Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-03-10
From An Over Northern Io,ua.

| Conrad.
The Ben Grant farm east Of town.
owned by Will Baumgart, was sold In
trade to Amy Smith last week for
S175 per acre.
EstherviIe.
H E. Atwood has filed petition In
bankruptcy with Referee c. c. Doo-
little Mr. Atwood's liabilities amount
to about $4,000.
Titonka.
Titonka shippers loaded seven cars
of stock for Chicago Sunday morning.
Sam Reynolds shipped one CAR, Whit
comb, Ball & Son, one car, Schram
& Westlake five cars.
Radcliffe.
Radcliffe is getting out of the late
smallpox scare lucky, no more new
cases having developed and the three
cases quarantined Gall in one family
have almost entirely recovered.
EIdora.
This is busy time in the Record
er's office. During the last two weeks
not less than 100000 worth of deeds
and mortgages have been recorded. The
number of instruments does not ex-
coed last year, but the valuations are
much larger.
Union.
Brice Fitzgerald,s sons, H. E. and
r. M. arrived Saturday morning from
California and will make their homes
in Union for the present at least. The
latter who has been in very poor
l,o ~, ro1 hotter
since reaching Iowa.
Written.
March 1 was the s3rd birthday of
James Williams, who lives one and
cne-half miles northeast Of Written.
His relatives and friends gave him a
post card shower and nearly 200 were
received One came from a brother in
Illinois who is 50 years of age.
Holland.
Nate Leibsohn will put up a new
store building at Holland this spring.
The building will be of cement blocks,
2Ox46. one story. When completed Mr..
Leibsohn will put in a general mer-
chandise stock. 1t is expected to have
the building completed by the middle
of April.
Fenton.
The streets were crowded with teams
and people Saturday from morning till
night Farmers bringing in large loads
of produce and stock and taking home
tile. coal and other merchandise. Two
carloads of coal were unloaded for the
Fairville Creamery Company, and one
firm alone sent out ten loads of tile.
Grundy Center.
Kessler & Bgelow will open a dry
goods store in connection with their
clothing business in this city April l..
They nave leased the room in the G.
N. Stark building in which the Paul
Davis Dry Goods Company has been
doing business for a number of years.
The Paul Davis Company it is under
stood will close out their stock.
Storm Lake.
Fl. e. Swoop, owner Of general mer-
chandise stores al Marathon. Webb and
Harina, has purchased the Kline de-
partment store here, and his already
taken possession. The Kline store has
been conducted by the Kinnes for thir-
ty years, and is one of the largest in
this part of the state: H. r. Swoop
will move here from Marathon to give
the business his personal attention.
At it's last meeting the city council
adopted a resolution calling for a spe-
cial election to be held the middle of
April for the purpose of voting on a
water works proposition.
The council will go to Lamont next
Thursday to inspect the plant at that
place The council also decided to
advertise for bids for a night watch
man. The action of the council in
these two matters was the result of
the recent scare from fire in this
town.
AIgona.
Peter L. slagle, an old pioneer Of
kossuth county, who came mere about
FORTY wears ago, died Thursday after
noon He was a native Of Chic, where
ne lived until he was 81 years old, when
ne married Sarah Crabb and they |
moved to Minnesota, where he enlist
ed in the civil war, serving: until the |
close Of the conflict. Soon after his |
,eturn from the war he moved to KOS |
suth county, where they resided until !
leath called them. Five boys were born
to them. four Of whom are now living. |
He was a member Of the g. "A. r. the l.
D. O. F. and A. T. q A. NJ, the latter !