Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-08-17
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Hartley.
Threshing is going on at a rapid rate.
Oats are turning out lotto so bushels,
wheat Is to 20 and barley 80 to so.
e. Madison.
The Elks lodge at this place has
I abandoned the proposed street fair. not
being able to raise the necessary $4,000.
lewa Fails.
The Iowa river Is lower at this point
+ than It has been for years, and the
4 millers are complaining of scarcity
q Of water for grinding purposes.
s csntsrviIle.
Ground was broken Wednesday
morning on the site of the Drake lib
raary building, and the work of exca-
walton has begun, several men and
teams being employed.
Ackley.
Mr.. John Hembd. living one mile east
Of this city, sold his fine, well improved
farm, of $50 acres, last Saturday. to Mr..
Fred Ukro for $50 per acre, or $12,s00.
Il IS lovely country home. according
10 the Photograph.
Ogden.
The farmers are still anxious over
the corn crop prospect and opinions as
to the yield vary from nothing but
fodder to sixty bushels per acre. It
s will take several weeks yet before the
full damage can be fixed.
keokuk.
Keokuk citizens are getting ready
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colors this year will be cerise, nile
green and brown. They make an eff
fectfve color scheme and it is expected
that all Keokuk girls will wear paper
hats made In the above colors.
Dunlap.
Alonzo D. Jones, an implement dealer
5 at Dunlap. fled a petition OF voluntary
Bankruptcy in the federal court. His
liabilities are s3,I2s.49. Assets to the
amount of $6.351 are given, s1.775 Of
which he claims as exempt, and $3,576
which consists Of outstanding ac-
counts.
Jefferson.
It is said Jefferson was offered six
acres of land, lying in the south part
OF the city, splendidly adapted to park
purposes, as gratuity, providing the
city would build cement walk to 1T.
Considering the beauty of the location
that proposition should have been held
up. says the Bee.
Hampton.
The city council has ordered water
meters put onto the water attachments
belonging to several people who use
city water, and among the favored ones
are the hotels, drug stores, livery
barns, doctors offices and several pri-
4 vate residences. The council was
forced to do this because of the vast
amout of water that was wasted.
Council Hluffs.
A meeting Of the First Baptist
4 church convened this week to act on
the resignation of Rev. A. Venting, who
has written from England that he de-
sifls to leave his position here and res
I main In Europe. Nothing was done
at the meeting last evening, the mem
beers showing every evidence of a
strong desire to retain Rev. Mr.. Vent
ing II possible.
Shenandoah.
Mr.. j. w. Simmons came in from a
tour OF the south part of Page county
recently with samples of corn he had
gathered on the way; He said he had
4 samples from every quarter section for
fourteen miles, Most Of them are
large. fine looking ears. up to the aver
age of other years. Three of the finest
ears from the farm of H. Seal, and Mr..
Simmons states that Seal offers to take
the corn from his renter at fifty BUSH
els per acre.
lndianoia.
Mrs Joe Huffman recently received
letter from Mrs. John w. Yelling
a., ,ocf.Y 81 hi ~,
Mr.. and Mrs. Wellington moved from
here to Florida in 1873. where they
purchased large orange orchard,
which they cultivated until about five
years ago, when it was destroyed by
frost. From. there they removed to
Jacksonville, where on the Sd of last
May they. again met with misfortune
and had their residence burned. They
have since moved to Philadelphia
where they now reside.
Sioux City.
DIR. Grant j. Ross has received let
ter from his son, Sergeant James Ross,
at Manila, r. l., with which he is much
pleased. Bud" has left the army and
has been appointed inspector of car
goes OF vessels in the tarbor at Manila,
a position which pays 1880 per year.
He, passed a very creditable examina-
ton in the civil service. and feels that
he has a good chance for promotion.
He will spend his vacation in Australia
having been invited by the captain of
one of the vessels running there from
the Philippines to be his guest.
Waterloo.
The Herrick Refrigerator company
is negotiating for the purchase of the
property of the Waterloo Circus
Grounds company, the object in view
being to use the tract as the site for the
new factory building. The property
s is about 400 feet square. comprising all
of block 9 in the original plat of Wat
erloo. its northeast boundary being the
Cedar river. 1t is very fayorably To-
Gated for manufacturing purposes and
would make an ideal site for the refrig-
orator works. The stockholders of the
Circus Grounds company voted to give
the officers authority to sell the tract
and there is strong probability that the
deal will be contaminated.
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