Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-10-01
FROM ALL OVER IOWA
The Doings Of Your Friends in Iowa Towns
Your Old Home.

southern staple. 1t is about the size OF
the crop grown in the south and Is fully
developed. Mr.. Love is a southern man
and Is very familiar with all varieties
of the plant, and knows how 1T should
be raised.
Webster City.
X. ISowry, who was badly bitten some
time ago by dog at the Ward Deffen-
ibaugh farm northwest of the city, has
brought suit for damages in the sum
of ST, 900 in the district court.
Mason City.
The street paving is being pushed Mt
a merry pace. The workmen are max
ing ase of the moonlight nights and
their big torches and what is now
chaos will coon be the prettiest streets
in the city,
Wall Lake.
Many fields Of corn in Sac county will
yield forty-five bushels per acre Early
predictions of crop failure have not
proven true. The recent rains have
started the grass in pastures that need
ed 1t and now everything is favorable
for the farmers.
Woodstock.
The town of Woodstock. in Wright
county, is to have newspaper. 1T is to
be called the woodstock News and will
be edited and published by Miss Jennie
Keith from Cambridge, Iowa. Miss
Keith is a good writer and practical
newspaper lady. having edited a paper
in Cambridge.
Cedar Falls.
John Bremen has Just picked one
bushel and half of nice peaches from
tree that started from the seed four
years since, j. A. speer gathered about
three pecks of fine peaches from a
small tree on his farm southeast of
town. They are much better favored
than those shipped to our city.
Muscatine.
Rev.. Arthur Fowler, pastor of the
First Baptist church in Muscatine. and
well known to many Waterloo people.
resigned his pastorate Thursday eve
ming. He has received a call to the pas
torate .of the Centennial Baptist church
In Chicago. and asked to be relieved
from his duties in Muscatine Sunday
that he may enter his new work for the
first of the month.
oskaioosa.
There was special meeting OF the
city fathers Friday night to consider a
paving petition. The paper waa signed
by the property owners of First avenue
east, and asked that First avenue be
paved 80 feet wide with regulation paw
ing from Seventh street to Ninth street.
The petition was duly granted and paw
ing was also ordered In on South Ninth
street between First and High ave-
nues.
Centerville.
There is now fourteen cases of small
pox at the Sttce home in Verm;llion
township south of this city. Only one
member of the family remains to take
down and that is Asa Stice. the father.
He may not take the disease as he was
once vaccinated Those of the family
who were recently vaccinated have the
disease in milder form than the others.
but none of the cases are considered
dangerous.
Nevada.
Mrs. L. NJ Kelley, of Colo, was IN the
lefty recently. Mrs. Kelley recently Sc
cured a patent on combination mail
sack for rural deliveries, an extended
description OF which appeared in the
Journal columns some time ago. 1t Is
thought that the sack Will come into
general use among rural carriers and
II so her patent will become very yali1-
able. The article is very useful an.
make mistakes practically impossible.
Waterloo.
Mrs. John Muldoon, wife of John Null
doom, and mother of ]. T. Muldoon, the
real estate agent, was very seriously
hooked by COW Saturday morning, the
abdominal wall being pierced six inches
with the horn making ragged hole and
permitting the intestines to exude. The
physicians arrived quickly and admins
tered to the woman and she IS now rest
ing easy. Mrs. Muldooii Is over fifty
years Of age, but has chances for re-
covery.
Iowa City.
The republican states that the number
of students enrolled in the University
this year from the accredited high
schools of the state is larger than at
any previous time. The high school
graduates beginning to realize that his
schooling has only begun when he re-
ceiyes his high school diploma. Prof.
Dorcas, University examiner, said Sat
urday morning that up to Saturday
night prior to the beginning of the regis
ltratlon here he had issued certificates
to 2S5 applicants, recommending them
| for admission to the various colleges of
the university. These applicants were
from high schools and other accredited
schools of the state.
Traer.
On Tuesday evening two men who
| have been refused intoxicants gave d
young man dollar TO buy some whisky
for them, but instead he kept the dollar
and left the old topers to go home dry
.ss Some miscreant entered the po-
| tato patch, cultivated by James Davis
on the railroad commons near the
| Northwestern.depot on Saturday night
land dug up and carried away about six
| bushels of potatoes. There is q
solution to the opera house problem II
the public spirited citizens will act al
|once. Lyman Cody has offered to build
a brick 4Oxl00 feet, to cost not less thar
| SIS. 600. il the old site and $1,000 in cash
are given as a bonus There is 81 600 In
surance money on hand and $1,000 more
his needed in contributions. OF this
amount several hundred is already sub
scribed and the balance can easily be
raised If each business man and monied
man will give his share.
Dubuque.
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