Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-11-24
Northern Io1ua Items

badly frosted From reports being re-
ceived daily it is estimated that at
least a quarter of the potatoes in the
cellars of the city are a total loss. and
this does not only include homes, but
the restaurants, hotels and grocery
stores as we'll. 1t is said that at least
two-thirds of the grocery stores have
large quantities of bad ones on hand
Sheldon.
AS yet, the Reformed church in
Sheldon is without resident pastor,
but the members of the congregation
are hoping that one will be secured
within a short time. A call has been
extended to Rev. a. H VanderNaald
of North Yakima. Wash. and the
prospects are bright for his accepting.
Rev. Mr.. NanderNaald is a Sioux
county boy, and has been in the west
only four years, preaching all of that
time at North Yakima.
Charles City.
The funeral of the Rev. Andrew
Methodist minister of Charles City. took
place here today. Rev. Mr.. Brenner
had been in the ministry for thirty
three years at Tomas. Wis: Pearl City.
H.; F'reeport, ILL.,; Gilrard, Charles
City Storm Lake. La Crosse, Wis:
Platteville. Wis: ST Charles and Rudd
Iowa; Klemne. and Reinbeck Iowa. He
built the German Methodist church
while here and also one while al Free
port
New Providence.
Charles Q. Ryan bought eighty acres
of land lying northwest of here and
two miles west of Point Pleasant. of
A. S. Westlake, of Leroy, n. Y. The
price paid was s65 per acre Me-. West
lake is a retired dentist and has
owned the land for the past fifty-one
years. The land has never been broll-
en- and in all the time Mr.. Westlake
has owned it he has seen it but once
about fifteen years ago. 1t is one Of the
last pieces of raw land in Hardin
county, if not the last
Buffalo Center.
Out near Buffalo Center a ditch the
Indiana Drainage Company was con-
structing happened to run for about a
mile alongside road which never had
amounted to much because it had not
been graded high enough. The road
supervisors asked the ditchers to throw
all the dirt on the one side where the
road lay, which those accommodating
gentlemen did. aitio ii meant consid-
erably more work for them. The result
is probably the finest graded up wag-
on road in northern Iowa, without 4
penny Of extra expense.
Traer.
Rev. and Mrs. w. r. Bovey have
reason to remember "rraer in the kind
est way. The late pastor of the Con-
gregational church received the highest
salary ever paid minister here. and
on the eve of his departure was given
a reception with substantial mani
Hesitation of regard of which the family
may well be proud wherever they go
In face of the continuous fall of rain
Friday evening a good sized company
gathered at the Congregational church
for the pastors farewell greeting. The
evening was spent in an enjoyable
social way. and before it's close Rev. and
Mrs. Bovey were presented with a
sterling silver chest of a value of 500
the handsomest gift of this nature
ever bestowed in this city.
Sioux City.
When the Omaha police arrested
Tom Jones. Captain Savage recog-
nized him as the man who is accused
of having committed most despicable
crime in Sioux City last fall Jones
was employed last summer as a driver
for the Consumers Ice Company a
the time another driver, William KNAPP
died Knapp was single man, living
with his parents who were poor. ii,
was likable fellow and had mad,
many friends. 1t was decided amoni
his friends at the icehouse to draw u,
a paper soliciting cash with which I,
pay the funeral expenses. There wa
some discussion as to who should cir
.culate the paper, and Jones volun
teered. Jones was especially ambition
and went about for several days col
lecting money which friends Of KNAPP
subscribed with the intention that /
should go toward defraying the ex
penses of giving their deceased frien,
a respectable burial He Is said I
have worked until he had collects
somewhere between $50 and $40. The
he is said to have destroyed the pape
containing the names of those who ha
subscribed and to have disappeare
iwith the money.