Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-03-17

Fort Dodge.
Practically all Of the farmers being
hard at work in Their fields Saturday
it was found necessary to postpone
the weekly meeting of the Agricultural
Club for one week.
Marion.
Miss Mona Shaver, aged IA. the Belle
PLANE girl who left home last week
was found Tuesday by Detective Pat
terson and the father, Henry Shaver
working at the Flanagan hotel in
Marion, an establishment near the Mil
waukee roundhouse, run by Mr.. and
Mrs. " Mells. She returned home
with her father tickled to death to do
it,
Mason City.
Mr.. Fowler, representative of the
Bradley-Metcalf company of Milwau-
kee, had the misfortune to lose a
tray Containing eighteen sample shoes
from his trunk Monday night. The
shoes had been left in the sample room
while he was at his dinner. When he
re-appeared one tray was missing. The
police We're notified but no trace of the
shoes has as yet been found. AlLthe
shoes We're for the same foot
Waterloo.
There is on foot a plan to give Wa
terloo a market place. In the past this
plan has been discussed and little
Roadway has been made. There was in
the city a man who has had years of
experience in this line of the business
and has been instrumental in the es-
tablishing of several of the marketing
places. This man is e. r. Hunter, of
Kansas City, and he is looking for a
chance to give to Waterloo place of
this kind.
Carroll.
William Gilley celebrated his eight
ieth birthday, surrounded by COM
pany of old settlers, at his home in this
city Saturday. He came to the county
in 1856 and has been continuous
resident ever since that time. Mr.
Gilley is the oldest living resident. In
an early day he was farmer and star
route mail contractor, and was county
treasurer for long term Of years in
early times. He is now retired. Mr.
Gilley is in good health and active
mentally and physically.
Fort Dodge.
There are at least thirty professional
nurses in Fort Dodge who register at
from there, and of that number, not a
single nurse is at liberty at the present
moment, Far from indicating that Fort
Dodge is especially hesieged by illness
this time, this condition is rather an
example of the great demandin north
ern Iowa. both east and west of this
city. Fort Dodge has come to be a
great center for nurses headquarters,
and new nurses are added to the list of
those living here, continually.
Dubuque.
Miss Carrie Odell. for the past four
wears connected with the Y. w. c. A.
and for the past several years general
secretary of the association and Miss
Gertrude Jacobs, assistant secretary,
at the Monday afternoon meeting OF the
Board of Association resigned their
positions to take effect the first Of May.
Miss Odell and Miss Jacobs will go
abroad early in July to remain in
definitely. The resignation Of the sec
retaries caused fiutter of excitement
in the association for it had not been
generally known that they had contem-
plated resigning.
Clarion.
The Iowa Elevator Company Of Fort
Dodge suffered loss estimated at
$500 as q result Of q fire which
broke, out in the elevator at Florence
The elevator is one Of the houses
owned and operated from InsSt place
and the manager has been unable to
md the cause Of the fire. Late in the
afternoon the travelling auditor OF the
Nne was In the elevator and he re-