Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-01-08
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Mason City.
The new Milwaukee passenger depot
will be completed and ready for occu-
pancy in about a week.
West Bend.
The directors of the West Bend Saw
clared semi-annual dividend of per
cent.
IAurelia.
AS reported by the Sentinel, Pitcher
township farmer diagnoses the case
about right when he says il his land is
worth $40 per acre to some one else 1t Is
surely worth more than that to him.
Abba.
Frank Hickenlooper expects to build a
fine brick business block, 44x12O feet,
just south Of the southeast corner of the
nquare early in the spring. This is an
Improvement for 1902 Of much impor-
tance.
Hubbard.
The Evangelical Zion people are a
happy folk at present They had debt
OF something over 5000 on their church
and lots and last week the amount was
raised and the entire debt cleared up, as
reported by the Monitor.
Humboldt.
The Republican says: Lawrence
Piergue and George frost met in wordy
combat recently, and Piergue proposed
to throw frost in three minutes or less.
They stripped and had the bout, and
George went on his back in thirty sec
onds.''
Carroll.
Conductor G. S. Finley. of the Carroll
Sioux City run, was stricken with the
smallpox and taken to the city pest
house Saturday night. He had been Wis
it.ng at Lake City most of the week, re-
turning Saturday afternoon. The case is
a very mild one.
Clear Lake.
Mirror: A few mornings ago when
George L. Hamstreet was helping a COW
to take her leg out of the milk pail she
backed up on him and held his head
against the wall as in wise for some
time George was badly hurt about the
peck and was unconscious for two or
three hours.
Iowa City.
Mrs. Salina Bender has brought suit
against her husband. Joseph E. Bender,
for divorce, claiming cruel and inhuman
treatment as the grounds for action.
The case will come up in the February
term of court. Judge Wade has granted
a temporary injunction, restraining de-
PENDANT from disposing of his property.
Bayard.
Advocate: We hear that the country
telephones are being utilized to some ex-
tent to facilitate counting. This is all
right, but it can never take the place OF
the real thing. The fact that dozen or
more people on most country lines may,
IL they wish, hear all that passes over
the lines will of necessity limit the use
OF the phone for this purpose.
sully.
L. Van Reese. Perry Taylor and w. 8.
Grove this week received a car load of
cottonseed meal from Tennessee. 1t Is
o new stock food product for this locali-
.ty, and is somewhat expensive, costing
$1,000 per ton. Mr.. Van Reese however,
evidently has much faith in 1t, as he has
a car load ordered aside from the ship
ment received this week, according to
the Ledger.
Wesley.
f. B. Kunkell has sold his farm four
miles northeast of Wesley to Ed Kunz
for $500, or s55 per acre. This is the
place he purchased last spring for $42
per acre The transaction netted him ST.
$50 profit, besides $1,000, which he
cleared on crops and stock Mr.. HUNK
ell is undecided where he will go, but
the News states he will probably locate
near here. He has until March to yacate.
Newton.
The Journal says: ID r. Knight, VINO
owns 400 acre farm in Mariposa town
ship, but who has been a resident of
Grirnell for the past five years. was in
Newton on Tuesday looking for house
with the intention OF moving to Newton.
AS Mr.. knights interests are in Jas
per county and he resided in this county
for thirty years. he has many friends
who will, welcome him as a citizen of the
best county seat in the best state in the
union"
Fort Dodge.
The Messenger fears an epidemic of
smallpox The official directory OF In
fectious diseases, kept at the city hall
by Marshal Larson, now shows that
there are nine cases Of the dreaded dis
case, three of which are at the isolation
hospital, while the other six are confined
to their homes in various parts of the
city Two of the cases We're quarantined
Sunday The Ryan Implement
Company has decided to increase its
capital stock from $4,000 10 $4,000.
Muscatine.
Late Friday afternoon the petition
was filed in the case of Amelia Gettert
vs.. Peter Gettert, asking for a decree Of
divorce. This same case was filed at the
last term, but never came to trial and
vas dismissed. 1t was to have come up
the 9th of last month, but two or three
days prior to that time the attorneys for
the defendant were informed that the
case had been dismissed by the plaintiff.
The petition flied 10 m interesting one