Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-08-11

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Cerro Gordo and Palo Alto; we find
four names of women. Bremen, 1do
| Louisa and Pocahontas, the latter In
dian, and eighteen other counties hav-
| ing Indian names Fifty-seven coun-
ties are named for distinguished men
other than presidents, some of these OF
! foreigners, such as Humboldt, the Ger
man; kossuth, the Hungarian; Emmett
O'Brien and Mitchell. Irishmen.
! 'Of the counties named for distin-
1 guished men, we have three named In
! honor of justices of the supreme court
OF the United States. namely, Wood
bury, Story and Marshall Mr.. Wells
then referred to the first settlers OF
Marshall county and to the first news
paper established by f. n. Chaplin, and
X. ~ Barnhart and closed by saying:
So we may write the whole history of
our county and our state in the life
time of many a one of its citizens.
Those who bore the burden and the
heat of the day are yet living to see
the result Of their labors. How rapid
the advancement has been, and how
great the possibilities before us. The
telephone reaches to every farm house.
the rural mail carrier visits all parts
of the country every day the trolley
lines viii soon cross and recross the
prairies like q spiders web, when dis
lance will be almost annihiated, and
the cost of transportation be reduced
to minimum.
IF in our future we shall stand for
equal rights, just laws. peaceful pur-
suits and honest dealings, we do not
need to fear the results.
God has something good in store for
the people who live in this beautiful
land. Righteousness exalteth nation,
but sin is reproach to any people.
AS the world goes Iowa takes high
moral grounds: but she must ever
Strive upward to sustain her present
character and to attain to more ex-
cellent one.
Let the counsel Of the old men, the
energy of the young men and the
hopes and aspirations of youth con-
spire to make Iowa the best state in
the union, and Marshall county pre-
cious gem set in the midst of this Mo-
sale pavement
Miss Mendenhall sang again at the
completion of Mr.. Wells address, after
which short volunteer addresses were
called for. One of the most interesting
of these talks was given by Mr.. John
Asher. of Union, a son of Washington
Asher, who was one of the earliest set
tiers of the county, coming here in
1916. Washington Asher and his broth
er. Isaac Asher came to the county
when there We're practically no white
and it has always been
claimed by many that in these two
families We're born the first white chill
dren of the county. Isaac Asher's son,
f. b. Asher. now living near LeGrand,
first saw the light of day on June IS,
1S47. John Asher was born In Feb
ruary, 1S4S. Asher creek, one of the
largest streams of the county, was
named for Isaac Asher.
Roll Of Honored Dead.
AT the conclusion of the volunteer
addresses Secretary Haines read the
roll of honored dead, members of the
association and other pioneers who
have past away since the last reunion,
The list, asprepared and read by the
secretary is as follows:
Mary Yule, age rs. died August, 1903. /
Jane Utz. SO, September 1903
Michael Collins, IA, September 1903. |
Thomas Rockey, So, October, 1908.
Rose Breckel As, October, 1903
Lucy i. Shorthili. SIS, December, 1903. /
Fayette Rewey. so, December 1903
Mary Hecox, December 1903.
Joel McRill. rs, September, 1903
James Patrick Harvey, 101, October, /
1903.
Irwin Pest. so, November. 1903.
Mars-arat D,i,-ap5 81 Ontnbar JonQ
Sarah Eliza Hill, 6S, July, 1903.
Anna Jones, 60. October. 1908.
Mary Hastings, SO. December 1903
Mary Englehart. IS. October, 1903.
Carrie T.. Varnum, 70, 1903.
Rachel Baum, u.s. January, 1904
Charles Lounsberry, 65, February,
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Charles p. Walters. a. March 1904.
Mary A. Barrows, SIS. March. 1904.
Joseph Scott, 10, March, 1904.
Madalena Hoeck. IS, March. 1904.
Mrs. Samuel kesey. rs. March, 1904.
David Coulton 81. February, 1904.
Mrs. NJ. Clark. 20, February, 1904
Christine Mason, So, March, 1904
Susan Sewer. "A, April. 1904.
Sophia Ferguson, II, April. 1904.
Christina Williams, 81, April, 1904.
Michael Moore. IS. June. 1904.
Oscar Blaney. Go, July 1904.
Hannah Williams, 81, February 1904.
Mary Murphy. as, August 1904.
John p. Choate. so. July 1904.
Joseph F.ich, so, August. 1904.
George A. Bowman, 81, July. 1904.
Charles j. Hoyt. A. July, 1904.
James Allison, 50, July, 1904.
j. K Polk Shelter, So. August 1904. !,
T.. b. Curtis, 70, August. 1904. :
Frank Paxton, 1904. /,
William Rails, SO, April 1904. !.
Miss Lyra Benedict acted as accom- ,
anist to the vocal numbers on the af- +.
arnoon program.
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