Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-12
Traer News Letter.


| Traer, Dec. 12-Joe Pulkrabek this
week sold his eighty acre farm in Car
troll township to John Chalupnck, who
takes it for his son, Louis. Mr.. Pull
krabek retains possession for another
year. The price paid was $122.50 per
acre.
The Fothergill farm of $40 acres,
seven miles northwest of Traer, was
also sold this week to Theodore p.
Render, the Berlin banker. and Chris
Cold, farmer living near Berlin. They
purchased the land for an investment
and will rent it, The consideration
was between $50 and SIS per acre. This
is a portion of the estate left by John
Fothergill. which has been in the
courts for several years.
John Stearns disposed of his farm
in Grand township this week to George
Ballhorn, Of Gladbrooll, at Il consid-
GRAFTON of sos per acre. MIR. Stearns
purchased the Ballhorn residence in
Gladbrook and the feed barn in the
deal, and will move to the latter city
in the early spring and operate the
feed barn.
The 200 acres OF the Sloss home
stead, the use Of which was given to
Thomas Sloss during his life, has just
been divided according ito the provi-
sions made by Mr.. Sloss' father before
his death, and goes to the children of
Mrs. Susan Sloss Dugan. George Du-
gan gets the eighty with the buildings
and seven acres of timber. Mrs. j. w.
Young gets eighty acres and Mrs. Bert
Hufford. of Morris, Mimi. forty acres.
The money and personal property WITS
equally divided between Andrew Sloss
and his sister. Mrs. Dugan.
The farmhouse of Andrew Balfour
had narrow escape from fire day or
so ago The fire was extinguished be-
fore much damage was done. lit is
that mice and matches are
responsible for the conflagration.
A large amount of stock was shipped
from Traer to Chicago this week. John
Romich shipped two cars OF cattle.
Fred Carpenter. two cars of cattle, Ed
Thomas three cars of cattle, Theodore
Stoakes a car of hogs, and Stevenson
& Green two cars of cattle and one
car of hogs.
little son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Pete
Kickebusch living in Oneida township,
had the misfortune to break his collar
bone while playing at school
Albert Polhajsky has purchased the
Barton Cror farm in north Carroll at
sS5 per acre, and will take immediate
Daniel Swartz left for Oregon. III.
Thursday evening to visit a brother
md other relatives. His niece. Miss
Katie Mains, of Illinois, who has been
visiting here for some time, accom-
panied him.
Thomas Green is caring for broken
.humb which he sustained in fighting a
log.
Sneak thieves entered James Jeffries
poultry house and stole over hundred
chickens.
Invitations are out for the marriage
If Claud Mitchell and Miss Sarah Burr,
lext Wednesday evening at the brides
lome Both young people were born
md raised a few miles north of town.
1t would seem that the farmers are
having bad luck this week. Henry |
Joens lost a SITS horse of brain fever.
elmer Young lost one of his best |
lorses. Mont Anderson lost his driving
lorse. George E. Stoakes lost his best
lorse worth over 5000, and one of Bert
7rey's colts was so badly cut in a wire
ence it died.
Charlie Maxwell returned from ster-
ing, ILL.,. this week. where he has been
he past two or three weeks with his !
brother, who was critically i'll if pleuro |
pneumonia The patient is past eighty
seven years old. but has overcome the
lttack and is now recovering.
B. A. Frey and wife left this week
,or Middletown, Pa, to spend six weeks /
" two months with Mrs. Frey's parents |
md other relatives
John Hid and Mrs. James O'Neil, old |
esdents of this community received
word this week that their brother |
David Hid, had just died in st. Louis. |