Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-02
Northern Iolua Items

as the James Smith Lumber Company
Articles of incorporation were filed
Tuesday the fee paid thereon amount
ing to $1.O1s.25. The incorporators are
Senator James A. Smith, f w. Annis,
Fred Gregg Smith, Leland Smith and
e. j. Scofeld
Waterloo.
Clergymen Sfrom all parts of Iowa
were in Waterloo to participate in the
ceremonies at ST. Joseph's Catholic
church Wednesday. to honor the mem-
DRY of the late Rev. Father Cooney.
The months mind was attended by al
most as large a delegation of clergy
men as was present at the funeral
service of the beloved pastor.
Hudson.
y. I. Joder has been recommended
by Congressman Pickett for postmas-
ter of Hudson, to succeed S. T.. Gaia,
who retires on Dec. 81 and will soon
thereafter remove to Montana. Mr..
Joder has been a resident of Hudson
for many years. being engaged in the
mercantile business ever since he be-
came a resident of the place
Cedar Falls.
Miss Naude Rohlfsen received a tel
egram stating that former County SUI
perintendent w. w. Britain was crti-
cally i'll at his home in Hollywood
Cal Mr. Britain has been failing for
some months, his trouble being dag
nosed as dia betes. The telegram states
that physicians consider his case hope
less and did not anticipate that he
would lnger but few days
Fort Dodge.
After having been lost for almost
two months a diamond set watch be-
(; longing to Mrs. j. j. Reardon, resid-
| ing in the Crawford flats. was handed
to her Saturday night by a stranger
| whom she met on Central avenue. The
watch was taken from the apartments
| of Mrs. Reardon by an unknown per-
son. All trace of it was. lost, tho a
| thorough search was made at the time.
Elliott.
J Ed Wilson had forty EIGHT head Of
hogs on a hay stack which they moved
out with boat. G.. Praden had lot
of cattle on an island that We're knee
deep in water before taken out Mr..
/, Braden has field of fodder two feet
deep in water and many others report
1.-the same condition. Tho loss to the en-
tire Botney valley will be heavy Most
of the cellars and caves in Elliott had
from six inches to two feet of water
in and many will he losers to the cx-
tent of potatoes and apples.
Dubuque.
Word has been received that Ar
thur l.. Jenkins, "a young railroad
man we'll known in Dubuque. wae
! killed last week at Fargo. n. d. The
young man ran on the Milwaukee out
of Dubuque for some time He left only
a short time ago and had been run
ming on the Northwestern only ter
days when he met his death. He was
"a years of age and was born ant
reared in Gutenberg. where his par
ents and two brothers reside. His body
was taken TO Gutenberg for burial
Waterloo.
The case of Mrs. Thomas Clark
widow of the man who recently killed
himself on farm near independence
has been called to the attention of tn,
Associated Charities. The body o
Clark was brought ito Waterloo at coun
ty expense and buried. Since then on,
of the three children has been i'll witt
an attack Of pneumonia. The famil.
is living in small house or shed nea
the Great Western tracks. The place i
declared by policeman who calle,
there. to be UNIT for chickens, to sa,
nothing of 1t being an abiding place o
} a woman and three children. The Sal
walton Army women took up tho cas-
and have been taking Mrs. Clark som
food and assisting her in caring for Il,
sick child. They report the roof O
the building leaks so badly they had t
keep the bed on which tho child WIN
was sick moving from one part Of tn
J room to another in order to keep tn
nra:ri f-c;ss coming II on the bed.