Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-08-06
FROM ALL OVER IOWA.
The Doings of Your Friends in Iowa Towns
Your Old Home.
IOWA NEWS ITEMS

anu his wire, LllHulul Oh tlle OCCASION,
presented him with nice little girl as a
memento.
Fort Madison.
Henry Meiertholem, Of Washington
township lost five Jersey cows last
week. Their death is attributed to an
over feed of pursley.
AckIey.
George Blom became overheated last
Thursday and was quite seriously i'll for
some time in consequence. He is now
on the road to recovery.
Story City.
The operation performed by two ply
sicians on Scott Sheffield. for Appendix
citis, is success. The boy is about well
and getting along hopefully.
vVinterset.
A gang of workmen have been put
ting in the iron cells in the new Jail.
The building will soon be compiled. A
barn will also have to be built for the
sheriff's use.
Ames.
The Methodist people have utilized the
summer vacation by making repairs to
the church. A new carpet has been laid,
the walls frescoed and other improve
ments made.
Denison.
Gov. l.. NJ. Shaw visited Denison for q
few hours last Friday on his return
from Yellowstone Park. The governor
looked well and appeared to have en-
joyed his outing very much.
lama.
The Indians are finding some very
fine pearls this summer In the Iowa
| river clans. The Free Press reporter
saw one recently which the owner val
ued at 800 and for which he had been
offered $75
Clear Lake.
James Wescott tells the Reporter
| eggs that We're lying In nest on the
south side of his hay stack and clearly
exposed to the sun We're cooked as hard
as If they had been in boiling water.
Marengo.
Mrs. Viola Brown and Miss Florence
Brown spent few days last week at
the Tama Indian reservation. The
ladies were supplied with notebooks.
camera and kodak, and facts and faces
We're filed away for future reference.
Eldora.
The recent rains may increase the
| yield of late potatoes to some extent,
| but 1t loks as tho there might be q
short crop of this staple, and potatoes
VIII no doubt be tritle dearer than
usual the coming fall, as the Herald
sizes up the situation. &
! Toledo.
4 Piasterers are busy this week cement.
/ ing the walls of the basement IN the
Congregational church. preparatory tc
| social rooms which are soon to be pu,
in The basement is q good high one
we'll lighted and Will, when finished
make fine reception rooms.
Abba.
The new town of Buxton is progress
ling rapidly and no other coal camp In
| the county has so many new houses I'M
der way. There is a great force Of mer
| filing the contracts for 200 houses now
under construction. Buxton will be the
largest camp in the county, they say.
| Boone.
The new Third ward building is rap.
| idly going up and when completed will
| be handsome structure. It Will be
1 finished beautifully on the Interior and
will be the best lighted school building
in the city. 1t is most pleasantly stu
! ated between Story and Boone streets.
Dubuque.
\ Adjutant General Byers has closed VI
all the business connected with Camp
Henderson and the I. N. g. encampment
in the city and has everything belonging
to the state ready to ship to Counci
Bluffs, where the encampment of the
Fifty-frst and Fifty-second regiment,
opens up Aug. IA.
Sac City.
1 3. F. Leavens, a farmer residing
about three miles west of Sac City, re-
ceived sunstroke on Saturday while
| working on strawstack. He was I'M
conscious for nearly three hours, an6
suffered spasms afterward. However
he improved under prompt medica
| treatment and is doing well.
Newton.
1 Willard G. Winslow is the lucky mar
| this time. In the great government lot
terry of new Oklahoma lands at Ell Reno
| o. T., Tuesday, he drew a quarter Sec
4 ton in the Lawton district-being the
| only one in luck from this section. He
| had filed his soldiers claim thru Thos
Killduff-who was present at the draw.
ing.
Red Oak.
The team taken from John o. Jen.
kins' livery barn two weeks ago. is still
missing. altho trace of 1t was discovered
near Weeping Wter. Neb., several day.
since. The thief thus far has been quite
successful in covering his tracks ant
evading pursuit, but Mr.. Jenkins feel.
certain that he will in time catch VI
with him.
cresco.
4 The Times says: The city rag car
pet weavers are rushed with business
That old fashioned carpet has come in
to vogue again, and housewives who
had scorned for twenty-five years the
plebian rag carpet are vieing with
each other in producing the most elab-
crate and original designs of that old
time durable floor covering.
Rockwell City.
AT recent business mems meeting
arrangements were made for three
days street fair and carnival on Sep
4 tember 4, 5. and 6, In commemoration
Of the fact that Rockwell City is TWEEN
lty-five years old this year. It is prob
able that one day will be designated
Odd Fellows day. one day Woodmen's
day and one day Old Settlers day, with
4 a ppronriate exerni aea ON zach dox,