Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-07-31

! Nestige of 1t is to be seen and the who'll
surface is covered with a slick, greasy
4 looking mud. Even where the waite
was shallow the corn has rotted away
| B,lt as one man says who lost a goot
| many acres, the soil has been more en-
riched than could have been done il
years by hauling manure upon it.
Sioux City.
The first commencement exercises a
the Mercy hospital training school fol
nurses We're held Saturday evening Al
the St Josephs hospital auditorium
when nine young women, constituting
the class of 1902, dedicated their lives
to the active work of the sick room anc
the hospital.
CenterviIle.
Citizen of Saturdays date: The towr
was crowded with farmers this after
noon. After a weeks hard work in the
| harvest field they come to town to buy
fsuppies for next week and rest halt
4 day. .Appanoose county farmers are the
1 happiest in the land. They are saving
| their harvest and have rich prospects
/ for Il bumper corn crop.
Red Oak.
\ Automobile parties have been quite
/ the popular amusement of late. MISS
/ Dorothy Deemer had Il party out Mon
day afternoon. Miss Marie Cole gave Il
Very pleasant one Tuesday evening to a
company of her Young friends. ana
Miss Patience Spencer entertained u
party OF friends "Wednesday afternoon
in the same manner in honor of her
eighteenth birthday.
Clinton.
The Mirror says: Corn between the
river and Chicago Is in bad condition
on the average. On rolling ground it
looks WELL but where the water has
been standing. considerable of it has
become worthless. and much of it can
only make fodder. even if the weather
becomes good One small field we saw
where the corn had been water killed
Mt about weeks growth"
Mapleton.
The acetylene gas people have been
busy this week putting in the piping
for lighting over a dozen of the Maple
ton business houses. Contractor
lIodg.in came over from Onawa the
first of the week to begin work on the
new school building and has employed
all the men he has been able to find in
town I'm addition to the force he
brought with him. Tuesday and
"Wednesday he was in Council Bluffs
and omaha looking for more men.
Boone.
AT meeting of Boonsboro local lodge
No. 500 n. NJ. w. of Thursday evening.
it was voted to send $1,000 to the aid of
the striking miners in the anthracite
der of the lodge the draft for this
was forwared by Secretary
kistler Friday morning. This is pure
and simple donation and is not am adj
vance of the ten per cent of the earn
ings which is to be sent later in ac
cordance with the ,;I,ier of the union.
Cedar Falls.
The summer school at the Iowa State
Normal closed its term at noon Friday.
and for the next five weeks a compare
tive quiet will reign over the hill and
about the campus. Over 900 students
have been enrolled for this summer
term, and some good work has been
DONE Wednesday at ] o'clock eighty
five students presented themselves as
for the state examination
conducted by President Seerley as a
member of the state board of eXamin-
ers
Fairfield.
The past week has been n busy one
for jefferson county farmers being the
only one of fair weather since harvest
began. 1t was impossible to get into
many fields because of the wet condt-
ton of the ground. and much of the
grain is now over-ripe. While many
fields have rotted. Hundreds of acres !
will not be cut at all and the oats crop
the county over will not be over one
half of what it promised in June. /
Meadows are in excellent condition and
most of the hay crop will be saved.
Burlington.
During this hot weather horse own
,rs should take good care of their ami
NAYS. SAYS the Hawkeye. Saturday |
while a horse was being watered at the
corner of Central avenue and Vine
street the animals nose began to bleed, |
md before the veterinary surgeon, who
was sent for at once arrived. the horse
was dead Another horse dropped dead I
near Fifth and Division. 1t is not |
Known whether the water furnished by
he water company killed the first horse
Or whether he was watered while over
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