Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-09-08

Iowa City.
Misses eVrne ,Stockdale of Omaha,
Maud Delmage of Des Moines and Car
Ign Bradley of this place, will sail in
ia day or two for San Juan, Porto Rico,
where they will be teachers in the en-
ploy Of Uncle Sam.
Abba.
Lee Kinder. who was recently fined
$500 and costs for contempt of court,
has liquidated by paying Sheriff Griffin
$3.50. No state in the union has a more
stringent liquor law than has Iowa, and
would-be violaters should be careful
about trying to trample it under foot.
Shenandoah.
The new Catholic church will be op-
ened for service Sunday, Sept. IS, but
it will not be consecrated till next
spring. Nor will it be wholly finished
by the 18th. The new altar has yet
to be made, so that the old altar will
have to be fitted into the new church
and used temporarily this winter.
Burlington.
The announcement has been made
here that John Cort, the new owner
of the Grand opera house, the interior
of which was wrecked by bomb eX-
plosion early Saturday., will offer a
large reward for a clew to the identity
of the perpetrators of the crime. The
local authorities probably will offer an
additional reward. There is no clue
to the mystery.
Silver City.
Rev. Peter Jacobs will close his work
as pastor in Silver City Sunday even
ing. having decided to take course of
study at Evansville. ILL.,, the better to
fit himself for his chosen work. Rev.
Mr. Jacobs and wife will reside at Ar
lington Heights, ILL.,, where he has
secured a charge, and at the same time
he will be enabled to continue his stud
les.
Ogden.
ogden now has a commercial club
which has adopted the name
Of "The Ogden Boosters" 1t
is the plan of the boosters to get to-
gether and adopt plans that will bene-
fit our people and town. The organiza-
ton is to consist of all who want to be-
long. 1t is the intention to get together
| in a body and work in harmony for the
interests of our. town and community.
Abba.
Mrs. John Kelley, of Abba, received
DuTIlS OH 'tHe IedQ dHu lletll Wdo oiHSSu'
Mrs. Henry Allen, near Abba, clothing
caught fire and she was burned on the
arm, and Mrs. A. Hart, Of Abba, had
Roman candle falling in the crowd
during the progress of the fireworks
display at the southwest corner of the
square last evening. Had it not been
| for the quick action of friends nearby
the fire might have resulted seriously.
Boone.
| One Of the largest coal deals ever
consummated in Iowa was effected
Saturday when the Zimbelman mine
at Boone changed owners. The pur-
chasers are A. w. Carlson, John Lind
bloom and L. A. Swanson, of Des
Moines and Andrew Swanson, of Lo-
villa, Iowa. The new company will be
incorporated and take over the prop
erty at once The Zimbelman mine is
one of the richest in this section OF
the state. 1t comprises more than 200
acres of coal land, most OF which Is
| located under the city of Boone. The
coal is of the best quality, the vein
averaging about three feet in thick
ness.
Des Moines.
+ OOu dAu bd1Iy 1'ci
ney yesterday announced the receipt
of $3.50 for feed tax tags from Mime
sofa flour dealers. The tags cost 81
each. This is the first bunch Of tax
tags which have been received from
outsiders in some time and indicates
that foreign dealers in stock foods and
grains intend to comply with the state
laws. He also received about $4,000
in licenses from foreign sellers Of con-
dimental stock foods. These concerns
are required to pay 800 per year for
the privilege of selling their stock foods
in the stat, and of the fifty concerns
which are doing business in iowa,
twenty have now come across with
their license fees. The remaining thirty
will be prosecuted at once unless they
pay up.
Davenport.
Rev o. w. FERN, Of the Swedish
| Lutheran church, has received a call
from a church at Red Falls, Mont,
which he Is considering seriously,
primarily on account of health. Mr.
FERN has been pastor Of the church