Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-08-25
Northern Io1ua Items
New Hartford.

New Hartford.
Ira Sells, aged IL, has twenty acres
OF the best corn in this vicinity. He
did all the work, from blowing to date.
Ira has evidently learned that anything
worth doing at all is worth doing we'll.
Sac City.
The Sac City Electric Company has
purchased some new machinery that
will materially increase the capac city of
the plant. Among the purchases are a
new sixty horse power Corliss engine
and new seventy-five llilowatt West
inghouse generator.
Grundy Center.
Brown Brothers, farmers living near
Grundy Center, established a new rec
ord for hogs delivered to buyers in that
town. They brought in ESQ hogs and
received a check amounting to S4,235.-
As for them. They raised and fed the
hogs and it is believed to be the larg-
est sale of hogs made from one farm
in Iowa in years.
Charles City.
The people of Charles City are to be
congratulated upon the successful Gull
mination of their campaign for raising
$4,000 for new Y. NJ. C. A. building,
the fund being over subscribed some
$4,000 or $4,000. An exceptional spirit
of harmony prevailed showing what
Charles City people can do when they
all pull together.
Greene.
Work was commenced at the mill, but
1t was soon ascertained that the power
of the motor was insufficient to oper-
ate the large automatic pump which
has been installed for the purpose of
| keeping the water out of the flume
while the construction work of the new
concrete wall progresses. A new motor
has been ordered and the work will be
resumed as soon as the new machine
| is installed.
AckIey.
Fire broke out in the residence on
the 'Cooney farm, about three and one
half miles west of Ackley, and in spite
of assistance from neighbors and 9TH
ers the house was burned to the
ground. The fire was first discovered
about 4 O'clock and altho it is not ex-
actly known how it originated, the
superstition is that mice gnawing at
matches started the blaze. Most of the
household goods were saved altho a
few articles which could not be gotten
out were burned.
Rockford.
The annual reunion Of the county G
A. r. Association will be held in Rock
forti this year, the date set beints;
Thursday, Aug. &c. While the details
of the program have not all been work
Ieal ~, taf fao \, II
cided on. President F. E. Hirsch, OF
the Charles City college, is to give the
chief address, while Representative In
man and others will be heard from
Appropriate music will be provided
while a camp fire in the evening will
add to the good cheer of the occasion
Britt.
Mr. and Mrs. w A. Glidden cele-
brated their siXtieth wedding anniver-
sary and many Britt people called upon
them and extended congratulations. Mr.
Glidden was S3 years old last July an6
| Mrs. Glidden was 81 years old on the
| day of her wedding anniversary. They
were both born in New York state ant
came with their parents to Wisconsin
where they were married at the towr
of Evansville on the 10th day of Au-
gust 1S49. In 1880 they came to Clear
Lake; to Britt in 1902 and this place
has since been their home.
Story City.
| Press dispatches from Wisconsin told
Of an awful tragedy in which former
i Story county people were the CHIEF
actors. II was at first stated in tele-
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