Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-14
The DOings of Your Friends in Iowa Towns
Your Old Home.

| The Advertiser reports that the COM
lmittee engaged in the work of soliciting
funds for the Carnegie library site have
been making fairly good progress. The
amount now pledged is near the $1,000
mark. Thus far the work has been all
done by only one member of the COM
mittee and the ground is not more than
lone-third covered. The work proceeds
slowly for the reason that those hav-
ing it in charge are unable to give their
entire time to it to the neglect Of their
own business
Perry.
The Daily Chief says 1t is reported
lvaccinated her nose. Her children had
been vaccinated and she was using
some salve on their sore arms In some
manner some of the salve was carried
to sore spot on her nose, and having
la particle of the poison In 1t, her nose
was vaccinated as successfully as il 1t
had been done by physician. The lady
has suffered intensely from the peculiar
lexperience and she will have scar that
mo one can doubt the genuineness of.
Davenport.
While the extremely cold weather has
|greatly delayed the outside work upon
the new system of the Iowa Telephone
Company, it has not delayed the inside
work. The result is that the new build
ing of the company at Sixth and Main
streets is entirely completed and the
new switch board is installed. In short,
the central station is now complete in
every detail and ready for the conrec-
tons. The work upon the connections
has been pushed as fast as possible UNI
der the conditions. but with zero tenn
perature such as we have been having.
poles are not expected to do vast
amount of work in day.
Aisona.
NJ. s. Mccoy sold section Monday
to an Illinois man named Bell, the west
half of 80 in Cresco and the east half
of in Riverdale. Danson s. Butler
owned the latter and got $50 an acre.
The Cresco land sold for $50. 1t is a big
sale. The Finkle horse sale Satur-
day was big success. Auctioneer
Haggard disposed of thirty-six horses
at prices ranging from SIS to $l37, -.
+. f. Duckett, who went UP to within
fifteen miles of Minot N. D., year ago.
has sold out and come back to Kossuth.
He got a good crop of flax and sold at
$500 advance, so he feels satisfied with
his year. He says that country is all
right If it has plenty of rain.
clarinda.
County Superintendent Colbert be-
lieves in practical methods of teaching,
calling on the hand and eye as we'll as
4 Les
minds. He advocates the teachers max
ing, with the help of the pupils, a set
of common measures. for one thing. A
hox eleven inches long Icy seven inches
vide and three inches deep holds lust
one gallon. A partition thru the middle,
and each side holds half a gallon. A
cross partition and each division will
hold quart. Dividing one of these
sections again, and pint measure IS
the result. BY the time the box Is COM
pleted the pupils will have that table of
measures firmly fixed In their minds
and mode Will have fair idea of the
amount contained In each measure.
This is only one method of assisting
pupils to grasp facts and develop ideas.
There are innumerable waysin which 1t
can be done most profitably to the pu-
pills, says the Herald.
Waterloo.
Major Frank Fisher received word
which he drew In the land lottery at
Lawton last fall had been sold. also the
farm owned by Hiram Fairbrother of
this city Both these farms We're prai-
RE land of 100 acres each and We're
drawn by these gentlemen, who were
the only lucky Waterloo men In the
great drawing The farms brought in
the neighborhood of $1,000. Mr.. Fish
er's farm was a bit more valuable than
Mr.. Fairbrother's. being within short
distance of railway with a good pros
pect Of station not further distant
than mile. In fact town is already
built near the farm. Major Fisher went
down recently to place the farms on the
market and was intending to go there
to prove up on them, II being the calcu-
lation that he and his wife should leave
here in a day or two for that purpose. !
The sale closes the deal and lets both
men out with their prize in the shape OF
money.
ever taught in Shenandoah was given 7
Monday in the Jackson drug store, says I
the Sentinel, the teacher being none
other than Mr.. r. C. Jackson, druggist. /
The facts of the case are as follows. In F
the afternoon young lad about IL
years of age entered the drug store to
look at the valentines with the seeming
intention of making purchase. How T
ever, his real intention was to obtain a
valentine without the expense of pur-
chase and soon Mr.. Jackson caught the |
lad in the act of filtching one of the
from the counter. or course
the article was not an expensive one,
but Mr.. Jackson thought the boy might /
as we'll learn a lesson and as there was
no one else to act as teacher he under
took the responsibilities of that position
himself Taking the boy by force he
carried him back of the prescription
counter and there compelled him to be
seated on chair. The boy was In fear
and trembling, not knowing what mode
# punishment was to be dealt him.
Soon Mr.. Jackson brought him Bible
md would not release the lad from
custody until the latter had thoroughly
the ten commandments, to-
sether with listening to a good sermon
rom Mr.. Jackson.
Dubuque.
A novel as well as unique sleigh ride
vas INDUCED In a few night ago, by
party of well known married ladies, who i