Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-11
FROM ALL OVER IOWA
The Doings of Your Friends in Iowa Towns
Your Old Home.
IOWA NEWS ITEMS

Hubbard.
The Hubbard Telephone Company
held meeting Friday, and among 9TH
er business transacted. they decided to
allow all those owning phones to talk
| free of charge to New Providence.
Dixie.
The new city fire engine arrived on
Friday. and is beauty with its new
paint and metal parts. 1t is expected
the city council will order a shed built
for it on the city lot, as reported by the
Gazette.
Buffalo Center.
John Saunders and A. M. Grinder
have an offer of $4,000 stock of hard
ware specialties for the patent to an
engine which Jack got up last summer.
they will accept it or not" says the
Tribune.
FontaneIle.
Miss Effie Bennett is a successful ap-
plicant for position in the hospital at
Iowa City and will leave in about ten
days to take up her duties there. Two
Fontanelle young ladies who have taken
|up similar work In the past year have
been very successful.
Armstrong.
Miss Maria T. Pingree, county super
intendent, was in Armstrong Saturday.
She has visited every school in Iowa
Lake township and said she expected
to Visit the Denmark township schools
this week. She takes great interest in
her work and will do all in her power to
make Emmett county schools equal to
any in the state, as reported by the
journal.
Dubuque.
The well known upper Mississippi
river steamer Vivian has been sold.
Captain J. r. Duley sold the boat re-
Gently to Alexander and James Moir, Of
Burlington. who will use her for towing
barges of clam shells for factories in
that locality. The Vivian will go south
Immediately upon the opening of navi-
cation, 1t is understood, and will no
doubt be seldom seen in these waters
in the future.
Primshar.
The smallpox cases are getting along
nicely: the seventeen days have expired
since the Robinson family has been
guaranteed and as no new cases have
developed except in the family that is
quarantined. our community is feeling
much better. Hugh Robinson. Jr.. and
his mother are both sick with the dis
ease, but the attack Is light. Strict
quarantine Is being enforced and there
seems to be no danger of new cases de-
veloping.
Victor.
The Index says: While rural tele-
phone lines centering into neighboring
towns are having several kinds of trou
BILE over their central offices, the Victor
lines are enjoying enviable peace. 1t Is
one thing that may be pointed to with
pride. No friction has ever been ex-
hibited between the several lines CEN
tering here-each striving with others
to be fair in the exchange of courtesies
the whole net work of wires
indeed mutual.
Rockford.
The Register says: A ruction in the
high school room one day this week in
vited the presence of the board of di-
rectors and the laying down of few
rules for the government of
a few young men who should be gentle
men enough to appreciate the splendid
school privileges given them and wise
enough to avail themselves of them.
The insubordinate and unruly school
boy seldom amounts to shucks when he
gets to be man.
Waterloo.
A deal was consummated Saturday
Peter Book of Plainfield, Ill.,,
1iSn nf nf In lr .,,ylr
farm land to farmer residing
near Denver for $3.50 per acre. The
farm is located about seven miles from
Waterloo and is an excellent one. The
farm was purchased by Mr.. Book about
four years ago, thru his nephew, w. ID.
Lantz of this city. for $35 per acre. His
net profit on the sale was therefore
$3.50 per acre, or about $4,000. In adj
dition to this. he received a high rate
o Interest on the money invested from
the rental of the place.
Maquoketa.
Negotiations have been commenced
with Andrew Carnegie with reference
TO the building of a public library build
ing in this city. The other day DR.. d.
N. Loose, who has been interchangeable
in his efforts for library, received a
communication from the wealthy
Scotch ironmonger, In which a number
of pertinent questions were asked, con-
corning the exact situation here. Last
week the matter was brought up before
the council and was turned over to a
who will answer the ques-
tons and endeayor to secure an offer
from Mr.. Carnegie. The Excelsior
thinks that there will be little If any OPP
position to the levying of a 2-mil! tax
for maintenance of a, free city library.
Council Bluffs.
Almost every day party of recruits
to the United States army passes thru
this city, en- route to San Francisco, |
where they will sail for the Philippines.
The policy of sending unassigned re-
cruits to the Philippines was adopted |
by Secretary Root in order that the /
regiments there, whose ranks are being |
thinned by deaths and by /
The expiration of the terms of enlist |
nent of the soldiers may be kept re-
,ruited to their maximum strength. At |
he present season of the year there is I
very little work for farm hands and
others. and as result many of them /
,nlist. Saturday party of five recruits
anne from Quincy. Ill, EN- route to San
francisco.
Upton.
In the district court last week the
,ase was tried of Charles Heiner ct al.
IS. Fred Ehrke, in an attempt to collect
| commission for a real estate sale. A
,erdict was returned for defendant