Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-07-06
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Rockwell City.
j. w Detwiiler, of Des Moines, will be
awarded the contract for the erection
of the new brick primary school build
ing. His bid was s4,ls5 which is about
$500 below that of any of the other bid
dess.
Audubon.
Lee Hudler reports that off his one
acre patch of Strawberries. he has pick
ed this year $500 quarts, the most picked
in day being 40 quarts. This is the
largest crop tie Republican has heard
Of this year.
Fl. Madison.
There are only seven patients at the
Santa Fee railroad hospital, and this is
considered phenomenal as generally du-
ring the hot weather there are many
proa.rations and cases OF sickness of
ployes OF the road.
Creston.
Farmers are doing considerable work
| in their fields nowadays Keeping the
corn from weeds A gentleman who
makes frequent trips into the country
says that it is seldom that he has Wit
messed ouch activity on the part Of the
| part of the farmers.
Cresco.
The long continued drouth is putting d
luietus on nearly all the gardens in the
| city 80. Notwithstanding the drouth
farmers say that corn will be big
crop. The oat crop, too, they claim Will
be large one, while flax never looked
better at this season.
Iowa Falls.
The Sentinel says that Health officer
| Morton placed the homes of j. j. Garlic
ton and f. c. Harrington under quaraE-
| tine Saturday. cases of scarlet fever
having developed in the two families
| The patients are Mrs. L. c. Harrington
and Miss Flossie Allinson and Tredway
\ Carleton.
Rock Rapids.
The sons of Herman observed the
| Fourth here with monster cele-
bration in the city park, one mile cas-,
4 Of town. Speeches, horse races, ring rid,
ling and various other sports We're on
4 the program. y large crowd was in at
tendance and thoroughly enjoyed the
day. I'hs. celebration ended with a bril-.
liant display of fireworks.
Waterloo.
\ A suit for divorce has been filed b,
A Thomas Mckee asking freedom from
4 him with the person of Adeine j. Nc
l.Ie
4 in November of 1868 in Cherry Valley
4 III. They lived together until 1895 whel
4 she deserted him. He lived since the de
sertion for time in Cedar Falls.
4 Onawa.
4 c. NJ Perrin, Monona county boy
who lived In Center township. has bee
Il chosen professor of rhetoric and orator
!, at the Amea agricultural college. lie
a graduate of Ames - The Onaw.
pastors of the several churches hav
agreed to hold no evening services unit
sunday August IS, next. The Ona
Wa republican caucus has been Gale,
for Monday evening, July 5, at O'CLOCK
to choose delegates to the county con
ventlon. which meets at the opera hous
Thursday, July IL, at p. III.
Museatine.
\ After hearing the petition of Rev. W
< l.. Clapp asking that Fred Bosten, Sr
be restrained from selling liquor on tn
ground that he was and had been for
5 long time engaged in maintaining a nu
: sance in South Muscatine by permittin
and encouraging minors and persons IL
toxicated and in the habit of becomin
Z intoxicated to frequent his saloon, Judt
4 \ ylro is a tatn N
ton restraining the defendant from sci
z ing intoxicating liquors.
3 Hampton.
There was movement on foot amor
y IL number of our merchants to start II
opening Of their stores every Sunds
p morning the same as every day IN Il
week. The move WAS anticipated b
cause OF the refusal of a few 9th
stores to live up to the Sunday-closlr
ordinance. but as all the stores we
closed last Sunday there is mo- doubt tn
they will continue to close on that Il,
hereafter as the Chronicle sizes up Il
situation.
LeMars.
The firm of Bilderback & Carnaha
= tax adjusters, Will recommence work
the collection of back taxes in LENA
D at the next term of court. At the la
} term of court several cases We're ID
i missed. owing to the tax ferrets clail
! to their inability to be on the groul
: and attend to the business. They g
that the same suits will be taken
) egain and will be pushed in the cour
The next term of court will be In Oct
, Der and II Is supposed the cases "