Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-01-20
Northern Io1ua Items

Sloan.
Marion Stoddard. 4-year- old daugh-
ter of b. NJ. Stoddard, of Sloan, died
of acute throat trouble after a one
days illness.
Waterloo.
j. s. llingeman, superintendent of
charity. says that poor families are
doubling up and economizing on fuel,
which it is almost impossible to get
There is much suffering.
Mason City.
A sixteen pound baby boy. one of the
largest babies ever born in the city,
arrived Monday morning at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Carl kreiger. Both
the mother and child are doing nicely.
Rock Rapids.
Miss Daisy Robey has been appointed
rural mail carrier out of Rock Rapids.
succeeding her brother, a. III. Robey,
who has resigned to devote all his time
| to his dairy interests. She is the first
lady carrier in the state.
Hull.
During this month the people of Hull
will vote on the proposition of grant
| ing an electric lighting franchise to
BerkholtZ & Strenfort. of Minneapolis.
/ The men propose to operate an electric
| lighting plant in connection with q
roller mill they have just established.
Rosie.
Fred Dietz, of Rossie owns a quar-
ter section three miles west and one
mile north of town. He has thoroughly
tiled both high and low land and east
| ly rents it for two fifths. Seventy eight
acres of oats last year brought over
$13 per acre or over So per acre net to
him and the renter did we'll too. And
the corn land did as we'll or better
Akron.
Hans Wiler has bought of III. G
Curtis the quarter section in Westfield
township, which adjoins his home farm
on the south, making him splendid
tract of land in one piece. He pait
sS5 per acre for the quarter. w. j
Prestage bought of NJ. c. Lobdell, o
LeMars, the northeast quarter of sec
ton twenty nine, Westfield, paying
$1,000
Webster City.
just as John Dibridge. employee o
the Tuscola Supply & CONSTRUCTION
Company, was about to leave Webste
City with his wife, he was arrested
OH a search warrant at the depot. Onl.
a few articles of little value were fount
and the pair were permitted to go thei
way Later it was learned that a larg
quantity of the spoil was in a trunk tn
officers failed to search.
! Spencer.
Hazel, the 6-year-old daughter of Nh
and Mrs. Elmer Greene, of Gillet
Grove township, met with serious ac
cident. While standing in the door o
the sheep shed, one of the sheep RAJ
out knocking her down and breaking
! the left elbow. and bent the bone be
teween the elbow and shoulder. 1t
very painful experience for the littl
. lady, who is bearing up remarkabl
we'll for one SO young.
!, Sheldon.
: A woman partially identified as tn
daughter of E. W. Farnsworth. {
Sheldon, Iowa. is patient in the oh
: servation ward of the city hospital
= ST. Louis suffering from aphasia- Sl
was found wandering in the union sta
ton, after alighting from a Chicas
;, train. She was unable to tell her nam
:, She had only a small amount, of none
:. but wore much valuable iewelry. Or
= ring was marked Emma"
Akron.
Y. Mrs. Henry Jansen, the insane won
}. an, who was taken into custody Il
i strangling her little baby about thrt
d weeks ago, made her escape from IL
i county Jail at Elk Point last wee
.r while JaiIor T,y1nan rTutt1a wac
breakfast. and nearly persisted fro
/ the intense cold before recaptured l
Sheriff Gnnderson a mile east Of Jc