Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-08-25
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Bows.
John Griffith went to Pttsburg. Pa.
last week and closed the deal for N
1,So0-aere horse ranch near Fargo
4 North Dakota. He has since been of
fered $4,000 for his bargain
Allison.
Grading is going on at lively rat,
between here and Clarksville. There
have been several reports that thu
gang WAS ordered off. Such is not tn,
case. according to the Tribune.
/ Ccheyedan.
Scarcely a bushel of grain has beer
4 thleshed in the county this week, says
the Press of the ed. owing to con-
tinued heavy rains. Some fear is en-
tertained for the small grain crop, q
large per cent of which is still III the
/ shock.
Laurens.
Warren Cottrell was hauling tile
Saturday to put in on his farm. He
is laying four inch and seven inch
tile and now expects To put in some
thing like six thousand. The sun says
this has been great season for encour-
aging the tile industry.
Titonka.
Threshing has begun in some neigh :
borhoods of this section and from re-
ports the oats crop will yield from 4G
to Go bushels per acre. Wheat is very
poor and the yield will not be over 5
bushels per acre. Barley is reported
as being an extra crop.
Anamosa.
The Prison Press states that the
new building for the butter-tub fac
tory Will be 5ox160x3?. 1t is on the
inside of the prison walls. Dog
prisoners are at work again, some
thing like a half dozen CANNES having
bitten the dust within the past tew
days.
Woodward.
In response to telegram Ted
Rhoads left Monday night for Law
ton, oklahoma His brother Nanny
has been i'll there for several weeks
with typhoid fever. Loren Rhoades
Went there To assist in caring for him
but is now ill and Ted has gone to
take his place. Loren Will return home
at once.
Winterset.
The citizens of Winterset are forming
"a bushes mems association and viii
soon be in line with other progressive
places $ The new Winterset Saw
ings Bank has the material on the
ground for the construction of Il vault
in the building to be occupied. The
October ].
Shenandoah.
The crop outlook in this section of
Iowa was never better than ii is at the
present time. The corn shows that
rich green color that indicates unusual
and the hay crop is making
splendid Yields and the only thing Sc
riously damaged is the wheat, much OF
which is being threshed and found TO be
damaged by the wet weather.
Meservey.
rhreshing has been delayed in this
vicinity for about two weeks by the
heavy rains. Farmers and thresher-
men are beginning to feel Il little du-
hious about the small grain Corn.is fine
but if these rains keep up it will be |
poor grade of paper for newspaper men,
Fl. Madison.
The oldest settler at the Old Settlers
of Lee county. held AT TT |
Madison on the 18th. MAS Mrs. t.lenor
Simmons Olm. who Was born in Ohio |
Sept u. 1909. making her age nearly !
90. Her home is I'M TT. Madison. She I
came to Lee county in 1919. There are
others living who came to Lee county I
1T an earlier date than Mrs. Orm, but I
they are not so old in Years.
Clear Lake.
The Sol OFT farm of 234 acres. north (
west of town. WIS sold this week to Jas. (
Pedlcy. of Cedar Falls, for SCI I'm acre.
Mr.. Iedey gets possession i'm the
SPRING Ralph Callahan is MAX
ng Il success of agriculture;tl pursuits
Last Week he turned off - SONS, re-
Giving S3l2 in exchange, and he has
l5 pigs from them which will bring
, good sized check in the spring.
Audubon.
The contract was let last week fol
he erection of a Catholic school here
Work WAS commenced last week ano.
he cellar has already been eNcavated
l'he building is 24N4S with two stories
md will be located Just east of thu
catholic church. The contract calls 4
or the school to be completed and
eacy for use as soon as possible which i,
will probably be by the first OF Octo-
,cr.
-sthervile.
MI. G: T. Peterson has sold his fancy {;
IRVING team to Il party from st. Louis
or fine snug sum of $40 for the naked +,
lorses They will be at the Iowa state