Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-04-12
IOWA NEWS ITEMS

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Webster City.
Our farmers are very busy just now
putting instheir wheat and hope to fin.
sish up this week.
lDenison.
Prof. John r Raeee has beer e!ec!edi
to the principalship Of the Dow City.
schools and will leave Denison College
to accept the position.
New Sharon.
Mrs. DIR. Wood had her potatoes
planted Good Friday. to make certain.
of a good crop. but S. G. Martin got the
start of her by two days. planting POI
statoes. peas and strawberries.
Auburn.
No further signs of smallpox have
appeared in Auburn TO date. The Low
der family, the only one to be quaran-8
tined, will be released in a few days,
and the house thoroughly disinfected.
Fl. Madison.
The town has been alive with tramps
the past few days. to many Of whom
the rock pile Is furnishing excellent ex-
adam material for the roads about the
city.
Marion
j. j. Dofflemyer, the efficient superin-
tendent of our public schools, has been
elected to a like position at Boone. Mr..
Dofflemyer will remain here and con-
tinue his work until the close Of the
schools for the summer vacation.
Bloomfield.
DR.. Clara l.. Kimble who was dam
gerously hurt in Sundays wreck. 10 no
better II is feared that she will not
recover. Her body is badly swelled. DR..
Sellman made a careful examination
and expressed fears that blood had coll
lected around the liver.
Davenport.
Postmaster Metzger has been notified
that his salary has been increased to
$1,000 year in view OF the fact that
the receipts of the local office for the
year ending March 81 We're sS1,595.12, an.
Increase of s6.55G.9l over the preceding
year, when the postmaster's salary was
$4,000.
Hampton.
A surveying party of the Great West
ern railway arrived here last Saturday,
and on Monday commenced work from
here westward along the line heretofore
surveyed! 70 Clarion. l. L; r;;inora;. shat
work will commence on the line as soon
as the frost is out of the ground.
Cedar Rapids.
A new Gamewell transmttter has just
been placed In the central fire station.
The instrument is a very fine one, cost
Ing the city $201. The machine is to be
used to sound the alarm when fire is
teephoned in, and by use of it, the old
and unsatisfactory way Of tapping 1t in
is eliminated.
Ida Grove.
O. f. Cole. who for several months
past has been the station agent of the
Northwestern at Arthur. was in the
city recently Mr.. Cole has been COM
PEELED TO resign his position owing to i'll.
health, and with his family will take
their departure for Greencas site. Mo-.
where Mr. Cole will engage In the min
istry.
Red Oak.
While the sentiment among our bust
ness men favorable to street paving is
not entirely unanimous, 1t is sufficiently
so to indicate that something In this dt-
rection is likely to be done before long
Property owners on the south side of
the square are understood to be almos.
unit In the matter, and 1t is possible
they may proceed with their share of
the paving this summer. leaving the
other sides to follow suit at their conve-
nience. The city's share will be provid-
ed for by party who offers to furnish
the money at low rate Of interest.
Greenfield
Last Monday morning William r.
Mitchell! who lives on his farm, In sec
tion IA of Grove township, and his ron
Joseph brought handsome hide Of u
gray wolf to the Transcript office. that
had been captured In trap on his
farm few days before. Az Ii was
caught in trap and killed with club
the hide wac not injured. He will get
the bounty from the county and will
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