Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-04
FROM ALL OVER IOWA
The DOings of Your Friends in Iowa Towns
--YOur Old Home.

of age, who resides on Marshall street
but in fact. the Republican declares
she has appropriated the collections of
money and articles to her own use.
Mapleton.
The Press says: Guy Henderson,
Oldest son of NJ. j. Henderson of Cen
ter township, has enlisted in the U. s.
army and gone to the Philippines, we
understand without his parents con-
sent He'll know more when he gets
thru fighting Filipincs.
TT. Madison.
A horse, cutter, two robes and two
sets of sleigh bells belonging to A. c..
Cowles were stolen from in front a
residence in Fort Madison Thursday
night between 9 and 10 o'clock. The
horse was found near Viele Friday at
ternon with nothing on but bridal.
Waterloo.
The Reporter of Saturday says Two
families We're released from smallpox
quarantine today, but there were some
new cases yesterday. The Lantz fam
lily has not gone to the pest house as
stated. There are four cases In the
Lantz home and the house has been
lquarantined.
Council Bluffs.
George T. Miller the county overseer
OF the poor has been besieged with ap-
plicants for relief of all kinds. In fact.
Mr.. Miller states that he has received
more applicants for food and fuel since
the present cold spell commenced than
he has during any previous period of
the same length of time.
Crystal Lake.
The public school has received the
first invoice OF books for their library.
forty volumes. The books We're well
selected. and are splendid addition to
the equipment of the school. The
teachers, Miss Kelley and Miss Ragan
ARE now preparing for basket social
the proceeds of which will be used to
buy a large school flag.
Cedar Rapids.
Jacob Smith and Abram Greenblatt.
who formed mercantile co-partner-
chip at Oxford. Johnson county, Iowa.
filed in the federal court Saturday an
application asking that they be granted
a discharge in bankruptcy. The appli-
cants were adjudged bankrupts on Aug.
8 last by the referee of Johnson county.
Their liabilities were $2,719.1S.
Coon Rapids.
A post mortem examination on the
body of A. N. Bayne was held last
week by five physicians. DR.. Henry
was first called in the case and pro-
nounced the disease abcess of the lungs
which the post mortem proved 1t to be,
but an Audubon doctor pronounced 1t
, ~ nj trao IA hn
patient for that disease until he died.
Hampton.
In the public schools the eighth grade
has been spending ten minutes each
day after dinner working in the fun
damental rules of arithmetic aiming to
cultivate accuracy and rapidity in the
simple processes. The practice is the
nature of contest and at present Mae
Lovin is ahead in points, having fifteen.
Her nearest competitor Is Rose White
head with nine.
Stanhope.
A new telephone company was or
gained at this place on Tuesday. the
company being composed of business
men of this city and prominent farmers
living north and northwest OF town.
ten miles in length, starting from Stan
hope and making a circuit of dozen
or fifteen farms situated in the terri
tory north of town.
Davenport.
County Auditor Lon Bryson and his
Office assistants have compiled the list
of the corporations which filed articles
during the month OF January. and the
total amount of capital stock reaches
over the million dollar mark. The ex-
act figures are sl,4S4.200. Some of
these are engagements, others are the
merging of partnerships into corpora
lions, and others are new concerns.
Muscatine.
Articles of incorporation of the Au-
tomato Button Company were fled at
the court house Thursday afternoon.
The articles state that the principal
place of business for the company is In
Muscatine, and that It's work is to
manufacture. buy. sell and deal in all
kinds of buttons shells, blanks and
pearl goods. The company is capital
lied for $4,000, half of which has
been paid in.
Iowa City
President MacLean, of the State I'm
iversity, has received an invitation to
deliver an address before the county
institute at DEBORAH which will be held
early in April. He has also been in
vited to deliver the address at Mt. Ayr
high school commencement exercises
en- the last Friday in May. The presi-
dent will be guest of honor on Feb
ruary % at the banquet given by the
Des Moines Federation of Womens
Clubs.
Spirit Lake.
A number of contracts have already
been let for cottages on the west lake
. Spirit Lake mechanics have in
sight all the work that can be handled
this year. So many jobs in the winter
deal. - Stockholders of the Dickin
son County Bank have purchased a lot
at Montgomery and will open up gen
eral banking business to the west as
soon as q building can be erected and
the necessary fixtures secured.
Anamosa.
In the burning of the Prospect Park
Santarium last Tuesday a severe loss
was incurred. 1t was a three story
stone structure with basement. The
walls. eXcep, the gables, are in ex-
cellent condition, but the total loss is
estimated at $4,000 to $4,000. Father
Powers ambition was to make inStitu-