Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-08-06

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means the big tank full daily. : : Mrs
James Podhajsky. OF Bakers Grove,
boxed up dozen young chickens to
send to Traer. When they arrived only
one was alive. The others died Of heat
Bruce Converse, of Humboldt coun-
ty, son of p. s. Converse, east OF Traer.
was struck by lightning while standing
by his milk house last week. He was
stunned and rendered unconscious four
hours. Doctors We're called and worked
with him with success. He is much bet
ter and will probab bly, fully recover.
Spirit Lake.
After interviewing dozens of good
is convinced that Dickinson county has
a good average crop. With favorable
conditions from now on at least a three
fourtls crop of corn is promised, and
With the exceptions of potatoes every
thing is up to the average in Yield and
| quality for northwest Iowa. and that
4 should satisfy every one An average
jcrop in northwest Iowa means prosper
4 ity. So far as threshing has pro-
1 ceeded in this county the yield and quail
Estherville.
Jess Cox has completed his large
order of special scenery for the Chi
cago firm. He has painted fifteen
drops, four tabs, one ceiling and sew
eral mechanical stage pieces for the
play For Her Sake which will make
a tour out of Chicago this winter with
a large company. Jess still has several
orders to fill, after which he will join
a QUO Vadis" company in Chicago,
playing large cities in the west Jess
is a genius of the first order and it
keeps him busy refusing offers of good
jobs, according to the Republican.
Jefferson.
"A valuable Improvement is in pros
pect for the Jefferson cemetery in the
way of waterworks. Mir. j. f. Hassett.
one of the trustees, has the work in
hand, and already a good we'll has
4 been sunk, plenty of water being Sc
cured at depth of thirty feet. A new
windmill has been ordered and fifty
\ barrel tank will be constructed at the
highest point In the cemetery as re-
i ceptacle for the only antidote for KAN
/ sas hot Winds Several hundred feet
Iof hose will be brought into use as
soon as the waterworks are completed.
Davenport.
i Notice has been filed with City Clerk
Smith that Charles E. Hamilton Will
Iclain of the city $1,000 damages for a
Il fall on sidewalk on the west side OF
Main street, about 120 feet south of
Eleventh street, the fall, it is claimed,
\ being due to loose board. Hamilton
4 represents that he is stone mason, Al
4 years of age, and capab before he fell
! of earning $3.50 per day. The notice as
to his claim is rather indefinite as to
his present condition, but states that his
INJURY consisted of "bruising, abrasing
and injuring his flesh, nerves, bones and
. muscles"
d osceoIa.
A stalk of corn was being shown on
the streets of Osceola Wednesday, on
which the drouth had withered both
tassel and top leaves. But in the three
days since the rain a new growth OF
pollen had formed under the dead parts
and part of it was in bloom. The entire
top of the tassel was taking on new life.
/ This would insure corn when all hope
A had been given up. 1t again proves
! this state to be par excellence as crop
Thirteen carloads of fat cattle and
! hogs left Osceola the past week, and
I. were marketed at Chicago.
Waterloo.
!. On circus day number of street car
I conductors We're made the victims of
grafters, especially the short change
men. One of these gave conductor
a So willie to pay his fare and after a
moment asked it back saying that he
thought he had the change. Upon eX-
: animation he found that he did not
have the change and returned the bill
to the conductor. The latter supposing
that it was the same bill gave him
change for SIS bill. Shortly after he
received his change the man got off
and when the conductor counted his
money he found that u 50 bill had re-
placed the five and that he was out
4 just SO.
Ute.
d r. r. Porter sold his big span OF
mules last week to mule buyer, for
$3.50 cash. They weighed over $500
pounds and were a splendid work team
4 $50 1 U. Riddle the model farmer OF
this section, is preparing to have ce-
+ ment walks built about the beautiful
!, lawns that surround his farm residence
So. Chris ABBY supplies thirty famil-
. les in Ute with their table butter. deliv-
/. erlng 1T every other day during this hot
weather. Chris learned to make butter
in the old country, and his product
equals that of the best creameries. His
dairy is one of the most profitable
branches of his farm. as his butter COM
mands good price the year around, ac-
cording to the Independent.
Z. Astounded the Editor.
Editor S. A. Brown, of Bennettsville,
S. c., was once immensely surprised
Thru long suffering from dyspep-