Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-06-17
FROM ALL OVER IOWA
The Doings of Your Friends in Iowa Towns
--Your Old Home.

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connected up in few days and as soon
as the plasterers complete their work
the flooring will be put in.
Plymouth.
Journal: A. Losey is the champion
fisherman of Plymouth without doubt.
Tuesday night he caught what wac
probably the largest fish ever taken
out of the river here. 1t was an eel.
measuring 30 inches in length. Mr..
'Losey is justly proud of his fine catch.
Glenwood.
Isaac Whitaker and family left yes
terday on novel trip to their old home
in Ohio. They go overland driving all
the way in light spring wagon with d
cover much like those the early settlers
came west under They visit friends
enroute at several places, and expect to
be gone all summer.
Humboldt.
Fred Lovrien reports his Mississippi
plantation flourishing. He is purchas-
ing a car of horses and mules, and will
ship them down at once. He employs
nearly fifty men, and says it Will cost
slo,000.O0 to get the ground in tillabe
shape, after which it will rent for $4,000
per year.
Terril.
lightning struck within fifteen rods
of III. Blum's residence four miles south
of town, last Sunday morning. 1t struck
in two places and burned the grass and
weeds within radius of five or six rods.
The whole family We're out doors and
Witnessed the strange occurrence. All
e,l,. 4,
was done.
Spencer.
S. C. Rutter, of Summit, had nine
yearlings and two year old steers killed
by lightning Sunday evening. The ami
mails We're near a Wire fence at the tino
of the electrical storm. Mr. Rutter had
$50 insurance on the steers, in the
Farmers Mutual. and by o'clock on
the following day, received the cash on
HIS loss.
Cedar Falls.
Miss Grace /. Norton has resigned the
principalship of the Cedar Falls high
school, position she has held for clever
years. and has accepted the position of
instructor in the State College at Ames
She left Thursday night to spend the
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Clear Lake.
The boys who went to Oklahoma from
this vicinity returned, SATURDAY, night
long before the expected 10. They found
things in the reservation in a. rather
unsatisfactory condition There. arc !,
great many more people in the territory
man lhere are homesteads and no mat
.sr WA, nappens mere are pound to De
u'Sa
Iowa City.
There are now twenty four patients
In the University hospital and the rec
orcs snow a large increase during the
past year. great many Important
surgical operations have been per-
formed there curing the past SIX month:
with almost uniform success. The boars
medical faculty on the success OF this
INSTITUTION.
Oseeola.
Mr.. r, NJ. heeney, OF Liberty town
snip. IS Following a business that Is
somewhat exclusive he has fourier
piue grass seed strippers In operation
on various NEEDS turnout southern Iowa
Last Week ne made trip Vest ant
bought the right to strip a thousanf
acres W.T.. heehey says he knows OF
only one other man In the business II
southern loN.a-a Cresten man. He
gets NIFTY cents bushel for the blu'
grass seed III the chaft-that is, as
comes from the stfipper.
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