Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-03-28
Northern Io1ua Items

4 at once stopped. plymouth people are
intensely loyal ito their own town and
its interests andforgthat reason will not
favor the move if it is thought the
merchants will suffer thereby
Britt.
| Dave Albeck had a narrow escape
! from drowning iii the big marsh north
of town While out hunting ducks. He
| was rowing about when his boat up
| set. his feet catching in the seat of the
| boat and he was unable to eXtricate
| them. Had it7Hot been for. the assist
| ance of another hunter, Dave Schultz.
who saw the accident. it would have
proved fatal. AS 1T was. q bad soaking
| and fright was all the damage done.
Charles City.
| The odd Fellows and the Rebekah
| lodges of this city are planning for a
great meeting here April %. the date
these orders will commemorate their
nineth anniversary. The meetings Will
include the representatives from tWen-
ty-three different lodges in the north
| eastern part of the state From 500 to
1000 members are expected to be pres.
ent and prepare tons for this. large
crowd have been in progress for some
time.
Mason City.
Two Mason City men paid a rather
eXorbitant price for q goodiy sized
pickerel when they We're brought be-
fore Justice Wiley Rankin for having
violated the game laws of the state
of Iowa. and fined So and costs an
nexed. for their variance from the
righteous path The men had caught
one lone pickerel, which by the way
was a large one, when they We're dis.
covered bye deputy Game Warden
Haight. He arrested them and brought
them before Justice Rankin where they
were fined
w. Fl. Knight ana c. f. Brown. Of
Webster City. We're in town Monday
afternoon. They are the parties who
have bought the Matt Baum gartner
farm ard We're here to settle with Mr.
Baumgartner at the German Bank
This is the largest land deal as to con
sideration ever closed in LuVerne The
price paid Mr. Baumgartner was $3S,-
240 Thirty thousand dollars was taken
back on the farm in way of a mort
gage for fifteen years. The farm COM
prises nearly $50 acres and is in an
excellent state of cultivation
Dougherty,
WHAT might nave been a large ire
took place Monday afternoon at 3
O'Clock at the Independent Grain and
Lumber Company when a passing en-
CINE blew some sparks on top of the
lumber shed, Immediately setting fire
to the shed. Volunteers from all over
the town ran to the scene and in a short
time had quenched the fire. making the
result of small moment. If no assist
ance had come at the immediate time
the entire line of sheds might have
burned to the ground. AS it was. n
large hole was burned in the roof of
one of them.
Rockwell.
The home of Mr.. and Mrs. p. y.
Johnson residing about seven miles
north of here, was burned to the ground
Wednesday evening and nearly every
thing in the house was consumed by
the flames. AS near as can be ascer-s
tanned the fire must have started be-
tween Q and 10 o'clock. 1t is thought
that the blaze started by chimney
burning out and no other evidence can
be found. On account Of the high wind
and no water supply absolutely nothing
could be done to prevent the destruc-
ton and the family set to work to get
out what few things they could as soon
as possible