Dodge to Hayfield, in
Clarion Hampton line, from Clarion to
Sumner, inclusive.
Muse tine.
The new Musser library building is
rapidly nearing completion On the in
side the men are putting on the finishing I
touches. This past week fine new Ge-
ment walk was laid from the street up
to the building and now the grounds are
being sodded and otherwise beautified
One of the fine features connected with
the affair is that on the day of dedica
ton there will be none of that incom-
plete look that is often present, when
public buildings are dedicated. The
board of trustees have it in mind to
nave 1t so arranged that the next day
after dedication the doors will be
thrown open to the public to remain so
Davenport.
BY the desertion of her husband, who
nag left her in want and penniless. Mrs.
Nary Brown and her five children came
ace to face with the wolf Tuesday af-
ernoon, when they were evicted from
he house they had occupied, for non
payment of rent. The Democrat says
# course 1t was hard but the landlord
las to live same as other people, and
hey had to take to the street 1t was
/ scene that is not often witnessed in
his city, where most of the people own
heir homes, and where all of them Who'll
10 right have enough to live on. but
UGH scenes do happen in the best pro-
'ided communities. Mrs. Brown and |
Ter children are not left to suffer. how ;
yer. They applied to the industrial re- I
ief and have been domiciled in a house /
lext to it, and steps are being taken for ,
heir further succor.
story City.
Referring to work on the collapsed
tructure the Messenger says: quite a :
lumber of boys are now employed in
leaning the brick from the old building
nd are making good wages at it. The 6
rst days they We're paid 25 cents hun
red, and some of the most rapid work
rs made as high as 50 per day. Satur- lc
ay morning the kids were informed {
hat they would get only Is cents per q
undred and they all struck for the old
ate. At first they made quite dem
nstration, but finally most of them
ient home. In the afternoon some of
ne strikers weakened and number of
hem began to work again, and nov
host of them are as busy as bees. 1t
'as amusing to see the American spirit .
f independence in the boys, but on the
Their side one could see the spirit now b
. prevalent, that of waiting for t
maps or idling away valuable time.
his is the tramp spirit. ),
lesley. =
The World says: "old Man Abbey, .
no has been tramping thru Wesley for r
dozen years or 90, was here the first :
! the week He is reported to be worth
$1,000 or more. and goes around begging :
nd doing odd jobs for his board. He
ill curry horses in livery barn for t.
lie privilege of sleeping therein, etc. p
friend of ours told US good joke on c
i'm the other day. 1t was to the effect
lat Abbey had been making regular =,
ops at u farmers north of town about :
ice year. Said farmer thought he
ould have a little fun, so the last time W
lie old man stayed at the farm house e
yer night, having had two square n
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