Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-26


last Friday but as the disease has APP
peared since then, 1t is not thought that
the contagion could have been taken
there. Another case at 1123 East f11th
street is that of 2-year-old Tracy Voock
niece of the man Schroeder removed
from the same home to ST. Roberts ten
days ago. The little girl was the only
members of the family whose vacctna-
ton did not take" after exposure TO
Schroeders case, showing that she MAD
already contracted the disease, which
has appeared after the usual period of
incubation.
Fort Dodge.
The damage case of K. Koury against
Ward Deffenbaugh will come up In the
district court at Webster City on Fri
day this week The plaintiff. koury, is
the junk dealer of this city who was
badly bitten by bull dog belonging to
the defendant when the defendant was
travelling thru the country last summer.
The amount asked is $4,000,
The Fort Dodge Military band VIII soon
have a circular out among the mer-
chants asking for donations for Tree
band concerts for the coming summer.
II subscriptions are secured the con-
certs will begin on May 1.
Sioux City.
AS an instance of the increased de-
mand for homes in Sioux City the head
of real estate agency yesterday gave
the names of five men who either have
removed their families to Sioux City or
are about to move them here, who have
placed orders for the purchase of
homes When these purchases are
made the result will be that the fami-
lies now renting houses will have to
move out, and they will be confronted
with the problem of where to live.
The factory which recently
established in Sioux City for the manu-
fActure of gas nantes is running
twenty hours day.
Waterloo.
Saturday night the contract for
building the Waterloo Fruit & Com
mission Company's new building at the
corner of Water and Fifth streets was
let to Francis NJ. Trichs. The building
ia to be 75x124 feet, facing on Fifth
street. It will be built of Twin City
mottle brick as is the Security block
and the water works building and is to
be finished by Aug. /. Work Will begin
a. once. The building when completed
will cost $4,000 The ground was re-
Gently purchased for $4,000. The build
ing, which is to be two stories and a
basement, will be occupied with fruits
of various kinds, where will be the
ripening and preserving rooms.
Mason City.
A handsome new business block is
soon to take the place of an old land
mark. The old stone hotel, the Central
house which has sheltered many visi-
tors to the city and was the chief hos
tlery In early days when snow drifts
piled a rod high. is by the first of April
to give away to the beginnings of n fine
three of four story business block to be
erected by syndicate of capitalists
whose names are not yet made pub
lic The Commercial Savings bank on
Monday received the deed of the prop
erty on the corner of Main and Fifth,
known as the Sanborn property. hay
ing purchased the entire piece from
Mrs. Clark the consideration being $685.
600. 1t said that this purchase has been
made for syndicate and that the
syndicate will begin the new improve
ments inside of thirty days. A fine new
three or four story pressed brick build
ing will adorn the now unsightly corr
or, and the Commercial bank viii have
The corner OF the ground floor for its
banking business. The block will cost
$4,000 or more.
Mt. Pleasant.
An exciting incident in the school
life of the Howe's Academy students
has recently been peaceably settled.
Some days ago H. c. Lupton, from near
Denova, entered the academy. He Wore
a mustache. But 1t appears that there
is an unwritten custom among the boys
of the academy to allow no new student
to enter the academy and live in peace
without fisrt shaving his upper lip along
with his chin. The boys requested the
new man to comply with the unwritten
laws of the institution to remove his
baseball mustache, as they called it.
being nine on a side. Not being strong
enough physically to lick lot of stu
dents in bunch, Lupton declined to
enter into u scrap, but secured re-
volyer to defend himself the next day,
and sent for his father to be ready to
go his bond and help bury the "stiffs"
after the slaughter. At this juncture
Prof. Howe took a hand in the game
and asked the students to abolish the
custom, which they agreed to, with the
exception of about dozen, who We're
suspended for few hours until the
matter was more clearly explained
when they all agreed to let the custom
drop.