Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-09-19
FROM ALL OVER IOWA
The Doings of Your Friends in Iowa Towns
Your Old Home.
IOWA NEWS ITEMS

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Jewell.
Jewell college has opened the school
year auspiciously, with twice the num-
Der of students that have appeared in
any previous year.
Iclarinda.
The peach crop in this section is
most certainly not a failure, judging
from the samples d. d. McCalla. living
south of town, brought In last Satur-
day.
Marion.
The Register says it is pretty well
settled that next years tournament
the Firemen of the State Association
can have their wish in the matter.
iAarengo.
The Simpson Carriage company has
now leased all the rooms in the Ketch-
/ ,lm block, outside the hotel, for their
business and contemplate putting in
i'm exhaustive steam heating plant.
l.eMars.
The dedication of Western Union coll
Ilege will occur on Wednesday. Bishop
Stanford of Harrisburg, Pa, and DR..
Benjamin Andrews, OF Lincoln, Neb.,
lire booked for addresses to inaugurate
the educational event.
Fl. Dodge.
The school census enumerators for
the independent school district of Fort
Dodge have completed their labors and
have found that according to their,
count there are 2,7SS persons of school
age in the district, showing u gain of.
295 over the preceding census
Aibia.
The Union editor visited the farm
home of Frank May, in Union town
ship and strolled thru the orchards
and saw more apples, pears. peaches;
and plums than he supposed grew in
Monroe county. Frank will have
bank account to the amount of between
$500 and 1000 from his fruit this year
and the 240 acre farm will yield him a
good rental.
Mason City.
The new court house will be opened
to the public on Saturday evening,
Oct. 5. Such is the decision of Capt.
Shockely. who has in charge the clock
fund. On that evening, which is the
concluding evening of the big carnival,
a dance will be given In the court house
and the proceeds will go to help pay
for the clock and for other adornments
to the beautiful new building. District.
court will convene In the new structure
for the first time October z.
New Sharon.
The beginning of work on the, new
Sherman block has been the means of
making possible a number of other I'M
|provements. Roberts & Crowder pur-
chased the Burket property adjoining
sold the old frame and Will put up a
brick 20x90. The dirt from the cellar
lis beng used to raise the grade of the
street Immediately west of Main street.
also the walks and lawn at the j. c..
Hammond residence. and opposite that
the residence of property of L. Turner
has been raised and the lot filed. all of
which are important improvements. as
stated by the Star.
Clear Lake.
Mason City is to lose another of her
school teachers at the altar of Hymen.
on Wednesday at Clear Lake, Miss
Esther Topper was, united in mar
rage to Finley McKercher. For a
one OF the most popular of the ward
school teachers of this city She
handed in her resignation to re-elec-
ton this year and the cause. is ex-
plained in the above. Mr.. McKercher
lis we'll o-do widower living In Clear
Lake and is actively, engaged in the land
business After their marriage Mr.. and
Mrs. McKercher will make their home
at the Lake.
Carroll.
T AS the Sentinel predicted some time
ago the bed of quicksand near the pro-
posed site of the new roundhouse will
prove no obstacle to the able engineers
|of the Northwestern. Work was begun
Saturday on the laying of a temporary
track across the creek and the work of
building the round house on the site
about d block west of the pumping sta
ton will be rushed along. There We're
about thirty men at work Saturday.
unloading piling and bridge timber
moving telegraph poles. etc. AT this
time only ten stall house is contem-
plated, but the plan is likely to be-
changed before the building is complet-
ed and one of sufficient capacity to care
for the increased business erected.
Davenport.
The Republican says: 1t will be
noticed that the postoffice building is
not draped. The reason for this is an,
act of congress passed in 1893 and
signed by President Harrison just be-
fore he was succeeded by President
Cleveland. Prior to that time the pub
lie buildings had been draped whenever
one Of the public officers of prominence
died, and In Washington. at least, they
were as often in draped condition as
not. Such constant exhibition of
mourning became SO monotonous to the
members of congress and the people of
the capital city that the bill mentioned
was framed and became "a law without
Opposition. Now the statute forbids
everything except the lowering Of the
flag.
Des Moines.
j. A. Smith. who resides on the South
Side, near Fifth and Madison streets,
became impressed with the idea about
S o'clock Tuesday morning that several
houses in the neighborhood of where
he resides were burning. His wife
treid to keep him from turning in an
alarm, and did succeed in pulling him
away from the alarm box. Smith stole
from the house and called up the police
station, stating to the officers that the
whole south side was on fire. Wagons
came running from all directions, but
no blaze could be found. 1t is INSIDE
meanor punishable by fine or im-