Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-08-18
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Hubbard.
Elmer ostheimer was up in South
Dakota recently, where he purchas ID
200 head of feeders.
Eagle Grove.
Nate Simmons has made home
stead entry of 100 acres about forty
miles northwest of Pierre, the capital
OF South Dakota.
Ogden.
Chris lsihy and James Treloar have
put up a stack OF hay this season that
contains 100 tons. Can you beat it?
asks the Reporter.
Brooklyn.
The roof is on the new round house
laying track. Ii Will be ready for use
about the first of September.
Radcliffe.
The Signal says: We have it on
good authority that Radcliffe will soon
have a National Bank. We are not at
liberty To Civulge the names of the
parties interested yet.
lama.
Tie electric light company has met
ers installed in nearly all the residences
and business houses which it lights.
Consumers are waiting With interest
To learn If the result will be an increase
i'm their bills.
Grand junction.
The Chicago & Northwestern rail-
Way expect to put in another steam
shovel ut the gravel pit. They are
hauling Il great amount of gravel from
this pit and show that they are making
one of the best road beds in the
country.
New Hartford.
The dedication of the new Baptist
church Will occur ON September 1th
*John Iounker, two and one-hali
miles south of town, in Grundy county
has sold his farm of so acres 10 a par
ty in the western part of the state, con-
sideration, $40 per acre.
Leon.
The Leon creamery has secured a big
contract to furnish Swift IL Co. with
buttermilll and Skinned milk. The
Importance of this to the farmers is
realized when it is noticed that il has
caused a rise in the price of milk from
SO cents per 100 pounds to 50 cents.
Jefferson.
Bert Harrington tells us that his
strawberry sales for 1912 We're about
six thousand boxes. a possible yield of
$500 for q small chunk of sod. moi
Including the baokaches pl, ked up in
picking them. And the pains are apt
to last longer than the berries. But
the traffic pays.
Newton.
The Record say: Miles Humphrey
ened out again and is said to be rid
OF his sixth wife after season of
great trouble for all concerned. Ii is
said that she accepted SEQ last week
for her share in the property and left
for Des Moines.
Williams.
Tho we have had plenty of water
on the surface this year. it seems Peter
Nicholson, south of town, is having a
hard time to get we'll. Nernie Sni-
der, who is drilling one for him. re-
ports that he is now down over 80 feet
and has not been able to strike d good
flow OF water yet.
Marble Rock.
The continued heavy rains have APP
parently drowned out the box elder
bugs which early promised TO be Il
troublesome pest. Only stray samples
of the red tinged insects remain to re-
mind one of the hordes and swarms of
bugs that infested this region last year
and the year before.
Anamosa.
The Eureka learns that a party cap
tured a big catfish in this Vicinity and
another q pickere Weighing fourteen
pounds Good strings OF bass are not
uncommon. All over the state the
fishing seems to be unusually good,
the high water giving opportunity for
the fish TO get up over the dams.
williamsburg.
Robert Mcl.achran sold his big farm
Of nearly 400 acres southwest OF town
(lowa county, last week for something
like $40 per acre. gentleman
named l<anke, from Benton county
bought $50 acres and Charles Murrin
bought the remaining portion which he
will add to his already large farm.
Thompson.
Miss Ruth Clark, eldest daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Il. w. Clark who
live four miles north of town, left