Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-02-01
The NEWS FROM HOME
What Iowa People Are Doing in Iowa Towns
Your Old Home.

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immediate vicinity there has been some
fifteen cases Of diphtheria and about ten
cases OF scarlet fever. two deaths result
ling. The health officer, DR.. Johns, re-
ported that in and around Panora. in the
! same county, scarlet fever is quite prev:
alent and several cases of diphtheria
Essex.
James Wildwood sold his fine 240-acre
farm Saturday to August Patterson, Of
Fremont township. The price received
vas $75 per acre. or SIS, 900 for the whole
The farm is about one mile northeast of
Essex. Possession will be given on
| March 1.
Red Oak.
Miss Cora Stocksleger one of the most
popular teachers in the city public
schools here. died Friday morning at the
ZONE of her parents, Mr. and Mrs Isaac
lsSlocksleger, in the northeast part of the
city. Miss Stocksleger had been out of
school only few days and her Illness;
was not known to many of her intimate
friends. Death resulted from spinal
|G,eningitis.
LeMars.
i, NJ. link received two letters of kid
rapper style last week Informing him
that if he placed a specified sum of
taoney in a certain place at the fair
grounds his valuable beagle hound,
lThich he lost and for whose return he
offered to pay a reward, would be re-
turned to him. The letters are written
y. German on ordinary common ruled
writing paper.
Scion.
Scion tJohnson county, is to have a
fine creamery. The Cedar Township
Creamery Company. now operating tiv4
miles west of Scion, has purchased an
acre of ground near the Scion depot and
viii build creamery on the plot. trans
ferring its machinery from the old plant.
Tuesday they began the erection of an
ice house Oh the site and Will later begin
on more extensive scale.
Keokuk.
The keokuk Telephone Company has
changed is name back to the Mississippi
Valley Telephone Company of Iowa, and
has increased Its stock from SIS, 600 to.
sloOOOo. by amendments adopted to It's
articles OF incorporation these changes
are made and its business sphere is
I;iade 10 include I<eokuk, Fort Madison.
Huntington. Muscatine, Wapello colum-
bus Junction and toll lines thruout the
counties of Lee, Dies Moines and Louisa.
O.iumwa.
indictments We're returned Wednesday,
~ the grand jury against Thomas Shea
and n. II Holmes. Both of the men.
who are in business here, are charged
with being the keepers OF gambling
houses NJ. c. Thompson, Il
farmer who resides in Ainswortf. in
Washington county, was the victim OF q
Very paiEful accident Tuesday evening.
While walking on Benton street, near
the home of DR. Hubbard He slipped
some lee. and falling fractured his:
left limb a short distance above the
ankle Joint.
Belle Plaine.
The G. & n. w. train dispatcfers here
arg preparing for change Of base. AL
Tho the dsspatchers themselves had re-
ceived no official notice of the proposed
change up to "Wednesday evening, the
way is being prepared for them and next
Sunday will likely see the entire force of
Iowa division dispatchers conferred at
Boone. A number OF desks and tables
We're taken from the offices here Tues
day anu sert 10 Boone. Where offices are
being pre- pared for them. and the general
toili-up appearance OF the room indi-
Gates speedy departure
Shenandoah.
The smallpox patient Miss Baker. is
doing well. is past the dangerous stage
of the disease and is not confined to her
bed. Her nurse states that She has
scaled off in fine shape and that in
few days all trace of the trouble VIII be
gone. Her sister, Mrs. Ratekin, was
promptly vaccinated when the symp-
toms of the disease in Miss Baker were
first noticed and to make assurance
,Goubly sure was vaccinated the second
time. The result is that she is nursing
g splendid case of sore arm and sue
ccssful vaccination, but shows no syrnp-
toms of the disease.
Fort Dodge.
David Roberts, who for the past three
or four months has been operating the
Union hotel. a few blocks north of the
illinois Central depot. departed unex- i
pectedly Monday night for parts uri-
known, leaving nothing but debts be-
Find him. He owed the owner of the
Guiding, Dominic Collins, some $500 in
back rents and is in heavy arrears with
every other firm with which
lie has had dealings. Roberts sent his
Wife and daughter on ahead of him last
week, and Tuesday morning he was
missing from his accustomed place, and
had left no trace behind him.
New Sharon.
me Star reports that there was real
excitement on north bound Central
rassenser one day recently. A New
sharon lady went to Oskaloosa. trans
acted business visited lady friend who
gave her bottle of extra fine home-
fisade yeast. After seating herself in the
car she spied lady friend of the Lacey
tribe, and rushing over to her gave her
spanking kiss, which was all wellI
enough, but just then that pesky bottle
OF extra yeast exploded, with the force
OF pistol shot. both ladies screamed
and emerged from the disaster coyered.j
Hith#the contents OF the bottle.
Maton City.
The work of excavating for the found |
atoms of A. II. Gales business block at
the corner of Michigan and state streets