Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-02-21
Public Opinion on Iowa Subjects
as Reflected in the Iowa
Newspapers.
The News Of Iowa From Hun.
dreds Of Different Towns
and Communities.

1 0ASOS Va VAAA0ISUt AOWuS
and Communities.
Greco.
\ j. T. Davis, of Howard Center town
chip, has sold his farm to William;
Michael, of Albion, and intends to go to
Kansas in the spring.
| Washington.
/ The Press hears of one country school
lin Washington county where the chill
cren are taught sewing. j. "A.
Young. cashier. bid in at $1,000 Hale's
Elevator and property on the west side
of the road.
| Nevada.
4 j. NJ. Carmean, formerly of this CITY,,
was inthe city on business recently, He
4 is working for the Rhoades- Carmean.
buggy factory of Marshalltown but
says that he intends to go INTO business
| for himself In the near future and will
locate in this portion of the state, as re-
ported by the Journal
! Rockwell City.
There will be considerable building in
Rockwell City during the spring ami
| by the plans already laid for numerous
Iresidences and several new business
/ buildings are also in view tho the lat
tier are not SO certain. There is still a
1 good demand for houses TO rent and
more families are coming every month.
| Charlton.
! The ice crop scare that was causing
the ice memo this section so much
! worry and trouble the first of the sea-
son is all over now because of the cold
weather of the past two weeks. All
the ice houses are full of ice and the
people of Charlton are assured that
4 the price of ice for summers use Will
rot be raised as predicted early in Jan.
uary.
Story City.
1 AS stated by the Messenger, Mrs.
/ Haldor Gravdall fell on hard, icy
ground in the yard Monday and frac-
tured her leg. She lay unnoticed where
| she had fallen for some time before
help came and carried her into the
house. This family has had more than
L sual trouble the last year their chill
loren having been sick and their daugll-
ter is now lying critically sick at home
|. Cfeston.
| The remains of the late Judge ID. ID.
Gregory will arrive in Creston next Fri
l'cay afternoon and Will be conveyed to
Graceland cemetery for interment.
Short funeral services will be held at
the cemetery here. Judge Gregory,
years ago. was a judge of the circui,
court. He practiced law in Creston and
went to Omaha on leaving this city.
ia,
he died.
Ottumwa.
A called meeting of the members of
the Wapello County Humane associa-
i.tion was held Monday evening at the
grand jury room of the court house, for
the purpose of electing officers and
making sn active crusade against
l'oruelty toward animals and children At
1.-The last previous meeting the constitu-
Istion and bylaws of the society had
been adopted, and new officers have
been elected with president inthe per-
son of w. A. Work, whose name is sug
gested of action.
Fort Dodge.
! The three weeks revival meeting held
at the Methodist Episcopal church
CLOSED on Sunday evening with rous-
ling jubilee service. Seventy-tive per-
sons We're converted, many of whom
We're adults and in some cases whole
families. Since the meeting began the
pastor. Rev. G. w. Pratt, has well
comed sixty new members into the
church. making now church member
iship of nearly four hundred and fifty
Rev. j. w. Mahood. the evangelist who
has labored earnestly. went Monday to
Meriden, where he begins meeting in
1.-THE NJ. r. church.
! Conrad.
4 Record: Saturday a case of destitu-1
ton was brought to the notice of some
of the ladies' of the city, who rendered
substantial aid in the way of food and
ciothing. Later A. H. Barnes, who is
the custodian of a small charity fund,
furnished the party with fuel. The case
I is a sad one. a mother and small child
| left by a heartless husband and father
| to shift for themselves. In commune
cation received by the wife, Saturday,
| he advises her to knock the baby in the
head and care for herself. tits needless
to say that such man should himelf
be knocked in the head and fed thru a
sausage machine. Such men are not fit
to live.
Keokuk.
Charles r. Birge has contracted for
the construction of the fountain which
he will put up in Rand park as an art
donation to the city. The working
Nlans show that 1t will be very beau
tiful piece of work. The fountain is 10
be Greek in form. and there is a base
at the top Of three steps. all of marble,
Isupporting a Grecian temple of eight
carved stone columns supporting an en-
tablature and dome. In the center of
the temple is an urn. OF polished dark
green granite. This urn is being cut
in Vermont and will be specially beau
ltiful. 1t carries the water pipes for the
actual fountain. The whole will be one
of the purest art forms in the west and
Will be one of the things which visitors
to the city will be shown for years to.
come.
Sioux City.
II have come back from the peniten-
tiary to show the people OF Sioux City
that can make a good, honorable man
of myself yet, said E. d. Smith, who
arrived in the city Saturday from Ana
mosa Smith was sent to the state peni-