Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-10-24
Southern Iowa Items

son, of Valley Junction, in which she
asks for a divorce from r. G. Brand.
the MAJ she married a short time az
ter her former husbands death. In her
petition Mrs. Brand alleges that her
husband is an habitual drunkard- She
states that on several occasions he
threatened to takeather life. At the
time of the |hdmicide and the trial.
Brand was working on the Carraher
farm. Shortly after Carraher's death.
Mrs. Carraher married Brand.
Mount Vernon.
AT the Methodist Episcopal church,
without any particular preliminary
campaign or ado, the last OF the church
debt was cleared by q subscription
fund of $500, being raised among the
congregation. This obligation arose
from the purchase of the valuable resi-
dence property adjoining the church
OF the west. and where At is planned
to eventually have a parsonage in
keeping with the church proper. DR..
Alexander, the present minister, simply
made the announcement of desiring to
clean this matter up. His congrega-
ton. as intimated, did the rest.
Brighton.
Squirrels are eating the corn. George
J Xl dl1ueI says lIlSy uIdNe already SOJ an
acre of his. They will climb a corn
stalk. cut off a big ear, drag it into
the woods and hide it away for next
winters provision. They are COM
PEELED to do this for the lack Of nuts,
which is the natural source of their
food supply. There are no nuts Of any
kind in the woods. not yer acorns, all
having been killed by the early freeze
that killed WE fruit. Squirrels will
starve to death this winter unless
farmers let them get into their corn
cribs.
Greenfield.
The public square OF Greenfield will
soon be brilliantly lighted. On Thurs
day a committee of business men So
licited the property owners to ascer-
tain If they were willing to cooperate
with the town ouncil in establishing
the tower lighting system in the bus
mess district of the city. All seemed
anxious for the Improvement. and ac-
cordingly two dozen Of the iron posts
were ordered. and will be pu in po-
sition at once Property owners pur-
chase the posts, but the lights are
furnished by the city, five large Tans-
stem lights to be placed on each one.
Des Moines.
The Iowa state fair won out over the
international toe show Of Chicago
and the Illinois state fair in the con-
test for the location OF the great ma
tional futurity contest for Shire, Per
cheron. C!ydesdale and Belgian year
ling stations which is to be held in
this country in the fall Of 1911. Cash
prizes to the mount Of nearly $4,000
will be offered by the Horse World,
the breeders associations OF the four
breeds of horses, and the Iowa Stat
Fair Association Besides these there
will be many silver loving cups Of
fered as prizes in the FOUR classes.
OskaIoosa.
The laundry strike which has been
on here for the past two weeks and
(which has worked an Inconvenience on
many, is OF greater dimensions than
the local situation would indicate.
i There is not a "union laundry IN Iowa
and there Is not going to be one II the
laundry mems association can prevent
At. The test Is being made here be-
cause the Oskaboosa employees were the
first in Iowa to get a charter and make
the demands upon the proprietors. The
power of the laundry association in
Iowa is back OF the two 1aundries here,
and there is no telling when the
trouble will be settled. The strikers
are in possession OF a small laundry
and are working night and day to ac-
commodate their customers. The laun-
dries are taking all the business Of
Tered them and sending the work to
Outside towns.