Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-06-25
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Perry.
The Bryan lecture receipts We're over
$500, and Mr. Bryan left Perry with
$141.5O added to his purse.
Davenport.
At his home in Gilbert, at II o'clock
Sunday morning, occurred the death of
Gustav Bornemann, one of the old Ger
man settlers of the county.
Corning.
Saturday morning at about o'clock
while temporarily insane, Mrs. Sarah
C. Owens, of Nodaway township, COM
mitted suicide by cutting her throat
with razor.
tnosene.
Two of the fence gang, who are at
work ninety miles south, near Evona,
Mo, came home Thursday evening of
last week, badly hurt. Their hand car
had jumped the track and threw them
off.
Charlton.
Soloman Holmes, who lives on the
James Whitney farm, was cutting his
rye Monday. This, in all probability, is
the first cutting down in the county
and is surely an exceptionally good
field. Lucas county is not always be-
hind the procession.
Dubuque.
Nicholas Schmierbach, a farmer
north of the city, blew the top of his
head off Sunday afternoon with a shot
gun. He was respondent. William
George rode to death Sunday after
noon on bicycle. He dismounted and
died In five minutes. Heart trouble was
the cause.
Mason City.
Two men who were arrested by De-
tective Cowan, were arraigned in the
police court and We're fined S25 and
costs. They were found in q c., Nj. &
ST. P. car. Sheriff Confer also received
notification to watch out for a consign-
ment of goods that We're being sent
from this city from Ottumwa.
OdeboIt.
John A Reynolds was hit in the right
eye with piece of steel while using
the emery wheel last Saturday and in
consequence is off duty at the black
smith shop this week. He suffers con-
siderable pain, but hopes to be all right
in a few days. His son Walter is sick
with appendicitis and will probably
submit to surgical operation.
Soldier.
On Monday night of this week this
vicinity was visited by fine rain,
which insures a bountiful crop to all
kinds of farm products. Early potatoes
are looking fine and promise an i'm
mense yield. Farmers are commencing
to pillow their corn for the last time
Small grain is looking as good as it
ever did and pastures and meadows are
at their best
Dysart.
Henry Heckroth, who lived this side
of Dysart until a few months ago, pur-
chased farm OF 240 acres near Tros-
ky Mimi of e. e. Taylor over a year
ago at $3.50 per acre. Last week
Taylor resold the farm at S45 per acre.
Mr. Heckroth thus clears $4,000 in little
over one year. He vii move to Hamlin
county, S. D., VIII re he has bargained
for farm of $40 acres.
Missouri Valley.
The 10-year- son of T. Tolleffson.
living in Seatons addition. met with
very serious and painful accident on
Monday evening. While playing with
toy gun, using staples for ammuni-
ton, one of the staples flew backward
striking the boy in the left eye. The
sharp point of the staple penetrated
the eyeball and there is but little
chance of saving the sight of the eye.
Boone.
There is on exhibition in the window
of G. +. Hewitt's book store an old
newspaper dated Jan. 4. 1900, and Civ
ling an account of the death and funer-
al services of George Washington. 1t
was published in Lexington, n. w. and
belongs to relatives of Mrs. A. e. Cole,
who have had it in their family for l02
years. The paper has been framed be-
tween two glasses so that it can be
read from either side.
WaverIy.
The local strawberry crop is disap-
pointment. There have been some good
berries on the market, but the berry
patches in and around Waverly didn't
yield well. The good berries have not
sold for less than 12lla cents a box The
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rants, so that crop, too, will be poor and
Hight And most of the gooseberries
look sick also. There will be very few
| if any plums. 1t looks now as if there
would be a good lot of apples.
Doom.
| The crowd attending the old settlers
picnic here Friday was large. consid-
ering the weather. 1t was so cold that
| the officers deemed it advisable to have
the speaking in the opera house instead
of the park. as was planned. Mayor
Tinley delivered the address of well
dome and was followed by Hon. 5. IA.
Bashor, of Waterloo. who delivered a
very able and pleasing address.
1 The ball game between Sheldon and
Rock Rapids was won by the former by
| a score of 16 to IL!
| Glenwood.
| Herbert A. French, of this city, was
married Wednesday evening at Ninton
to Miss Besse Stedman, the couple now
| being away on a two weeks stay
among the lakes Mr.. French is well
| known young man. both in Glenwood
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