Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-10-30
Eur gahalnmn erturr 30 1907


out sold at s4s.75 per acre. The year
farm 240 acres miles out that cost
$45 q year ago, sold at $50. Berg Dough.
a quarter IA miles northeast at SAD ana
two other farms in same neighborhooa
sold, one at SAG and the other at seV
per acre. Thiel refused 500 per acre
for his farm and S. Boyce refused S9o
per acre for his quarter.
keokuk.
DR.. Clara r. Kembel, of Bloomfield,
has sued the Wabash railroad compan!
in the federal court here for SSo,ooo
damages for personal injuries IN
wreck on April last. Her petition
sets out a list of injuries that is APP
#palling and it states that they were
inflicted by rolling her around IN an
overturned cabocse with coupling links,
jack screws and all kinds of railroad
iron She is well remembered in keo-
kuk, where she graduated in medl-
cine about eight years ago from the
Keokuk Medical college.
Dubuque.
Twenty three hundred Dubuquers
took advantage of the low rates offered
by the railroads yesterday to visit chi!
cago. The Milwaukee road alone ac-
commodated nearly eight hundred.
while the remainder was distributed
along the Central, Great Western and
Burlington. Some of the trains were
SO crowded that passengers We're COM
PEELED to stand during the journey. 1t
is estimated that the excursionists
ND
in Chicago. Most of this sum went
to the hotels and restaurants.
Maxwell.
Corn husking is now in full blast,
and all day long you can hear the DIG
ears humping against the bank-poaro.
We have talked to number of farmers
and hear but little complaint of the
crop. The corn is we'll matured, as a
rule, and is in fine condition for crib
bling. Just what the average number
of bushels per acre will be cannot now
be stated. One farmer informs the
Tribune that he began gathering his
poorest piece and that was going 80
bushels per acre, but that some of his
neighbors were not having SO good a
yield.
The Sun says: ]. w. SCHNEIDER. who
resides four miles north of town,
dropped in on us yesterday, and caused
much larger rings of smoke to curl
from our cob pipe. He has recently
had a new well drilled by Messrs. Dali
lily & Swanson, of Aigona. 1t is 227 feet
deep, the water coming within ~ feet
of the top. After completion the steam
test of pumping was applied and IN
stead OF lowering, the water raised
eighteen feet. 1t took fourteen days
to complete the job. and it cost s2Io.90.
but both parties Interested are satisfied
with the result.
Let's.
One of the most heart-rendfng acci-
dents that has occurred in the vicinity
of Let's for years happened Saturday
afternoon, when Mrs. James Bennett
was thrown from buggy in a rum
away and killed. Her husband and his
child also in the buggy. were thrown
out, Mr. Bennett into wire fence. be-
ing badly injured, but not sertosuly,
and the girl receiving injuries, but not
of serious nature. Mrs. Bennett
fell under the horse in such a manner
that she was pinned to the ground by
the shaft and the horse in his struggles
to release himself killed her.
Iowa City.
Three ambitious young ladies of the
S. u. l., who are enthusiastic members
of the gymnasium class, undertook
walk of six miles out In the country
last Sunday. They, starting at a. M,
reached the WEIGH church In time 10
attend services there. After enjoying 9
good dinner, which was greatly ap-
preciated, and pleasant visit with
friends they resumed their journey
homeward, reaching Iowa City about
dark. somewhat tired and stih from
their twelve mile tramp. Congratu-
Iations are due the Misses Cadence
George. Rosa Wilson and Lucy Brant
for their brave undertaking, says the
Republican.
Ottumwa.
That two crops of potatoes can be
raised during one season in Iowa has
been shown by the success of NJ. 81
VIM of Pennsylvania avenue. Mr.,
Vim planted the last crop of potatoes
1.-The first day of August and last week
was enjoying new potatoes from this
IOlantl0g. lie pOlSiAOSo eAA> y = y
good size being somewhat larger than
a good sized hens egg. and are of fine
quality. Mr.. VIM believes that If he
had had the advantage of the city wa
ter so that he could have irrigated
| more thoroughly, he would have mad
Ian abundant yield from his last plant
ling. and that the potatoes would have
been much larger than the ones he did
raise.
Davenport.
The unexpected sometimes happens
and SO it is in the case of the Mueller
Lumber company, which is the first
Mississippi river lumber company to
talk Of rebuilding a sawmill for some
wears. The business that the company
was doing. and the holdings that it has
of logs and stumpage justify 1t in con,
ltinuing its business, and it has applied
to the city council for the right to re-
build Its logway across Front stree''