Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-07-18
Harvesting Begun in North Star
Neighborhood = Quarterly
Conference at Liseomb
GILMAN MANS MARROW ESCAPE
Henry Suit, While Crossing Tracks
Just Escaped Being Struck by
Switch Engine Which Came Upon
Him Unawares - Contract Awarded
for New schoolhouse.

| Marshall county correspondents have
been very busy this week recording
| happenings Of interest in the various
localities.
Henry Suit. of Gilman, is thanking
his good fortune in having escaped Sc
rious Injury or death, being; struck by
switch engine this week and bruised
but not seriously hurt.
Many of the bridges on the county
roads have been carried away by the
rains. which are also causing crop dam
age and anxiety to the farmers.
jefferson township is to have new
schoolhouse the contract for whicF
has already been awarded.
other county news in detail is CIV
en- as follows:
GILMAN.
July 1S.-On Wednesday, the M. T.
Ladies' Aid society gave a picnic te
the little folks at the Charlie Cronk
farm in Highland township. 1t was
nedTUlly SlNJoSSu Ny oAA SSfAN'NAfaNS'
Monday while approaching the cross
ing at main and Church streets VIII
wheelbarrow, Henry SUIT narrowly
escaped being run over by an engine
doing some switching at hat point
He failed, for some reason, to notice
the proximity Of the engine. and the
COW catcher struck the c2rner OF MS
wheelbarrow and knocked it aside. but
luckily did no further damage.
f. f. Patterson was out Tuesday fol-
THE first time since his fall from his
wagon one day last week.
Door Suit has bought the barn OF
P. j. Jacobson, formerly standing on
his pasture lot, and has moved 1t to
his lot on Maple street.
On wednesday evening last week
Mrs. Katie B. Hyatt, or Oak Park, III.
arrived for a visit of several weeks
with her sister, Mrs. ]. NJ. Carney, and
family
Mrs. A. B. Clay and her two sons
of Independence, are visiting relatives
here this week.
l.. w. Seager moved the cottage pur-
chased Of c. E. Ramsey from its for
mer location NIL street To the land
owned by him on North Main street.
George w. Green and wife returned
Monday evening from a six weeks
visit with friend at different points in
Nebraska.
He reports crops in about the same
state of advancement as here in cen
trail Iowa, with the exception5of wheat,
which was a fine crop. Fruit is very
much of failure there, as here.
Mrs 70. H. Arnold of Galesburg, H.
is visiting her sister, Mrs. M. p. Dun
kle and other. relatives in tbs vicinity
John Davidson attended the cele-
bration of the battle of Boyne at Deer
River, on Friday.
The rain of Tuesday morning was
so excessive that many of the bridges
on the country roads were carried
away and crops were damaged.
John Wiseman and wife left Mon
day evening for Maysville, Wis, Ito
visit their son, Leech Wiseman, and
family.
Mrs. A. r. Mallett, Of Marshalltown,
and her nieces, Misses Ruth and Susie
Pagan, of Rockwell City, spent Satur-
day and Sunday with the formers
nlOCIfeE, WITS. -. M. Cd6dA, Eeito oSAASA
relatives.
Porter w. Phillips and wife went to
New Sharon Tuesday morning for a
weeks visit with relatives. H. Stevens
of New Sharon is the tonsorial artist
in charge during Porter's absence.
Frank Wynn and F. A. Urbuis are
Frightening up their respective bust
ness haunts with new paint, and the
so long unused and dilapidated con-
Germ between Wards drug stord and
the I. O. o. F. building has been re-
moved and the open space partly oc-
cupied by a covered stairway to the
furniture storeroom Of the former
building.
Miss Dora Jockey, of Sioux Falls, S.
D., came Saturday evening, and her
grandmother, Mrs. A. w. Morehead, of
Woonsocket, S. D., Monday evening,
for a visit OF two weeks duration with
the McGrew families.
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