Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-03-18
The NEWS FROM Home
What Iowa People Are Doing in Iowa Towns
Your Old Home.


not serious, as his head was protected
by a cap, but it momentarily stunned
him and he would have fallen down the
Shaft had not other parties been at
hand to prevent such a catastrophe. AS
| it was the INJURY only occasioned a few
hours loss of time on the part of the
injured man.
Estherville.
| About thirty new phones have been
Iordered put in in the city exchange. The
Republican says: A telephone proves
q handy thing in many ways. III a
Ineighboring town woman had the sick
Headache and asked neighbor to tele-
phone uptown for some bromo-seltzer.
| Fifteen minutes later messenger boy
arrived with four yards of bologna san
lsagc.'
Reinbeck.
e. +. Wright reports a very satisfac-
Btory settlement with the Insurance com
panies on the loss of his creamery by
fire. lie received $500 on an insurance
of s., 800. He also sold the damaged ma
Ichinery to Waterloo parties for enough
to bring the total up to the $500. MIR.
Wright has given up all idea of rebuild
i
Radcliffe.
The organization of mill company
has progressed nicely and $4,000 mill
in Radcliffe is now assured. The mill
will be built early this spring and be IN
1nnning order during the summer. This
with the numerous other substantial
improvements in Radcliffe this year will
insure every able-bodied man in town
plenty of work at good wages Verify,
What times these Mckinley days are
remarks the Signal.
Jefferson.
The question of a pipe organ was in
formally brought up among q gathering
OF Methodists in this city recently.
land without any special effort nearly
$500 was voluntarily offered in the way
lot subscription to pipe organ fund.
This spontaneous action indicates u
Istrong feeling in the direction men
ltoned, and it is probable the matter
will be taken up and gotten In definite
shape before very long
iOskaloosa.
III any one doubts the sincerity of the
4 e)skaloosa Street Railway Company in
promising the people of the city an cleo
Istric line and money to construct the
same letter to Mayor Wray, dictated
Isby Mr. j. +. Miller, is convincing IN the
assurance given that the ordinance.
passed is all right and that when rati-
,isu ny q v Y, o. me clllzens WORK q
building will be begin at once and will
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A Waterloo.
1 The board of supervisors has let the
4 contracts for the building of the new
lsoourt house and the heating and plumb
ing of the same. The general contract
i for the building was awarded to C. E
4 Atkinson. of Webster City, for $1S,93D
The heating contract went to w.
Gray, of Minneapolis, for S4,11O, and the
plumbing to wallace McManara, l9es
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/ keokuk.
Harry Taylor Who stole an express
4 package containing $1,000 from the safe
LET the Adams Express Company at the
Junior depot during the last street fair.
Twas sentenced by Judge Bank Thursday
Ito one year at hard larbor in the state
|sLrison at Fort Madison and was taken
There at once. He was nlesse niger of
The company and had confessed and was
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anton.
An unfortunate case OF vaccination
S reported by one OF our physicians. A
young man had very sore arm and to
relieve the itching ne applied vaseline.
His sister used the vaseline onsa fever
blister on her lip near the corner of her
mouth The consequence is That lip
and one side of her face are badly swoi-
len, and she has been in agony for sew
ersl days 1t was clear case OF unin-
.eli.ional Naec.la.ioil ana siiouiu pe .
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1 Ottunwa.
Elizabeth Burnaugh has filed papers
lin damage suit..for $1,000 for injuries
lalleged to have been received on March
4 by falling on a defective sidewalk on
Union street. NJ. l.. Rooms also filed a
suit for $4,000 against the city of OF
i iu.,ls, 10, injuries aiirgeu 10 nave been
reccived by falling on defective side
walk on the east crossing of Third street
ION Dec i, 1900 He asked $4,000 from the
lefty council, which was rejected, and