Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-01-04
Northern I01ua Items

castana.
w. T. Day, Of Castana, has traded
420 acres of Monona county land to
Frank Shannon & Son for the City
Roller mill, of Sloan. The land was
valued at $4,000 and the mill at $780,
600, Shannon & Son paying the diff
ference in cash.
Webster City.
| AS New Years greeting, Louis
Cantonwine. of Webster City, published
in q newspaper a sarcastic sheer at
people who, he alleged, were trying to
keep an honest man down. He then
declared that he had prospered in spite
of them and had good piece of prop
erty to sell for $3.50 if anyone had the
cash.
Cherokee.
Two more damage suits against the
town of Cherokee, growing out of an
automobile accident there last August,
have been started in district court at
Cherokee. John Lawrey asks $500
and Beatrice Poster $1,000. Mrs. Law
rey already has secured $500 damage
money. Lawrey in order to avoid a
collision ran his automobile off the
approach of bridge.
Ackley.
| Death sudden and unexpected came
to Mrs. John Amman, ST., at her home
six miles southwest of AclSley. Mrs.
Amman had apparently enjoyed the
best of health and the news of her
sudden demise came as a severe shock
to family and friends About 1880 p.
m. she went out to get basket of cobs
and as she returned and neared her
doorstep she fell forward Members of
the family who saw her hurried to her
assistance and were Mortified to dis
cover that death had come.
MaIIard.
Rev. F. x. Roesler, of Mallard, died
at Mercy hospital in Des Moines last
week The deceased was the pastor Of
the Catholic church of Mallard for the
past eleven years. He was a strong
man mentally and was considered a
very able pulpit orator However, he
was not strong physically and for the
past six years was ailing most of the
| time He was taken quite sick before
Thanksgiving and from that time had
not been able to attend to his clerical
duties. Interment was at Mallard.
Emmetsburg.
Archie Johnson of Rush Lake town
ship, met with quite serious acct
dent. He was engaged in moving a
large feed rack and had chopped a
hole under a corner of it and was en-
gagged in prying it loose. The pry
slipped on the ice and Mr.. johnson in
recovering himself slipped. His foot
struck an obstacle and his leg stopped
with such a sudden jerk that the larger
of the small bones of the leg was brok-
en- little above the ankle and the
other one cracked. 1t is quite serious
break and it will cnnfine Mr.. John
son to his bed for several weeks, and
to the house probably all winter.
Germania.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. e. Ukena celebrated
Sunday. Most of the children and few
invited guests were present to help
them make the occasion as pleasant
and enjoyable as possible. Mr.. and
Mrs. Ukena were both born in Ger.
many and were also married in thai
[country on Dec. 10, 1859. They came tt
this country in 1880 and settled neal
Ackley. where they remained for 6
number Of years and about, nineteer
years ago they moved to Kossuth coun.
|ty and settled down in Ramsey town.
ship. where they lived until about sh
years ago. when they retired from ac.
tive life on the farm and took up thei,
abode here.
LeMars.
"A telegram was received at the FRS
National Bank announcing the deatl
OF Wilbur Ruick, which occurred sud
denly at q farm a few miles from
i Milford In Dickinson county. Few wer,
aware even OF Mr.. Ruick.s absens
from the city, and when the news wa