Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-09-16
FROM ALL OVER IOWA
The Doings of Your Friends in Iowa Towns
--Your Old Home.

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and local dealers claim that they have
been compelled to refuse orders be-
cause they could not fill them. Farm
ers everywhere are making a great eff
fort to save all the rough food possible,
and more corn will be cut up than any
previous year in the country.
Extra.
Evangelist Sunday will commence a
series of revival meetings at Extra
September 1S. All the protestant
churches there have Joined in the arr
Management and they have erected a
large temporary tabernacle in the park
in which to hold the MEETINGS
Dubuque.
The coroner's jury held an inquest
over the body of the late Emil voelkelr,
who was killed Monday morning at the
Milwaukee shops while performing his
duties as switchman. The verdict
blames the company for allowing cars
with defective couplings to be in opera
/ ton.
Davenport.
Henry H. Boettger has received no.
itice from Congressman Rurnple that he
is to take his examinations at Fort
Sheridan, ILL.,, May i, 1902, for his adj
mission as a cadet at West Point. Be
fore that date the young man will take
ibis finals at the Davenport high school,
for which he is now studying.
Rockford.
Elmer Webster has an acre of late
potatoes which will yield from so to 90
i bushels, and there are other pieces
+ likewise. - S. B. Whitney finished
topping ten acres of corn last week. He
3 says he gets about a ton of very choice
. fodder from each acre so topped and
has practiced the method for several
years
Hampton.
Rev. Walter Crambelt the new pas
tor of the Christian church, arrived in
the city Wednesday from South Omaha,
where he has been preaching for the
past five years. The Christian church
people feel that they have secured an
excellent pastor in Mr. Crambelt and
the Globe says the indications are that
they have.
iAnamosa.
The contract was let to Mr.. John
4Ronen, of Stone City, last Monday
for the construction of the public H.
brary building. Mr.. u. C. Holt will
have charge of the mason work and
Mr.. w. B. Foley of the carpenter work.
4 The price is $4,000, the foundation will
3Ibe put in at once, and the structure
lis to be completed by November LIST,
4 1902
Cedar Falls.
AT the State Normal school every
thing in connection with the new
building is going forward nicely with
THE exception of some of the heating
apparatus which was to have been on
hand by July list. The rooms are all
completed and about sixteen in the
!! south part of the building are now in
use The directors hope to have the
heating ready in about three weeks.
Conrad.
The Record says: Joe Kittrick
I brought us in an ear of corn Tuesday
that was raised on John Cross, farm
which was twelve and one-half inches
long and eight and one-half inches in
!. circumference and weighed one pound
land fourteen ounces. Talk about cord
wood, you would use that ear of corn
for a war club. If you want the real
thing in corn you must come to Iowa.
Monticello.
A surgical operation was performed
upon Mrs. Douglass II. Smith, last Fri
day night, and there is now prospect
of her recovery. The physicians were
puzzled over her condition. and agreed
/ that unless something was done she
could not long survive. 1t was suspect
ed that she might be afflicted with ar
abnormal condition of the liver but ar
incision revealed an abcess that did moi
involve that organ.
arengo.
The material for the new water 1nail
extension in the west part OF the cit,
has been ordered and part of the same
!, is already on hand. The contract fol
: digging and filling the ditch will BIZ
I let soon and the work be begun in /;
!, short time. There is more corr
being put into shocks in this count,
!, than ever before. For this purpose !
number of corn harvesters have beer
sold, while many others are using ths
more familiar corn knife.
Upton.
1 Ten years ago Cedar county had c
dozen or more creameries in operation
Now they are few and far between
Thousands of dollars We're paid ou
every year to farmers and the dair,
was fast becoming an important sourc,
of revenue to the farming interests
A good many people would like to Sc.
!, a return of the times when IA H. Dear
was operating creameries thruout thi.
section and giving employment to near.
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