Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-10-04
Northern Io1Ua Items

attend and see what ds being accom-
i plished Superintendent Joseph has in
| troduced several novel ideas among the
school children of Delaware county In
the past few months along the lines of
more intensive farming, and the good
results are already becoming manifest.
DyersviIIe. o.
letter has been received from g. A.
Weber, former Dyersville man, now
of Milwaukee. seeking Information in
| regard to the establishment OF a glove
factory here. The proposition Is adj
varced by Mr.. Otis Graner who has
| been engaged in the manufacture Of
gloves in that city for aoane time Mr..
Graner states that after the factory
has been started the capacity would be
gradually increased until about hun
cred men would be employed the year
around.
| Dubuque.
A number of Dubuque physicians
are wondering whether they were
swindled out Of a few dollars apiece
| a week or so ago. when they paid
premiums in advance on accident
| policies which they purchased from
a young mans who claimed to be an
insurance agent, or whether there Is
L SOule reason lOI uGIdy III Vie uSllNSTy
of their policies. From late Develop
| have been film flamned" by clever
CRATER who reaped quite harvest dur
| ing his sojourn in this city.
Sioux City.
BY rocking the boat in which were,
besides himself three companions, E.
Palmer. aged 35, an employee Of the
L 10, ayc'1 ca
| in the middle OF Crystal lake Sunday
| afternoon. The other men who were
| thrown into the water were saved by
Joe Foye. secretary Of the Sioux City
| Crystal Lake & Homer Railway Com
pany, who, in his launch. with John
Thayer, battled the waves for five min
utes before he could reach the victims
| of the accident, who were nearly dead
from exhaustion when the life-saving
Graf. reached them.
DyersviIe.
The Dyersville branch OF the Water
| loo Canning Corporation shut down
| last week for the season. having pack
| ed 1850 cases of corn, the shortest run
ever made by the institution The
shortage in the yield is due TO the
! drouth. The acreage this year was the
largest ever secured and the COMPANY
| had contracted for the sale of nearly
| 40, 900 cases of corn to be shipped from
| the local plant. Under favorable con-
| ditions the output would have exceeded
that number. New husking and other
MACHINERY had been installed to ac-
commodate the anticipated large yield
Ho pkinton.
Since Monticello has shown no dispo-
sition to enter a legal contest for the
Arch Livingston property, near this
place. the indications point to a big
legal battle between Lenox College
and the heirs. The prize is 240 acres
valued at $4,000 and 5000 in cash
The heirs will attempt ia show that
Mr. Livingston was not In a mental
| condition to make will, when he
| signed the paper. and that repre-
sentative of the college took advantage
of his mental and physical condition
when his vitality was at low ebb.
Lcro:; college will introduce evidence
t. show that he was competent to make
p, will. and that he wanted the college
t. have his property.
| DUBUQUE.
/ During the time that the old build
| ing recent ? occupied by Kruse & Son
/ was being torn down 1t was whispered
about by persons who like to make
fun. that in an early day when there
were no banks and but few safes. guam
titles OF money had been buried in the
sand in the basement Of the building
and that it was believed considera BILE
sums had been forgotten and still re-
NAMED there. These stories soon
reached the ears OF some Of the labor
ers and 1t is said that when 1t came
time to do excavating in the cellar
| ~, osa ,x,hO had hAnrd tho story v,opf at
| the work with willingness that sur
! prlsed the men in charge. 1t is need
less to say. however, that no money
was found