Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-03-19
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Boone.
G. C. Deering has returned from his
trip to Des Moines. While there he was
reelected secretary treasurer Of the
Iowa Telephone Association.
Red Oak.
Shank & Elicit had small blaze in
their drug store Saturday morning.
which was promptly put out by the fire
boys and business men that rushed to
their assistance.
Wall Lake.
The team of Joel Johnson ran away
Thursday afternoon while Mr.. Johnson
was crossing the Goose pond grade on
his way to this town. Mr.. and Mrs.
johnson and young lady We're thrown
out of the buggy, and slightly injured.
Rockwell City.
The Rockwell City Canning Company
has rented $50 acres of land contiguous
TO town and will plant the same to
sweet corn. Expert help will be en-
ployed and the farmers will be given n
practical lesson in how to profitably
raise corn for canning purposes.
Ottumwa.
Ed Rector died early Saturday morn
ing from injuries received Friday af-
ternoon in which he had the right half
of his skull torn away by the bursting
buzz saw while assisting in saving
wood at the Mclaughlin home near his
former residence about four miles west
of the city.
villisca.
Artur, the son of Mr.. and Mrs. L. E.
Stennett, met with painful accident
at his home Thursday. His grandmoth-
er was assisting with the family wash
ing and did not notice the baby peing
10 near the wringer and caught the
thumb of the left, hand, completely am
putating it.
Muscatine.
The town sites of the Milwaukee line
thru Muscatine county have been def
nitely located and the land for the town
sites purchased from the parties now
owning the land. There will be two
stations between Muscatine and Cone,
and that they will prove to be good
ones is almost assured.
Davenport.
instance of his wife, and summoned to
answer to the charge of assault with a
deadly weapon. The trouble was the
result of a family quarrel. Mrs. Hesen
claimed that her husband assaulted her
with a razor and threatened her. He
was placed under 5000 bonds to keep
the peace.
Alden.
During his brief stay in Chicago his
royal highness, Prince Henry, was seen
by an Aldenite, F. l.. Spencer, who was
In the city on business, but Mr.. Spen-
Ger does not lay claim to a very init
mate acquaintance as the two did not
get near enough to each other to as
much as exchange the customary VIE
gents mein herr.
Lenox.
Friday morning at about o'clock the
people Of Lenox were awakened by the
ringing of the fire bell. The fire was
soon discovered to be in the rear end of
aymal Bros store. The blaze was
soon quenched, but the heat was so in
tense that the plastering dropped in
many places and nearly all the win
dows were broken.
Boone.
Many will be glad to learn of the pro-
motion of Alvin Thomas to the fore
manship of the Northwestern's paint
shops at Mason City. Mr.. Thomas has
served five years under Foreman c. A.
Wight in the Boone shops and goes to
succeed John Sine, the present fore
man, also of Boone, who, as soon IS the
change is made will remove with his
family to this city.
Harlan.
The high winds of the last few days
have dried the fields up very rapidly, SO
that farmers are beginning to SOW
wheat. The country roads have also
dried very rapidly and in some places
they are very rough. Farmers are i'm
proving the time and are laying in all
needed farm machinery so as to be able
TO attend TO the real duties of the farm
when the weather gets right.
Council Bluffs.
The trial of the personal injury dam
age suit of b. f. Kirk against the Union
Pacific Railroad Company, in which the
piaintiH asks damages in the sum of
$4,000, has begun. Kirk lost both legs
in a railroad accident in the South ON
aha yards February 16, 1900. He was a
conductor IN the employ OF the North
wsetern road. Kirk appeared in court
yesterday wheeled in chair.
Burlington.
Burlington officials are congra tulat-
ing themselves over an unusually rap
i'd run made by their fast mail train
No. IS, between Clyde and Galesburg
Tuesday night. The distance is 1913
miles miles and the run was made in
1873 minutes actual running time. Owing
to trains coming from the east being
late the Burlington's fast mail was
eighteen minutes late in leaving Chi
cago. This was more than made up be-