Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-06-02
Southern Io1va Items

CoIfax.
Colfax's postoffice has been made a
second class office and after July /
Postmaster w. W. Hawk will receive a
big advance in salary. A new poStoffice
building will be erected during the
year.
cIarinda.
l. N. Corbett, for many years prom
inent in insurance circles of the west,
and formerly general adjustor of the
State Insurance Company, died in Clar-
india. For. the past two years Mr..
Corbett had been in extremely poor
health.
corydon.
]. j. Stirling has purchased the in
terest of his father, John Stirling, ST.,
| in the Wayne County Democrat of
Corydon. John Stirling, ST.. is vet
eran in Iowa newspaper circles, hav-
ing owned and edited the paper for
the past twenty-five years.
Council Bluffs.
Jack Hartman, a small boy, had a
narrow escape from serious injury, be-
ing run down by a street car in front
of which he attempted to pass. The
motorman dropped the fender and the
lad was picked up, few bruises being
the extent of his injuries.
Carroll.
Nicholas Better and Sebastine Wall
have started for Germany. where they
are going to visit the scenes of their
childhood. 1t has been forty five years
since Mr.. Better left his native country
and nearly that long since Mr.. Walz
bid adieu to friends across the sea.
Ottumwa.
| The Ottumwa federal building will
be the best building in the entire state
! of Iowa, not excelled by single one
except in point Of cost, according tc
! the opinion of Contractor Bartlett A
portion of the present postoffice buidl-
ing will remain standing and be en-
ployed as a storeroom and office fol
the contractors during the erection o.
the new building.
keokuk.
The superintendent Of barge tina
| is used in towing shells for the buttor
factory and which is anchored in the
river opposite the cereal plant, re
ported at police headquarters, that thu
brass valves on the scales of the barge
| had been stolen. A search of tn
Junk shops failed to uncover the miss
ing property, which is a valuable par
Of the mechanism. The police ar
working on the case.
Keosauqua.
II is probably known to very few o
the people here that Hon. j. w. Cal
houn the new minister to China, wa
a former resident of Van Buren, coun
ty. but such is the fact. Mr.. Calhoun
was leading attorney of Chicago. Val
Buren, county is glad to have anothe
SON of whom to be proud. Mr.. Fer
guson writes that he still regards oil
Van Buren, county as his home. neve
having voted anywhere else.
Des Moines.
Thru the efforts OF the Commercial
Club, Des Moines is to have one of tn
largest stove and furnace manufactur
ing establishments in the entire middl
west. The club announces the decision
of the Model Stove Company, of In
dianapolis, to build great factory Il
Des Moines within year this wei
known company will erect a new plan
here. 1t is expected to give employ
ment to about 300 skilled operatives.
Alton.
Monday evening deal was consum
mated whereby the controlling inter
Iests lin the Citizens Bank was secure
by D. Davenport. F.. D. Ball and p. {
i Winters. prominent financiers of Unto
county and respectively president
cashier and attorney Of the State Saw
i ings Bank, OF Creston,. L. w. Nc
Lennon cashier and heavy. stockholde
land I. N. Epperson, stakeholder, will n