Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-10-21
FOUND IN THE TALL GRASS.

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FOUND IN, THE TALL GRASS.
Spencer News Harry Chamberlain
recently sold his 55-acre farm lust
south OF town to Sam Youde, of o.
Brien county. The consideration was
Sll0 per acre. This is the record
breaking price for Clay county land.
The building and other improvements
are moderate priced, so that the great
er part of the purchase price is paid
for the land.
Alta Advertiser: Mrs. j. S. Bell,
living at Storm Lake, lost three fin
gers of her right nand in a very Pc
.culiar accident last Friday. She and
her husband were driving out to their
farm about twelve miles west of town,
she holding the halter rope of horse
following behind. Near the college
the horse jerked loose and Mr. Bell
got out of the buggy and caught it.
AS he came near the buggy he found
ms wlfe's fingers lying in the road.
her hand was lying in her lap, but she
had not missed her fingers. The suf--
ferer is doing as well as could be ex-.
pected under the circumstances.
Anamosa Eureka: About two
weeks ago w. Soukup, living across
the road from Shady Lane creamery
and about eight miles north of Ana
mosa, picked up gold watch and
chain on a piece of meadow land he
was blowing for the first time in TWEEN
ty years. The watch is a 15-jeweled
Waltham, the case made by the Cres-
cent Watch company, of Newark, N.
j., and the piece probably cost about
$40 at that time. Of course the gold
was as good as ever, though there was
slight indentation in the case. This
was no doubt caused by some animals
hoof. The main spring and other steel
parts were destroyed by rust. The
hrst time Mr.. Soukup saw it he sup
posed 1t was piece of brick and pass
ed on. The next round one of the
horses struck it with his hoof and ex-
posed the gold case. 1t Is supposed
that some hunter may have lost it,
and probably it had lain in that mea--
dow for forty years.
Boone Republican: Talk of coal
being scarce! On the main road west
of this city the teamsters have used
coal to NIL up some of the deep bitches.
Boone county has coal to burn.
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Britt Tribune: If anyone can stand
coal famine it is the old timers of
northern Iowa. Many of us lived here
before there was either hard or soft
coal to burn. We hauled wood from
the timber lots and once in a while
you'll find a whole family who kept
the pot boiling in aud lang syne by
twisting hay and burning it in the
coolest weather, but hay is about as
high as coal is this winter.
Waterloo Reporter: Panhandlers of
the genus hobo are very plentiful in
Waterloo at the present time. and il
is not an infrequent occurrence that
big hulk of fellow will whine
request for a donation to a citizen on
the street. The mulct stores have FIRE.
quent opportunities to allay an awful
thirst by free drink. The buns are
mostly able bodied fellows and alum
dainty supplied with strength to work.
Newton Record: Talk about your
countries where there is perpetual
sunshine and fruits and flowers are
ripening and blooming the year
around! They are nowhere when com.
pared to our own dear Iowa, which
beats the world on everything worth
speaking of. Our friend, J. B. Ow-
ings, yesterday brought into the Rec
ord office ripe strawberry which he
had just picked October z. 1902 in
his garden on East Washington street.
1t measured two inches in length and
one inch through and was thoroughly
ripened. 1t was from vines set out
last spring, which had borne full
crop in their season. OF this second
crop there are about a dozen on the
vines fully as large as the ones he
brought us.
Hampton Recorder: Maj. Leander
Clark, of Toledo, was in town Mon
day, closing up the sale of the 12O
acres of land lying directly north of
Latimer to G.. G. Klaus. He got $50
an acre for it and bought it of L. B.
Raymond in 1876 at $3.50 an acre.
Muscatlne journal: Muscatine has
all the points needed for college
town. There is the library for cul-
ture, the river for pleasure and the
hospital to care for the football VIC
Tins.
Charter Oak Times: Mrs. Adam
Hoffard brought mammoth blood
beet to us Saturday that beats all
beets we have seen. Without beating
about the bush to say it we affirm that
this beet beats all. His beetship is
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