Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-01-31
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Napoleon.
A forty-seven- tract of land adj
joining the town of Mapleton sold last
week for s121 per acre. which is said
to be high water mark for Monona
county real estate. The improvements
We're only fair.
Mason City.
The Commercial Club of this city is
interesting itself in the matter of Sc
curing grounds for a city park and also
the question of market square, and
two new committees have been created
for these purposes.
| Nevada.
1 Miss Luella S. Pickett of FIT. Dodge.
! formerly of Nevada, who was severely
/ injured by falling off poorly con-
lstructed platform at the depot in Mon
DAMN, Monona county, has secured a
verdict against the Sioux City & Paci-
fic railroad for $4,000. Her injuries are
regarded as permanent and her suit
was for $4,000.
AckIey.
| The World says: "Cisterns and wells
are running low in the supply of water;
| 1t is noticeable that creeks are also
running at very low ebb The snow
that has fallen will loosen the frost in
the ground and leave the land suffi-
ioiently moistened. but there appears to
be little hope ut this time for an in
icreased water supply.
II lie Mars.
Herman Frust made an investment
in LeMars town property in addition to
what he already possesses last Thurs
day, buying the property on Main
street known as the Spring building.
The property is a three-story brick.
with fine store and Office rooms and on
the third floor is the Odd Fellows hall.
The consideration was sS400 and was
Bank.
Cedar Rapids.
Thru her attorney Alkaline Howell
has filed claim with the clerk of the
city council. asking that she be paid
$500 for injuries which she says were
Icaused by defective sidewalk. She
states that on the evening Of Jan. 2 of
this year she was injured by stepping
from defective cross walk. alleging
that she fell and broke her shoulder
causing her great pain and suffering
and putting her to great expense.
Waterloo.
The prospects for Waterloo having
la Chatauqua assembly this year are
slight judging from the sale of tickets
by the plan adopted. Some time ago
a,rI
|tices with return card attached an
nouncing that to save the assembly for
this year 500 tickets must be sold by
the cards before Feb l. AS yet only
500 people have responded, or rather
but 800 tickets have been thus sold.
Clarion.
Rev w. F.. Barclay closed his work at
this place Sunday evening and left
Monday for another appointment. About
$40 were raised Sunday evening to de-
fray his EXPENSES at this charge. He
did not meet with the brilliant success
that attended his efforts at West Bend.
but the Democrat understands there
Will be quite a number of accessions to
the church as a result of the meetings.
perhaps twenty-five. Rev. Mathis will
continue the meetings for while yet.
Iowa City.
DIR. j. c. Shrader, president of the
state board of health Wednesday morn
ing received a telephone message
from the mayor of Nichols, stating that
a dog believed to be mad had bitten
dozen or more dogs in that vicinity. He
STATED that the dog had been shot and
asked permission to send the dog here
to be examined so as to determine
whether or not the animal had rabies.
After consulting with DR.. w. l. Bier
ring, DR.. Shrader ordered the dog sent
here and the examination will be made
as soon as the animal arrives.
Britt.
The Britt News says that a woman
by the name of Nellie Goffy worked
that town for about $50 canvassing
for the Ladies Home Journal. The
company writes she is a swindler and
is not an agent for the Journal at all.
The same thing happened in Forest
City last fall. The town was worked
by a young woman for the Ladies
Home Journal. who represented that
she was working for scholarship IN
some school She succeeded in getting
probably fifty subscribers and so far as
we have been able to learn not one of
the fifty got receipt for their dollar or
can tell today what the young lady's
name is or where she belongs.
Muscatine.
The committee who have charge of
the canvass of the Y. M. c. A. building
Iare quietly and unostentatiously doing
their work. Altho they are not saying
much, and the results of their labors
ARE not being made known to the pub
lie, nevertheless the movement which
received such an impetus the night Of