Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-07-10
FROM ALL OVER IOWA
The Doings of Your Friends in Iowa Towns
--YOur Old Home.
IOWA NEWS ITEMS

tc enlarge the city pest house by build
lrg two wings to cost $1,000 and Sl,20o
each.
keokuk.
Samuel L. Chambers filed a claim in
the Keollull city council for $4,000 for
injuries he sustained by fall on a
sidewalk.
Fort Dodge.
The city calendar of contagious dis
eases bears the record of two more
cases of smallpox. Blanche Wiley. at
the John Wiley home on Second ave
nue. south and Twelfth street, and the
Mahoney family at 205 Central avenue,
have been placed under quarantine.
Creston.
Fourteen new members We're received
into full fellowship at the Baptist
church Sunday morning. This makes
thirty members received during the
past month and swells the total mem
bership of the congregation to go, I'M
der the active and able pastorate of
Rev. Foskett.
keosauqua.
j. w. Blackford. one of the best
known farmers of Van Buren, county.
says that during his experience of thir-
tv-nine years in Iowa he has never
known a full crop OF corn to be gath
cred in a year that had an excess of
rain during the month of June. He be-
iieves there will not be full crop this
year.
Ocheyedan.
The school board has let the contract
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school building. and the contractors
will be here next week to put 1T in. 1t
is to cost about 5000. 1t is to be sup
Piled with the latest improved Nentilat-
ing apparatuse which changes the at
mosphere of the building every fifteen
minutes.
Carroll.
All the streams in this vicinity are
overfowing the bottom lands, the rail-
roads are having hard work to keep
track for the trains to run on, and the
small grain is so badly down in many
places that there will be a heavy loss
in this respect. So far the corn is not
much damaged, but continued wet
weather will injure that crop as we'll as
others.
Webster City.
Mrs. II. B. Merrill has sold the auto
mobile which she drew recently at the
Elks carnival held in Des Moines. She
sold 1T to a Des Moines dealer for $500
The machine was of the light running
sort and hence extremely hard to run
over the frequent heavy roads in this
section of the state. The machine cost
her but so cents, and is one that would
retail for $500.
Oelwein.
The Chicago Great Western has UNI
der construction supply car that will
be under the supervision of General
Storekeeper Chapman. The car will be
loaded with almost everything that is
needed on the railway and at the sta
tons, from lantern to stationery and
I, custodian of the car will make the
car his home, travel over the different
divisions and distribute them as needed
Davenport.
w. A. Martin, one of the general mer
chants of McCausland. in this county, is
doing as we'll as can be expected after
losing his right hand as a result of the
Fourth of July celebration at that place.
Mr.. Martin was engaged in shooting off
the fireworks, and he held a very eX
p,osive piece in his hands too long after
1t hal been ignited His right hand was
shattered, and several doctors ampu
tated ii at the wrist joint.
Iowa City.
Attorney w. f. Murphy, of this city
has received notice from Washington,
ID. c., that he has been granted patent
OH his loading device. Mr. Murphy calls
his device the Hawkeye Corn Shock
Loader. 1t is an implement for loading
upon wagon corn shocks, baled hay
CIR any other heavy articles. 1t is at
Ia ched to the side of an ordinary hay
rack and the lifting is done with a horse
no manual labor. 1t is a derrick and
carrier combined and a great labor
saving machine.
Upton.
Another big real estate deal was
closed this week by which John and r.
d. Wingert became the owners of the
r. Owen farm of 240 acres south of
town. The former takes the home place
of 100 acres at 500 an acre and the lat
ter the remaining eighty acres at $40.
A young man from the west
side of the river brought the head of q
wild animal to the auditors Office re-
Gently and asked for the usual bounty
raid on wolves. Auditor Downing was
III, doubt about the identity of the crit
ter and after consulting with Other
county officials decided that the head
belonged to a coon and no bounty was
due.
Dubuque.
The recent days of hot weather have
been of untold value to the corn crop.
the hot sunshine starting it on the road
to maturity With a rapidlty that is
much needed. The acreage in the coun
ty this wear is below normal, and it is
doubtful IL a three fourths crop will be
harvested. While the hot, moist wealth
u is good for corn it is not beneficial
t. oats. as rust is liable to be produced.
e the oats are turned and the head is
beginning to ripen there is little dan
ser. but If they are not this sort ot
weather is sure to be damaging. Both
lover and timothy hay are being har
eested as it is feared it will lose its nu
lrition if it is not done SO at once
Sioux City.
Among the items shown in the city
sheat inspectors report for the past
Month are these: Beef condemned and
destroyed, 1,600 pounds; veal con-
iemned and destroyed. ninety pounds
The William Tackaberry Com
any has secured permission to erect
what will be the first government ware
house ever established in Sioux City. 4
government warehouse enables the im-
2orter having such a concession to pay