Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-12-14
FROM ALL OVER IOWA
The Doings of Your Friends in Iowa Towns
Your Old Home.

| bowling alley last Thursday morning
| When the explosion came the burning
| oil covered Charley from head to foot
/ but with great presence of mind he rar
| out and rolled in the snow, extinguish'
| ing the flames without sustaining seri.
Gus burns.
GAINESVILLE.
| 1t looks now as tho there would be a
great deal of building in GAINESVILLE next
year. and all of 1t of the substantial
kind. says the Star. - Chickenpox is
an affliction that is being visited upon
some of the children of this place. Nc
serious cases are reported, the young
sters soon recovering from the effects OF
the disease.
Iowa Falls.
The six rural mail carriers, going
out of Iowa Falls, carried during the
, fret fifteen days service 10752 pieces
and collected LASS pieces, which is a
good showing compared with other
routes for similar period One
hundred and eighty students are en-
rolled at Ellsworth College. and new
pupils are coming every week.
Council Bluffs.
The breaking out Of the smallpox
among the negro population of the city
promises to be the cause Of more gray
hairs in the heads of Mayor Jennings
and the police officials than any one
other matter that has come withl the
scope of the city administration for the
past several years. The trouble is they
do not obey quarantine regulations.
Muscatine.
The library is very fortunate these
days and is in receipt of another gift
in the shape of a handsome electric
clock from F. w. Swan, the .jewelry
man on Second street. The clock Is a
handsome affair and will harmonize In
color with the wood work and painting
of the library building. This gift will
greatly add to the inside appearance.
A claim for 1000 damages has been
filed against the city by Adeline Post
on, who recites as basis for her claim
that as she was driving on Fulton ave-
nue. about S:15 O'clock. the evening of
Nov. 49, her buggy was overturnedlby
high plank standing on edge and pro-
truding into the road. The city lights,
she says, were not burning at the time,
and the street was in dangerous con-
dition.
Newton.
Frank F. Failor has bought Of Fred
L. Maytag the Cheney forty acres just
beyond the high bridge. paying for It
$3.50 per acre. He has also purchased Of
Ben Annis the John Bison place OF over
seyepty-seven acres for which he paid
$500, or s75 per acre. This added to
Mr.. Failor's other farm, gives him 400
acres all in a bunch. making one Of the
finest stock farms in Iowa, and lying
within mile OF the Rock Island depot.
In the deal Fred L. Maytag gets from
Failor the Parker place of eighty acres,
better known as the old Robert Dixon
home, at the price of $3.50 per acre, and
on which we understand that Mr.. May
tag VIII erect a magnificent suburban
residence.
Alden.
According to the Times, Central
Iowa, at least the neighborhood about
Alden. confronts an odd condition this
winter. The price Of everything, from
labor to toothpicks, commands high
price. There is work for all and pros
perity reigns supreme. But here is the
oddly: Corn, oats, potatoes, hay, pigs,
poultry and what not are so high in
price that to leave them beyond the
reach of the owners eyesight is like
hanging $40 bills on the clothesline
They are being stolen right and left,
Nobody needs them, but there are a
number of galoots within ten miles of
Alden who simply can't resist the temp
tation to steal when such small guam
pf hsy,c tub H.
into SO much cash.
Saw Death Near.
ut often made my heart ACHE
writes L. c. Overstreet, OF Elgin. Tenn.
ito hear my wife cough until 1t seemed
her weak and sore lungs would coll
lapse. Good doctors said she was SO
far gone with consumption that no
medicine or earthly help could save her
but friend recommended DR.. Kings
New Discovery and persistent use of
this excellent medicine saved her life
It's absolutely guaranteed for coughs
colds. bronchitis. asthma and all throar
and lung diseases. so cents and 81 at
George p. Powers. Trial bottles free.
Home Seekers Excursions 70 the
Northwest, West and Southwest.
Via the Northwestern line. Home seek.
ers' excursion tickets at greatly reduced
rates will be sold on the first and third
Tuesdays OF each month thru the year
1901 to the territory indicated above
Standard and tourist sleeping cars. fires
reclining chair cars and "the best OF
everything" For full particulars apply
to agents Of the Chicago q Northwest
srn railway.
Of Benefit to You.
d. s. Mitchell. Fulford, Nd: Dur
}nu LONG Illness I was tro,,h1aA Nth