Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-08-30
Southern lo1ua Items

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Denison.
Fred Kahl of Milford township, has
bought the John Jacobsen farm in that
township, paying 1914 an acre for the
$50, and he thinks he got a good bar
gain at that price.
Humboldt.
AT the annual meeting of the stock
holders Of the Humboldt Chautauqua
Association the treasurer's report
showed that the association cleared up
this year $667.23.
corwith.
A disgraceful episode took place on
our streets Sunday evening when a
number of men styling themselves
Latter Day Saints, We're egged as they
were conducting public services.
GodfieId.
The Fountain City chautauqua at
Goldfeld closed the season with ball
ance in the treasury of about $500. The
association is backed by at least 100
prosperous farmers.
Spirit Lake.
George Davis, of Richland township,
threshed 800 bushels of wheat from a
field on which he sowed thirteen bush
els. He also threshed 1,400 bushels of
oats from thirty acres.
Lake City.
Stepen Carr. while working for o. NJ.
Ripley at the ]. A. c.. Taylor farm
west of town, caught the index finger
of his left hand in some machinery,
decorating it SO severely that ampu-
tation was necessary.
Renbeck.
Mrs. E. D. Roberts slipped on the
WaXed floor at her home and fell, strik-
ing her arm and shoulder on the rad
iator pipe fracturing the bone at the
elbow and bruising the shoulder quite
severely. This is the arm she had SO
much trouble with about a year ago.
Council Bluffs.
AT special meeting Of the school
board bids were received upon coal for
the coming winter. The offers ranged
In price from Is cents to 81 per ton
higher than last year. Bids on Cen
terville lump ranged from SAP to $5
and from $3.50 to $4.7S for Illinois
lump.
Mt. Pleasant
Henry Van Brussel, working at the
canning factory, met with serious ac-
cident. While occupied with his regu-
lar work the rope broke and he sus-
tanned a fracture of the cheek bone
He is resting easily but the eye is dam
aged and he may have to undergo an
operation.
Moorhead.
AS Rache Rawlings was generating
OH Mo -
Of the valves the wrong way thru mis-
take, causing it to explode with ter
rible force, Earring the building, but
luckily no one was near enough to it
to be hurt and no damage was done
except to the generator.
ElIston.
A Dunfee, a prominent farmer living
in Pleasant township, has the honor of
hauling the largest load of oats, or any
other grain, that has ever been brought
to Ellston. He hauled to town a load
of oats that weighed out 1919 bushels.
1t was one of the finest loads Of grain
raised in this section this year.
Knoxville.
Work on the new paving contract
was started a few days ago on West
Main street. The company have thirty
two of their own men at work besides
number of local workmen. Several
carloads of crushed stone have been
received; dirt is flying on the excava-
lions and the surveyors are setting
grade stakes from the central school
building to the depots.
Boone.
A Boone county farm was recently
sold for $3.50 per acre cash. Peter
Clausen, former owner, sold eighty
acres of land lying on the north line
of the town of Ogden for $3.50 per
acre, making total of $4,000 John
Kruse of Ogden was the purchaser.
The farm is particularly well located
and as apretty a lying piece of the coun-
ty as can be found in the neighbour
hood and the price asked and paid
seemed reasonable to the parties in
terested in the deal
CenterviIle.
James F. McGrew, aged 6S years,
died at the home Of his son. Claud. in
Sharon township, where he had been
taken from the hospital He had been
in failing health for some time. and
was taking treatment. After having
some teeth pulled he became sick re-
Gently In Centerville and was taken
to the hospital. After being there for
few days he showed some improve
ment and was taken home. He did
not recover consciousness after that
Mechanicsville.
Some children south OF town had q
good time with Caldwell and Baugh-
mans threshing outfit Saturday. The
machine had been left in the country
and on Sunday the kids fired 'er up and
from the way they gee-haWed the en-
CINE around and back and forth one
would think they imagined they had
an auto. Luckily they tired Of their
sport and allowed the fire to 70 out