Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-08-06
FROM ALL OVER IOWA
The D0ings OF Your Friends in Iowa Towns
Your Old Home.

Fifth avenue just east OF Sixteenth
street. The plans cstll for a two-story
building and ii Will be completed some
time this fail, as the management de-
sine to have everything installed and in
WORKING order before the snow flies.
Coon Rapids.
NJ. NJ Cooney has bought all his
fathers property consisting OF resi-
dence, business building. property oc-
|cuped by Palsey. the six vacant lots
near the school house and six vacant
lots in loes Moines. Consideration about
$4,000.
Conrad.
crop conditions have improved to
quite an extent during the past ten
days in this locality Corn has made
Ia splendid growth and small grain has
been almost all harvested, except in the
not GAYS.
Linn Grove.
Lewis Lewis and II. w. Mayne will
soon begin the construction of a water
works system in Linn Grove. Work
on the digging of the trench for the
mains will begin in a few days and the
work Will be pushed to completion as
rapidly as possible.
Bows.
The school board has contracted with
the Wheeling Corrngating Company. of
Wheeling w. Va. for steel ceiling for
all the rooms and halls in the school
building except the new part. The ma
te,.ial is to be here this week, and it
FS.,. ,,,y
of school, September.
OskaIosa.
Mr. Francis r. Wheaton. of the SUI
pervising architects office at Wash
ington, was in this city on Saturday for
conference with Mr.. Jos. n. Pattison.
the superintendent of construction.
with view of an early completion of
the building. and was much pleased
with the beautiful appearance as pre-
scented by the present stage OF progress.
GIadbrook.
1t begins to look to the Northern az
tho the new $4,000 United Brethren
church was Il sure 60 as the soliciting
committee are having good success and
have nearly enough to guarantee its
erection. They want $4,000 pledged be-
fore work is commenced on the build
ing as extras will take another thou
sand dollars which will be quite enough
to raise in dedication day.
Upton.
DIR Donnelly informs the Advertiser
that two more cases of smallpox have
developed in the family of Chas. Stats,
who lives near Cedar Valley, a town in
~.
first attacked, is almost We'll. This
week he and the eldest boy We're taken
down with the disease. The cases are
all strongly marked and there is not
the slightest question as to the nature
of the disease. The usual precautions
have been taken TO prevent q spread of
the disease.
Mt. Pleasant.
w h Crane was taken before Judge
Withrow on the LIST on the application
of relatives, and after due hearing of
the case he was sent to the inebriate
ward of the hospital for years treat
ment there. He did not object to going,
except that he preferred to have q
thirty days trial. But after talking
the matter over it was agreeable that
department put in by the state will no
doubt prove a great benefit to more
than one who has become confirmed in
the use of liquors. Already some thir-
ty or forty have been brought here for
treatment, and no doubt many others
will soon be sent
The Eclipse of the 31st says: With
the possible exceptions of few pieces
is about all finished in this
locality and the grain was gathered in
fairly good shape, barring rains last
week. The most of the crop was lodged,
badly in some places, which made cut
ting rather slow and tedious. A couple
of weeks dry weather is now needed in
order to dry out the shocks and help
stacking. Corn is coming on nicely and
every piece on high ground promises to
be an abundant crop Some of 1T is