Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-09-26
MARSHALL COUNTY
NEWS Of INTEREST
Happenings of County Towns
and Communities, as Told By
I. r. Correspondents
IMPORTANT TRANSFERS OF LAND
Farm Near Rhodes Sells for s11,soo,
and Taylor Township Quarter Goes
for $e7.50 = Two Have Accidents
Farmers Unload Old Corn at Good
Price Other County News.

Price - other Oouhty news.
T.-R. correspondents tell of the m :
portant happenings OF the county TINS
week, in newsy budgets from their re-
spective communities. Several impor-
tant land transfers are made pubic,
noticeable among which are the SAFE
Of a farm near Rhodes, by c. c. Sigus
to Campbell and Canaday, of Mel
bourne, for $11,SS0. The old Josh"
ILloyd farm, in Taylor township, a
quarter section, has been bought by
N. O. Keen and son, of LeGrand, for
$3.50 per acre.
Farmers in the North Star neigh
borhood have been unloading their Old
corn this week, at a price ranging from
55 to 81 cents per bushel. They have
been holding for so cents.
Two accidents are reported, a mis-
hap to j. A. Speer, of Bangor, resulting
in the amputation Of a finger Of the
left hand. Mr.. Speer got his hand
caught in a corn shelter. c. ..
Dague. of Gilman, fell in such a
manner as to ave his abdomen PEN
Grated by a nail. The intestines were
not injured, however.
The preparations for the Liscomb
field day are being made, for Saturday.
September %. Three games of ball will
be played. The people of Rhodes are
looking forward with eager anticipa-
ton to the Eden District fair, to be
held next week, on October /, Q and 3.
Other news of the county, classified
by towns and different communities,
follows:
RHODES.
Sept. 26.-Miss Katherine Titus re-
turned to Mount Vernon Monday,
Where she will attend Cornell College.
Mr.. Ray Armstrong visited over I'M
day with his wife at Collins.
Mrs. Carrie Rohrer and Mrs. L.
Steiner were State Center callers
Wednesday,.
Mrs. White, from Missouri, is here
visiting her mother, Mrs. Brewer, and
sister, Mrs. Clarence Johnson.
Mr.. Jacob Bolei has purchased the
Frank Sommers property.
Miss Alice Roebuck visited relatives
at Mason City last week.
Mrs. Hattie Francis has returned
from North Dakota, and will again en-
ter the millinery business here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Neff, Mr.. A. O.
Wilson I'M Mr.. Eugene vanthrin took
in the sights at the county fair Thurs
day.
Mrs. Nellie Lands has opened up a
new millinery store in the building just
north of the Malloy hotel.
Mr.. c. c.. Signs has sold his farm,
just south of town, to Mr.. Campbell
and Mr.. Canaday, of Melbourne. The
consideration being s11,880.
Mr.. William Bochi, west of town, has
sold his farm and has gone to Kansas
to look at the country.
A large number of people We're in
attendance at the county fair at Mar
shalltown last week from this vicinity.
Miss Isabelle Breuning has entered
the employ of Mrs. Francis.
vANCLEVE.
Sept. 26.-Corn cutting is now in full
DldSl, dllu III lloLS Civ wv AhoA
. vesters are in operation.
Mrs. Mary Henderson, of Pasadena
Cal, is visiting at the home of hel
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. I. c. Milhaus.
Harlan Warden is suffering from
severely sprained ankle, caused by g
horse falling on him.
Miss Mary Flora went to Marshall
town Monday, where she will make
short visit with friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. T. Bennett and little
daughter Ruth, of Marsha1ltown, spent
Monday and Tuesday at the Joe Wal
ter1neyer home.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. S. Flora and Miss
Elva Kline, of Rhodes, visited relatives
at Logan Center Sunday.
Mr.. Guy Miller and Miss Carolyne
Voerhi, of Des Moines, visited at the
R. N. Warden home ove Sunday.
Gus Hertsog, mail carrier on route
No. 2, is the possessor of a new motor
cycle recently purchased. On a tria.
trip Wednesday he made the tour Of
twenty-five miles in two hours and
stopped at every mail box on the
route. (