Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-30
Northern Io1ua Items

is up to the company to in some man
ner revise their rates to meet the in
creased cost of production. With that
end in view they abandoned the
thoughts of 1909 dividend. and in
creased their country phones to $125
per month, reducing to the old figures
of 81 where the subscriber paid quar-
ters rent in advance.
Usage.
Isaac Graves, Jr., was knocked
down and stepped on by a wild COW
at the big Sheehan sale north of town.
The COW was in thering and, becoming
frightened, made break to get out.
He was taken to a doctors office and
cared for Immediately. 1t was found
that his hands We're badly bruised and
he suffered a great deal, but no bones
We're broken. The COW jumped upon
his stomach after knocking him over.
Clarion.
w. f. Scott, of Parkersburg, who
recently came into possession of the
Clarion roller mills. was here recently
looking over his new possessions and
making arrangements for putting the
mills in operation. j. Fl. Scott, a
brother of the proprietor, will move
here from Bushnell, ILL.,, about Feb. 1,
and will have charge of the business
here. j. A. Johnson, of Waukon, has
been engaged as miller and will move
here as soon as possible.
Danbury.
According to press reports a judg-
ment for $1,000 has been rendered in
Chicago in favor of Thomas Foulkes
now of California, but formerly a we'll
known bachelor southeast of Danbury
The judgment is against DIR. Francis
Stewart, of Chicago, whom Foulkes
charged with obtaining $500 thru d
| medical fraud. AS a result of the evil
dence it is said that Ellen Roberts, an
attorney associated with Stewart, will
! have disbarment proceedings started
against her
Buckeye.
Tim Dubord started to ride broncht
down to the mail box at Jim Stout.
when the broncho began to buck ant
he dropped one rein, thereby losins
control of the pony and it threw hin
off sideways and on account of TIL,
crippled condition of his hip he wa!
unable to raise his leg sideways ant
it broke the ball off the femur bone IL
the hip joint. Doctors attended t.
setting tho bone and Tim is gettini
along pretty we'll. altho on account o
the diseased condition of the hip it il
a very serious accident.
stanhope.
J In the district court r. w. Parker Sc.
/, cured judgment against his sons fo1
1 s3.s66.66 and interest dating severa
4 years back. The case arose from tn,
settlement of the estate of the bows
grandfather, who left by will the oil,
Parker homestead to his grandsons
The wife never accepted the will an,
1t was found in making out an abstrac
of title a few years ago that r. w
Parker had a claim of one third in
terest in the estate. A settlement wa
never completed and trial resulted.
Webster City.
The Tuscola Supply and Construc
ton Company of this city were sue
cessful in landing large drainag
ditch contract in Sac county. The
were awarded the contract of con
structing ditch six miles in length
The price agreed upon was $4,000. Th
company has had headquarters in thi
, city for the past couple of years an
, have been getting large share of tn
drainage construction work in this pal
of the state. The price of the aboy
! contract did not include the cost of til