Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-01-21

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Grinnell. Jan 21.-There seems act
ually to be no stopping place in sight
in the upward flight of prices for all
farm products as shown by the fire.
quent sales, At the Louie Hovernagfel
sale one mile west of Newberg, on
Tuesday of this week, hay in the stack
brought $3.50 ton and a straw stack
estimated to have not to exceed eight
tons brought SSS Nows sold at S4S, ,
year-old steers at $40, horses as high
as S24S, and hogs that had outlived the
cholera ravages at about s cents a
pound. AL the David Agnew sale on
Wednesday. near Ewart. COWS. brought
as high as s55, brood SONS, $50, a year
old hlly, 1924, the straw from twenty
acres $50. and a bobsled that cost SIS
last year sold at ISL.
Mr.. and Mrs C. H Moody announce
the birth of a daughter at their home
on Tuesday. and Mr. and Mrs. Lee ALL
bright announce the birth to them of
a son on Thursday morning.
Mrs. w. S. HENDERSON is enjoying
visit from her mother, Mrs. Bradley, OF
Linnaeus, Mo
Mrs. D. P. Breed is in Oskaloosa to-
day, where she is on the program TOR
an address before the Womens Mis-
sionary Society of the Congregational
church of that city.
In spite of all the cold and stormy
weather that has visited this city al
most continuously for the past SIX
weeks the Spauldings have succeeded
in completing the new brick three story
building facing Oh Spring street and TO
| be used as an automobile factory ana
| storage room, and they have now be-
| gun the work of removing the roof
| from the large two story building ao-
| joining on the east which is to be MADE
| three stories in height to correspond
with the new and barring serious accl-
| dents, the auto factory will soon Dc
complete and running on full time.
John Rist, aged 40, died at his nome
near this city on Tuesday last of a
complication of diseases, tn eculmlna-
ton being pronounced pneumonia. He
is son of Smith Rist, of this city He
leaves a wife and three children. The
funeral was held yesterday afternoon
conducted by Rev. Elias Handy, of the
methodist church. interment being ir
Hazelwood cemetery
| r OIlOWlHS IN lIS district court az
Z! Montezuma the Alexander Crosby dos
case comes another in which all the
citizens of Grinnell are much more vi
tally interested, that of Jacob Wise
carver against the city of Grinnell il
| which DANA ges are claimed to the eX-
tent of over $4,000 from the alleged
poisonous effects of the liquid outflow
from the septic tank that receives the
sewage of this city. The verdict of the
jury is awaited with the most intense
interest by the taxpayers of this com
munity.
On Tuesday of this week. Jan. IS
Mr.. and Mrs. H. A. Jentzen lost thei
little son nearly 312 years of age, b.
death from scarlet fever, after but
very short illness. This is the onl.
death that has occurred in this cit,
during the present run of that disease
which has numbered ten sick ones.
Harry Porter. who has been for
year or two on a farm belonging to hi
mother, and situated near Vancleve
has made his plans to change and ha
taken lease southeast of Grinneu 70
the coming year.
On Wednesday evening of next wee
the annual meeting of the Westfiel
Cemetery Association will be held a
the Westfield church, beginning at
O'Clock. At this meeting the officer
for the coming year will be elected.