Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-04-26
The NEWS FROM HOME.
What Iowa People Are Doing in Iowa Towns
Your Old Home.
IOWA NEWS ITEMS


on West Okoboj lake during the sum
mer. The season this year promises TO
| be greater than ever.
4 Fl. Madison.
| The first peach blossoms of the season
l are starting ta spring cut in various
| trees in different sections of the city,
and If not troubled by more heavy
frosts the growers expect to have big
4 crops.
Washington.
Miss Ella Montgomery, of this city,
will leave soon for Oregon, where she
will be engaged in missionary work
| among the Warm Spring Indians. Miss
Montgomery is a daughter of Captain
Montgomery, and peculiarly qualified,
for the work.
Mt. Pleasant.
a new electric light plant has been
installed in the hospital for the insane
1 at Mt. Pleasant. Three hundred of the
ming. The plant will have a capacity of
1000 lights, and IL is expected will make
a saving of $500 month to the state.
Montezuma.
The town council has determined that
4 the sidewalks in the municipality shall
be placed Upon a peace footing"
About seventyfive persons have been
officially notified TO place their side
walks in a creditable condition Patch-
work will not be tolerated. longer in
several cases, according to the Renubli-
| can.
Davenport.
TWO army recruits were enlisted at
the local recruiting Office Tuesday
They are John Dun,browska, of Fort
Dodge, and James w. Brown of Ma
rengo. They will stay in Davenport
until the latter part Of the week when
they will leave for Vancouver barracks.
Wash. where the Twenty-eighth infan-
try is stationed.
Algona.
Thes. F. Cooke is home from Chicago,
i where he bought over 900 Volumes for
i the public library He was in about
4 tive days. He says the books will come
4 in installments and will be put on the
shelves as fast as they can be inlexetl.
He says the list selected is made up of
fine books, and that il was highly cons
mended in Chicago.
Centerville.
4 The city council met Tuesday night
at the mayors Office as board Of
health TO consider measures for a more
4 strict enforcement of the quarantine
4 that Centeryille has established against
4 districts infected With smallpox and. II
was decided to build detention hospit-
al at a cost of from $15Oto 5000 on some
suitable site where smallpox suspects
might be placed for safe keeping.
Iowa City.
i The university authorities are now in
A possession of the new hall of liberal
arts and steam was turned on in the
building Tuesday to dry it out prepara-
tory tic finishing the same. 1t will be
ready for occupancy by September
i when school opens. The BUSH
4 ness men t mass melting Monday ey-
ening organized an association for the
d advancement of the interests Of the
i city
4 Creston.
4 The Herald reports that the rural de-
4 livery matter is hung up for the pres
ent. Special Agent Boylan who got it
so well under Roadway in this county
4 has been transferred to Kansas ard
4 there is no telling when his place will
be filled. Carroll county farmers will
4 live in the delights Of anticipation tin
4 Congressman Conner can stir UP the
department again 1t is a great iisap-
i pointment to great many people, post
masters among them. and it is hoped
that our congressman will not permit
the work to lag after SO promising a
start.
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carpenters had promised to meet Tues
day evening in the Trades and Labor
4 assembly hall for the organization of a
i union, there We're not half that num-
Der present. and the result was that the
effort was abandoned for the Tune be-
ing. While nearly all the other trades
have been federated in the city and
have operated with more or less sue
cess. the carpenters have remained UNI
organized.
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