Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-07-10
The Traer News.

| Special to Times Republican.
| Traer, July 10.-H C. Pierce contem-
plates putting in a stock of millinery
goods in the building recently vacated
| by Miss Grace Young.
| A new son came to prank Earley's
| this week.
fax, taking treatment at the mineral
springs
| Will Keith has the largest potato
patch we have heard of around Traer
over twenty acres.
1t is doubtful if better crop Of hay
was ever put up in Tama county, than
| is being harvested this week.
Several soldiers widows of Traer
will benefit by the act of congress re-
Gently passed, allowing all such wild
ows $12 per month regardless of their
income Mrs. w. Mowery, Mrs. D. T..
Bower and Mrs Gregory will receive
the above, while Mrs. Leonard Smith
will hereafter receive $12 instead of IS.
Curtis Thomas will quit the grocery
business In Traer. He has accepted a
position as head bookkeeper in the
Sinclair Packing companys office in
Cedar Rapids, and will begin work next
Monday His family will follow later.
Charles Pergler, the new attorney,
will occupy the rear upper rooms of
the old postoffice block, as an office.
He has rented the cottage now occu-
pied by Fred Cherveny, and his family
will be here next week.
The supreme court has affirmed the
decision of the lower court in the
Boyd Kinner damage suit. 1t will be
recalled that while Kinner was living
on Boyds farm, pugilistic encounter
took place, resulting in a suit for dam
ages against Boyd The case was tried
in Toledo in 1907, consuming week
and the jury gave Kinner judgment
for 5000 and costs The latter will
amount close to $1,000. Boyd appealed
to the supreme court, and the decis-
ion has just been affirmed.
The barley harvest will be on in this
locality next week The crop is a good
one, as are all the crops, to date.
Mrs Ed McCormack's little daughter,
Eunice May, died yesterday after a
long illness of heart trouble. She was
six years of age, and had been ailing
year or more. The funeral will be
held Saturday at 2:30 in the U. P.
church.
Secretary James Wilson is at home
from Washington, for his summer va
cation. He will remain week or more
and then go west in the interest of his
department.
Miss Lucille Wheeler arrived
where she has been studying and
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will spend the summer in Traer, with
her mother.
Prof j. w. Wilson. Of the State
Agricultural College of South Dakota,
came down from Brookings to meet
his father, and spend few days at
his old home.
At a meeting of the board of direc-
tors Of the First National bank, How
ard Everett rendered his resignation
as vice president and director Of the
institution. the same to take effect
after July Is. He is general manager
of the Canadian -American Investment
company, which was incorporated
here a few weeks ago, and has a paid
up capital of $4,000.
Allan Wilson was In Chicago this
| week, with two cars Of cattle. NC
Erhinney Brothers had one, and Brew
ster three.
Frank Marquis has rented the John
Crawford farm of eighty acres, and
the 100 adjoining, owned by Tama
, man.
A family reunion is being enjoyed at
the Hugh Calderwood home this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Calderwood, OF
Milwaukee, are here. Mrs. Anna Fer
guson and daughters, also Of Mill
waukee, arrived Wednesday, and yes
terday Mrs Eta Cooper, of Shawnee,
Okla. came.
Alva Lambert. while in Ohio recently,
purchased a farm of eighty acres on an
interurban line, ,thirty-five miles from
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