Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-03-28
IN 1H[ 0LD|N DAYS
Early History of Marshalltown
as Revealed by an Old
Newspaper.
Copy OF the Marshall County
Times Printed Forty.four
Years Ago.
Some OF the Pioneer Merchants
Some Of the Pioneer Merchants
Iowa City Prices Quoted
by Them.

| A COPY of q Marshall county newspa-
per printed fourty-four years ago is
owned by Mr.. l. S. Willard, of this city
1t is No. IL of volume of the Marshall
| County Times, one of the two pioneer
newspapers from which the present
Times Republican has developed. Mr.
Willard has received an offer of IS from
j. P. Woodbury. for the copy, but the
owner does not care to part with the
relic.
Mr.. r. H. Barnhart, who is still q
resident of Marshalltown but has re-
tired from active business pursuits, was
the publisher of the Times when this
number was printed. The late Il. Howe
Taylor and Judge II. c. Henderson, the
latter of Los Angeles, were the editors.
The paper in Mr.. Millard's possession
bears date of Feb. 2. 1859. At that time
Marshalltown was a struggling village.
Marietta was still the county seat and
the war for its removal to its growing
rival was in progress. Albion, which
was then known as Lafayette, was los
ing its prestige, and Marshall county
history was being made at q rapid
pace.
Iowa City at that time was the hub of
the state, and Marshalltown merchants
We're advertising that they would sell
their wares at Iowa City prices. Half
the advertisements in the paper were of
Iowa City concerns. Among the display
advertisements appear a number of
names that are still familiar In this
city and county. Drs. Statler and Tay-
lor were the leading medicine men of
the day. Tim Brown had not moved
his single from Lafayette to this city,
and his professional card read "Lafay-
cite, Marshall county, Iowa" Congress-
man Pete Hepburn's card appears as
follows: William P. Hepburn, attorney
and counselor at law and general land
agent, Marshall, Marshall county, Iowa.
will attend to the collecting and secur-
ing of claims turnout the state. Con-
veyances of oil kinds promptly attended
to-" OF equal interest is the card dof
William Bremner, who was then county
His card reads: William Bremner.
county surveyor for Marshall county,
will attend. to all duties connected with
his profession. Office in Marshall Town.
Orders may be left at the court house
at Marietta The name of III. G. Hen
derson also appeared in the profession
al column. but the balance was made up
of the advertisements of Iowa City,
Muscatine Davenport and Rock Island
firms.
In the display advertising columns of
this number Of the Times half column
Of space was devoted to the dry goods
business of D. Parrett, recently de-
ceased. Mr.. Parrett advertised that
owing to the hard times, he would re-
ceive hides, tallow, butter and lard in
exchange for goods The late John Utz
dealt In boots, shoes, family groceries,
country produce, etc. The new Arm"
of E. Willigrod possessed a new stock
OF general merchandise. DR.. George
Click announced to the public that hav-
ing just purchased "the large stock of
drugs and medicines lately owned by
Statler & WATSON. and made large adj
d.tions thereto, is prepared to sell
wholesale and retail at Iowa City
prices" G. M. Woodbury. & Sons in
formed their customers that their mills
in Marshall and Hardin counties were
in operation, and that "all persons will
receive flour and meal from their own
grains provided they will wait their
regular turns l.. l.. Harris was sher-
if of the county at that time, with an
office in Albion, and William C. Smith
was county judge.
The feature of the news columns in
this issue was lengthy article on the
seat question, which had been
submitted to vote, the total vote be-
counted and found by the board to be
in favor of retaining the county seat
at Marietta, but later returns from
some Of the townships had been re-
ceived and the board had made a re-
count, resulting in Marshalltown's ia
vor. The preface to the leading article
on the question follows. and was in re-
ply to an article in the Iowa Transcript
1.-The contemplate little thumb paper
whose name heads this article, in it's
issue of the Goth inst, treats it's readers
to an overdose Of three columns of
falsehood and SANDER about our county
affairs and some of the people of this
town. If it had given the pretended in
formation on it's own responsibility, we
should have deemed it unnecessary to
notice word in it's columns. but as II
conscious of the certainty that its
falsehoods would fall still born unless
backed up by respectable reference
DR.. William Bunce is given as author
ty, and this makes it proper to say a |
few words on the subject" The Times
then proceeds to say several words in
a most vigorous manner in explanation
IF the forcible removal of the county |
records from Marietta.
The leading editorial was headed, |
VIII Douglas Abide by the Charleston |
Local news was scarce |
and the personal" items were unknown
n those days.
Real Estate Transfers.
Charles o. Elwood and wife to John