Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-02-12
The NEWS FROM HOME
What Iowa People Are Doing in Iowa Towns
Your Old Home.

the best essay on the subject: Dav-
enport Before 1861 1t is due to the
efforts of Miss Alice French that this
prize is offered, and there is no doubt
but that there will be a lively competi-
ton for the honor.
Mt. Pleasant.
A recent council meeting transacted
considerable business, the principal
item of public interest being the unani-
nous decision of the council to submit
to the voters the proposition of estab-
Fishing and maintaining free public
library.
Madrid.
Sad news comes to the Register News
concerning the death of Jonah Johnson,
who lived in Texas. He was here ON a
Visit few weeks ago, and shortly after
his return to Texas he died and was
shipped back a corpse. He was buried
at Sheldahl Sunday. His mother died d
couple of weeks ago.
Bows.
Charles Rradfield, former sheriff of
Wright county, is farming ON an extern
l:sive scale near Buffalo Center. His
i.farm consists of $50 acres, on which he
lemploys three men besides himself. He
lis turning his whole attention to stock
and now has on the farm 100 head Of
|oattle and 40 head of hogs.
| Iowa Falls.
/ The city engineers report for 1900
shows that $1,l6S.61 We're collected dur
ing the year for the water department
The matter of raising funds to
THE amount of something like $500 e
i $4,000 for the library site is left In thu
| hands of a committees, who are doing
good work, all things considered.
4 Pocahontas
The NJ T.. society has been very sue
Icessful so far with the subscription pa
fIspsr. soliciting contributions for the cree
lstion Of church building in Pocahontas
The society has purchased of Mrs Bals
Iron piece Of land 15Ox2OO feet in tn.
lwest part of town on which TO erect tn,
4 church which is to be a $1,000 building
y Rock is being hauled for the founda
tion now.
Hampton.
II. T.. Morey. mail. clerk on the Grca
Western out OF this city. sent his resig
lnation to the department the first of tn
week to take effect next Monday, and i
is expected that a, new man will be sen
here by that time to take his place. MI
Aiorey has decided that he has got al
Il The mail service he wants, for the pres
. sent anyway, and will engage in othe
business. according to the Chronicle.
!. Ida Grove.
a John Ploug, farmer residing Il
a Hayes township, swallowed a piece Q
4 Il plate containing several false teetl
8 one day last week about the size OF
]. half dollar. and it lodged in his throa
! end refused to go either up or down. II
WAS brought tosthis city and three doc
ltors performed an operation and SUE
decided in removing the obstruction, an
the patient is getting along very nice
! llv.
Ocheyedan.
Three cases of smallpox are reporte
!; in the familysof w. NJ. Morris. residin
five and one-half miles southeast
Z flown. The family is under strict quai
4antine by the Allison township author
lties, and the Bradley school. which
J, located near by, has been closed. I'll
: eases are of mild form and the pa
. TENTS. consisting Of the father, moths
:. and little daughter, are doing as Well 4
: could be expected.
n keokuk.
z The cooking school under the auspics
e of the home department Of the Woman
s Club closed Saturday afternoon after
n very successful week. Talks with man
e of the women attending the school di: