Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-10-03
FROM ALL OVER IOWA
The Doings of Your Friends in Iowa Towns
--Your Old Home.
IOWA NEWS ITEMS

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IMontezuma.
S. S. Preston has sold his Blue Point
farm. Consideration, SAG an acre. Same
farm was sold for s35 three years ago.
washington.
Luke C. oones, of Oregon township,
says If 1t stays warm two weeks. even,
we shall have plenty of late potatoes.
tomatoes. squashes. pumpkins, etc.
IChariton.
i Rev. A. c. Ormond, of the Presbyteri-
an church. of this place, preached his
i farewell sermon Sunday morning, he
: having accepted a call to a church III
Kendallville, Ind, at an increased sal
Larry.
Des Moines.
i The collections at the county treasur-
er's office were quite heavy the last few
days. Monday, which was the last day,
i was the heaviest, $50 ssS.24 being COLI
I lected. About $4,000 were collected last
/ Saturday. Several hundred people paid
! their, taxes Monday and the Office was
crowded all day.
Mason City.
/ Henry Baker, formerly a passenger
engineer for the Milwaukee running out
of this city, but of late years round
house foreman for the same road at
4 Sanborn, is to return to his first love,
the passenger engine. He will give up
his position at Sanborn and with his
family move back to this city and re-
sumo fis run on the passenger local.
Rockwell.
The Phonograph reports the follow
ling: Gerhard Block had herd of
twenty swine nkip out from home last
week which. judging from their rapid
sjtraveI, must have started for Oklaho-
| ma or some other distant place of pres
ent notoriety. After searching the
country over he found all except two
Ipigs of $50 pounds each we'll on their
way to Sheffield. These We're still miss
ling at last accounts.
Mt. Pleasant.
4 The city council. in amending the or
! dinancea, added clause which puts a
ltax of $3.50 on male dogs and $3.50 on fe-
4 males They have also made some spe-,
/ cifications on the poultry business. and
after the adoption Of the new regula-
1 tons chickens vii have to stay home or
/ run the risk of being taken up by the
/ officers and put in the city pound,
1 where they will cost the owner about
i all they are worth to get them out.
Oskaloosa.
4 Mr.. w. A. Mcneil. of this city, has a
/ new horseless carriage. His new car is
n steam machine and is of the locomo-
bile type, with plenty of power to carry
| its weight over grades and at speed
4 that will take its passengers over the
! ground at a lively rate. In this respect
lit is a great Improvement over the first
auto that the gentleman brought to the
city. The electric auto has not been
put out Of commission, however. and
/ Oskaloosa is now enabled to boast of
i having auto carriages on her streets.
\ ottumwa.
/ The Courier says the work of the OF
] tumwa hospital goes along quietly, but
1 1t is doing a world OF good among the
/ people who are unfortunate enough to
i he Ill or injured. Recently four patients
I were discharged from the hospital. COM
4 pletely cured, and left for their homes.
Three of them were from outside points.
l.s The home of NJ. Neff, i19 Bashaw
4 street, was quarantined Sunday evening
/ against smallpox. Neff has been in the
4 pest house for some time and Saturday
4 Ills family showed symptoms of the dis
4 ease. Accordingly he was sent home to
nurse them and quarantine notice was
posted.
jWaterloo.
Several cars OF steel have arrived
j for the extension OF the Rapid Transit
electric line to Denver, point about u
miles northeast, and track laying will
4 begin at once. The track will not be
laid by contract, but by the regular
construction force OF the company, and
4 and it is the intention to have thor
icughly well-built track. One of the
j first parts of the new line to receive at
jtention will be the Mulberry street
Econnection with the c. g. W., in order
4 to expedite the transfer Of cars OF ma
iterial from the road to. the electric line
When this is done the extension north
Ito Denver will be rapidly pushed.
Cedar Falls.
4 Gazette: Damp weather and mud did
mot excuse contributors who failed to
attend dedication services of the new
NJ e. church at Dyke on Sunday. The
4 minister's voice was heard in the dis
|tance, as far as Cedar Falls, telephon-
Ideally. The day was unfavorable, and
4 the dedication of a church SO near by
lat Reinbeck one week before made the
i problem more difficult but the indebt-
jcdness of sl.400 was met heroicaliy by
subscriptions. and the church is now a
fixture that meets long felt want" in
dyke. The structure Is credit to the
new city, well worth the cost, about
4, $1,000; size, 4ox55; seating capacity, 300
J. persons Rev. NJ T.. Mitchell and his
faithful helpers. deserve great credit.
| davenport.
A The many friends in Davenport and
lScott county OF James N. White, who
until a few years ago was one OF the
best known farmers of Princeton town
chip. will be deeply panied and grieved
I. lat the announcement that he has lost
This life at his new home In Montana,
!. The news came in a telegram from his
s5ni Arthur, which read; Father was
A drowned while fording creek. The
body has not been found" Mr.. White
went west about four years ago to en-
= gage in sheep raising. His family has
Il been living at Fairfield while the chill
.ldren attended school. His sons, Ar
4 thur and James. went out west to spend
the summer with their father and the
news of his sad death comes from Ar
thur.
Muscatine.
Potato prices have taken tumble
/ within the past few days, and the Mus
Ecatine market is weak Not long ago
4 jobbers were asking SIPS per bushel.