Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-04-10
FROM ALL OVER IOWA
The Doings of Your Friends in Iowa Towns
Your Old Home.
IOWA NEWS ITEMS

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Moorhead.
| w. e. Hodgen has drawn the plans
! for the new NJ E. church at Moodhead.
II will be a nice little church and VIII
cost about $4,000.
Oakland.
Rev. E. Wilson will be the pastor at
Fairview church for the ensuing year
Rev. Rucker, who preached there last
year has been assigned to Bridgewater
Red Oak.
George Boileau traded his farm,
south of Pacific Junction, for Mr.
Lanes building on the west side OF the
square and other town property. The
deal amounted to nearly $4,000.
Hancock.
The citizens of Hancock are taking
quite an interest in the Hancock band.
They have over $55 subscribed for a
band stand for the coming season and
the band will give two concerts week
during the summer.
Stanton.
There is $54s.59 in the town treasury
at the close of the fiscal year. The re-
ceipts for the year were s636.59 from
taxes, $31 from licenses and So from
fines The disbursements for the year
year were $654.91. The balance on hand
at the beginning of the year was
s522.91.
Essex.
r. L. Reid, an old soldier we'll known
| in this community, died at his home in
this city Tuesday morning after an i'll
Eess of one week. Essex will
soon boast of stone sidewalks. The ma
|terial has already arrived, and Contrac-
tor Belt will place it In a short time.
Mrs. North Dowie, R. A. Sanderson and
Mr.. Belt will partake of this luxury.
Waterloo.
Alonzo O'Farrell was the name given
Il by tramp who was enjoying an alco-
hol spree yesterday near the Bailey
| farm south of town. He created so
much disturbance that the farmers
captured him, and after securely bind
ing him with ropes, straps and wires,
threw him into wagon and brought
him to Waterloo, where he was turned
over to the city authorities.
Ute.
Quite a number Of Monona county
people will attend the worlds confer
ence of the Reorganized Church of Lat
| ter Day Saints at Lamont. There are
| good many of these people scattered
thruout Monona and Harrison counties
who are largely descendants Of the ear
lily Mormons who stopped for time at
Kanesville, and their faith is still as
firm as that Of their fathers.
Clarion.
The Great Western engineers sur
veyed preliminary line In the past
week from the point west of here,
where the old M. G. & F. D. defects
isouth. straight on west to Goldefild, and
how much farther we don't know.
Neither do we know the object of the
survey, but as other surveys are being
made on line between this point and
Sioux City already extending east from
the latter place to Storm Lake, the OBJ
| ject can be surmised.
onawa.
Last Saturday morning, while discing
near his home on the old Hazen farm,
northeast of town, Otto Habicht met
with painful accident and one that
may necesstate the amputation of his
/ foot. The team, which he was driving,
became unmanageable and started to
run away. The boy was thrown from
his seat and in some way his foot was
caught under the wheels and lacerated
! in terrible manner. 1t will be some
time before he will be able to be out.
Sloan.
1 A great many farmers completed
wheat seeding last week. During the
greater part of the week ideal seeding
weather prevailed, and the ground was
! in perfect condition for the reception
of the seed. These favorable condi-
| tons tended to somewhat increase
the acreage over past years. Not for
many years has this crop been put in
in as good shape as this season. and
farmers are led to look for an excel
lent crop II the weather is at all ia
lvorable during the growing season.
CIarinda.
Isaac Damewood, an old soldier and
ex-sheriff of Page county, died at his
home in this city Saturday aged ~
years. He has been gradually falling
for the past six months. The deceased
| is the father of F. A. Damewood, mail
clerk on the Keokuk & Western rail-
road. and of E. G. Damewood prom
inent farmer living near Coin. The
funeral was conducted Monday at 10
O'Clock by Rev. e. E. Ilgenfritz Of the
M. e. church, after which the remains
were buried in the old soldiers burial
ground In this city.
Charlton.
| John Vincent was arrested and put in
Jail Friday evening for getting drunk
and beating his sister Daisy almost to
death. The occasion for his attack on
her was that she was trying to keep
him from disturbing his mother who
lis lying very i'll at their home. He
knocked his sister down and kicked her
lyiciously in the stomach and breast.
For time it was thought she could not
recover, but she is some better at this
writing. Had 1t not been for her father
who came to her rescue he would have
undoubtedly killed her.
Malvern.
Roy Baird, the 12-year-old son of Mr..
and Mrs. John Baird, was accidentally
| shot and seriously wounded Thursday
from gun in the hands of playmate,
Walter Angus. He was holding the
gun across his lap with the muZZle
toward his companion when in forcing
the cartridge, a No %. into the gun the
extractor hit it, causing 1t to explode.
The ball passed nearly thru Roy's body.
penetrating the right thigh, severing
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