Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-12-12
Public Opinion on Iowa Subjects
as Reflected in the Iowa
Newspapers.
The News Of Iowa From Hun
dreds Of Different Towns
and Communities.

uEeUS OF UlIIefeUl lOW0S
and Communities.
DON'T SELL THE FARM.
lMontezuma Democrat
Unless Poweshiek county farmer
is going out of business or intends to
leave the state, isn't he just little
foolish to sell his farm? He may get
a big price-so big compared with what
he paid few years ago that 1t is very
tempting-but what of it? When he
goes to buy again he will find that he
will have to pay a big price. There is
no sense in swapping dollars-or Iowa
farms II you have got good farm
stick to 1t. 1t is more reliably profit
able than a gold mine. We know of
one farmer within five or six miles of
Montezuma who sold his farm for $50
an acre, expecting to purchase another
and more desirable farm in the same
locality, but, after riding over half the
county without finding cheap land. he
was forced to pay $50 an acre for land
not so good as he sold.
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AN AGED BUSINESS WOMAN.
lWaterloo Reporter.l
A woman los years Of age actively
managing large business, superin-
tending Its operations herself and keep
ing in close touch with its details
is a novelty worthy Of special note.
Such woman exists, however, and
one of her great grandsons is resi-
dent of Waterloo. The woman is Mrs.
William Reohr. who conducts a large
bakery at 12s Elm street. Albany, N.
Y, and her Waterloo descendant is
j. n. Roehr, who is in the employ Of
the Cedar Valley Telephone Company.
The centenarian business woman was
born in Germany, January %, 1897,
and will therefore be los years old In
about six weeks.
Her bakery is located opposite the
old market place. famous business
center in Albany. Mrs. Reohr Is not
satisfied merely to be the owner of
the bakery. but continues It's active
manager as she has been for fifty years.
1t is worthy Of note that one of her
descendants in the fifth generation.
(thc grandson Of her grandson) or her
great, great grandson is conducting q
news stand near his great, great grand
mothers bakery. The news dealer is
lad of 10 years old and goes to school
as we'll as conducting his news stand.
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TO CORRECT LAX QUARANTINE.
[Council Bluffs Nonpareil.l
Member Boyer monopolized the
meeting last evening in his efforts to
secure some action whereby stricter
quarantine on smallpox patients might
be maintained. He declared that while
no criticism could be made on the work
Of the city physician, police or health
yet the quarantine regulations
In a large number Of cases We're not
being as strictly enforced as they
should be. and that he stood ready to
prove his assertions.
He further declared that there had
been card parties and other
social gatherings which We're attended
by persons that were under quarantine.
The only remedy that he had to offer
WAS to suggest that rule be strictly
enforced that every person who in any
way failed to keep the quarantine be
carted off to the pest house.
While the majority of the members
in this suggestion, yet the
utter impractibility of taking women
to the isolation hospital presented al
new obstacle. The matter was dis
cussed and it was informally decided
that an effort would be made to have
The county secure another building in
which women patients could be taken
care of. The proposition OF Mother
of ST. Demands hospital,
which she made last spring that II the
county or city would provide suit
able building she would provide The
and and furnish nurses to take care Of
the smallpox patients at a reasonable
charge, is again under consideration
Mayor Jennings will probably take the
matter up with the county officials and
some such an arrangement will be
made, II possible.
Chief Of Police Albro reported that
/ number of complaints which had been
made to the department that the quar-
antine regulations were not being OBJ
had been investigated and it
was found that both Otto Kahler, 1910
Avenue b. and Harry Hall. 1923 Avenue
c, had been out OF their houses. For
this reason policeman on both tho
day and night force had been detailed
to patrol that part of the city and sec
that the patients and other members OF
the family be kept in their houses IT
was also made evident that number o.
the negroes who have recently beer
quarantined are continually runnins
out in the street and about the neigh
borhood.
The city is seriously handicapped a
present to take any more measures TO
protection than have already bee
taken, from the fact that there is barrel
sufficient funds in sight to meet tn
necessary expenses of the city durin
the remainder of the fiscal yea
While there is some little money in til
fund yet it is hardly enoug
to enable guards to be employed
watch each individual house whei
exists, so that any further ao
ton by the city is practically impos
sible.
Outside of the last six cases TIL;
were reported, being ordered quaral
tined and furnished with supplies,
definite action Of any kind was talk
by the board.
Saw Death Near.
TT often made my heart ache
writes L. c. Overstreet, of Elgin, TEN
ITO hear my wife cough until it SCENE
her weak and sore lungs would co
lapse Good doctors said she was
far gone with consumption that Il