Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-03-14

Forest City.
On Friday afternoon. March %. at
the Hotel Summit formal reception
is to be held for the purpose of rails
ing part of a sum of money necessary
for furnishing hospital in Forest
City.
Green Island.
The Maouoketa river at Gfsen Is
land broke thru it's levee fof sew
eral rods and \the 1owlands in the vi
cinity are completely flooded as a re-
suit People living on the bottom lands
had to be rescued from their homes In
boats and CATTLE which were marooned
on the high ground, were rescued with
difficulty.
Morrison. a4te1
Romert Gardiner has sold his 16o-
acre farm south of Morrison, to George
knapp, from near Berlin, considera
ton s162.5O per acre. This is one of
the finest of Grundy county farms and
adjons the town of Morrison. Mr..
Knaupp gets possession next spring.
Mr.. Gardiner bought this farm nine
teen years ago for $35 an acre.
Story City.
The amount of business done by
Story City banks probably broke the
record recently. One institution here
did business alone on one day ex-
ceeding s225,O00; that was on March 1
and March this same bank did a bust
ness amounting to nearly 100000. II
is likely that many bank in Des
Moines or Chicago did a smaller vol
ume of business than that.
Neville.
Anthrax has broken out once more
in the A. L. Rawson herd near Mo-
vile, and this makes twelve head of
horses he has lost that were worth at
least 5000 per head. The state au-
thorities seem to be having a hard
time checking the disease in this Sec
ton and the state veterinarian warns
all farmers in northwest Iowa to be
very careful.
Thompson.
Three new land deals were closed
by the State Bank. NJ. A. Edwinson of
Hamilton bought an eighty seven
miles northwest of town; Ole Millang
of Story, bought the Badger place of
100 acres in the same neighborhood,
and L. G. Nelson Of Story, bought the
F. H. Peterson place three miles
southeast. The last named place was
Immediately rented to William Olson.
Waterloo.
BY inconvenience to a dray wagon
that was transporting express to the
Illinois Central depot the fast mail
train was delayed several minutes be-
fore being able to pull into the depot
from the east The driver allowed the
wagon wheels to get into rut from
which the team could not extricate
them and it necessitated laying boards
in front of the wheels so that they
would ride out of the ruts. At this
time the train was standing stock still
waiting for the wagon to pull out. This
happened two or three times during the
forenoon, but only once while there ~sss
a train in sight.
Grundy Center.
A few days ago Earl Hawn and
some of his playmates were pinnine
tags upon each. other and while run
ming Earl swallowed a pin which he
had between his teeth. The pin stuck
| in the little fellows throat and caused
him to choke. He was taken at once
| to Dr.. Carpenter and he and DR.
Thielen put him under the influence OF
lcllloroform and endeavored to extract
the pin but were unable to locate it
The x-ray was resorted to. The pir
was in the boys stomach just fifty
three hours and it was feared fol
awhile that something serious might
result, but Earl was in school again
| on Monday and is now in his usua
good health.
Luana.
Eighteen section hands from Ana.
mosa who have been working here h4f
a narrow escape from death Thurs.
day morning when landslide tool
place from an embanl<ment falling
| down over the side of the track OF
which the men were employed. Man,
OF the men were felied to the groun<
and but for the prompt action or !,
number OF the leaders in charge O
the gang serious injury and probabl,
I6ataNtias would have occurred. tn