Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-19
FROM ALL OVER IOWA
The D0ings of Your Friends in Iowa Towns
Your Old Home.
IOWA NEWS ITEMS

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Terril.
. The Terril creamery has paid 1T.
patrons $61.S43.12 in cash since Apri
/, 1893.
Jewell.
Next week force of men will be-
gin the erection of third story tc
the Dutton House.
Primghar.
! The council met recently and passed
: an ordinance establishing fire limits
l laround the square and prohibiting the
erection of any but brick and stone
) buildings in that territory.
1 EddyvilIe.
. The Ottumwa Telephone Company
has it's line completed into this place.
and patrons of the Eddyville Exchange
can now get direct communication
with Otumwa. The distance is about
: fifteen miles.
Woodward.
The Enterprise says Woodward
lpeople are feeling very thankful that
Last year there We're two cases near
ItpWii, Uul Sicat cure WAS ldheH, anu
the disease did not spread beyond the
one house.
Mason City.
The Globe-G Gazette says: Treasurer
Reinke of the Memorial University
! board and Colonies Sortor and Morris
are in Chicago to attend an important
Injecting of the entire board. The work
on the first building has progressed so
well that the board is beginning to get
things ready for a possible opening In
the fall.
IStanhope.
i The combination sale at this place
last Saturday was great success, and
1 filled the town to overlooking with
farmers and others who came to buy
and sell. The value of the property
sold was $1,000, consisting of q head
of horses, head of cattle, chickens,
all kinds of machinery, household
goods and other articles.
| Dubuque.
The Mckinley memorial subscription
paper which has been in the hands of
~. w. Patterson at the internal revenue
office in the custom house for several
months, will be closed up the last of
this month and forwarded to Washing
ton. The amount contributed thus far
reaches about 500, most of which was
contributed by federal officeholders and
tpostoffice employees.
Guthrie Center.
The Guthrlan says: Sam Kee, the
celestial that does the washee for our
people, had a new experience the other
might on the toboggan slide from the
water tower down to the Guthrian
office. We asked him for his sensa-
tons on the swift trip. He said.
t"Whooppe, stomach try to come up in
mouth. go like railroad train. then
jump off. and walkee UP the hill
agin.''
Shenandoah.
The Shenandoah Political Equality
Club has been circulating a petition
asking the state legislature to submit
"a woman suffrage amendment to the
voters of the state. This petition was
forwarded to Des Moines. Tuesday. II
contained 1860 signatures OF this
number of signatures 1906 live in
Shenandoah or, true of about forty, In
the immediate vicinity; $40 of the to-
tai number We're women and 500 men
Clear Lake.
Main street business men are seri- i
ously agitating the question of paving
that thoroughfare with asphalt this |
coming spring. The impetus given to /
paving in Mason City during the past |
year has had the effect of arousing
a longing for similar work in this |
city and Main street offers fine
ground for starting the same. 1t is |
said that a goodly portion of the bust
ness men on the street would favo.
such a proposition.
Cedar Rapids.
Cedar Rapids now contains within
her geographical limits the champion
bowler of the state of Iowa, game
In which much local interest has been
aroused of late. The new champion
is Joseph Patten. a tonsoiial artist To-
Gated in the Jim block who broke the
state record at Burke's alleys. 1t was
by very close margin but the record
is severed, nevertheless. In five straight
games Patten scored 1925. The pre-
yious best record in Iowa was 1924.
Spencer.
w. III. Moore was In town the last of
the week, having sold car load of
wheat TO the Spencer Mills from his
filietts Grove farm, receiving SO cents
on track. An entire car load of wheat
is an unusual occurrence among Clay
county farmers. says the News. While
some of our farmers produce some sur
plus wheat, this is the first instance
when one had an entire car load to
dispose of at one time. Many of our {
armers grow no wheat at all, believ-
ng they secure better returns on other
,rops.
Upton. I
After escaping for a long time while
nearly every other community In the
state has been more or less affected
fipton has at last developed two mild
Asses of smallpox. The victims are
Mrs. May Hubbard and Mrs. Beaver s
or. Matthi, of Davenport, member
# the state board of health was hers
Monday and examined the cases and
them smallpox Tho local
BOARD of health met at once after I
earning of the presence of the disease l
md inaugurated vigorous measures to 4
prevent the spread or the disease. 4
.lIston.
The Ellston Public Library now has
large handsome substantial book
ase made by NJ. c. Needham who do \