Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-07-07
FROM ALL OVER IOWA
The Doings of Your Friends in Iowa Towns
Your Old Home.
IOWA NEWS ITEMS

Stanley Boyce is nursing broken
arm sustained az; the result CT tau
while vaultng, at which spor. he is an
adept.
Toledo.
The city has built 200 barrel cistern
for boiler cleansing purposes. The soft
water will take the place of chemical
compound used for the same purpose,
and saving will be effected.
Sioux City.
Work on the new shops being built
by the Omaha line is being pushed by
n force of about 200 men and score OF
teams. The foundations for the round
house and one machine shop are COM
pleted and brick layers will start work
soon.
Hampton.
Rev. j. L. Wilkins has resigned his
pastorate of the Baptist church and
has gone TO Moulton Iowa, where his
family reside. Mr.. Wilkins made many
friends during his residence here, who
regret to see him leave, says the
Chronicle.
Ames.
George Graham had the misfortune
to lose horse valued at about 500 re-
Gently. 1t had been sold to Seward
Mabie, and While being delivered an
ankle joint turned, breaking bone,
which stuck thru the skin, making it
necessary to shoot the horse.
keokuk.
The Mckinley memorial. for the
martyr president, is to be pushed in
Lee county again. Under a proclama-
ton by Mayor Theodore A. Craig. of
this city, and with Postmaster Buck as
the receiver of subscriptions. less than
$50 was subscribed in Keokuk few
months ago. and it turns out that Keo-
kuk has contributed all that Lee coun-
ty has given to the fund. The postof-
flee people here gave most of that.
Sac City.
During the storm on Tuesday eve
ming the residence of o. c. Wood, in
College addition, was struck by light
ming. The bolt came down the chimney,
then divided into six currents, making
| six holes thru the ceiling. One of the
currents struck the clock and totally
destroyed it. The damage was light,
consisting of plastering torn off, little
siding damaged and SCOT scattered over
the furniture.
Coon Rapids.
| Two boys were arrested and fined
Saturday afternoon for exploding a
giant firecracker in a business house.
1t cost them ST apiece. There is little
lleniency shown by Mayor Cooney, and
this is the only way a town can be kept
orderly and obedience to the law Sc
may seem hard or harsh. but there is
J., J-n oil,
doors, remarks the Enterprise.
| Newton.
| Several of our carpenters were idle
the other day. The men who recently
Joined the union her refused to work
with non-union men and as a result had
to quit work. There are about forty
| five members of the union. Among
the latest improvements in the court
yard that have recently been added by
the Newton Federation of Women's
Clubs, from the s100 given to them for
| the purpose, are a number of comfort
able seats that have been placed along
side the paths at various places.
Leon.
| Wheat and early oats are ready to
harvest in Decatur county. but farm
ers are unable to get into the fields on
account of the excessive rainfall.
| Wheat and oats promised fine yield,
but the crop will be greatly damaged
unless we have several weeks of sun
shine. Corn generally promises a big
| yield, but needs warm and dry weather.
! The situation, however is not as bad
as it was last year when there was an
absence of stock water and pasture on
account of the drouth. Cattle, horses
and other stock have plenty to eat this
season and are doing we'll.
Oskaloosa.
| That It's more blessed to give than
receive was fully exemplitied on last
Thursday, when at that time ten of the
old comrades and half dozen OF the
w. r. c. ladies met at the home of
Comrade McGlasson and proceeded to
put pew roof on his house. A lady
| from the w. f.. c. and comrade from
the post, first having secured the nee
essary funds from comrades w. r. G..
ladies and many other kind-hearted
friends generously donated. Ten of the
old soldiers assisted by Mr. Nicolas
sons youngest son, Eugene, mounted
the roof and tore away the old and
soon had splendid new roof in it's
place.
OskaIoosa.
| At late meeting of the Commercial
Club report was submitted as to what
had been done with regard to the es-
tablishing of a rest room" in the court
house basement, for the use of ladies
| from the country. The only matter
| that caused discussion was the recom-
mendaton that the club pay the 81 a
| week for the necessary janitor service,
! the ladies of the city furnishing one of
their number to act as hostess to the
| guests. W. II. Lacey opposed the idea
of taxing the club % per cent of its
| income for a .janitor. and the matter
was left with the understanding that
1.-THE committee raise the amount by
Subscription, if possible.
Waterloo.
Monday the mulct shops of Black
hawk county paid their city and coun-
ty tax. There are sixteen saloons and
one wholesale liquor house in the coun-
Ity. The saloons pay $500 each, 1925 of
which goes to the city and the remain
der TO the county. and the wholesale
house pays $50, which is divided pro-
portionately.* That the abolition Of
| the war tax was hailed With joy by
Waterooans is shown by the fact that
| a banker estimated that when the law
was in full force as originally enacted
Waterloo contributed no less than 500
per day to the fund. The tax on NUM-.
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