Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-05-24
FROM ALL OVER IOWA
The Doings of Your Friends in Iowa Towns
Your Old Home.
IOWA NEWS ITEMS

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Kensett.
The News editor spent the latter part
of the week in Chicago, where he pur-
chased a new cylinder press which he
is in hopes of having in running order
by another week.
Greenfield
Dave Carney did big business in the
strawberry line Saturday. He sold
somewhere in the neighborhood of 500
quarts at 10 cents quart, and they
We're all gone before night.
Montezuma.
The editor of the Democrat fires this
shot: When Grinnell man said here
last week, II owe no man a dollar" he
paid a high. tho probably unintent.onal
tribute to the business segacity of the
community ir which he lives.
Sheldon.
Hay is now retailing In Sheldon at s15
per ton, and it's Imported hay, too 1t,
would seem to the Mail as If nort.iwes;
Iowa farmers could prontably turn their
attention to the cultivation and produc-
ton OF an old time hay crop in this re-
sgion.
Iowa Falls.
S. =. Smith is about to erect upon his
lot in Union cemetery an elegant marble
| vault to contain six catacombs, the first
of the kind in this county. The vault
| Will be located near the principal ave
nue. in the cemetery and will be a fine
| memorial
Grundy Center.
| The BAPTIST people expect to begin
| work on their new church some time in
June They have adopted plans for an
| up-to-date ediiice that will be an orna-
ment TO our thriving little city and are
now advertising for bids for the cree
| ton of thu. building.
Fl. Madison.
raise has been made in the wages of
| the workmen of the Santa Fe railway
| here. the change being from 10 to 30
cents higher. and all the employees of the
shops are affected excepting the labor
eis. The raise will make Il difference OF
about $1,000 per month in the pay rolg of
the shops, here and will make nice
snug sum more for this city.
Ohumwa.
| ID. II. Baum. who for the past two
years has owned and operated the Star
Coal Companq. the mines of which are
located a short distance south#of the
city has sold the entire plant of the
l5company ard leased the coal to a COM
| pany of gentlemen from What Cheer,
Who are now in possession and viii In
crease the operating force to forty men.
Hampton.
| The surveyors on the western extern
| sion Of the Great Western are still
sticking stakes on different lines, and
4 While it iauneerstood that they viii run
4 70 Clarion on the line half mile north
of the township line between Scott and
1 Morgan and Marion and Hamilton it
| they are to get out of town.
Belle PLANE.
The principal work Of the state meet
| ing OF the Iowa Legion of Honor has
been to formulate and adopt a new 81. p
| tenn of insurance. To more nearly meet
existing conditions. The policy lien or
accuinulative policy plan vas adop;e!
| whereby a lien is placed against every
lpolicy now in force and each policy
| which may hereafter be issued This il
is expected will do away with double
4 assessments.
New Sharon.
| Workmen are busiiy engaged in un-
learthing and bringing back To the sur
| face the track of the Newton branch
| line. a goodiy portion went partly out
lof sight during the long rainy period
The railroad folks have commenced
cutting down Lacey hill twenty five
| fest Will raise Middle creek and South
| river bridges each fourteen feet, and il,
is said viii make a cut of fourteen feet
thru New Sharon.
| LeMars.
| a team belonging TO A p. Dornbush.
of Fredonia township. while at the Pc
| ter Larson farm assisting In Smelling
corn on Thursday morning became
| frightened al the engine and ran away,
running thru two hog fences. which has
\ two strands Of barh-d Wire In it, and
ran over mile home without even tip-
| ping the wagon over, and the. horses, es-
/ capped being cut on the barbed wire with
the exception OF two or three light
\ scratches.
Cedar Falls.
| The Gazette states that few miles
| from Cedar Falls there lives some on,
\ who IS too cruel 10 be worthy of the
| name of a man His horse dropped ia
| the field where he was at work, and h
| whipped ii until 1t stood up. Again II
4 fell and the punishment was cruelty re-
peated several tines The last time the
horse DROPPED ii Was dead, and the owi!
4 er lost valuable young animal because
he gave Vent to anger and to the inhu-
man cruelties of his nature.