Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-09-03
me Dubuque and Northeastern as

IN Manchester September 81 TO 20 II
elusive. Rev. M. A. Breed of Mont
. cello. moderator of the Dubuque asst
citation, will preside The women.
program will be given Tuesday, Ser
TENDER 49, from 3 until O'Clock
. There will be two speakers from 70,
eign lands, Miss Susie Orvis, a nice
OF Rev. G. NJ. Orvis of Dubuque, il
THIS country for a vacation after sever
years OF active service near Cesarea
Will speak on Turkeys Awakening.
Mrs. E. r. Towle of Grinnell, stat,
secretary of the w. B. NJ l., has re
Gently returned from tour of tn,
globe. and will give an address OF
Two Miles Up the River Min" Mrs
q F. w. Pease Of Postville will speal
on "Glimpses of Mission Work in the
= Northeastern Association"
James j. Hill, the railroad magnate
by a gift OF $4,000 completed the re
quirements by which Morningside col
lege at Sioux City will receive an ad
ditiong of 100000 by it's endowment
/ John D. Rockefeller and Andrew Car
negie each gave $4,000 upon condi
ton that the college raise $15O,OOO. Col
lege authorities led by Bishop Lewis
former President Chandler and DR.
Luther Freeman, the new president
have worked indefatigably and were
jubilant when Mr.. Hills gift round
ed out the amount. This will give the
college an endowment of half mil
lion
The next and twenty-first annual re.
union Of the Hardin County Veterans
association will be held at Eldora in
August, 1910, that city being selected
at the, annual reunion held at Alden.
During the past year eight deaths
have occurred among the members OF
the association. At business meeI-
Ing the following officers were
chosen: Colonel, w. F. Bowers of
EldOra; lieutenant colonel, J. -.
Harrington of Iowa Falls; major, F..
A. Gregory of Union; chaplain, Rev.
W. E. Stanley of Eldora; surgeon.
DR.. +. J. Evans Of Iowa Falls.
The First National bank of Council
Bluffs has started suit against G. f..
Castle, Britt, Iowa, for 100000. They
claim to have been damaged to that
extent by the allegations made by
Castle when he sued the bank for So
900. Castle was one Of the many
mikes" who brought suit against the
First National for conspiracy to de-
fraud j. G. Mabray was made a
defendant in these suits. Now the
bank has turned the tables and is be-
ginning to sue the mikes"
John Evans a fair visitor, slipped
on the highest OF the flight of stairs
leading TO the second floor of the Ster-
ling hotel in Des Moines. He fell to
the street below and sustained injur-
les which may prove serious or even
fatal Muscles in the mans neck were
torn loose and he was badly cut
about the head. He was taken to
Mercy hospital by order of DR.. G.
w. I1osh, city physician.
Claiming that she did not under.
stand the terms of prenuptial agree
ment in which she was to accept |
$1,000 in lieu of her dover interest
Of one-third in her husbands estate.
Mrs. G. Willems of Iowa Falls has
fled suit in the Grundy county
court, asking $4,000 as her share in
her husbands estate which is valued
at $4,000 and consists of valuable |
rea; estate holdings.
John Zoller, a German farmer liv-
ing near Cascade, has patented an
continuance of his own in
vention for unloading corn. 1t con
sists of number Of buckets which
ire raised automatically and unloads
he corn and grain in the crib or
,ranary Those who have seen the
Machine think it practicable.
G. Martin, Fl. Madison lineman for
he Bell Telephone company, fell from
/ pole. lighting on his head on the
Prick pavement. He fractured his
skull; also an arm and leg, and
broke his jaw. He is still alive and
nay survive, but the chances are all
against him.
A. A. Elliott has bought of A. J.
3ickel farm of eighty acres nearli
Sidney for 500 per acre. II
Gus Turnquist of Schaller sold his
arm of 100 acres to William Buehle,
# Odebolt for $20,800 {
The William McGregor farm near i
3erkley was sold to William Mccarty {
It $122.50 per acre. ]
The old soldiers Of Appanoose ccun. I
y viii hold reunion at Centerville
n September 16. (
A. L. Bryan of Sac county sold 220
ores for $3.50 an acre.
"A new $4,000 M. E. parsonage is {
eing built at Mt Pleasant.
The general agency Of the Interna-
lonal Harvester company has been t
moved to Mason City from Albert /
.ea, Min. The change Of agencies, it i
) said means that twenty-five fami- +
les will move to Mason City from AL y
ert Lea. h
F. H. Randall has accepted aNposlJ
ion as law instructor in the Univer- i
ity Of Oklahoma. Mr.. Randall was =
ormerly instructor of law at the Ic- 4
"a University, at Iowa City.
The Jake Goldsmith farm of eighty +
cres, near Wayland, was sold to Jill
Roth for $3.50 an acre. !
Capt. Benjamin Clark, who located
ear the village Of Buffalo, in Scott n
ounty, is thought to be the Oldest G
esident OF the state He located at t
hat point shortly after the opening OF p
. 5s..4.;, f,rt,e miles IN width and "a